It's a tough one to grade because I am not sure on what to base my grade on. On one hand, I do think Fleck finished this class stronger than Claeys would have and a lot of Claeys out of state commitments/targets proved to be very borderline (Kitrell ended up at Ohio, Cherelus at UMass, Holmes at Louisiana-Monroe, and Croslen hasn't signed yet). The Quarterback we were rumored to have settled on, Ryan Glover, ended up at Penn. On the other hand, this class still looks like it's pretty solidly 12th in the conference which just is not acceptable finishing only ahead of 2 programs that also changed coaches in Indiana and Purdue.
In the end I went with a C- because I felt like this class really ended with a whimper. It would have been nice to land an Armstrong or the DT who reportedly didn't have the grades or even land Warren at RB even though it's not a huge position of need. Instead we don't land any of the 3 and lose two recruits I would have put in the top half of our class (Chambers and Abojei) to grades. It doesn't bother me as much as the other ones because of the quality of player involved but it would have been nice to keep Creamer or Marsette if for no other reason than to have one more body at CB or just to keep them out of Iowa.
I am pretty encouraged about recruiting in the short term with Fleck and think the 2018 class will be a significant upgrade (in ranking, obviously can't guarantee performance), but after 2018 it will be important to be able to show some on field results or the Fleck Brand won't be the same level of draw.