Second ranking wise after a Landon Young AFAIK. Will be third if/when Wills commits.
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Second ranking wise after a Landon Young AFAIK. Will be third if/when Wills commits.
Not even close to the same situation. One, Rivals rankings were different then. He would have been a 5.5/5.6 3* now. Two, Brooks and company were a million times better developing talent than Stoops and company have shown.
Like jauk pointed out he was a 5.2 not a 5.4 so no he would not have jumped all the way to a 5.5 or a 5.6. Pryor was a 6th round pick and Peters was a 3rd round pick. Under stoops we've already had a 1st round pick and a 3rd round pick on the Dline in his first two seasons. That's a problem when trying to explain the development angle that you took and don't even try to act like Bud was ever close to being considered a 1st round pick while playing for Joker. The rest of the guys under Stoops haven't had time to fully mature and take on a featured role in the defense so you have no idea if they'll be busts or develop beyond their ranking
And Avery Williamson was, what, a 5th round pick? Stamps and Forrest have a chance next month along with Huguenin and Lewis.
Brooks was ready to be run out of town at his same point as Stoops. We where coming off a 4 win season I believe. Developing dlineman takes time. If Meant Elam and Miggins are awful this year then you may have a point. I don't think those 3 will be awful by any stretch to be honest.
People keep trying to compare our DL to Pryor and Peters at the early part or mid-point of their career under Stoops. That is futile except for Pryor and Peters setting the standard to which you can compare complete careers. Also as I and RR30 have stated above, Rivals has increased the number of players they give stars to making the comparison even more vague.
People seem to think Kentucky is a football factory developing NFL players by mentioning names but the true fact is we have seldom had a SEC quality DL just like we have seldom had highly regarded recruits to assemble those DL's. Maybe there is a clue in that fact.
People seem to think Kentucky is a football factory developing NFL players by mentioning names but the true fact is we have seldom had a SEC quality DL just like we have seldom had highly regarded recruits to assemble those DL's. Maybe there is a clue in that fact.