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I think the way the season is shaking out, we’ll see a lot of shake up in the top recruits as they reassess program trajectories and make some last minute decisions. Parity is here and it’s becoming more obvious.I hope I am. But in order to get into the Top 5, we have to get to at least 290-295 points. UGA right now has the #5 class, and they have 293. Could kids flip from those Top 5 schools? Sure. So there can be some movement. But I just don't see getting quite that high.
Let's do this as an exercise. Let's say we keep every kid we currently have committed, and we add this haul, which I think we can all agree would be absolutely insane and probably not very likely:
DJ Pickett
Vernell Brown III
Jarquez Carter
Ben Hanks
Kellen Wiley
That's 27 commits........and puts us at 287.77 points. Still not enough to get into the Top 5, in all likelihood. Even adding Elijah Griffin to that puts us at 295. Probably right at the cusp of the Top 5.
So I don't doubt Mario. There isn't a soul on this board who wanted this guy (nary a hint of Diddy, btw) more than me, and it's because of what he does on the trail. But it's just a math problem at this point. So, if I had to bet, I would say we do not get into the top 5, and #6 is probably the ceiling. JMO. I'd be more than happy to be wrong in December.
I could also be wrong and that takes another season or two to reflect more in recruitment. But again to have any chance at breaking top 5 and being the new bandwagon pick, we do need to win out the regular season and make a real run for it.