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Class Analysis
Now that the 2016 class is finished I thought it would be interesting to assess it both in comparison with previous classes and in terms of its relationship to its peers this year. Firstly, though I would just like to point out that what follows should be taken with a grain of salt; even the best staffs routinely miss in recruiting, and players develop in unexpected ways.
One thing that was very good about this class was the number of good P5 offers, far higher than some previous classes, especially taking into account the slightly smaller than average size of this years class. For instance, going by rivals (who are largely correct, although many offers are only committable on certain conditions, such as committing immediately, playing a position which the player doesn't favour etc) this year tech has players with the following elite P5 offers (that is, somewhat arbitrarily, from schools who were in the top-15 of this years recruiting rankings):
1. Parker Braun - Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio State, Tennessee
2. Emmanuel Bridges - Alabama, Clemson, Mississippi, Tennessee
3. Steve Dolphus - Florida
4. Xavier Gantt - Ohio State
5. Jair Hawkins-Anderson - Georgia, Tennessee
6. Jay Jones - Alabama, Florida, Auburn,
7. Dedrick Mills - Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Tennessee
8. Jordan Woods - Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Tennessee
That's 8/18, a fairly solid number.
Now compare that to 2015's class, which was one of the best in recent years:
1. Victor Alexander - Florida, UCLA
2. Tyler Cooksey - Tennessee
3. Brentavious Glanton - Tennessee
4. Mikell Lands-Davis - Tennesee
5. Brant Mitchell - Tennesee
6. Anree Saint-Amour - Mississippi, Ohio State, Tennessee
That's only 6-26 (not including Jaylen Ratliffe, who, for what it's worth, only had offers from North Carolina and NC State).
I also believe that the number of prospects on these lists whose offers were either dubious or only valid for a very limited period of time is roughly similar, and 2015 also benefited from Tennessee's policy of early-offering anything that moved and/or played high school football.
However, that isn't to say that 2016's class is necessarily any better than 2015's, indeed it is clear that several players who purely from a rankings standpoint weren't that highly valued, for instance Mitchell, Marshall, Tq Marshal, Bryant, Gray (these last two could have had a lot more offers had they not committed when they did) have been real hits. Equally, the fact that the class was much larger than this years gives the a certain degree of safety in numbers.
Overall I think that this years class is about equal to last year's class on a per-player basis, though that class was larger and thus may be better overall. Still I think it was an impressive recruiting achievement following a 3-9 season, and a real display of the benefits of staff continuity in fighting off 'bigger' schools.
Class Analysis
Now that the 2016 class is finished I thought it would be interesting to assess it both in comparison with previous classes and in terms of its relationship to its peers this year. Firstly, though I would just like to point out that what follows should be taken with a grain of salt; even the best staffs routinely miss in recruiting, and players develop in unexpected ways.
One thing that was very good about this class was the number of good P5 offers, far higher than some previous classes, especially taking into account the slightly smaller than average size of this years class. For instance, going by rivals (who are largely correct, although many offers are only committable on certain conditions, such as committing immediately, playing a position which the player doesn't favour etc) this year tech has players with the following elite P5 offers (that is, somewhat arbitrarily, from schools who were in the top-15 of this years recruiting rankings):
1. Parker Braun - Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio State, Tennessee
2. Emmanuel Bridges - Alabama, Clemson, Mississippi, Tennessee
3. Steve Dolphus - Florida
4. Xavier Gantt - Ohio State
5. Jair Hawkins-Anderson - Georgia, Tennessee
6. Jay Jones - Alabama, Florida, Auburn,
7. Dedrick Mills - Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Tennessee
8. Jordan Woods - Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Tennessee
That's 8/18, a fairly solid number.
Now compare that to 2015's class, which was one of the best in recent years:
1. Victor Alexander - Florida, UCLA
2. Tyler Cooksey - Tennessee
3. Brentavious Glanton - Tennessee
4. Mikell Lands-Davis - Tennesee
5. Brant Mitchell - Tennesee
6. Anree Saint-Amour - Mississippi, Ohio State, Tennessee
That's only 6-26 (not including Jaylen Ratliffe, who, for what it's worth, only had offers from North Carolina and NC State).
I also believe that the number of prospects on these lists whose offers were either dubious or only valid for a very limited period of time is roughly similar, and 2015 also benefited from Tennessee's policy of early-offering anything that moved and/or played high school football.
However, that isn't to say that 2016's class is necessarily any better than 2015's, indeed it is clear that several players who purely from a rankings standpoint weren't that highly valued, for instance Mitchell, Marshall, Tq Marshal, Bryant, Gray (these last two could have had a lot more offers had they not committed when they did) have been real hits. Equally, the fact that the class was much larger than this years gives the a certain degree of safety in numbers.
Overall I think that this years class is about equal to last year's class on a per-player basis, though that class was larger and thus may be better overall. Still I think it was an impressive recruiting achievement following a 3-9 season, and a real display of the benefits of staff continuity in fighting off 'bigger' schools.
