ReRank Breakdown: 2014 UAB Recruiting Class

The 2014 recruiting class for UAB, ranked 82nd originally and reranked at 118th, consisted of a total of 33 recruits. The class did not feature any blue-chip prospects, indicating a focus on lower-ranked and unranked players. This strategy yielded several contributors, particularly among the unranked recruits, who outperformed expectations. The presence of multiple contributors, such as Gerald Everett, James Banks, Alonzo McGee, Desman Carter, Parrish Huddleston, and Robert Mondie, highlights a solid development pattern within the program, especially given the absence of highly ranked blue-chip players.
Conversely, the class also included notable misses among ranked recruits, such as Chris Frigo and Justin Brown, who failed to make a significant impact. This dichotomy illustrates a mixed outcome for UAB's recruiting efforts in 2014. While the unranked players exceeded expectations, the ranked recruits did not deliver on their projected potential, leading to a less favorable overall class assessment.

Overall, UAB's 2014 recruiting class met expectations primarily due to the contributions of unranked recruits, who collectively exceeded performance predictions. The class's S2S rerank moved down, reflecting the disappointing outcomes of some ranked players who did not perform as anticipated. The key takeaway from this analysis is that while UAB experienced success with unranked talents, the failures of certain ranked recruits prevented the class from fully achieving its potential.