For UCLA Football head coach Chip Kelly, his system is the star.
That is the simplest explanation for the question most UCLA fans want to have answered today: why did UCLA’s 2019 football recruiting class fizzle out in such a startling manner? It’s almost unfathomable, but UCLA’s 2019 recruiting class finished a paltry 43rd in the 24/7 Composite Team Rankings and was only the 7th-best class in the Pac-12 according to 24/7.
We’ll get back to the “why” in a moment. The corollary to that — how did it happen?– is pretty straightforward: it turns out you usually have to recruit your targets in order to successfully land them.