Still not a 4* on rivals despite being one on all three other sites and the Elite11 coaches obviously considering him a top qb. Gorney is a joke. Stanton's throws may not be pretty but like Dilfer said the ball gets where it's supposed to go.
Let him play his senior season, then if he doesn't get the bump I'll be shocked. But Rivals couldn't have their guys at the Elite 11, could they?
Thing is what else can he do? He won the championship in heroic fashion last season and is leading the #1 rated team in the country going into this season. Expectations are damn high and will be damn hard to excede. Media does have Elite11 access but didn't get to see everything staff did. They do Elite11 appraisals but thing is they bring their own personal and site biases to the table and are less qualified than the Elite11 staff to evaluate. They dismiss his staff ranking as coaches liking that that he's a good worker and learner. They ignore the fact that Stanton was moving the offense and hitting receivers as well as the dropback qb's because
they don't like his mechanics.
