With the signing of 2* LB Seth Benson, I thought I dig up old recruiting rankings and see how many players were two star recruits, which ones panned out, and which ones didn't. Some really great players listed and also a bunch of players I don't recall, at all.
2002 (50th)
WR Miguel Merrick
DT Larry Thomas
QB Cy Phillips
OL Chris Thomas
DT Wesley Thibeaux
DB Richie Williams
DB Marcus Paschal
DB Jovon Johnson
DE Steve Burch
ATH Clinton Solomon
LB Mike Elgin
2003 (43rd)
WR Scott Chandler
OL Clint Huntrods
LB Mike Humpal
DT Alex Willcox
DT George Eshareturi
DB Chris Brevi
WR Tyler Fanucchi
DB Khaliq Price
2004 (38th)
DB Bradley Fletcher
DB Adam Shada
TE Michael Sabers
DE Grant McCracken
WR Andy Brodell
RB Shonn Greene
DB Charles Godfrey
DE Lucas Cox
OL Rashad Dunn
RB Damian Sims
TE Brandon Myers
DT Ettore Ewen
2005 (11th)
DT Justin Collins
RB Dana Brown
DB Justin Edwards
DT Vernon Jackson
2006 (39th)
K Ryan Donahue
LB Karl Klug
DB Paul Chaney
LB Derrick Smith
LB Troy Johnson
DB Amari Spievey
DB Lance Tillison
TE Brett Morse
2007 (28th)
DB Abe Satterfield
LB Dezman Moses
DE Adam Gettis
TE Zach Furlong
DE Mike Daniels
TE Allen Reisner
2008 (53rd)
DB Jack Swanson
K Trent Mossbrucker
DE Jason Semmes
WR Shane Prater
DE Joe Gaglione
RB Jewel Hampton
DE J.D. Griggs
RB William Lowe
OL Casey McMillan
LB Steve Bigach
ATH Greg Castillo
RB Adam Robinson
2009 (63rd)
LB Jake Reisen
OL Brett Van Sloten
DT Scott Covert
TE Anthony Schiavone
LB Tyler Harrell
LB Shane DiBona
DB Joshua Brown
LB Martin Hopkins
DE Dominic Alvis
WR Stephane Ngoumou
QB Micah Hyde
OL Matt Murphy
ATH Dakota Getz
2010 (42nd)
ATH Austin Vier
WR Kevonte Martin-Manley
RB Anthony Hitchens
ATH Tanner Miller
K Jonny Mullings
2011 (30th)
LB Johnny Lowdermilk
LB Marcus Collins
RB Jordan Canzeri
RB Damon Bullock
DE Dean Tsopanides
2012 (43rd)
K Connor Kornbrath
LB Laron Taylor
DB Kevin Buford
LB Nate Meier
OL Reid Sealby
2013 (53rd)
WR Matthew VandeBerg
LB Josey Jewell
RB Akrum Wadley
WR Anjeus Jones
RB Jonathan Parker
2014 (59th)
K Mick Ellis
DE Terrence Harris
ATH Ben Niemann
DB Josh Jackson
ATH Parker Hesse
K Dillon Kidd
OL Ross Reynolds
2015 (58th)
DE Brady Reiff
LB Justin Jinning
WR Adrian Falconer
LB Michael Ojemudia
DT Garret Jansen
ATH Nick Wilson
RB Eric Graham
2016 (42nd)
OL Cole Banwart
WR Devonte Young
DB Cedric Boswell
2017 (40th)
WR Max Cooper
WR Henry Marchese
ATH Nate Wieland
K Ryan Gersonde
DB Geno Stone
2018 (36th)
LB Seth Benson
ATH Samson Evans
2002 (50th)
WR Miguel Merrick
DT Larry Thomas
QB Cy Phillips
OL Chris Thomas
DT Wesley Thibeaux
DB Richie Williams
DB Marcus Paschal
DB Jovon Johnson
DE Steve Burch
ATH Clinton Solomon
LB Mike Elgin
2003 (43rd)
WR Scott Chandler
OL Clint Huntrods
LB Mike Humpal
DT Alex Willcox
DT George Eshareturi
DB Chris Brevi
WR Tyler Fanucchi
DB Khaliq Price
2004 (38th)
DB Bradley Fletcher
DB Adam Shada
TE Michael Sabers
DE Grant McCracken
WR Andy Brodell
RB Shonn Greene
DB Charles Godfrey
DE Lucas Cox
OL Rashad Dunn
RB Damian Sims
TE Brandon Myers
DT Ettore Ewen
2005 (11th)
DT Justin Collins
RB Dana Brown
DB Justin Edwards
DT Vernon Jackson
2006 (39th)
K Ryan Donahue
LB Karl Klug
DB Paul Chaney
LB Derrick Smith
LB Troy Johnson
DB Amari Spievey
DB Lance Tillison
TE Brett Morse
2007 (28th)
DB Abe Satterfield
LB Dezman Moses
DE Adam Gettis
TE Zach Furlong
DE Mike Daniels
TE Allen Reisner
2008 (53rd)
DB Jack Swanson
K Trent Mossbrucker
DE Jason Semmes
WR Shane Prater
DE Joe Gaglione
RB Jewel Hampton
DE J.D. Griggs
RB William Lowe
OL Casey McMillan
LB Steve Bigach
ATH Greg Castillo
RB Adam Robinson
2009 (63rd)
LB Jake Reisen
OL Brett Van Sloten
DT Scott Covert
TE Anthony Schiavone
LB Tyler Harrell
LB Shane DiBona
DB Joshua Brown
LB Martin Hopkins
DE Dominic Alvis
WR Stephane Ngoumou
QB Micah Hyde
OL Matt Murphy
ATH Dakota Getz
2010 (42nd)
ATH Austin Vier
WR Kevonte Martin-Manley
RB Anthony Hitchens
ATH Tanner Miller
K Jonny Mullings
2011 (30th)
LB Johnny Lowdermilk
LB Marcus Collins
RB Jordan Canzeri
RB Damon Bullock
DE Dean Tsopanides
2012 (43rd)
K Connor Kornbrath
LB Laron Taylor
DB Kevin Buford
LB Nate Meier
OL Reid Sealby
2013 (53rd)
WR Matthew VandeBerg
LB Josey Jewell
RB Akrum Wadley
WR Anjeus Jones
RB Jonathan Parker
2014 (59th)
K Mick Ellis
DE Terrence Harris
ATH Ben Niemann
DB Josh Jackson
ATH Parker Hesse
K Dillon Kidd
OL Ross Reynolds
2015 (58th)
DE Brady Reiff
LB Justin Jinning
WR Adrian Falconer
LB Michael Ojemudia
DT Garret Jansen
ATH Nick Wilson
RB Eric Graham
2016 (42nd)
OL Cole Banwart
WR Devonte Young
DB Cedric Boswell
2017 (40th)
WR Max Cooper
WR Henry Marchese
ATH Nate Wieland
K Ryan Gersonde
DB Geno Stone
2018 (36th)
LB Seth Benson
ATH Samson Evans
