re: 2017 Arkansas Recruiting Thread---Football and Basketball

just a general comment on the lack of depth in the '17 Ark High School class.

While, it does look like the crop is a bit down, it's still early.

I looked back at an archived version of '16's arkansas HS recruits from a year ago on 247 and there were only 8 listed:
Mctelvin Agim(4 stars, 94.05)
Austin Capps(4 stars, 92.79)
Deontre Hardwick(4 stars, 91.11)
John Tate(3 stars, 89.30)
Kasey Ford(3 stars, 88.19)
Damarea Crockett(3 stars, 86.89)
Jordan Jones(3 stars, 85.70)
TJ Hammonds(3 stars, 83.33)


While mctelvin and capps were already identified as being solid prospects, its worth noting that Mctelvin was still well outside the top 100 and Agim, capps, hammonds and jones(the 4 we took) all ended up gaining recruiting points through the year(Hammonds may have been outside the top 1000 a year ago) while others(crockett, hardwick, tate, etc) fell off. Its also noteworthy that while there were only 7 total listed a year ago, the Ark HS class ended up with 23 recruits listed at 3 stars or higher on 247 by the end of their senior year.

point being, a lot happens during senior years and once offers roll in. We are getting evidence this week of that with Montaric Brown of Ashdown, who is good enough to get offers from Bama, LSU, Auburn and Arkansas, but doesnt have a star yet