OL recruiting is the only place where I really don't worry too much about high school rankings. Sure, I love it when we land some of the top OL, but just as often it seems they don't work out. We have two 5* OL trying to crack our starting line-up right now. If you look at the OL that just played in the Super Bowl, you would have found more 2* and 3* than 4* or 5*. From a UGA perspective, we've put way more 3* OL in the league than we have 5*.
@Volbound1700, just look at Cade Mayes who was a 5* at UGA, transferred home to UTjr and never lived up to expectations getting drafted in the 6th round.
Why is this? First, guys OL size are often a bunch of fatties in high school. They dominate because they are just way bigger than everyone else. Then they get to college where other guys who had great frames, but not the weight, had to learn technique to be good. Then they all get into a S&C program that develops them. And finally, some of these guys are still growing at 17, 18 years of age and get bigger.
Again, I'd love all the top 100 OL we can get, but I never worry about landing some top 500 OL ... they often work out well. If our total recruiting points, or average drops because we get an OL that is ranked 350 or something like that, I am good with it. This is where the coaches earn their keep with their evals.
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