re: Recruiting has gone down, 3 star will absolutely not bring home a Nati

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Jacob Hester was a 2* so we should only recruit 2* running backs, right?

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No, but you shouldn’t automatically dismiss a kid because of that rating if the staff sees potential in them, even if that means they start off as a PWO. For example, Josh Williams was a 2 star, too. Would you take any of our backs recruited from 2019 to 2021 over him today? He may not be a star, but he’s a valuable contributor. Similar to Hester, he overcomes a lack of pure talent with toughness, effort and versatility. You need players like this to build depth that doesn’t hit the portal at the first opportunity.