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Try being a have not. I'm seeing a lot of G5 teams come close to not even bothering to recruit out of high school, taking just a few. Why bother? You recruit a kid, he takes up a slot. You train him in the weight room, feed him up with good nutrition, coach him up, let him get a few game reps, and two years later (one of them a redshirt) if he's worth a darn he's gone. If he's been on the field enough to have some good film a team further up the food chain plucks him away. If he's not then it's likely that he markets himself and transfers up if he's good enough. All such coaches have to sell is playing time/good coaching, team culture, and "family". Most barely have enough money to retain their better players, to keep them from transferring out.
It's gotten to the point that coaches are taking a higher percentage of JUCO's and P5 transfers who are not getting the playing time they want instead of fooling with high school grads.
It's gotten to the point that coaches are taking a higher percentage of JUCO's and P5 transfers who are not getting the playing time they want instead of fooling with high school grads.