Don't get me wrong, all three of them are very good athletes, but in my opinion they don't stand out as much as they should. Hicks is an all around athlete and if you look at his stats and ability, by far he is the best athlete on the field usually, but when you watch a game you would never guess it. He is sloppy (fumbles, late hits, etc) and takes plays off, definitely has some work to, but there is certainly a reason he's committed to osu, his athleticism is unmatched at highschool level. He'll be put into place in college when he goes up against guys better than him as a freshmen and such but coaches will get him right. Dude is definitely all about the hype, needs to focus more on the game, lots of respect for him though. With a guy the size of sheppard i would be running behind him every play, but i dont think alter can do that. With the size and ability sheppard has he should be beating his defender every play, not sure if he can do that, dude has a lot if potential, cant teach a guy to be 6'3 315. McDonald definitely stands out the most of those 3. Dude is a work horse, just has to gain some speed. Not mentioned before but Plate #2 deserved more recognition, dude is an athlete and makes plays. Will definitely be interesting where these guys end up. Its easy to look on paper to see why alter should and is a very good team, but watching these guys in person, they may contradict there "stars" a bit. In my opinion a 5 star should running to the ball every play, and not fumble punt returns and kor consistently throughout the seaon. I think so many recruiting places just base it off pure athleticism from the HYPE camps. They need to actually watch a game and see how the athlete plays the game, does he hustle and give effort or is he only a "standout" bc he is more athletic than anybody else and can take plays off. Certainly not saying all highly recruited guys are, or the guys i listed above are, but from the years I've watch their certainly are some people like this.