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Probably not, OLNWFLSH. But try to convince high school kids that they are better off not going to an Ohio state, that they may never play much there, that they would have a better chance of excelling at a mid-major or a less prominent "power 5" program. Most starters on a high school team have an inflated idea of how good they are in their primary sport. Plus, it's difficult to tell a young man (or woman) that he/she isn't as talented as he thinks he/she is. Off the top of my head, in modern times, the only player I'm aware of who chose to decline big-time offers to go to a solid mid-major because he and his father thought it would be better in the long run was Wally Sczerbiak in basketball (Miami in the MAC). And, he had a nice NBA career. You would think kids would just look at the rosters of NFL and NBA teams and see how many did not go to cream of the crop Power 5 schools.