I live in Chicago. I remember when Rice came out of H.S. and signed with Illinois. Despite playing at a high-profile H.S. (Mt Carmel), he was a lightly regarded recruit. Illinois had much higher-rated guys in his recruiting class (that didn't end up doing ****). His FR year in college you could see that he was lightning fast and had arms down to his knees. But the experts missed him.
I bring this up because I think there are kids like this all over the country every year. There are just way too many H.S. players nationwide for the recruiting "experts" to see them all. Even at a H.S. that puts out lots of talent, kids can go relatively unnoticed.
Some will say that the recruiting ratings have improved in recent years. While I think that is true, I don't think they've improved all that much.
