He is not a FR he completed his RFR season. Some of you like try and hide that little detail. Plus he was our 1st or 2nd most highly regarded and hyped recruit. Can't believe you don't expect a 4 star 2nd year player to have made an impact by now. That is what is idiotic.
Not many freshmen? I suggest you take a look at the skill position players that were named to the 1st and 2nd team All-SEC. You'll have a difficult time finding anybody who wasn't his team's 1st or second best player as a FR, or at least by his 2nd year. Lattimore, Dyer, Richardson, Murray,... And these are top 5 or 10 teams this year.
First, I don't know why you're comparing a LB to skill position players. But we can play that nonsensical game. Here is a list of the skill position players who were First Team All Big 10:
Russell Wilson: PLayed a lot as a RS FR.
Rex Burkhead, Nebraska Running Back - RS Fr Season - Didn't start and only 371 yards rushing
MONTEE BALL, WISCONSIN Running Back - Didn't start and only 390 yards as RS FR
A.J. Jenkins, Illinois Receiver - True SO - Reserve - 10 rec 112 yards
Marvin McNutt, Iowa Receiver - Only played a handful of snaps at QB, wasn't even a WR as a RS FR
Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern Tight End - Was injured as a SO, might have started. In his third season (RS-SO), he started 1/2 the time
So, Russell Wilson was the only bonafide starter of that bunch. Huh? Whodathunk?
Second, not only is your premise wrong, but it's completely illogical anyway. There are considerably more 4 star kids who enter Big 10 Programs than there are spots for them to be All Big 10 type players ever in their career, much less as a RS FR.
If you had lofty expectations out of a 4 star recruit, that sounds like it's your issue based on your own baseless opinions. There are some amazing athletes who can step right in and be great football players. There are kids who need a little time. I'm not sure how good Lamonte is, but I do know that it is beyond idiotic to make that judgment now. It's silly. Just to warn you, so you don't get your hopes up...I wouldn't expect much from Jonah Pirsig for a couple years either.