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per Josh Helmholdt:
59 – Ranking of P.J. Fleck’s Western Michigan class in 2014
Among the impact current Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck had on the Mid-American Conference while the head coach of Western Michigan was forcing the entire conference to recruit to a higher level. In his first, full recruiting year with the Broncos, Fleck brought in the highest-ranked class in conference history. He nearly matched it two years later with the 64th-best class in 2016, but that 2014 class was truly ground-breaking.
The class Fleck signed at Western Michigan in 2014 finished tied with Iowa and was ranked better than three other Big Ten programs that year. The Broncos signed 14 three-star prospects – a designation that denotes Power Five caliber talent – including their current starter at left tackle, Chukwuma Okorafor. The Southfield, Mich., native committed to Fleck and his staff in the spring before of his junior year, but pulled offers from the likes of Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma after a big senior season. He would eventually spurn all those programs, though, and become part of the highest-ranked MAC recruiting class in history.
https://n.rivals.com/news/big-ten-spotlight-inside-the-recruiting-numbers
Go Gophers!!
59 – Ranking of P.J. Fleck’s Western Michigan class in 2014
Among the impact current Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck had on the Mid-American Conference while the head coach of Western Michigan was forcing the entire conference to recruit to a higher level. In his first, full recruiting year with the Broncos, Fleck brought in the highest-ranked class in conference history. He nearly matched it two years later with the 64th-best class in 2016, but that 2014 class was truly ground-breaking.
The class Fleck signed at Western Michigan in 2014 finished tied with Iowa and was ranked better than three other Big Ten programs that year. The Broncos signed 14 three-star prospects – a designation that denotes Power Five caliber talent – including their current starter at left tackle, Chukwuma Okorafor. The Southfield, Mich., native committed to Fleck and his staff in the spring before of his junior year, but pulled offers from the likes of Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma after a big senior season. He would eventually spurn all those programs, though, and become part of the highest-ranked MAC recruiting class in history.
https://n.rivals.com/news/big-ten-spotlight-inside-the-recruiting-numbers
Go Gophers!!