recruit ranks in 80s early 90s weren't nearly as well done as now. miami always had top notch talent just look at guys from those erickson, jj, howard teams that went to pros.
the list is pretty long. guys like jerome brown, cortez kennedy, jj had guys going to nfl all the time. it wasn't just coaching. todays rankings are much more in depth then they were then. we have sites dedicated year round to recruiting. no offense but in late 80s even early 90s it wasn't like that.
a guy like ray lewis today never gets a 2 or 3 star, he would of been a 5 star today. the recruit rankings then were no where near as good as they are today. today u have rivals, scout, 247, espn, there are more but those are big ones rating recruits. i was watching football surfing net u never heard about recruiting then like today.