SouthLincoln Husker
All-American
Stars are based on athletic ability & HS play. It does not take into consideration what is between the ears, meaning football IQ & ability too learn.
It's not all about stars
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Hedley Lamarr
All-American
I believe they base the ranking system on college projections. I believe rivals has a chart that specifies what each rating means.
SouthLincoln Husker
All-American
Correct. The thing that is hard to weigh is football IQ, work ethic & mentality. Ameer was a 3 star, but had all of these intangibles!
Hedley Lamarr
All-American
Seems like he was sort of considered a tweener, teams didn't know if he was a DB or RB etc. Most schools of our caliber wanted him as a DB I believe
StPaulHusker
Banned
I don't get the point of this. No offense to Mavric or Sean Callahan. I am saying I don't understand why this matters.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
People like numbers, and Sean Callahan works for Rivals. It's especially pertinent to him
It was a good first round for Rivals. 50% of the first round picks came from a pool of roughly 1000 players. The other 50% came from a pool of probably an order of magnitude greater.
It was a good first round for Rivals. 50% of the first round picks came from a pool of roughly 1000 players. The other 50% came from a pool of probably an order of magnitude greater.
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BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Dr. Strangelove
All-Conference
Tells me that those rankings were pretty accurate.
Dr. Strangelove
All-Conference
Because the thread is discussing the accuracy of star rankings and that tweet provided raw numbers?
What's not to get?
Dr. Strangelove
All-Conference
Pretty much. It's not an exact science, but those numbers don't lie. Particularly when you consider the number of 5 star players per year (approx. 25), a very high percentage of those are drafted in the first 2 rounds.