Many have compared Stanford football's 2015 recruiting class to the 2012 incarnation which brought a wealth of blue chip talent into the fold in Palo Alto. But how close is the talent level really?
"Both were touted 22-player hauls, while Stanford's 2012 recruiting class held the rankings edge (most analysts at the time said it was best crop in the Pac-12)," ESPN's David Lombardi writes. "However, comparing different recruiting classes leads to a classic case of apples-and-oranges. No two recruiting cycles are the same; a program has different needs to fill each year, and the stockpile of players from which to choose also varies annually.