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Recruiting Roundtable: The biggest surprises of the 2022 cycle

Five-Star Plus+ athlete Travis Hunter pulled off the biggest signing day shocker since the dawn of the recruiting site era on Wednesday. And while his decision to spurn Florida State for an HBCU garnered the headlines, there were plenty of surprising results — not only on National Signing Day, but over the course of the past few weeks and months.

Entire recruiting classes were altered by coaching changes, both head coaches and assistants. Programs who have never recruited in the upper echelons signed historic classes. And while the long-term returns are yet to be determined, some schools built major momentum and recruiting cachet, while others are stumbling their way into the next cycle.