Ok so some of the stuff about how we're in unprecedented times of national recruiting has annoyed me, so I pulled the numbers.
Random thoughts:
We currently have 7 OOS commits with about half the class in, so we're on pace to probably end up around where we were in 2023
Bijan was the only OOS signee in the 2020 class. I thought the contrast between 2020 having the lowest post-Mack OOS number but highest rating looked funny on the charts
Herman signed 4 OOS JUCO players in 2019, so that class would have had the highest number if they were included. Man, recruiting for Herman tanked after 2019
I think official visit data would be more illustrative but that would be harder to access
Transition classes are tough
Sark signed more OOS high school recruits in his first two full classes than Mack did in this timeframe (2002 - 2013). Hell, he signs more each year (minus transition) than Mack did in the classes that won the national championship combined (02-05). So, I do get that the modern recruiting landscape is very different for people that have been following this for decades.