If your goal is to build a giant class, one thing you could do is to recruit multiple ineligibles in a season first.
So for example.... class one has 2 ineligibles. Next season in class two, recruit 6 freshman. When the season rolls you will have 8 total players that have 4 seasons of playing time left (assuming you keep the grades above 2.7 for the 2 ineligibles in class one). 6 will show as freshman and 2 will show as sophomores