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We try our best but every year there are going to be a few five-star prospects who slip through the cracks for various reasons. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at the 11 five-stars from the 2019, 2020 and 2021 classes that weren’t taken in the NFL Draft.
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Brooks earned his fifth star after an impressive performance during the all-star season but he never made an impact in college, not at LSU and then during most of his career at TCU.