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This came up on another board about 3 times in a few days and seems to be a common misunderstanding about comparing this Class with other Classes-since I took the time to investigate the numbers (again) I thought I'd share here too

Historical 3+ Star Texas Recruits:

2007-156 (Phil Bennett)
2008-163
2009-212 (June Jones First Full Class)
2010-288
2011-271
2012-273
2013-197
2014-152
2015-162 (Chad Morris First Class)
2016-143

While not exactly accurate-a 5.4 2 star today would more likely be considered a 5.5 3 star in the grade inflated 2010-2012 period (aka "The Steroid Era")

also not entirely accurate but useful for demonstration-assuming there were approximately 375 Texas high school Division 1A recruits then the following percentages of the Class were considered 3+ Stars

2007-41%
2008-43%
2009-57%
2010-77%
2011-72%
2012-73%
2013-53%
2014-43%
2015-43%
2016-38% (incomplete)

So the number of 3+ stars in the collective Texas crop in some of those early June Jones years is about twice as much as currently graded 3 stars in the Class of 2016

Interesting. Thanks.

SMU currently has 9 commits rated 5.4 (2 star) or above. Most but maybe not all would be considered a 3+ Star during the "Steroid Era".

This might be unfair, but who might have been a three star that we were pumped about under the previous regime that would actually have been a two star under these standards?

well I pulled the high school 5.5 3 stars from that inflated 2010 Class-they likely would have been 2 stars under the current rating scale

Anthony Beard (transferred a couple of days into camp I believe)
John Bordano (injured before arriving although he did contribute)
Aston Duhe (injured)
Hayden Greenbauer
Jeremy Hall (didn't qualify)
Derrick Thompson