Most excited over a 3 star rated recruit that you've been

The SEC leads the nation in recruiting year in and year out. There is A LOT of talent in the southeast in general, hundreds of 4 or 5 Star players reside in the southern states. A brief look at those recruits threads on this board alone will show a vast difference in the number of posts and level of excitement when a 4 or especially 5 star recruit commits to a school or is deciding b/w SEC schools.

However, we all know that some 3 star recruits go on to perform like 5 star recruits in college and one might even think that the recruit was much more deserving of national attention earlier in the process, before college.

So who was the 3 star recruit that you can remember being the most excited about before they went on to have a great collegiate and possible pro career? Who was the 2 or 3 Star diamond in the rough that you were telling everyone was going to pay off huge before they put on your school's uniform?


IMO, for SC it was Pharoh Cooper. A 3 Star dual threat QB/CB out of Havelock HS in NC. I watched him play a few games his Sr year and he was the best athlete on the field both games. Then I watched him smoke Concord HS in the State Championship and be the game MVP. Next was the SC/NC Shrine Bowl and he was again the best player on the field that day, winning the Offense MVP award. The national sites then started paying him more attention, but he was still a 3 Star guy. I had a bunch of posts on this site alone saying this guy was going to be special.

Finally Pharoh came to SC, played as a true FR and was utilized as a PR/KR/WR/QB (in the wildcat.) He was awarded with FR All SEC and FR All American honors by coaches and media.