1. AQM and Walton were not 5 stars. Also helps when you play on a team full of top 100 kids, does it not? This line of thinking is what i think
@DTP was referring to in his post above. We overrate our players and when they don't perform to our expectations we call it development
2. I see you left out Artie who was a first rounder on that list, but i digress. Let me ask you this, Who in your mind should have been first round picks out of all the players drafted that wasn't a first rounder due to lack of development:
2020
Round: 4 / Pick: 140 - LB
Shaq Quarterman (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Round: 4 / Pick: 144 - RB
DeeJay Dallas (Seattle Seahawks)
Round: 5 / Pick: 176 - WR
K.J. Osborn (Minnesota Vikings)
Round: 7 / Pick: 242 - DL
Jon Garvin (Green Bay Packers)
2019
Round: 4 / Pick: 119 - DB
Sheldrick Redwine (Cleveland Browns)
Round: 5 / Pick: 158 - CB
Michael Jackson (Dallas Cowboys)
Round: 5 / Pick: 165 - DL
Joe Jackson (Dallas Cowboys)
Round: 6 / Pick: 181 - DB
Jaquan Johnson (Buffalo Bills)
Round: 6 / Pick: 204 - RB
Travis Homer (Seattle Seahawks)
2018
Round: 3 / Pick: 67 - DL
Chad Thomas (Cleveland Browns)
Round: 4 / Pick: 107 - TE
Chris Herndon (New York Jets)
Round: 4 / Pick: 112 - RB
Mark Walton (Cincinnati Bengals)
Round: 5 / Pick: 139 - DL
RJ McIntosh (New York Giants)
Round: 6 / Pick: 210 - WR
Braxton Berrios (New England Patriots)
Round: 7 / Pick 242 - DT
Kendrick Norton (Carolina Panthers)
2017
Round: 1 / Pick: 29 - TE
David Njoku (Cleveland Browns)
Round: 4 / Pick: 113 - DB
Rayshawn Jenkins (Los Angles Chargers)
Round: 4 / Pick: 152 - CB
Corn Elder (Carolina Panthers)
Round: 5 / Pick: 180 - OL
Danny Isidora (Minnesota Vikings)
Round: 6 / Pick: 196 - DE
Al-Quadin Muhammad (New Orleans Saints)
Round: 6 / Pick: 215 - QB
Brad Kaaya (Detroit Lions)
Round: 7 / Pick: 219 - WR
Stacy Coley (Minnesota Vikings)
Round: 7 / Pick: 229 - CB
Adrian Colbert (San Francisco 49ers)
Round: 7 / Pick: 240 - FB
Marquez Williams (Jacksonville Jaguars)
2016
Round: 1 / Pick: 25 - CB
Artie Burns (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Round: 4 / Pick: 124 - S
Deon Bush (Chicago Bears)
3. Do you think it is a coincidence that 2 of our most athletically gifted kids over the last 5 years were our only 2 first round picks?
4. Do you think our kids leaving a year early, therefore skipping another year of development, to be a late round pick is player development? Those decisions, while hard to quantify, have an impact of where a kid is drafted. If our juniors stayed maybe we'd have more 2, 3, 4 round and less 5, 6, 7 rounds too.
If you want to say we need to recruit better, i think EVERYONE would agree.