but then he would whiff on entire position groups.

Going into the fall with 3 scholarship RBs, one of whom will be a true feshman.

CB’s last year.(zero point zero)
DT’s one year unless you count Tiassum/Mokwah.
Safety most years except this years class.
DE—more often than not.


Kelly always has recruiting holes somewhere.

It's the only time it's happened since Holtz was the coach.

has shot himself in the junk has been his complete inability to string together good seasons. How 2013 blew as bad as it did (let alone 2016) is beyond me, I think that was a critical point for him to keep momentum rolling with the program to drive up his recruiting and sustain it.

He was able to sell the bad year as an outlier and a huge opportunity.