The real gauge of recruiting success

[KAPLAN]

I am pretty sure that when a player "resigns" with a class, ie does not make grades in 2006 then signs again in 2007, the school gets "double credit" I think Ole Miss has gotten a 5 Star for Jerell Powe for the past 3 years and he has never played a down.

[GoshenGipper]

Originally Posted by SoCalDomer

Found the answer to my own question: the answer is no, the recruiting sites do not remove the players who do not get accepted to their school from the recruiting class.

South Carolina had 31 commits last year, two were not accepted. They were Michael Bowman of Wadesboro, N.C., and Arkee Smith of Jacksonville, Fla. Both remain on the list of players in the 07 recruiting class.

Now, I don't know how much this would have dropped SoCarolina's class, since Bowman was a low 3-star and Smith a 2-star (Rivals), in a class of 31 other recruits. So removing those two players might drop the class down to #7 or #8 from #6.

The rank of any recruiting class would be more profoundly affected if the loss were 4- or 5-star recruits. I guess the not-so-smart 4- and 5-star players are smart enough to avoid that embarrasment and commit to the other USC or LSU so they are guaranteed acceptance.

Yes they do, at least in some cases. Rivals jumped ND from 8th to 7th over Auburn after last year's class signed because almost 1/3 of Auburn's 30 man class couldn't qualify.

[goldandblue]

I'm glad we have smart players at N.D!