Hoping someone finds this interesting. Been doing some "work" this morning. So I averaged the power rankings of the top 3 teams who had offered our 3 star recruits. The results are below:
De'Shawn Rucker 3
Walker Merrill 7
Isaac Washington 8
Nate Evans 26
Elijah Howard 28
Roc Taylor 28
Colby Smith 29
Tiyon Evans 45
Edwin White 47
Jalen Wright 48
Jay Jones 49
Darrell Jackson 60
Comparing that to the Rivals 250, Rucker and Merrill have comparable offer lists and Washington is close behind with an offer list better than a lot of 4 stars outside the top 250. The next group of Evans, Howard, Taylor and Smith would be borderline, but likely 3 stars at this point. Tiyon Evans should be taken with a grain of salt (similar to a grade of slaw) since a lot of teams don't recruit JUCO's. The last group, White, Wright, Jones, and Jackson are clearly 3 star type guys, and you hope our evaluations are solid there.
So based on offers, I'd say we definitely have 3 more guys, not counting Tiyon, who would be considered 4 star talent. ESPN has Rucker and Merrill as 4 star recruits. None of the sites give Washington any love, maybe because of his size, but he has offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma among others, so I suspect he's pretty solid.
De'Shawn Rucker 3
Walker Merrill 7
Isaac Washington 8
Nate Evans 26
Elijah Howard 28
Roc Taylor 28
Colby Smith 29
Tiyon Evans 45
Edwin White 47
Jalen Wright 48
Jay Jones 49
Darrell Jackson 60
Comparing that to the Rivals 250, Rucker and Merrill have comparable offer lists and Washington is close behind with an offer list better than a lot of 4 stars outside the top 250. The next group of Evans, Howard, Taylor and Smith would be borderline, but likely 3 stars at this point. Tiyon Evans should be taken with a grain of salt (similar to a grade of slaw) since a lot of teams don't recruit JUCO's. The last group, White, Wright, Jones, and Jackson are clearly 3 star type guys, and you hope our evaluations are solid there.
So based on offers, I'd say we definitely have 3 more guys, not counting Tiyon, who would be considered 4 star talent. ESPN has Rucker and Merrill as 4 star recruits. None of the sites give Washington any love, maybe because of his size, but he has offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma among others, so I suspect he's pretty solid.
