(02-07-2018 02:57 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-07-2018 02:23 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  It might not be big news for anyone else, but Georgia Southern just signed the highest rated class in the Sun Belt Conference despite going 2-10 this past season. Our highest rated recruit is 4-star OLB Quin Williams who is the 20th ranked OLB in the nation according to ESPN.

It is big news. Georgia Southern is on the rise, and nabbing a 4* guy is quite a coup. Believe me, USF doesn't have many (any) of those wandering our practice fields. Well done.

Totally false. USF routinely has one of the 3 top so called G5 recruiting classes each and every year. This year only behind Cincinnati and Boise St. USF also routinely signs several 4 star recruits each and every year. So yes, there are 4 star guys wandering practice field every year. You, apparently, don't follow recruiting that closely.

For example here are some recent 4 star guys USF has signed in the past 5-6 years: Jordan Cronkrite (transfer), Craig Watts, Darnell Salomon, Jimmy Bayes, D'Ernest Johnson, Lamar Robbins, Derrick Calloway, Sean Price, D'Vario Montgomery, Quinton Flowers, Kevaughn Dingle, Tramel Ivy, Josh Dunn, Eric Mayes, Ryeshene Bronson, Benjamin Knox, Marlon Mack, Vincent Jackson, Deadrin Senat, Chris Bivins, James Hamilton, and from this year Zion Roland.

Admittedly, many of those did not pan out, some not even making it to campus, but by my count, that is 22 4 star recruits USF has signed since 2012. One year USF signed SIX four star recruits according to ESPN (see link below).

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/footb...class/2014

All of the above names are 4 star recruits by either Rivals, 247, or ESPN.

That's an average of about 3 a year.

You couldn't be more off in your assessment.