While Chris Hinton was tabbed a five-star to other recruiting sites, ESPN ranked the Michigan pledge as the No. 97 overall prospect in 2019. Tom Luginbill, the National Recruiting Director for ESPN, shared this Twitter conversation he had with the Georgia native (click on tweet to view images):
ATTN: All prospects–this is called maturity, perspective, respect & willingness to handle coaching. A top 100 player in ESPNJr300. pic.twitter.com/gucc5brt9a
— Tom Luginbill 🇺🇸 (@TomLuginbill) August 15, 2017
lol it's ok … 😊 I'm not worried https://t.co/7pEm2MbAIZ
— Christopher Hinton (@Thechrishinton) August 14, 2017