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High draft picks often overlooked on recruiting path - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

[jlovevols]

I've seen a couple articles like this. I know there are many diamonds in the rough and players that are not evaluated properly. But I think a major overlooked reason for why so many 2 and 3 star guys are being drafted high is that there are much fewer players that are given 4 and 5 stars than 2's and 3's. So if some of the 5's don't pan out, as often happens, there aren't many of them left around to get drafted.

[Montrell Hardy]

All these articles are horribly misleading when they fail to mention that there are like 3,000 guys rated as 2* and 3* every year and only about 300-400 4* and 5* prospects per year. Because of a sheer numbers advantage alone, there should always be an equal or greater amount of 2* and 3* guys getting drafted.

What they should focus on is what percentage of 2* and 3* recruits get drafted in comparison to what percentage among 4* and 5* guys get drafted.