Everyone saying our class ranking is a problem becaues we don't have a five-star is missing the entire point. The 247 composite is a snapshot, not a blueprint. Look at the teams at the top of those rankings right now. They're built on five-star flips and NIL auctions. We're building a roster.
Our staff is identifying specific system fits in the portal and locking down high-floor, high-character high school croots who want to be here. That's how you win in the new SEC. You think the team that just won the natty last year was loaded with five-stars across the board? They developed. They coached. They found guys who fit. We're doing the same thing. The noise about our ranking outside the top 20 is just that, noise.
The real story is the silent commits we have lined up and the under-the-radar portal takes that will bump our ranking after spring evaluations. Our needs at edge and in the secondary are being addressed with guys who have multiple years of eligibility, not one-year rentals. That's sustainable. The five-star factories lose three first-rounders and have to start over. We're building a program that reloads, not rebuilds. Watch the field this fall, not the recruiting page.