SluggerDad,
I believe you and would be very interested in who that player is and which college he went to. I could easily see where a 9 might not play right away at certain DI programs. Especially those loaded with 9 and above type players.
But unless it is one of the nation's top DIII programs I would expect a 9 to play right away. Then it could be a case where we graded that player too high. Or it could be a player that simply didn't work and improve. Actually it could be any of a number of things. In any case, It's always good to look back and see what happened.