Looked over IU recruiting 2017-20, and found one aspect interesting.....that being, how productive some of IU's lower rated recruits have been.
From 2017-29, IU had 15 guys Rivals had rated as 5.4 guys. Of those, 7 had major or some impact on the program--Whop; Crider; Ziemba; Hendershot; McFadden; Matthews; Baldwin. That's 47%. 8 have had little or no impact to this point. We also had 1 5.2 guy (Allen) and 3 5.3 guys, one of which was Fryfogle. Note--I'm not counting K/P/LS in the #s.
Looking at the 5.5 & 5.6 guys, who were more numerous, 9/25 5.5 guys had an impact (36%). They include C. Jones; J. Johnson; Scott; J. Williams; Bjorson; Hewitt; Ellis; Sio; Person. The # for 5.6 guys was 46% (12/26)--Bryant; Fitzgerald; Burgess; Miller; King; Cam Jones; Taylor; Marshall; Casey; Bonhomme; Bedford; Swinton.
I also looked at 5.7 & 5.8 guys. There were a total of 14 of them, 5 of which have an an impact to date (Head; Sanguinetti; Penix; S. James; Mullen. The others in that group have been H. Harris; R. Walker; A. Rafferty; D. Brown; L. Tracy; K. Benson; Cam Williams; Robbins; R. Williams.
From 2017-29, IU had 15 guys Rivals had rated as 5.4 guys. Of those, 7 had major or some impact on the program--Whop; Crider; Ziemba; Hendershot; McFadden; Matthews; Baldwin. That's 47%. 8 have had little or no impact to this point. We also had 1 5.2 guy (Allen) and 3 5.3 guys, one of which was Fryfogle. Note--I'm not counting K/P/LS in the #s.
Looking at the 5.5 & 5.6 guys, who were more numerous, 9/25 5.5 guys had an impact (36%). They include C. Jones; J. Johnson; Scott; J. Williams; Bjorson; Hewitt; Ellis; Sio; Person. The # for 5.6 guys was 46% (12/26)--Bryant; Fitzgerald; Burgess; Miller; King; Cam Jones; Taylor; Marshall; Casey; Bonhomme; Bedford; Swinton.
I also looked at 5.7 & 5.8 guys. There were a total of 14 of them, 5 of which have an an impact to date (Head; Sanguinetti; Penix; S. James; Mullen. The others in that group have been H. Harris; R. Walker; A. Rafferty; D. Brown; L. Tracy; K. Benson; Cam Williams; Robbins; R. Williams.