In 2004, Patrick Chung was a 2-star rated athlete and Max Unger was a 3-star athlete; in 2005 Jarius Byrd was a 2-star athlete and Ed Dickson was a 3-star athlete. All are starters in the NFL (Unger was on injured reserve in 2010, but had started every game since he was drafted, up to his injury).
Having top-rated athletes does not always result in great players -- USC fans can attest to this.
In 2004, USC had seven 5-star athletes: Jeff Byers; Fred Davis; Thomas Herring; Taitusi Lutui; Keith Rivers; Jeff Schweiger Jr.; Scott Ware. Of those, two are starting (Lutui and Rivers), one is second string (Davis), and one is on a practice squad (Byers).
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