A handful of players who can compete at the B12 level were signed. Hirchmann, Bell, Crabb, Tony Jones, Slavin and Poston. Most others are projects. Maybe they will surprise.
Hawk always recruited "around the edges". At Boise IMO they took guys who were Pac-10 a-listers with grade or injury problems and filled the class with the Pac-10 b listers. Like when Fresno St. was in it's heyday, that approcah works like a charm in the WAC.
IMO Hawk brought some of that approach to Boulder. The bright spot is that he has been able to land bona fide blue chippers (Scott, Kasa, Miller, Polk, Katoa, Major, MTM) and land some highly regarded kids (J. Smith, Jimmy Smith, Mohler, Jack Harris, Ussery, Darden, Deehan, Simas). There is considerable talent on the roster, but Hawk seems incapable of getting production.
This class lacks any bona fide blue chippers and it is arguable of there are highly regarded guys either. At best, I'd say C. Given the strength of the B12, you need b or B+ classes to compete, especially where the coaching is sub-par.