Came across this article on CollegeFootballNews and found it interesting. http://cfn.scout.com/2/1159943.html In the article it broke down the participants and what they were ranked coming into college. They found that around 10% were "off the grid" or went alternate routes. Another 92 were 2 star recruits. Another 87 were 3 star. more than half of the participants were 3 star or lower. I know everyone wants to see 4 or 5 star recruits coming into this program but I think these numbers show that these rankings are all over the place and inaccurate. Am I saying 4 or 5 star recruits aren't great, no. But you can still be highly successful with 2 or 3 star talent. UConn does this each year. One final thing. The first part of this article stated that CT is one of 9 states not sending an athlete to the combine. They said last year 5 went. CT was the surprise state with a donut for combine participants. (This isn't UConn, but the state of CT as hometowns).
Those "stats" are so skewed due to the fact that only a certain number of players even get the 4 or 5 star rating: ESPN: 11 5-star recruits and about 150 4-star recruits Rivals: 32 5-star recruits and about 220 4-star recruits Scout: 50 5-star recruits and about 250 4-star recruits The rest of the thousands of recruits were either 3, 2 or not rated so obviously when the combine comes around there will be more of the underrated guys there than the 4/5 star guys
True but everyone wants to complain about UConn's recruiting class every season yet if they produce on the field and are recognized as top talents by the NFL, someone is doing something right.
