I took a look at the top 20 in the Rivals100 class of 2002 rankings for shits and gigs to compare it to the list ELA posted from the 90s from twitter.
Doesn’t look all that much different to be honest. Lots of wtf how was he ranked so high in there too.
1) Vince Young, QB - Texas
2) Haloti Ngata, DT - Oregon
3) Lorenzo Booker, RB - FSU
4) Ben Olson, QB - Miami
5) Reggie McNeal, ATH - Texas A&M
6) Chris Davis, ATH - FSU
7) Ryan Moore, WR - Miami
8) Marcus Vick, QB - VT
9) Leon Washington, RB - FSU
10) Ciatrick Faison, RB - Florida
11) Kai Parham, DE - Virginia
12) Gerald Riggs Jr, RB - Tennessee
13) Rodrique Wright, DT - Texas
14) Michael Johnson, RB - Virginia
15) Justin Blalock, OG - Texas
16) DiShon Platt, WR - FSU
17) Ricardo Hurley, LB - South Car.
18) Nathan Rhodes, OT - Washington
19) Brandon Jeffries, OT - Tennessee
20) Trent Edwards, QB - Stanford
Honestly, doesn’t look much different from that 90s list to me. Actually, looks kinda worse. FSU and Tennessee had lotta 5* busts right there. Holy moly.