re: Top 5 class incoming...

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Top 5 class is basically impossible at this point. Even if we shoot the moon with both of the big remaining Louisiana kids plus both duncanville kids plus this ole miss flip plus another surprise plus keep every single current commit, that puts our class score at a number that would’ve been like 8th or 9th or 10th last year.


Ship has sailed on a top 5 class. Most likely scenario we land like 12th

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LSU is 12th now. If they lose Atkins and pick up just Simmons, McKinley, Durham, Watkins, and no recruits rankings change at all, the class number would be 7-9th based on the average of the last 5 years' classes. However in total that is only 23 commits. Once you add most likely recruiting bumps, that will likely move the class up one spot so 6th-8th ranked. An 8th ranked class at worst, with only 23 commits in a supposedly down Louisiana recruiting year is an elite class.

Also another thing people are forgetting, if in fact both Simmons and Durham commit to LSU on Tuesday, like that was no joke and both were super serious, that is recruiting momentum BIG TIME! It will have meant that from July 22nd to August 1st, LSU would have gotten 1 OT, a LB/S, a CB, a RB, and an EDGE. Five commits in 10 days, with 4 being top 150 overall recruits. With losing Atkins, that would still put us 4th in the rankings going into fall camp with only 21 commits. For reference the top 3 has 19, 21, and 26 commits which would put our class average rating not too far off from theirs.