David Ubben
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Thought you guys would enjoy this story on a company that added Tennessee as a client a few weeks ago. Jeremy Pruitt is secretly an expert on track and field, and signed up for a service that uses empirical data from competitive track events to boil down a player/prospect's athleticism to a score on a five-point scale.
"The company uses raw track-and-field data and pairs it with a player's height and weight to boil down a players athleticism to a raw score called the Player Athletic Index, or PAI.
That number is the simplest answer to a complex question: How good of a pure athlete is a player? Coaches can search through raw data and players' PAI scores in the company's database.
A score of 2.0 is average for an FCS player, and 3.0 is average for an FBS player. The scale goes up to 5.0, which is "exceptional." Among those with 5.0 scores: Bo Jackson, Julio Jones, Adrian Peterson ... and Tennessee 2019 signee Darnell Wright."
We also included charts in the story of current players and Vol 2019 signees PAI scores compared to Vols throughout history, like Al Wilson, Jamal Lewis, Travis Stephens, Justin Hunter, Cordarrelle Patterson, Alvin Harper and more. You can also see the average PAI score of the Vols' current roster and last three recruiting classes, along with a comparison to Alabama.
It's really a fascinating company that Tennessee is using to try and avoid mistakes on the recruiting trail.
Here's the full story if you're interested.
"The company uses raw track-and-field data and pairs it with a player's height and weight to boil down a players athleticism to a raw score called the Player Athletic Index, or PAI.
That number is the simplest answer to a complex question: How good of a pure athlete is a player? Coaches can search through raw data and players' PAI scores in the company's database.
A score of 2.0 is average for an FCS player, and 3.0 is average for an FBS player. The scale goes up to 5.0, which is "exceptional." Among those with 5.0 scores: Bo Jackson, Julio Jones, Adrian Peterson ... and Tennessee 2019 signee Darnell Wright."
We also included charts in the story of current players and Vol 2019 signees PAI scores compared to Vols throughout history, like Al Wilson, Jamal Lewis, Travis Stephens, Justin Hunter, Cordarrelle Patterson, Alvin Harper and more. You can also see the average PAI score of the Vols' current roster and last three recruiting classes, along with a comparison to Alabama.
It's really a fascinating company that Tennessee is using to try and avoid mistakes on the recruiting trail.
Here's the full story if you're interested.