Out of USC's 18 verbal recruits, there are now 5 guys with 5 stars (Ty Isaacs and Jalen Ramsey moved up), pushing up USC's current average rating to 4.28. No one else benefited more than USC, as USC's point total increased to 3148, and its lead over #2 Michigan expanded to 541 points. (Sorry, but no one is going to overtake USC unless players change their commitment.)
A few more of those guys moving up, and USC may yet tie (or break) the previous record USC set under Pete Carroll's 2004 recruiting season with 8 5-star recruits.
Just a reminder: Lane sure can pick em! That 2011 class included Aundrey Walker, Marqise Lee, Lamar Dawson and Marcus Martin. In 2010, Lane was responsible for getting Hayes Pullard, Nickell Robey, Christian Thomas and Soma Vainuku, all guys who weren't previously committed to USC prior to Pete Carroll leaving.
You'd have to go back to before scholarship limits were created in 1973, to see such a distinct disparity in quality of a prospective class. And that's despite the scholarship limits placed on USC. SEC jealousy to rear its ugly head in 3, 2, 1...
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