Comparing Matt and Caleb

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Clyde4cy

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I would have to do some thinking as to if Matt would be one of the 15 best players in the history of the program. I suppose much would depend on how you define "best" there.

But for the record, here are the best recruits in school history on 247 from roughly 2000 forward...

1. Brackins
2. Wigginton
3. Hunter
4. Horton-Tucker
5. Thomas
6. Niang
7. Clark
8. Foster
9. Colvin
10. Morris
11. Taggart
12. Griffin
13. Lewis
14. Long
15. Haliburton
16. Blackwell
17. Dubar
18. Grill
19. D. Jackson
20. Noskowiak
21. Custer
22. Lard
23. Dendy
24. Buckley
25. Pomlee

Thomas is our fifth-best recruit of all-time (or at least as far back as their database goes). Grill was #18. I also highlighted a few other notables for next year. Basically everybody in the top ten ended up being a solid player for us, at least, or quickly went pro with the exception of Chris Colvin.

The next tranche of ten, however, is much more ambiguous. There are a lot of busts and transfers out in there, even if there is an all-timer (with Haliburton) and some good players, like D-Jax.

It is weird that Melvin Ejim isn’t in the top 25.