Yes, they made a great evaluation on Smothers. They shouldn't be penalized as recruiters because of it, though.
Nebraska's signed 20 4-star recruits in the last two classes. And 9 in the transition class. They signed a combined 12 in 2016-2017. That's a solid bump in talent despite the putrid results.
You can say he doesn't recruit Top-10 talent unless they're local, but he's already gone after 9 guys in the Top-7 of their position rankings, 7 of which were outside the 500-mile radius, and gotten commitments from 7 of the 9, 5 of those 7 being from outside the aforementioned 500-mile radius.
You can say he focuses on 3-star recruits, but he's had more 4-stars commits in the last two classes than any two-class combination since 2005-2006 and even they had fewer total 4-stars (18 to 20) than the 2019-2020 classes, but a combined 3 5-stars in the '05-'06 classes certainly puts that group over the top.
What you're saying is literally countering everything the data is saying.
No one is necessarily penalizing them on recruiting Smothers. I was just saying that he was a 3 star player when he was recruited and committed. He wasn't the Rivals #4 DT QB that you made him out to be in your post that I replied to.
So in 3 recruiting cycles he has recruited 9 whole players in the Top 7 of their position rankings? I am not sure that shows what you want it to show.
You are not comparing apples to apples when you write about 4 star commits in a two class combination....blah blah blah. That doesn't even address what I am talking about. You are just trying to confuse the facts with data that really doesn't show anything.
In 2019 Nebraska had official visits from 44 players, 29 were 3 star or below, 15 were 4 stars and zero were 5 stars. That is a 2-1 ratio, that shows exactly what I said. Frost recruits mostly 3 star players.
Those 44 players, a reasonable person would assume, are the players that Nebraska was most heavily recruiting. So of the 15 4 stars, 5 went elsewhere. 11 of the 29 3 star and below went elsewhere. 18 3 stars and 10 4 stars (basically same 2-1 ratio 3 star to 4 star) that Frost recruited and signed in 2019. His first full class. Of the 10 4 stars, 2 were JUCO players, so that leaves 8 incoming freshmen. Even if those 8 were all outside the 500 mile radius, and assuming all 8 of those players were top 10, the number show exactly what I said they show.
In 2020 class, Nebraska had 50 official visitors, 32 3 star and 18 4 star and zero 5 star.
Of the 18 4 star players, 8 signed elsewhere, leaving 10. 18 of the 32 went elsewhere leaving 14. I will readily admit that I didn't go name by name down the list, but outside of Corcoran, who came in at 7 at his position, the top ranked recruits Nebraska signed in this 2020 class were not even in the top 10, let alone top 5 of their respective positions.
So to sum up, 94 visits, 61 3 star or below. 2/3 of the players that the reasonable person would view as the most recruited players for Nebraska over a two year period were 3 star or below.