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Matt Masifilo (Rivals #25), Sione Fua (Rivals #47), Terrence Stephens (Rivals #30), Ben Gardner (NR), Josh Mauro (Rivals #61), Henry Anderson (Rivals #27), all ranked lower than the above recruits, and all far more productive in their Stanford careers.  You can even add Harrison Phillips (Rivals #30) to this list as someone who also seems poised to be more productive than the elite DL recruits Stanford has signed.

You forgot David Parry, a walk on!

That being said, I don't think you can argue that lower rated recruit is going to do better.  I mean there are a lot of lower ranked players who haven't really contributed (Lance Callahan, Charlie Hopkins, Anthony Hayes, JB Salem from 2011, Nate Lohn and Ikenna Nwafor from 2012, and I'm sure others from earlier years).

We remember the lower ranked guys who contribute, because it is notable, and we remember the busts.  But we don't tend to remember the lower ranked players who didn't contribute.

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Matt Masifilo (Rivals #25), Sione Fua (Rivals #47), Terrence Stephens (Rivals #30), Ben Gardner (NR), Josh Mauro (Rivals #61), Henry Anderson (Rivals #27), all ranked lower than the above recruits, and all far more productive in their Stanford careers.  You can even add Harrison Phillips (Rivals #30) to this list as someone who also seems poised to be more productive than the elite DL recruits Stanford has signed.

You forgot David Parry, a walk on!

That being said, I don't think you can argue that lower rated recruit is going to do better.  I mean there are a lot of lower ranked players who haven't really contributed (Lance Callahan, Charlie Hopkins, Anthony Hayes, JB Salem from 2011, Nate Lohn and Ikenna Nwafor from 2012, and I'm sure others from earlier years).

We remember the lower ranked guys who contribute, because it is notable, and we remember the busts.  But we don't tend to remember the lower ranked players who didn't contribute.

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