GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida's 2012 signing class is going to produce some outstanding players, some good players, some average players and some busts. Some of those outstanding players will be five-star or four-star recruits.

Some of the busts will have four or five stars before their name, too.

Sometimes, though, great players come from nowhere. They were walk-ons, guys who were not wanted by any school or guys who passed up a scholarship at smaller schools because they wanted a chance to play at a bigger school.

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