Curtis Johnson (from N.O.) recruited Faulk to SDSU. I believe. CJ played for Erickson at Montana or one of those western schools where D.E. used to coach. I met C.J. in the VIP press box after the '89 UM-SDSU game. He was still coaching at SDSU but visiting coaches would visit our VIP box after the game. He came by to say hello to some of his former college coaches including Dennis. Curtis later became our WR coach and one of our greatest recruiters ever, especially in Louisiana. I'm just guessing CJ brought us Reggie Wayne and Ed Reed among a bunch of other solid Louisiana guys.
Yeah, we missed on Faulk because of position, just like Spurrier missed on Clinton Portis by recruiting him for CB.
Sometimes good coaches make mistakes in recruiting.