this is an interesting phenomenon that i've noticed. when our primary target chooses elsewhere, we have had a pretty good record with the unknown secondary target behind him.
i guess the biggest example is bj johnson. our coaches wanted him badly. as badly as bri wants paris hilton to participate in the running of the bulls, wearing red. he chose texas so we dig and find an unknown guy named mark clayton. literally from the #1 recruit in the state of texas, the #1 WR nationally to some slow skinny kid who can't even make the top 100 players in texas.
selvin young. a running back that we missed on that signed with texas. our backup plan was jd runnells.
larry birdine/thibs - no, he they aren't stars, but they were the guy we signed when we couldn't land 5* #1 recruit brian pickryl. his career dwarfs the guy who will only be known as the guy who jumped offsides and gave us a 1st and goal in the 2002 RRS.
so, sometimes the secondary target has more potential than the primary target. our coaches tend to err on the side of athleticism which sometimes gets us in trouble.