Just for fun I thought I'd look up what kind of recruits these guys were for college. Doesn't really mean anything but it's interesting to check out.
HaHa Clinton-Dix - 5 star, #1 S, #7 overall, 6.1 rating
Davante Adams - 2 star, 5.3 rating, also a 2 star basketball recruit
Kyrhi Thornton - 4 star, 5.8 rating
Richard Rodgers - 3 star, #24 TE, 5.7 rating
Carl Bradford - 3 star, #16 ILB, 5.7 rating
Corey Linsley - 4 star, #6 OG, #174 overall, 5.8 rating
Jared Abbrederis - no ratings or rankings and no scholarship offers (he's not even in the system)
Demetri Goodson - 3 star basketball recruit with 4 scholarship offers
Jeff Janis - no ratings or rankings and no scholarship offers (he's at least in the system)
Here's the rating system:
6.1 Franchise Player; considered one of the elite prospects in the country, generally among the nation's top 25 players overall; deemed to have excellent pro potential; high-major prospect
6.0-5.8 All-American Candidate; high-major prospect; considered one of the nation's top 300 prospects; deemed to have pro potential and ability to make an impact on college team
5.7-5.5 All-Region Selection; considered among the region's top prospects and among the top 750 or so prospects in the country; high-to-mid-major prospect; deemed to have pro potential and ability to make an impact on college team
5.4-5.0 Division I prospect; considered a mid-major prospect; deemed to have limited pro potential but definite Division I prospect; may be more of a role player
4.9 Sleeper; no Rivals.com expert knew much, if anything, about this player; a prospect that only a college coach really knew about