Utes’ NFL Draft haul represents strong recruiting, evaluating by Kyle Whittingham and staff

On Feb. 3, 2016, the University of Utah announced a football recruiting class of 24 players, 18 of whom were high school prospects.In terms of recruiting rankings, the group did not collectively make huge waves. The class was ranked 37th nationally by 247sports.com, including just eighth in the Pac-12. Two of the three four-star recruits were junior college transfers, everyone else was a three-star.When the dust settled Saturday evening on the NFL Draft, four of those three-star recruits —