Everyone complained that Bronco was a bad recruiter. And everyone talked up KS's ability to recruit. So, I expected him to out recruit Bronco. He didn't. Bronco showed that independence could recruit around the mid 60s. KS generally recruiting in the 70s and 80s.

Now that we are in a P4 conference, we are still recruiting in the bottom half. It is possible for BYU to recruit (e.g. look at the basketball team). I don't expect KS to do what KY is doing, but I believe BYU has a bigger following than a significant number of P4's. BYU should be able to do better than they currently are doing. I like the direction of recruiting since Hill got here, but we aren't there yet, even with him.

BM

2005 #63
2006 #67
2007 #56
2008 #83
2009 #50
2010 #33 (independence buzz or jake heaps commitment?)
2011 #69
2012 #71
2013 #66
2014 #64
2015 #65

KS
2016 #49 (First year with KS, so there was momentum of things to come)
2017 #66
2018 #78
2019 #81
2020 #80
2021 #74 (after the 2020 wins and news of joining Big 12)
2022 #56 (first year of recruiting where we will be heading into a big 12 team)
2023 #66 (first year as big 12 and our recruiting is almost worst in P4)
2024 #44 (Hill season of recruiting)

Even if you include the years BYU was G5 and include the years KS has been in a P4, Bronco's average is better (#62.45 vs #66). That is ludicrous. If Bronco was a mediocre recruiter, then KS has been bad. (had to use rivals instead of 247 for the G5 years, because 247's numbers weren't coming up so there may be slight variation there, but you get the idea).