So I think the debate about whether there is a significant initial talent difference between recruits generated under the old engine and recruits generated under the new engine must be primarily a D1 debate. Just got my first look at a new batch of recruits in Knight. Obviously, overall ratings are not the end-all, be-all of recruit quality; in fact, factoring in potential, they aren't excessively important. Given, most of the better D3 schools will be recruiting most or all of their players from the D2 talent pool. Granted, I'm only a C+ prestige and may not see every D3 recruit that a better school might see. Nevertheless, only ONE of the top FIFTY overall rated D3 recruits for next season is a freshman out of high school. All but number 48 have 3 eligible years remaining. This is pre-season, so those are their OTRs from initial generation on the old engine. Once guys start deciding to transfer and the lower-rated JUCO guys start to "play games" and improve, it seems likely that all freshmen could drop out of the top 100. Fairly obvious that D3 players had higher overall ratings under the old engine, and it doesn't appear to be exceptionally close.