As someone who lives in this world, I appreciate the time it took to put that together. It’s a lot of numbers. Kind of overwhelming.
Another way of looking at it is when they were offered scholarships. I won’t include the overseas guys and transfers because that’s such a pick your spot different process. Ditto for the first two classes. '09 was Leitao’s and he didn’t have a full cycle to work with in '10.
11 were offered early, before Jan of their junior year. Anderson Nolte Tobey Hall Stith Diakite Guy Jerome Morsell McCorkle Beekman. Notes Only one transfer. But 8 of the 11 came in the easier to recruit reload classes of '12, '16, and '20.
2 were “spring” offers, before June. Huff Abdur-Rahim. Notes It’s a short list, another of those unique Bennett patterns. And again, both in reload classes.
9 were summer offers, mostly during or immediately following July’s live periods. Brogdon Jesperson Atkins Perrantes Wilkins Reuter Hunter Anthony Shedrick Notes A few transfers, but a lot of homeruns. Nobody took more advantage of July than TB. it’s a shame the NCAA has taken most of it away.
2 were offered Fall of their senior year. Teven Kihei Notes Same situation due to different circumstances. Required settles.
4 were late signings. Barnette Shayok Badocchi McKoy. Notes Not much success late. Some unnecessary settles that wouldn’t happen today. McKoy could be the first that doesn’t transfer.
Some conclusions
Rankings get lower as you go, as you’d expect. But I think you’ll find the summer recruits have had every bit if not more success than the early ones. Especially if you remove Reuter and Anthony who were kind of special cases, pre-mature settles due to impossible circumstances of uneven classes. As long as TB gets his guys in any of the first 3 stages, the results are pretty damn good.
Recruiting has historically been hard under Bennett outside of those reload years. In his other 7 recruiting classes, he’s only gotten 3 recruits offered before summer. There’s reason to be hopeful about a couple early '21 targets, but overall I’d buckle up in case things get rocky.