According to Urban Meyer (via Cleveland.com), “I think the defense is way ahead of the offense… There are so many strengths on defense right now. Offensively you’re trying to find the right five up front, and that’s hard with Michael Jordan who is not practicing.” In the last scrimmage of spring practice, the offense didn’t feature any champion disignations, while Urban Meyer rattled off a number of champion defensive players. But how much of that imbalance is due to a new quarterback and offensive linemen, and how much of the defense’s superiority is based on an overall higher talent level? I dug into the last four recruiting classes on 247Sports to see. Recruiting Ratings: Offense vs. Defense 2015 2016 2017 2018 Grand Total 2015 2016 2017 2018 Grand Total 0.910 0.911 0.955 0.941 0.931 0.908 0.931 0.947 0.945 0.930 Based solely on the overall offensive and defensive players, the last…
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