The transfer portal has become college football's great equalizer, allowing programs to fill gaps and catch up with rivals more quickly than ever before.
It's also made it difficult to project which incoming freshmen will be able to impact the team right away.
Projecting recruits' impact was an inexact science, anyway, no matter the ranking or the position, but it's become even tougher now. When you try to look deep into a team's recruiting class and pick out under-the-radar "finds", the degree of difficulty is compounded.
But it's still fun to dive in, watch film on some lower-trajectory prospects and make a determination if they will be able to shine for their teams of choice on the gridiron in 2024.