Stanford has flexed its recruiting muscle over the past several years, as the Cardinal have posted top-20 classes in four of the past seven years, including top-15 classes in two of the past three. After signing the Pac-12’s No. 2 class, which included six ESPN 300 prospects, this past February, here are five reasons Stanford will again be back toward the top of the conference with its 2017 class.
One player can have a huge impact on future recruiting classes, and after his performance last year and what promises to be an encore showing in 2016, McCaffrey could be a big reason that dynamic running backs and skill position players look at Stanford in this class.