Two years ago (before the 2016 season), I wrote this piece looking at the road ahead for Mark Richt to rebuild Miami’s roster to a championship-contender level.
In looking at the standard, I went with SBNation Recruiting Analyst Bud Elliot’s “Blue Chip Ratio”, which is having more than half the scholarship roster be 4-star or 5-star recruits coming out of HS. With the scholarship limit 85 players, that means 43 players would need to be “Blue Chips” to meet that standard.
Now, there could be 3-star players who develop into top tier players, and that has been case for Miami in recent years.