The Lions' Pride

Haha 247 is going to get updated any day fwiw.

DJ is going to get a BIG bump.

IMO - I think you'll see AB and Hack as five stars before Sept maybe AA as well. Switzer, Johnson, Mahon, Williams, McG and Douglas will all end up at four at least with a couple having a chance to go higher with a good season. Shaping up to be a top class if we can pull in a few more of the top targets.

I could be worng but I think it is looked at both regionally and as a group by the writers for any given site based on film and seeing them at camps etc. Thats why guys get some big jumps once in a while, the people evaluating them haven't seen them much. I think that is why a guy like Lynch came on at the end of the cycle last year, no one really saw him play.

AB will end up a 5 star on Rivals. He would be Rivals first 5 star TE since 2008. FWIW's, Rivals is usually the most stingy between the 3 sites when it comes to star ratings. I think 247 is way off on some guys. Sickels is ranked the 20th best DE by 247 and Rivals has him #50 OVERALL in the nation. That is way off base. That being said, I really like Rivals Rankings!

So Sean can tinker with some numbers and increase our class ranking?

No I cannot and would not. I have input, but rating is up to the national guys like JC and Barton.

Thats Mahon.

Seeing the 'e' attached to that last name gave me bad memories

are you serious? As subjective as they - stars or numbers and quite frankly as worthless as they are right now (class rankings should be done after three years, not before they step foot on the campus), people are way too worried about the star count.

Ohh No! Mah bad. Didnt mean to invoke bad memories. Apologies. Its been corrected.