Tom Lemming is the pioneer of the football recruiting industry and he has not lost a step.
Each year, he makes a point to see the top thousand or so prep prospects in person, driving 60,000 miles to catch the big showcase camps and visit hundreds of high schools.
Naturally, most of these players commit to colleges in the power conferences. But, lately, Lemming has taken note of an interesting phenomenon.
He’s become almost as familiar with the recruiting classes at Toledo as he is with those in the Big Ten and SEC.
By phone the other day, Lemming rattled off the Rockets’ 2025 commits.