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The approach of the coaching staff to limit the offers until late in the process is one that is unlikely to be continued in the future, Kelly said. "Recruiting is not an exact science, and so there are factors that change things, and sometimes it's not just about what you watch on film but the way that you think about your team," he said of the flurry of late offers. "Maybe it's the way you want your team to look after the year or during the year. "I have an influence in that, and so sometimes my opinion needs to be heard on some things, and it shifts the way we want to go. My coaches are great. They're going to go the way I ask them to go, and sometimes I'll stay out of it and sometimes I'll get involved. "As it related to the defensive line position, we just felt like we were — we didn't cast a large enough net, and we just needed to be out there larger in terms of our number of candidates, and so that's why we went back in that way." AVOIDING THE THREE-AND-OUT MENTALITY Kelly made it clear — perhaps more so than in recent Signing Day press conferences — that the program is not interested in players simply looking to play three years and head to the NFL. Kelly said the program vets recruits to see if they're the right fit just as the players do with universities. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND