His QB recruits, whom he's primarily responsible for, have not met expectations. Jaren performed well but ARod didn't recruit him. I'm actually in the camp that thinks ARod is an above average OC. But I think he's a well below average evaluator of talent and recruiter.
2024: Still too early to say
Noah Lugo - Rated 85. No other P4 offers.
Enoch Watson - Rated 85. No other P4 offers.
2023: Meh.
Ryder Burton - Rated 85. No other P4 offers. Already transferred out.
Jake Retzlaff - Rated 84. No other P4 offers. Average starter.
2022: No QB recruits.
2021: Not good.
Cade Fennegan - Not rated. Shows a USC offer but not sure that's accurate. Already retired.
2020: Not good.
Sol-Jay Maiava Peters - Rated 82. Other P4 offers but likely as a RB/ATH. Transferred out.
2019: Solid recruit but did not pan out.
Jacob Conover - Rated 86. Plenty of other P4 offers. Transferred out.
2018: Fools gold?
Zach Wilson - Rated 86. A couple low level P4 offers. He had one great year against bad competition.
Stacy Connor - Rated 80. No other P4 offers.