Even though Houston signed fewer players than last year, the class overall had a better rating than in 2018. Major Applewhite and his staff were already working with limited numbers thanks to the number of graduate transfers they brought in this year, but they still did some solid work with the 2019 class.
Houston signed 14 players in the early signing period, ranking 73rd in the country and fifth in the AAC. One general observation is that the Cougars weren’t beating out many big schools to get some of these kids. Some of them might be hidden gems, but having nearly every player go unnoticed is unlikely.