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All American - Stars when recruited


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More proof that stars really don't matter....

 

More 2 star All American's than 5 star....

 

OFFENSE

QB Colt McCoy, Texas 6-2 210 Sr. ***

RB Toby Gerhart, Stanford 6-1 235 Sr. ***

RB Mark Ingram, Alabama 5-11 215 So. ****

WR Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green 6-0 206 Sr. **

WR Golden Tate, Notre Dame 5-11 195 Jr. ****

TE Dorin Dickerson, Pittsburgh 6-2 230 Sr. ****

OL Zane Beadles, Utah 6-4 305 Sr. **

OL Rodney Hudson, Florida State 6-2 285 Jr. ***

OL Mike Iupati, Idaho 6-6 330 Sr. **

OL Russell Okung, Oklahoma State 6-5 300 Sr. ***

C Maurkice Pouncey, Florida 6-5 318 Jr. ****

 

DEFENSE

DL Terrence Cody, Alabama 6-5 365 Sr.

DL Jerry Hughes, TCU 6-3 257 Sr. **

DL Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma 6-4 297 Jr. *****

DL Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska 6-4 300 Sr. ****

LB Pat Angerer, Iowa 6-1 235 Sr. ***

LB Greg Jones, Michigan State 6-1 228 Jr. ***

LB Rolando McClain, Alabama 6-4 258 Jr. ****

DB Eric Berry, Tennessee 5-11 203 Jr. *****

DB Joe Haden, Florida 5-11 190 Jr. ****

DB DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson 6-1 210 Jr. ****

DB Earl Thomas, Texas 5-10 197 So. ****

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

K Kai Forbath, UCLA 6-0 192 Jr. ***

P Drew Butler, Georgia 6-2 203 So. **

RS C.J. Spiller, Clemson 5-11 195 Sr. *****

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Worthless OP on this subject. There are 25 5 stars anually. 75 4 stars. Like 250 3 stars and so on from there. Calculate the percentage all american over a 6-7 year period per star and average them to account for variation. You"ll notice 4/5 star players are significantly more likely to make all-american status. This topic about stars has been beat to death over the years. What do stars mean? It means the player is more likely to make an impact. It is a probability not a given fact. 5 star players on average have better careers than 4 star players. 4 stars > 3 stars. Some players pan out in college, others flop. Recruiting isn't a science.

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Worthless OP on this subject. There are 25 5 stars anually. 75 4 stars. Like 250 3 stars and so on from there. Calculate the percentage all american over a 6-7 year period per star and average them to account for variation. You"ll notice 4/5 star players are significantly more likely to make all-american status. This topic about stars has been beat to death over the years. What do stars mean? It means the player is more likely to make an impact. It is a probability not a given fact. 5 star players on average have better careers than 4 star players. 4 stars > 3 stars. Some players pan out in college, others flop. Recruiting isn't a science.

 

There are probably 150-200 4 stars, but whos counting.. Gotta know the facts before you speak.

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Then I hope someone will take me up on the bet. I'll even let them take 25 ** players to my 20. If stars don't matter, that's a huge advantage, even the casinos don't take this big of an edge in most of their games.

I don't think anybody here is opinionated on this topic enough to bet on it.

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OK, so randomly pick 20 ** players out of this years graduating high school seniors, and randomly pick 20 ***** players for me. In 4 years, I pay you $100 for every one of yours that makes all american or gets drafted, and you do the same for me. Is there anyone who truly believes that stars don't matter enough to take that bet?

I think this is the best way to settle this.........LOL. I will let take your bet if you pick yours at grauation and I pick mines in 4 year right before the teans are annouced. I will even pick just 5 to your 20.
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Last Years NFL Draft and their Rivals Rankings...

 

1. Detroit: QB Matthew Stafford

College: Georgia

Rating: No. 2 QB … 5 stars

Offers: Michigan and Texas

Comment: Was ranked behind Mitch Mustain, who started at Arkansas and is now on USC’s bench, and one spot ahead of … Tim Tebow. Also in that ‘06 QB class: Jake Locker (7th), Josh Freeman (15th) and Sam Bradford (17th).

 

2. St. Louis: OT Jason Smith

College: Baylor

Rating: Not rated … 2 stars

Offers: No schools listed.

Comment: That doesn’t necessarily mean Smith’s only offer was from Baylor, but it might mean that — and it sure means that a bunch of elite programs missed out.

 

3. Kansas City: DE Tyson Jackson

College: LSU

Rating: No. 120 … 2 stars

Offers: Oklahoma State

Comment: Was an offensive lineman in high school and projected to play there in college (and rated as such).

 

4. Seattle: OLB Aaron Curry

College: Wake Forest

Rating: Not rated … 2 stars

Offers: East Carolina and Mississippi State

Comment: Someone on the Wake staff made a brilliant evaluation.

 

5. NY Jets: QB Mark Sanchez

College: USC

Rating: No. 1 … 5 stars

Offers: Notre Dame, Ohio State and Texas

Comment: Tough for a gifted QB to fly under the radar, especially a gifted QB from Southern California.

 

6. Cincinnati: OT Andre Smith

College: Alabama

Rating: No. 1 … 5 stars

Offers: Florida, LSU and USC

Comment: If Urban Meyer and Pete Carroll are after the same kid, chances are that he’s the real deal.

 

7. Oakland: WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

College: Maryland

Rating: No. 39 … 3 stars

Offers: Virginia Tech, Pitt, Penn State and Boston College (plus others).

Comment: Might turn out to be the 39th best player in this draft, too.

 

8. Jacksonville: OT Eugene Monroe

College: Virginia

Rating: No. 1 … 5 stars

Offers: Florida State, Miami, Ohio State and USC

Comment: Education must have really, really mattered to Monroe.

 

9. Green Bay: DT B.J. Raji

College: Boston College

Rating: Not rated … 2 stars

Offers: Nobody but BC.

Comment: A Jersey kid, he visited Rutgers but didn’t get an offer.

 

10. San Francisco: WR Michael Crabtree

College: Texas Tech

Rating: Not rated … 2 stars

Offers: Illinois, Iowa and Kansas

Comment: The Dallas native played QB in high school but was projected as a receiver in college. Didn’t have Texas on his short list.

 

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Not to fuel the fire or anything... ;)

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Worthless OP on this subject. There are 25 5 stars anually. 75 4 stars. Like 250 3 stars and so on from there. Calculate the percentage all american over a 6-7 year period per star and average them to account for variation. You"ll notice 4/5 star players are significantly more likely to make all-american status. This topic about stars has been beat to death over the years. What do stars mean? It means the player is more likely to make an impact. It is a probability not a given fact. 5 star players on average have better careers than 4 star players. 4 stars > 3 stars. Some players pan out in college, others flop. Recruiting isn't a science.

 

I was just making an observation. You're right, it's not that important. Have a good one.

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