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Assessing the SEC's first-year coaches' signing classes

The winds of change felt weird in the SEC East on signing day, as Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina all introduced new signing classes with new head coaches.

With these new coaches came new ways to poke and prod classes that will become building blocks for three new tenures. But instead of placing somewhat fabricated grades on each class with only paper results to pore over, we're calling this an early assessment.

I'm no high school talent expert, so I looked at all three from a neutral lens by looking at depth, notoriety and needs. It's not perfect, but darn it, it's all I've got:

Kirby Smart, Georgia

ESPN team ranking: No.