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Mario Recruiting vs Prior Coaches - 2025

amanan28 said:
What this tells me just at a glance the roster is not as “top heavy” as previous staffs. Top 250 and Top 200 are a positive trend as there is more balance between talent throughout.

The one thing this doesn’t show are the imbalances that happen in recruiting that leads to roster issues down the line and mismanagement of certain positions.
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Agree on both. And there a number of things that could obviously be more deeply explored, just a birds eye view of things I was already tracking.

I did toss an average recruit ranking column on here, which I think further speaks to the point about us being less top heavy and having more balance to the classes. Our worst class by average since Mario got here (this year) would be our best of the previous 13 years, other than Richt’s last class.

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Updated this after today’s 247 rankings update if anyone is interested. Probably not, but I’m avoiding work and figured some of you may be too.

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Final update for 2026

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Couple notes:

70% blue chip ratio, second highest only behind 2025 in 247 era

91.08 average, 3rd highest behind 2022 and 2023 in 247 era

We’re up to 33 top 150 players in Mario’s 5 classes, a 6.6 average per year, while the prior 13 years we averaged 3.6 per year. I don’t *think* it will happen, but it’s in the realm of possibility we go over the prior 13 season total of 47 in Mario’s 6th class next year.

Over Mario’s 5 classes, we now have a blue chip ratio total of 63.64%, which is higher than any single season other than Richt’s last class with 65.22%
 
TwentySix said:
Final update for 2026

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Couple notes:

70% blue chip ratio, second highest only behind 2025 in 247 era

91.08 average, 3rd highest behind 2022 and 2023 in 247 era

We’re up to 33 top 150 players in Mario’s 5 classes, a 6.6 average per year, while the prior 13 years we averaged 3.6 per year. I don’t *think* it will happen, but it’s in the realm of possibility we go over the prior 13 season total of 47 in Mario’s 6th class next year.

Over Mario’s 5 classes, we now have a blue chip ratio total of 63.64%, which is higher than any single season other than Richt’s last class with 65.22%
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Wingo wasn’t top 50?
 
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