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We try our best but every year there are going to be a few five-star prospects who slip through the cracks for various reasons. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at the 11 five-stars from the 2019, 2020 and 2021 classes that weren’t taken in the NFL Draft.
Brooks earned his fifth star after an impressive performance during the all-star season but he never made an impact in college, not at LSU and then during most of his career at TCU. Brooks bounced around positions and even tried receiver, but he finished with 28 career tackles.
Only Nolan Smith was ahead of Brooks in the 2019 outside linebacker rankings.
One of the more athletic receivers in recent memory, Demas was the No. 2 receiver in the 2020 Rivals250 behind Julian Fleming. Demas played for two seasons at Texas A&M but then found himself embroiled in legal trouble and landed at Garden City (Kan.) CC for the 2023 season.
Demas talked with Nebraska but a visit there was canceled and the latest from Demas are some private workout clips on his social media from March.
A five-star receiver out of Catawissa (Pa.) Southern Columbia, Fleming was ranked as the top receiver in the 2020 Rivals250 in a group filled with busts other than Jaxon Smith-Njigba and he made a splash by picking Ohio State over Penn State. He would end up playing at both programs and not really making a significant impact in either place.
Fleming finished with 93 career catches and had an impressive 2022 with six TDs in Columbus but never really gained traction.
McCoy had one of the craziest recruiting journeys in Rivals’ history as he signed with USC but left after less than three weeks to transfer to Texas, only to leave after spring practice and return to USC, where he played one season before leaving…
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Publish date : 2025-04-28 21:29:00
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