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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?
 
nycane said:
Pringle and Toney are underrated.

The Center we got could be a high nfl draft pick. If Moore and wiley reach anywhere near their ceiling, they will be better than kids above them.
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Spot on, who’s underrated in this class in your opinion?
 
Last update here now that all final rankings are in

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Couple notes/thoughts:

This finished as our highest blue chip ratio class in the 247 era at 76.67%, topping last year’s 76.19%

This also puts our blue chip average in Mario’s 5 classes at 65.29%, which is higher than any single season in the 13 years prior.

This is the most blue chip recruits (23) in one signing class for us in the 247 era, and is also the most Mario has ever had including his time at Oregon. Previous high for Miami was 16 (+7) and Mario was 19 (+4)

The class finished with a 91.29 average, which is our second highest in the 247 era only behind the 2023 class. That one worked out pretty well in the end.

Finished with a total of 285.24, which trails only 2024 at 291.52 for our highest in the 247 era.

This was a big class, tied for our second biggest in the past 18 years, but we still only had 7 guys outside the top 500, and none outside the top 1,000. Not a ton of filler in this class.

I’m not going to write anything out about the percentage of top 50/100/150 etc we’ve signed relative to the prior 13 seasons, but just for reference as it relates to the numbers at the top right, we’re looking at 5 seasons compared to 13, or 38.5% of the amount of recruiting classes. We’re rapidly outpacing our recent recruiting history in quality.
 
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