re: SI ranks college football's most talented rosters

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Burrow is one 4-star that LSU lost. Same as about 12 other guys that we lost, and about 15 that we gained this recruiting cycle.

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I imagine a lot of those guys got a bump in their score with the following in mind:

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For example, Minnesota's Tanner Morgan was just the No. 1185th-rated prospect coming out of high school, but he clearly played above that last season. Therefore, he's now considered a 4-star in this metric. Players who underachieve their star rating are not lowered points, though, because the point of this exercise is to measure potential. And there could be mitigating circumstances beyond an overrated evaluation that has held a player back, like injuries.

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Burrow, for example, would very much be considered a 5*.

Besides, you have a total of... 21 players leaving, right? 9 leaving early, 12 more graduating (including Burrow)?