This whole ordeal is very entertaining.
I believe that projecting quarterback success at the next level, high school to college, college to the pros is very unpredictable, so many variables and unknowns.
I got the Street and Smith college football annual, starting with Penn State's 1982 season when each team got about a 2-3" column and the top senior high schoolers list usually had a few PA QBs, most of which went nowhere at the levels.
I point to the NetFlix series' Last Chance U and QB1....it seems like the logical choice is to be caustious about about any top 5 QB.
The long list that 'seemed destined' for greatness included Dan Kendra and the Notre Dame PA kid Beano Cook touted for a handful of Heisman's.
It goes both ways. My brother-in-law graduated with Joe Montana who supposedly only had basketball scholarships before Notre Dame offered.
Many on this board should remember how Tom Brady played agains our team, while being passed over a few times for other recruits. I neither predicted or was surprised by his resolve or success at the next level.
i go back to Joe's comment after he had been burned with a focus nationally recruiting strategy that they were moving back towards players that wanted to come here.
On the related area, wiht WRs, give me a Parker Washington (wasn't he something like a 3*, but one who came in catching just about anything thrown his way and physical enough to break many tackles for YACs) or a Jordan Norwood (a player with the basketball skills to cut to get open and hands ready to catch the ball after the cut)., and maybe a Greg Garrity type as a walk-on...Even though neither was a top tier prospect, we have nothing close to them currently on the team.