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Ranking the Top Recruiting College Football Flops of the Past 20 Years

No matter how much better recruiting evaluations have gotten over the years, there are always going to be mistakes, swings and misses and dudes who don't live up to their potential.

You can call them busts or flops or disappointments, but there are highly ranked players in every recruiting class who simply don't pan out.

When it comes to ranking the biggest blunders, everybody's got a list.

The players who made this one flamed out despite high rankings and even higher expectations. All were at least top-25 prospects, and none of them did what analysts expected once they got to college.