re: Top recruiting class does not equal top ranked football team

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the Editor of ESPN Magazine and he was saying that you look at NFL draft picks and a lot of them were not 4 or 5 star recruits

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1. Newton 5
2. Miller 4
3. Dareus 3
4. Green 5
5. Peterson 5
6. Jones 5
7. Smith 3
8. Locker 4
9. Smith 5
10. Gabbert 5
11. Watt 2
12. Ponder 3
13. Fairley 3
14. Quinn 4
15. Pouncey 4
16. Kerrigan 3
17. Solder 3
18. Liuget 4
19. Amukamara 3
20. Clayborn 4
21. Taylor 4
22. Castonzo 2
23. Watkins 4
24. Jordan 3
25. Carpenter 4
26. Baldwin 5
27. Smith 3
28. Ingram 4
29. Carimi 3
30. Wilkerson 2
31. Heyward 4
32. Sherrod 4

5 stars: 7
4 stars: 12
3 stars: 10
2 stars: 3

60% of players taken in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft were 4 or 5 stars. You know why most taken weren't 4 or 5 star recruits? Because the NFL draft has way more picks than 4 or 5 star draft eligible players.


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