To be honest, I have no idea who Journey Brown is. I’m probably not the right person to be asking about that. But I just assumed that’s what Rivals/247 did for all of the P5 schools. If they were unranked and then committed, they’d update with a 2* or 3* ranking as a courtesy thing.
Now for Collier, I do think he should be a 3*. He has an impressive offer sheet from WVU and VT. We literally had no idea who he was until a week ago because he has no social media accounts and not much of a Hudl. (I like that kid!) I think that played a part in his under-the-radar recruitment. Apparently he’s a monster 6’7” TE so I’d bring him on board any day. He chose us over Virginia because of our engineering program. Seems like a good kid.
Remember, and this goes for just about any situation, it’s always the 10% that’s making the most noise and raising the most eyebrows. Some ludicrous statement or comment normally doesn’t serve as a proper representation for the whole group.