Not to knock Ball. But Dunn was the guy I was hoping would leave as a grad transfer and head to UA . But unlike at OSU, there is room for both to get 10-15 carries a game here, so maybe it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Lets just pretend Dunn decides to come home. How about the Akron 2012 class coming out of high school (per the 247 composite recruiting rankings)?
1. Se'Von Pittman: 4-star, 88 national rank
2. Brionte Dunn: 4-star, 96 national rank
3. Jelani Hamilton: 4-star, 120 national rank
4. Warren Ball: 4-star, 220 national rank
5. Jamal Marcus: 4-star, 320 national rank
Only 22 schools signed more 4-star recruits in that class.
That's not even counting that Larry Hope, JoJo Natson, Bryce Jones, etc, were also from that class. On paper, I'm guessing no MAC team would have ever had as much "high end" talent from one class on a team at the same time. ... For example, Matt Falcon was the highest rated MAC player in 2016. He was ranked 443 in 247's composite rankings.
Yeah, I know recruiting rankings don't make a program, but it would be something for the star gazers to think drool over.