We had a great day ... basically landed everyone we expected to.
A couple observations:
- The difference between UGA (3) and UTjr (16) is the same between UTjr and ECU (84). The top 3 teams every year now are dwarfing all the other teams. You kind of have Tiers at 1-3, then 4,5-ish, then everyone else. Will be interesting to see if NIL and free agency balance that. For example, let's check back in 2,3 years and see how many of the A$M players are still there. UGA has experience with this ... our best class ever was in 2018 and we lost over half that class for a variety of reasons.
- A$M has 17 top 100, Bama has 15, and UGA has 11 ... that's the top 3 schools getting 43 of the top 100 players. Looking at the Tiers, tOSU had 8, and Texas has 4. Then PSU 4, ND 1, OU 2, UM 3, UNC 4.
- UGA had a somewhat odd class. We had really highly rated (14) and then a lot of development type players (13). This contributed to our lower than normal average. Highly rated - 4, 18, 23, 26, 27, 44, 45, 49, 61, 80, 99, 102, 123, 134, 160. But then 326, 347, 358, 426, 460, 481, 494, 534, 664, 723, 940, NR (Aussie punter). If the evals on the lower ranked players is good, and think there are some real sleepers there, this could be a special class for us.
- Some teams really went all in on the transfers. USC - 13, Ole Miss and LSU - 12, OU and FSU - 10. Going to be interesting to see how that pans out. Taking up initial counters for players with 1 or 2 years eligibility is risky for roster management. But also could be the type of thing that could balance the top tier discussed above.