Mid-Season Freshman All Americans from Rivals

Rivals gives us their own freshman all america team which gives us some proof that recruiting rankings don't mean jack.

Position	Name	School	Stars	Position Rank
QB	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma	3	12
RB	DeMarco Murray	Oklahoma	4	2
RB	LeSean McCoy	Pittsburgh	4	NR
WR	Michael Crabtree	Texas Tech	4	16
WR	Marcus Barnett	Cincinnati	2	NR
WR	Arrelious Benn	Illinois	5	5
OT	Lee Ziemba	Auburn	4	4
OT	Stephen Schilling	Michigan	5	2
OG	Maurkice Pouncey	Florida	4	15
OG	Clint Boling	Georgia	3	30
C	Ryan McMahon	FSU	3	30
DE	Paul Kruger	Utah	2	NR
DE	Greg Romeus	Pittsburgh	2	NR
DT	Marvin Austion	UNC	5	1
DT	Scooter Berry	West Virginia	2	NR
LB	Rolando McClain	Alabama	4	2
LB	Lawrence Wilson	UConn	2	NR
LB	Craig Stevens	Auburn	4	18
CB	Tavious Polo	Florida Atlantic	0	NR
CB	Chima Nwachukwu	Washington State	2	NR
SS	Zac Etheridge	Auburn	3	31
FS	Deunta Williams	UNC	4	25
K	Kai Forbath	UCLA	3	1
P	Keenyn Crier	Arizona	0	NR
KR	Antonio Brown	Central Michigan	0	NR
ST/WR	Jeremy Maclin	Missouri	4	24

Heres a breakdown
5 stars - 3
4 stars - 9
3 stars - 5
2 stars - 6
0 stars - 3

So that gives us an average of exactly 3 stars, which goes with my theory that you build your program with 3 stars, not 5 stars. BTW a team with an average of 3 stars would barely be ranked in the top 25 in the recruiting rankings.