The aspect of recruit that can often be neglected that can have a massive impact on a team is the recent explosion of graduate transfers in the sport. This is where players play out their last year of eligibility at another institution for whatever reason, whether it’s playing time, injury, dislike of a coach, etc. These players have had an impact on college football and it’s changing the dynamics of how teams recruit as the sport now has “one-and-done” similar to (but different than) its revenue-generating brother on the hardwood.
As graduate transfers relate to the MAC, teams in the league have a number of these types of “commits” for the 2018 season.