Recruiting Revisited: How the class of 2016 ranks four years later

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Recruiting Revisited: How the class of 2016 ranks four years later

Our annual deep dive recognizes the programs that did the best at identifying, developing, retaining and winning with their 2016 newcomers.

theathletic.com

Top 25 Re-Rank

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Notre Dame
5. Georgia
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Ohio State
9. Utah
10. Washington
11. LSU
12. Memphis
13. Mississippi State
14. Penn State
15. Boise State
16. Iowa
17. Florida Atlantic
18. Oklahoma
19. Oklahoma State
20. Texas A&M
21. West Virginia
22. TCU
23. Stanford
24. Ole Miss
25. Temple

 

[gophermartin]

Pretty interesting....but it makes sense with the talent leaving and the development seen in those players since they arrived.

I can hardly wait for this thread to head to an argument over which coaching staff deserves more credit. Both can deserve credit for it. But that is just MHO.

 

[MaxyJR1]

From the article- "When a fiery coach like Fleck comes in preaching culture change and building a brand new foundation, that usually leads to a lot of roster attrition for classes like these. The Gophers’ players and coaches deserve a ton of credit, then, for what they’ve built together because this class really only had two departures after Fleck took over (and one was Drew Hmielewski, who opted to focus on baseball)."

 

[BTChamp]

Thanks for posting. Interesting LSU and tOSU are that low but at least no mention of the red dinks to the east.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Won't post the article because it is a pay site (bit the bullet and subscribed due to great things I have heard about the Athletic content). But for those non subscribers here is the criteria they used for the rerank.

5 points: All-American, award winner, top-50 NFL draft pick
4: Multiyear starter, all-conference honors
3: One-year starter or key reserve
2: Career backup
0: Left the program, minor or no contribution

Looks like this is the third year they have done this. Didn't make top 25 in 2014 or 2015 but easy to see why the 2016 class would do really well in a rerank like this. Will be interesting to see how future years do as well. Very few misses in that 2016 group.

 

[FredCoxRocks]

Pretty interesting....but it makes sense with the talent leaving and the development seen in those players since they arrived.

I can hardly wait for this thread to head to an argument over which coaching staff deserves more credit. Both can deserve credit for it. But that is just MHO.

 

[RememberMurray]

Recruiting Revisited: How the class of 2016 ranks four years later

Our annual deep dive recognizes the programs that did the best at identifying, developing, retaining and winning with their 2016 newcomers.

theathletic.com

Top 25 Re-Rank

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Florida
4. Notre Dame
5. Georgia
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Ohio State
9. Utah
10. Washington
11. LSU
12. Memphis
13. Mississippi State
14. Penn State
15. Boise State
16. Iowa
17. Florida Atlantic
18. Oklahoma
19. Oklahoma State
20. Texas A&M
21. West Virginia
22. TCU
23. Stanford
24. Ole Miss
25. Temple

Wow. This is eye-opening.

 

[Deusen]

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