FSU football: Can Noles maintain No. 1 recruiting class in ACC?
By Kelvin Hunt
Credit to Mack Brown for what he’s done since going back to Chapel Hill, but their blue-chip ratio can’t match FSU when they have a competent staff(and they do from the looks of things).
North Carolina has brought in blue-chip ratios of 16.6 percent, 38.4 percent, and 42 percent in the last three recruiting cycles.
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While that trend upwards is impressive, their ceiling is not anywhere near where what FSU historically produces.
The Carolina’s and surrounding areas don’t produce enough elite talent, and players from other states are not running to Chapel Hill to play en mass.
North Carolina finished No. 13 nationally in the football rankings and No. 14 nationally in the recruiting rankings.
Yet, Mack Brown hasn’t been able to parlay that success into 2022?
They have four commits, three of them blue-chip, and two of those are from Virginia. Is there enough in-state talent in North Carolina to help bolster their ranking while battling Clemson and others for that talent?
The rankings could change when updated, but North Carolina only has 12 blue-chip players currently, and three of them are committed elsewhere. Can North Carolina continue to raid Virginia for talent, or can they dip into South Carolina? Maybe, but I’d say the probability of that happening is low.