Where do the 757 recruits go?

Much has been said about how VT has done in the 757. Below are the numbers and trends of 757 recruiting the last 10 seasons.
The main focus of this is where the upper talent of the 757 go. Just about any program can fill out their roster with 3 star players. Getting 4 stars and up are where programs separate themselves gathering talent. I also (Bitter sort of beat me to the punch), took a look into where and if the powerhouse programs have any college loyalty.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzz5gum71ye2i6m/757.xlsx?dl=0

Sorry about the poor presentation. I started collecting data for just 4*+ and then went back to do 3 as well after. 5 star players have (5) next to the name. Bold are for 4*. Regular text is 3*. All ratings are 247composite

As far as how we do for top talent, its not great. The last 10 years we landed 5 of 31 players. UVA got 9.
The last 5 years UVA has us beat 9 to 2. That's where peoples complaints come from. Losing a player to FSU isnt bad. Losing to UVA is.
We also only got 1/7 5 star players in the last 10 years.

Now looking at the high school loyalty trends. (I understand we did not offer every player)
The big dog, Oscar Smith, didn't show loyalty to anyone for a while. Schools from Arkansas to Cuse got a piece. We have picked up 3 in the last 4 years though.
Phoebus has not been good for us historically, but we did pick up 1 each of the last two years.
Ocean Lakes has had 4 in 4 years go to UVA, including 2 4 stars. VT has had only 2 3 stars in 10 years.
Bayside has been a slaughter. Not only have we not had 1 kid from there in 10 years, but UVA has had 5 in the last 6 years including 2 4 stars and a 5 star.
Salem has done well for us recently and Lake Taylor hasn't sent us one player (though 2016 looks good)

Friends want to play together, thats why these trends matter. Not to mention the overall relationship with HS coaches.

Feel free to make your own conclusions from the data. I probably missed a 3 star or two from schools like princess anne since I started with 4+ star only and then only added 3 stars to schools that had 4+ star players already

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