Hired by UNLV in December 2014, Rebels football coach Tony Sanchez had less than three months to cobble together his first recruiting class. Given a full year since then to compile UNLV's 2016 crop, Sanchez and his staff have produced arguably the best recruiting class in school history.
Providing the 15 high school seniors who've orally committed to UNLV sign their letters of intent on National Signing Day on Wednesday, the Rebels will have landed a school-record 10 three-star recruits, as ranked by Rivals.com. UNLV's class is ranked No. 66 in the nation, its highest ranking since 2003, when the Rebels were slotted No.