Thursday Nuggets; Personnel update on several key players pre August Camp

In 2007, Florida followed Tim Tebow (No. 22 overall in ’06) with Cam Newton (No. 28).

The next year, Notre Dame piggybacked Jimmy Clausen (No. 1 in ’07) with Dayne Crist (No. 25).

Johnson ranks No. 4 nationally, while Lawrence is in the conversation for the top overall spot when Rivals.com unveils an ordered 2018 listing.

To illustrate the long odds of going back-to-back, there haven’t been more than two five-star quarterbacks in a cycle since 2009.

Of course, Clemson’s stretch of quarterback recruiting is made more impressive when expanding the framework by adding in 2017 four-star commitment Chase Brice (No. 172) to go with 2016 four-star signee Zerrick Cooper (No. 230).

Stanford has yielded a run of four straight years with a quarterback ranked No. 108 or higher, punctuated by high-four star Davis Mills (No. 28) as a ’17 commitment.

Florida paired John Brantley (No. 47) with Newton in the 2007 class, giving it three top-50s in a two-year span.

Texas A&M had its infamous span of three within the top 137 prospects in as many years – all of whom transferred before their eligibility expired.

It just goes to reinforce that you can’t predict how circumstances will unfold no matter how many highly billed prospects a team accrues.