Yeah. Because EVERYTHING you need to know about a kid's talent... is their ranking by a bunch of journalists.
I remember guys like you saying similar things like this about some of last year's recruits... before they got bumped. Seems the UT taking the commitment of those players caused those journalists to take a real look... and realize they're pretty good talents.
I have no idea if this is a good player or not.... but Velus Jones was a 3*. Tillman was a 3*. Payton... a 3*. Seems Heupel and crew know out to get production out of talented 3* players.