Is it a better option instead of gambling on guys like Leigh?

Are those guys 20 hrs from BR?

Go check 247 website... the internet is a glorious thing

Better option is to have an OL coach that can recruit.

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s it a wiser option to grab multiple 3 and 4 star lineman instead exhausting a ton of resources on guys who are 20 hrs from br?

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short answer- NOPE

Even when you seek out the best quality you can get for OL you end up with a high rate of chaff vs. wheat. With a limit of 25 spots, you need to maximize it. Except for 3 or 4 OTs and 5-8 OGs forget about rankings. After they are off the board you are looking for recruits that already have the hardest to teach (or impossible) traits, or the beginnings of them. For example, you can improve natural agility. It's very very hard to create it from almost nothing.

Which brings the 2nd part of your post into focus... resources. The assumption that geography is going to expend your "standard" recruiting resources is wrong. Yes, it will have an impact. But there's enough to recruit 4 and 5 star OTs all over the country.

But to evaluate the one's that are no-miss recruits is what is hard. For OL (and DL) game film isn't enough. You need to drill them and look for a solid foundation. You have to see them in action; that includes vs. dummies/cones and other players. Play to play there's just not enough information in game film about the OLman's level of physical skills. THAT is where you run out of recruiting resources.

So in a way, you go after those 4 OTs and 8 OGs with all your standard recruiting resources that aren't really in short supply. You save the majority of your time and evaluations for their backup plans.

The best way to narrow your search with OLmen is old school HS coaches network. Coaches at Carthage HS will know if Nacadoches HS has an OLman with special skills. You also establish lines with the HS's that actually teach OL technique. Running plays is not teaching technique. Some put effort into it. Some don't. Those that do should be your first call. But instead of hunting for them, if you establish a good HS coaching network they'll feed names to you. Then you can see them workout and evaluate them.

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Being lied to and led on isn’t part of the job description

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that's literally a major part of the job description of a college recruiter

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that's literally a major part of the job description of a college recruiter

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So how does one avoid this down the road ?

I can find you 80 kids in Montana Iowa both Dakotas and or insert any state here ______that are faster than that slug recruiting is a joke the coaches get hyped on some kid when there are a multiple kids better than him. Stop looking at the stars

You finally remembered punctuation 5 words from the end. Way to salvage the post brother.

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The solution is to except your very well paid coaches to do their fricking job. Not to lower expectations

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Exactly we recruit on the elite level at every other position. LSU can draw elite recruits, the problem is our OL coach cant.