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Nov 16, 2014, 8:51 AM

"What happened to Clemson's depth? It's all in the numbers"
We all know the NCAA allows 28 signed recruits with a total of 85 on scholarship
But but we know the NCAA either does not want to or can not enforce their rules
Lets look at some of the top teams recruiting starting in 2010---2013

ESPN Class of 2010 Team Football Recruiting Rankings
#1 Florida Gators
Commits:28ESPNU 150 Commits:17Top Prospect:ATH Ronald Powell
Five-star commits:4Four-star:15Three-star:7Others:2

#3 Alabama Crimson Tide
Commits:29ESPNU 150 Commits:9Top Prospect:CB DeMarcus Milliner
Five-star commits:0Four-star:13Three-star:14Others:2

#4 Auburn Tigers
Commits:32ESPNU 150 Commits:7Top Prospect:RB Michael Dyer
Five-star commits:1Four-star:10Three-star:13Others:8

#6 Florida State Seminoles
Commits:24ESPNU 150 Commits:8Top Prospect:CB Lamarcus Joyner
Five-star commits:2Four-star:9Three-star:9Others:

#19 Clemson Tigers
Commits:23ESPNU 150 Commits:2Top Prospect:WR Martavis Bryant
Five-star commits:0Four-star:6Three-star:13Others:4

#20 Washington Huskies
Commits:30ESPNU 150 Commits:1Top Prospect:S Sean Parker
Five-star commits:0Four-star:6Three-star:17Others:8

Class of 2011 Team Football Recruiting Rankings

#1 Florida State Seminoles
Commits: 29 ESPNU 150 Commits: 12 Top Prospect: S Karlos Williams
Five-star commits: 1 Four-star: 17 Three-star: 7 Others: 4

#4 USC Trojans
Commits: 31 ESPNU 150 Commits: 10 Top Prospect: WR George Farmer
Five-star commits: 1 Four-star: 13 Three-star: 14 Others: 3

#8 Clemson Tigers
Commits: 29 ESPNU 150 Commits: 7 Top Prospect: ILB Tony Steward
Five-star commits: 2 Four-star: 7 Three-star: 16 Others: 4

#15 South Carolina Gamecocks
Commits: 31 ESPNU 150 Commits: 1 Top Prospect: DE Jadeveon Clowney
Five-star commits: 1 Four-star: 6 Three-star: 20 Others: 4

#19 Arkansas Razorbacks
Commits: 30 ESPNU 150 Commits: 3 Top Prospect: OG Mitch Smothers
Five-star commits: 0 Four-star: 9 Three-star: 9 Others: 12

Class of 2012 Team Football Recruiting Rankings

#8 Miami Hurricanes
Commits: 33 ESPNU 150 Commits: 6 Top Prospect: CB Tracy Howard
Five-star commits: 0 Four-star: 11 Three-star: 16 Others: 6

#10 Clemson Tigers
Commits: 21 ESPNU 150 Commits: 6 Top Prospect: S Travis Blanks
Five-star commits: 0 Four-star: 9 Three-star: 11 Others: 1

#16 South Carolina Gamecocks
Commits: 25 ESPNU 150 Commits: 3 Top Prospect: ATH Shaq Roland
Five-star commits: 0 Four-star: 10 Three-star: 14 Others: 1

#25 Virginia Tech Hokies
Commits:30ESPNU 150 Commits:1Top Prospect:ATH Joel Caleb
Five-star commits:0Four-star:5Three-star:22Others:3

2013 Football Class Rankings

#2 Florida 30

#8 Texas A&M 32

#10 Georgia 33

#13 Clemson 23

SEC Teams have always had what's called Gray Shirt Recruits
If a player wants to come and play football for Clemson
find a way to sign them
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?class=2014
Sorry this was long

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