Recruiting is so funny to me.... All these kids could be looking for different things and we never really know.... Team is stacked? Kid doesn't come because he wants to play early; Kids position group is awful? Kid doesn't come because they can't develop.
I don't know how many of you went to college, or moreover how many had options to attend multiple colleges with those colleges pulling you in different directions. I was blessed/lucky enough to have that happen and I choose Miami. I did not have any relatives that attended there, I am from FL but not Miami, I liked watching Miami play growing up but I wasn't a diehard like I am now. I was legit sitting eating breakfast in my kitchen and I just said to my parents I am going to the U, to this day I am not sure what pushed me to make that decision it was just something I said F it, feel like its right in Miami and that was it.
Now with saying that, it is a recruiter's JOB to find out what that kid wants and push that button but lets not make a huge deal guessing why someone makes a certain decision.