(07-29-2012 02:27 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote: Syracuse is going to be in a conference where 5 star, football, recruits are a regularity.
Here's how ESPN reckons the top 150 recruits went last year:
Rank - Player - POS - State - College
1 - Mario Edwards - DE - TX - FSU
10 - Eddie Golman - DT - DC - FSU
<11 = end of 5 stars; 12-150 are all 4 stars>
13 - Stephon Diggs - ATH - MD - Maryland
14 - Jameis Winston - QB - AL - FSU
15 - Travis Blanks - S - FL - Clemson
18 - Tracy Howard - CB - FL - Miami
23 - Chris Casher - DE - AL - FSU
26 - Rushel Shell - RB - PA - Pitt
35 - Randy Johnson - ATH - FL - Miami
38 - Ronald Darby - CB - MD - FSU
41 - Angelo Jean-Louis - WR - FL - Miami
72 - Mario Pender - RB - FL - FSU
76 - Marvin Bracy - WR - FL - FSU
81 - Germone Hopper - WE - NC - Clemson
83 - Joel Caleb - ATH - VA - Va Tech
84 - Chad Kelly - QB - NY - Clemson
89 - Jay Guillermo - OC - TN - Clemson
96 - Tyriq McCord - DE - FL - Miami
101 - Deon Bush - S - FL - Miami
114 - Justin Shanks - DT - AL - FSU
115 - Patrick Destefano - OT - SC - Clemson
116 - Ukeme Eligwe - ILB - GA - FSU
124 - Eli Harold - DE - VA - Virginia
133 - P J Williams - S - FL - FSU
134 - Carlos Watkins - DT - NC - Clemson
145 - Malcolm Lewis - WR - FL - Miami
That's 26 of the top 150, or 17.3%
FSU alone got 10/150 = 6.7%
breakdown by team:
FSU - 10
Clemson - 6
Miami - 6
Maryland - 1
Pitt - 1
Va Tech - 1
Virginia - 1
By the way, the new ACC has 14 teams;
14 out of 124 FBS teams is or 11.3%
So the ACC is getting more than its "share" of top 150 players
Having said all that, there are typically only a dozen players rated as 5 stars every year, and probably most of them end up being busts; 4 star and 3 star is where games are actually won (just don't fill up on 2 stars).
