so every unheralded QB is brett favre? peyton manning was highly ranked. he turned out good. if you recruit a bunch of unheard of kids just cause many great players werent highly ranked, you'll end up with a team of rejects and maybe 1 or 2 good players. this is just like when people say who cares how tall the QB is, drew brees and doug flutie were short. these are examples of exceptions. exceptions prove the rule.
if you pick any given 5*, he is much more likely to be successful than any given 0*.