Time will tell
So far Hunter is still legit
But if you want to get technical. Before all of social media, Mauer had a ridiculous recruiting sideshow...until everyone realized he was going to be the top player in the MLB draft
Randy Moss falls into the Mauer category, can you imagine what social media would have done during the Moss recruitment?
Then there was Nkemdiche, also a recruit that loved the followers. Turned out to be pretty good.
And if you don't want to limit yourself to football...there are tons or LeBron James and Kobe Bryant types in basketball that define the word 'sideshow when it comes to recruiting.