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Grading the Power Five 2023 recruiting classes in the state of Texas
Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders sign most impressive recruiting classes based on average rankings with players like Arch Manning, Anthony Hill, Johntay Cook, Isaiah Crawford and Ansel Nedore.
Not every recruiting class can be judged the same. The world doesn’t happen in a vacuum and context matters. Texas and Texas A&M always sign the top-ranked recruiting classes in Texas, but that doesn’t always equal a successful cycle. The Aggies fell from the top-ranked class in 2022 to the 15th-best one in 2023. Conversely, Texas Tech signed a recruiting class in 2023 that ranks nearly 25 spots better than its five-year average.
Instead of ranking the classes by pure talent, we took a stab at grading the Power Five classes in the Lone Star State from the 2023 cycle based on relativity. Including Houston, five of the six teams in Texas signed classes in 2023 that rank above expectation based on what it signed starting in 2019.
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