
Admit it. Some of you are obsessed with stars, and not the ones pictured in Us Weekly who occasionally forget to wear their underpants. No, your galaxy consists of those precious stars handed out by recruiting services such as Rivals.com. All year, you hope and pray your team can land enough four- and five-star recruits to push your team's ranking into the top 10. The rest of us know those team rankings don't mean anything. This isn't an indictment of the rankings by any means; Rivals and Scout.com are just as accurate at predicting success as most big-money coaches. That's why SI.com has picked our first All Two-Star (And Fewer) Team. It features players who barely made a blip on the recruiting radar but wound up becoming stars. QB Riley SkinnerJr., Wake Forest (Rivals: 0 stars) Hopefully, Demon Deacons assistant Tom Elrod got a bonus for finding a gem in Jacksonville. Skinner, who almost committed to I-AA Samford, got Wake's last scholarship in 2005. In 2006, he led the Deacons to an ACC title. In 2007, he was the nation's most accurate passer, completing 72.4 of his throws. RB P.J. Hill, Jr., Wisconsin (Rivals: 2 stars) The Badgers took a chance on a lightly-recruited New York back, and Hill rewarded them by winning the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award as a redshirt freshman in 2006, and he gained 1,212 yards and rushed for 14 touchdowns in 2007. WR Stephen Williams, Jr., Toledo (Rivals: 2 stars) This speedster from Missouri City, Texas, with a 36-inch vertical jump, drew little interest coming out of high school. He redshirted in 2005 and caught only five passes in 2006. Last season, he caught 73 balls and averaged 16 yards a catch. WR Tiquan Underwood, Sr., Rutgers (Rivals: 2 stars) Underwood moved from quarterback to receiver as a senior at Notre Dame ( Lawrenceville, N.J.), but an injury in the third game ended his season. With little evidence that Underwood could play receiver, most schools passed. Whoops. In 2007, Underwood caught 65 passes for 1,100 yards.
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