Everyone is touting Buzz Williams' ability to recruit, so I thought I'd check out the recruiting classes he helped Billy Gillespie get at Texas A&M.
2005
The class was not ranked in the Top 35 by Scout and was not ranked by the RSCI index. Player rankings below are based on RSCI rating.
#81 Martellus Bennett 6’6” PF Sugar Land, TX (dropped basketball to play football)
David Devezin 5’11” PG Houston, TX (transferred to San Jacinto CC)
Jamar Finley 6’6” SG Rome, GA (Panola JC) (ended up at Rome ServPro-1)
Antanas Kavaliauskas 6’10 PF Great Bend, KS (Great Bend Barton County Comm College) (played two years and was a good player)
Eddie Smith 6’2” PG Springfield, IL (Moberly Area Junior College, MO) (transferred to Illinois-Springfield)
2006
The class was not ranked in the Top 35 by Scout and was not ranked by the RSCI index.
#63 Bryan Davis 6’8” PF Grand Prarie, TX
#90 Donald Sloan 6’2 WG Dallas, TX
Bryan Beasley 5’11” PG Pflugerville, TX (transferred to Rice)
Bryson Graham 6’3” SG San Antonio, TX
Jerrod Johnson 6’6” SF Humble, TX (dropped basketball plays football at A&M – QB)
Derrick Roland 6’4” SG Seagoville, TX
Here are the stats of the players recruited those two years that were still on A&M's roster this past season:
Josh Carter
Started 36 of 36 games, 28.9 mpg, 12.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 50 A, 28 TO, 6 blk, 21 stl
Bryan Davis
Started 15 out of 36 games, 22.8 mpg, 8.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 46 A, 72 TO, 37 blk, 35 stl
Donald Sloan
Started 36 0f 36 games, 30.4 mpg, 9.5 pts, 4.0 rebounds, 123 A, 82 TO, 1 blk, 18 stl
Derrick Roland
No starts, 19.1 mpg, 5.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 40 A, 35 TO, 6 blk, 13 stl
Bryson Graham
No starts, 14 GP, 0.6 points, 0.1 rebounds, 0 A, 5 TO, 0 blk, 0 stl
