Southern Miss had the nation’s 76th-ranked 2020 recruiting class, its third-best class in the last 11 years. It took Jay Hopson’s staff several hundred offers to do it, landing 23 commits on a staggering 587 offers (247Sports) to set the FBS internet era record for most offers to one class.
The Golden Eagles made 98 offers to defensive lineman. Four other FBS programs made fewer than 80 offers to all positions, including Stanford, who for the ninth straight year, didn’t offer more than 90 prospects.
"We let them know at least our process is an honest process.