I don’t know this didn’t completely click in my head before, but thanks to Brian Austin at PowerMizzou, it has. He has recently been taking looks back at Missouri’s highest-rated players in each signing class, and yesterday he took a look at the 2014 haul, Missouri’s first after going 12-2 in 2013. Among the top seven recruits, three became part-time starters, and none became stars. That’s ... not the way that’s supposed to work.
Out of curiosity, then, I hopped over to the 247 Composite database (the one that I use for my S&P+ projections and, from my experience, the best overall predictor of success), and pulled Missouri’s 2013-16 classes.