It sounds to me like those guys just weren't coached up. I'm not a huge "stars" guy, but were ALL the services wrong that many times? If they didn't work hard to recruit maybe they didn't work hard enough to coach up the talent they had.
Got al posiitons I can show you:
Rank POS First Name Last Name Stars What Happened?
1 PS-QB Ben Olsen 5 Redshirted. Went on Mission. Signed with UCLA
2 PS-QB Trent Edwards 5 Drafted 3rd round 2007 draft
3 PS-QB Justin Zwick 4 Completed Eligibility
4 PS-QB Anthony Martinez 4 Gave up Football
5 PS-QB Matt Gutierrez 4 Transfer Idaho St
6 PS-QB Drew Stanton 4 Drafted 2nd Round 2007 draft
7 PS-QB Marc Guillon 4 Transfer Alabama; Gave up Football
8 PS-QB Drew Olson 4 Completed Eligibility
9 PS-QB Brandon Cox 4 Did not enroll 1st Yr. Completed Eligibility
10 PS-QB Joe Teres'ski 4 Completed Eligibility
11 PS-QB Matt Moore 4 Transfer Oregon St
12 PS-QB Brandon Kirsch 4 Completed Eligibility
13 PS-QB Wyatt Sexton 4 Medical-Gave up Football
14 PS-QB Noah Allen 4 Transfer Sam Houston St
15 PS-QB Justin Tyler 3 Gave up Football
16 PS-QB Will Proctor 3 Completed Eligibility
17 PS-QB Christian Olson 3 Transfer Virginia
18 PS-QB Billy Don Malone 3 Transfer Abilene Christian
19 PS-QB Rhett Lashlee 3 Gave up Football
20 PS-QB Patrick Dosh 3 Transfer East Carolina
21 PS-QB John Stocco 3 Completed Eligibility
22 PS-QB Zac Taylor 3 Gave up Football
23 PS-QB Marshall Tharpe 3 Gave up Football
24 PS-QB Graeme McFarland 3 Completed Eligibility
25 PS-QB Karim El Nokali 3 Gave up Football
26 PS-QB Chris Crumpton 3 Gave up Football
27 PS-QB Ethan Flatt 3 Gave up Football
28 PS-QB Wesley Hill 3 Gave up Football
29 PS-QB Jamie Beeghley 3 Gave up Football
30 PS-QB James Pinkney 3 Completed Eligibility
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Rank POS First Name Last Name Stars What Happened?
1 DT-QB Vincent Young 5 Drafted 1st round 2007 draft
2 DT-QB Marcus Vick 5 Dismissed from Team
3 DT-QB James Banks 5 Dismissed form Team
4 DT-QB Gavin Dickey 4 Gave up Football
5 DT-QB Lester Ricard Jr 4 Transferred to Tulane
6 DT-QB Isaish Stanback 4 Drafted 4th round 2007 draft
7 DT-QB Anthony Johnson 4 Gave up Football
8 DT-QB Tyler Palko 4 Completed Eligibility
9 DT-QB Curt Dukes 4 Transfer Duke
10 DT-QB Sam Williams 4 Gave up Football
11 DT-QB Aryhel Freeman 4 Dismissed from Team
12 DT-QB Troy Smith 4 Drafted 5th round 2007 draft
13 DT-QB Cedric Washington 4 Completed Eligibility
14 DT-QB Austin Flynn 4 Completed Eligibility
15 DT-QB Bo Flowers 4 Pro Baseball
16 DT-QB Ryan O'Hara 3 Gave up Football
17 DT-QB Perry Patterson 3 Completed Eligibility
18 DT-QB Joel Stathan 3 Gave up Football
19 DT-QB Carl Bonnell 3 Completed Eligibility
20 DT-QB Kellen Bradley 3 Gave up Football
21 DT-QB James Cox 3 Completed Eligibility
22 DT-QB Nick Reid 3 Completed Eligibility
23 DT-QB Allen Webb 3 Transfer Texas College
24 DT-QB Joseph Ferguson 3 Gave up Football
25 DT-QB Tim Brasic 3 Completed Eligibility
26 DT-QB Maurice Avery 3 Completed Eligibility
27 DT-QB Brandon Avalos 3 Transfer to Shelton St
28 DT-QB Chris Pazan 3 Completed Eligibility
29 DT-QB Josh Hibbets 3 Gave up Football
30 DT-QB Dominique Richmond 3 Prison-Never made it
31 DT-QB Jason Manson 3 Completed Eligibility
32 DT-QB Josh Harris 3 Completed Eligibility
33 DT-QB David Overstreet 3 Completed Eligibility
34 DT-QB Junior Alexis 3 Never played
35 DT-QB Aries Nelson 3 Transfer to Mississippi Valley St