Annual Reminder: 26 First Round NFL Draft Picks Were 4-Star and 5-Star Recruits Because Recruiting Is Incredibly Predictive and Actually Matters a Lot

And that was exacerbated a little bit this year by Cam Ward going No.

1 overall in the NFL Draft after being an unranked recruit who started his collegiate career at Incarnate Word.

But again, it does feel like we’ve gotten better about this in the last few years.