Joshua Youngblood Makes History

[Tbonespop]

That was a great article. I'm kind of surprised at only 41% of the 5* making an NFL roster. Looks like: 41% 5* make it, ~25% 4* make it, high 3 * ~15%, then about 9-10% from the low 3* and 2*. Keep in mind, there are a LOT more 2* and 3* athletes out there by a wide margin. Look at numbers, not just percentages.

There were 8579 3* athletes and of those, 1041 made NFL rosters (12%). Only 354 5* kids out of 873. So you have 3 times more 3* athletes in the NFL than 5*. On the 4*'s, only 318 out of 1368 athletes made NFL rosters. Decent percentage, but not overwhelming by any means.

So you have 672 athletes make NFL rosters that were 4-5*. You had only 313 total 2* athletes make NFL rosters, but you have 1037 3* athletes. So the 2-3* totaled 1350 athletes compared to 672 4-5* athletes. So you have double the amount of 2-3* in the NFL as you have 4-5*.

[tmcats]

it's pretty well debunked that stars don't matter. rivals tracts who is recruiting whom and assigns stars accordingly.

but that's also a two-edged sword and why texas so often underperforms because like a fart in a whirlwind they create their own draft. if they recruit a kid, he gets high ratings. but if they misjudged the talent as they so often have then people say the youngster underperformed expectations. this is particularly true when recruits commit early as others stop evaluations and offers.

[KSUbetcha]

Congrats to JYB...!! Well deserved honor for our new returner & WR.

[stlcatfan]

it's pretty well debunked that stars don't matter. rivals tracts who is recruiting whom and assigns stars accordingly.

but that's also a two-edged sword and why texas so often underperforms because like a fart in a whirlwind they create their own draft. if they recruit a kid, he gets high ratings. but if they misjudged the talent as they so often have then people say the youngster underperformed expectations. this is particularly true when recruits commit early as others stop evaluations and offers.

I also wonder if it is a case of some of those 4 and 5-star recruits lacking the hunger and the drive to get better like the 2 and 3-star guys who know they will have to work their butts off if they want to see the field. How often do we see hard work beating talent in games. If it was all about talent, we would be o-fer versus schools like UT and OU.

[tmcats]

bill's record v. top ten teams wasn't pretty.