There has been plenty of discussion about Florida coach Jim McElwain's recruiting ability in the Gator Nation of late, with the Gators off to another somewhat quiet start to the 2017 cycle while rivals pile up commitments over the summer months (Tennessee landed seven !!! commitments on Saturday).

Though Florida's class currently ranks just 41st nationally and 12th in the SEC with seven commitments, it's worth noting that the Gators are being more selective with a smaller class size this cycle. Florida's class currently ranks 20th in average star ranking, sitting at 87.79.

Regardless, there's been plenty of healthy debate about whether McElwain's recruiting is good enough to get the job done at Florida. With that in mind, GatorBait.net took a look at how every new Power 5 coaching hire since 2010 has fared in his first three full recruiting cycles (McElwain just completed his first with the 2016 class).

McElwain stacks up OK -- not great, but certainly not abysmal either -- though with a smaller class size in the 2017 cycle it may be tough for him to keep his current place on the list.

Below is a breakdown of each coach's average class ranking in his first three full recruiting cycles and the average total score those classes gave the teams in the 247Sports Team Rankings. McElwain's first full class put him roughly in the range of Al Golden, Jim Mora and Hugh Freeze. Let's dig in.

Notes: Coaches with incomplete data sets (less than three full-cycle recruiting classes) are listed in small-text italics.

* Coach was fired or resigned.

# Coach left for another job.

Average class rank is listed first, followed by the average total points the classes were worth in the 247Sports Team Rankings.

Average Class Ranking (1st 3 full classes), Power 5 Hires Since 2010

*** 2.0 (308.3) - Steve Sarkisian*, USC (1 class)

1. 4.0 (292.4) - Urban Meyer, Ohio State

*** 5.0 (283.2) - Jim Harbaugh, Michigan (1 class)

2. 5.3 (282.2) - Jimbo Fisher, Florida State

3. 5.3 (282.1) - Will Muschamp, Florida

4. 7.7 (275.2) - Gus Malzahn, Auburn

5. 8.3 (272.2) - Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M

6. 8.3 (271.2) - Lane Kiffin, USC

7. 8.3 (270.8) - Butch Jones, Tennessee

8. 10.0 (266.2) - Brady Hoke, Michigan

*** 10.5 (267.6) - Charlie Strong, Texas (2 classes)

9. 10.7 (266.1) - Brian Kelly, Notre Dame

10. 12.0 (256.9) - Al Golden, Miami

11. 12.3 (261.5) - Jim Mora, UCLA

*** 13.0 (261.0) - Jim McElwain, Florida (1 class)

12. 13.3 (253.7) - Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss

*** 17.0 (246.4) - Derek Dooley*, Tennessee (2 classes)

*** 17.5 (244.0)- James Franklin, Penn State (2 classes)

13. 21.7 (229.7) - Mark Helfrich, Oregon

*** 22.5 (224.8) - Tommy Tuberville#, Texas Tech (2 classes)

14. 23.7 (232.2) - David Shaw, Stanford

*** 25.0 (218.5) - Mike Riley, Nebraska (1 class)

15. 25.7 (214.4) - Mike London, Virginia

16. 26.0 (218.5) - Bret Bielema, Arkansas

17. 27.3 (215.2) - Todd Graham, Arizona State

*** 28.0 (212.6) - Chris Petersen, Washington (2 classes)

18. 29.0 (210.6) - Larry Fedora, UNC

*** 30.0 (209.4) - Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh (1 class)

19. 31.7 (207.7) - Mark Stoops, Kentucky

*** 33.0 (205.0) - Paul Chryst, Wisconsin (1 class)

*** 33.0 (204.9) - Gary Andersen#, Wisconsin (1 class)

*** 33.0 (195.0) - Bill O'Brien#, Penn State (1 class)

20. 35.0 (200.0) - Dan Holgorsen, West Virginia

*** 35.0 (198.3) - Bobby Petrino, Louisville (2 classes)

21. 36.7 (197.9) - Charlie Strong, Louisville

*** 37.0 (199.7) - James Franklin#, Vanderbilt (2 classes)

*** 38.0 (190.0) - Paul Chryst#, Pittsburgh (2 classes)

22. 38.3 (195.7) - Dave Doeren, N.C. State

23. 39.0 (195.0) - Rich Rodriguez, Arizona

*** 39.0 (199.4) - Jon Embree*, Colorado (1 class)

24. 39.7 (194.5) - Randy Edsall, Maryland

24. 39.7 (193.4) - Sonny Dykes, California

26. 40.3 (191.1) - Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech

*** 42.0 (178.8) - Turner Gill*, Kansas (1 class)

*** 44.0 (184.2) - Joker Phillips*, Kentucky (2 classes)

*** 47.0 (181.7) - Gary Andersen, Oregon State (1 class)

27. 49.0 (180.1) - Kevin Wilson, Indiana

*** 49.5 (177.6) - Charlie Weis*, Kansas (2 classes)

28. 50.0 (178.3) - Mike Leach, Washington State

*** 50.0 (177.3) - Derek Mason, Vanderbilt, 2 classes

29. 53.0 (173.8) - Kyle Flood, Rutgers

*** 54.0 (173.0) - Scott Shafer*, Syracuse (2 classes)

*** 56.0 (171.0) - Dave Clawson, Wake Forest (2 classes)

30. 56.3 (170.8) - Tim Beckman, Illinois

31. 60.7 (162.9) - Jerry Kill, Minnesota

32. 63.7 (163.2) - Steve Addazio, Boston College

33. 71.0 (155.6) - Darrell Hazell, Purdue

34. 71.3 (155.2)- Mike MacIntyre, Colorado

*** 84.0 (135.7) - David Beaty, Kansas (1 class)

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