Pedaldad posted:
"I like to use Vandy because they are such an easy target, but they are characteristic of most P5, which have 4-year scholarship commitments. Everyone got a year of eligibility. So counting toward the 27 and 35 next year Vandy has potentially:
Returnung juniors -8. Sophomores -9. Freshman -16. Incoming Freshman - 18.
This effectively gives them 34 Freshman in next years class. "
What you are missing is this:
The 9 sophomores from this season are what is left from a 22 man recruiting class of 2018's after 1 year in the program. I would say for programs like Vandy, Arkansas, etc this is more a business as usual situation. Any kid headed to Vandy as part of a 22 man recruiting class better already know he is swimming with the sharks....if he doesn't it's a failure on him to do some basic research.
The programs that don't already run this way are in for a shock though.
Visual support for your comment.
Vanderbilt 2020 Distribution by Position
Vanderbilt 2019 Distribution by Position
Vanderbilt 2020 Player Attrition (Compares 2020 vs 2019)