I think sometimes it's because there are questions concerning commitment to Football as in the case of Kody Jackson. You need to do a little digging and you get a better understanding. For me its these things: 1) He's a very good college baseball prospect, as per Perfect Game.2) He All-State in 3 sports including football. 3) He's supposedly a legit 4.4 athlete and his video is impressive. And finally he is recruited by Coach Burris, a former NFL player and the same guy that recruited the other Safety commitment Moses from Shreveport. I trust him to know what kind of athlete he wants to play in his system.
Caden Jansen is a projectable TE, a lot of his video shows him blocking. That may be a problem for some programs that haven't seen him catch the football enough. But Dave Campbell Texas Football Magazine has him listed in their Top 5 HS TE prospects in Texas. That's not an easy honor, considering there are many All- District TE's playing football in Texas. But how many are 6-5 plus and run 4.7?
I'm not saying some of these kids are 4 Stars, or even 3 Stars. But if you watch the video they are projectable athletes in our system.