College football recruiting is more art than science, even for programs like Alabama football that regularly attract the most well-known recruits. The rating services do a good job at a very difficult task. Measuring talent is hard enough without attaching to it the expectation the talent measured is a precise predictor of future college performance.
Looking back at the top 25 rated Alabama football recruits going back to the 2000 season is more than just an offseason diversion. Reviewing the Alabama football players who made the top 25 and who did not is interesting.
As always, this site uses the 247Sports Composite because it averages the ratings numbers from the top sources.