Stanford is getting used to delivering on small recruiting classes.
Stanford didn’t finish in the top 10 of the 2017 recruiting class rankings, and it will have a tough time hitting that mark with the 2018 class as well, although it will have very little to do with the quality of the recruits signed by David Shaw and the Cardinal staff.
“If there’s one benefit,” said Mike Eubanks, Stanford associate athletics director and director of recruiting and football relations, “it’s that we can put a lot more time in and have deeper, more effective personal relationships when recruiting a very narrow group of young men.