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To me, it all boils down to utilization of talent. We’ve had good and bad evaluations. Some players have developed, some haven’t. Compared to the rest of the country, we stack up OK. But the the schematic issues have killed us for the past decade. From 2011-2015, our two-gap defense did not fit...

I'd say RJ McIntosh, Joe Jackson, Jon Garvin, Trajan Bandy and Kendrick Norton all sold themselves short a couple rounds. Of course, that assumes they play hard like Chad Thomas and don't coast.

I tend to agree. To me, the takeaway is that we are very good (relative to the rest of the country) at avoiding busts but need more homeruns and more seniors.

Ole Miss got a boost from all of those high draft picks they bought.

One flaw with the study is that the best developers are probably schools that don't sign ten Top 247 players and thus aren't included: Wisconsin, Iowa, TCU and Boise State. But it's an interesting comparison of the top schools and the bust ratio.

247 did a five-year study on player development from the 2011 to 2015 class. Not sure what to do with the results, but they should provoke some discussion. This was the criteria: It's a measure that takes into account the total number of Top247 prospects a program signed along with where/if...