i have followed recruiting for as long as i can remember, i go to highschool games to watch key BYU recruits i get the recruiting DVDs and i watch all the highlights i can. Knowing what i know recruiting is one of the most inexact sciences ever.
The star system in my opinion is more of a guage of your chances of being a bust. For example:
5 star recruit- 85% chance you make it
4 star recruit- 70% chance you make it
3 star recruit- 50% chance you make it
2 star recruit- 30%
1 star recruit- 10%
Now obviously that is not exact and what exactly does make it mean, well make it for me is based on how highly touted you were, 5 star you want potential all-american, 4 star all conference performer, 3 star starter, 2 star contributor, 1 star had to fill the schollies, hopefully you find a diamond in the rough.
In BYUs recruiting class this past year i see the following players as having the biggest impact by the time there careers are over:
1. Devin Mahina
2. JJ Diluigi
3. Maanaki Vaitai
4. Jordan Pendelton- watch this kid for sure, he is going ot be a stud
5. Austen Jorgensen
5 players i dont see impacting the program much are:
1. Cade Cooper- easy one
2. Scotty Ebert- imo, one of the casualties of offering early
3. Aveni Leung-Wai
4. Tyler Beck
5. Famika Anae
the rest are in the middle for me and i am not sure, i like G Pittman a lot but corner is the hardest position to transition from highschool to college.
Also a few others i think have potential are
kessman
reynolds
Jordan Smith- legit 6'4 and a burner
Levi Mack- would be top 5 if we werent so deep at O-line
Manumaleuna- had one of the biggest hits i have ever seen in a highschool game.