Recruiting rankings

[NebraskaJacket]

NFL MVP Rankings:
1st: Aaron Rodgers - JuCo transfer
2nd: JJ Watt - Walk on
3rd: Tony Romo - Div. 1AA.

22 Super Bowl starters - 0 five star recruits

I love our recruiting class.

 

[TechinItEasy]

Let's do the same for BCS bowls/playoff games. You know, games college teams actually play in.

I love our recruiting class too, but these numbers don't mean much.

 

[andrew]

Let's do the same for BCS bowls/playoff games. You know, games college teams actually play in.

I love our recruiting class too, but these numbers don't mean much.

Bama had nineteen starters rated 4 or higher (counting both sides of the ball).

FSU had seventeen.

Ohio State had fifteen.

Oregon had ten.

I do think that recruiting stars are overrated though. I'm sure there were plenty of teams with double digit 4/5 stars who were ranked lower than us at season end.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...onal-championship-recruiting-rankings-ratings

 

[05GTCorndog]

Playoff team recruiting rankings the past 5 years.

Ohio State
2010: #25
2011: #11
2012: #4
2013: #2
2014: #3

Alabama
2010: #5
2011: #1
2012: #1
2013: #1
2014: #1

Oregon
2010: #13
2011: #9
2012: #16
2013: #22
2014: #26

Florida State
2010: #11
2011: #2
2012: #6
2013: #11
2014: #4

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

44.3% of 5-stars get drafted. 16% are first rounders. I wouldn't turn one down.


Also convenient that while the rosters may not have a 5-star on it they both have a smattering of 4-stars on them. I wouldn't turn down a 4-star, either.

 

[andrew]

NFL MVP Rankings:
1st: Aaron Rodgers - JuCo transfer
2nd: JJ Watt - Walk on
3rd: Tony Romo - Div. 1AA.

22 Super Bowl starters - 0 five star recruits

I love our recruiting class.

Does that mean the other 22 Super Bowl starters were five star recruits?

 

[gtphd]

NFL MVP Rankings:
1st: Aaron Rodgers - JuCo transfer
2nd: JJ Watt - Walk on
3rd: Tony Romo - Div. 1AA.

22 Super Bowl starters - 0 five star recruits

I love our recruiting class.

The opposing position is that there are dozens of teams that run essentially the same offense in Division 1. Of those teams, the ones with the 4* and 5* recruits tend to be at the top of the rankings at the end of the season (we can have a chicken-and-egg debate).