Recruiting Breakdown of Round 1 of the NFL draft....

[gardners_51609]

I was curious as to the ratings of the players taken coming out of High School/Junior College, so I looked it up and broke it down. All rating are according to rivals.

5 stars- 4
4 stars- 13
3 stars- 11
2 stars- 2
NR- 2

What are your guys thoughts? Are computer ratings or coaches evaluations better? Or is it a combination....?

Eric Fisher 5.2 ** Class 09

Luke Joeckel 6.0 **** Class 10

Dion Jordan 5.8 **** Class 08 as a TE

Lane Johnson - - Class 08 as a QB

Ezekiel Ansah - - -

Barkevious Mingo 5.9 **** Class 09

Johnathan Cooper 5.7 *** Class 08

Tavon Austin 5.8 **** Class 09 as a RB

Dee Milliner 6.1 ***** Class 10

Chance Warmack 5.7 *** Class 09

DJ Fluker 6.1 ***** Class 09

DJ Hayden 5.6 *** Class 11

Sheldon Richardson 6.0 **** Class 11

Star Lotulelei 5.7 *** Class 10

Kenny Vaccaro 5.8 **** Class 09

EJ Manuel 6.0 **** Class 08

Jarvis Jones 6.0 **** Class 09

Eric Reid 5.9 **** Class 10

Justin Pugh 5.2 ** Class 09

Kyle Long 5.7 *** Class 12

Tyler Eifert 5.6 *** Class 09

Desmond Trufant 5.6 *** Class 09

Shariff Floyd 6.1 ***** Class 10

Bjoern Werner 5.6 *** Class 10

Xavier Rhodes 5.6 *** Class 09

Datone Jones 5.9 **** Class 08

DeAndre Hopkins 5.8 **** Class 10

Sylvester Williams 5.7 *** Class 11

Cordarrelle Patterson 6.0 **** Class 12

Alec Ogletree 6.0 **** Class 10

Travis Frederick 5.5 *** Class 09

Matt Elam 6.1 ***** Class 10

 

[keckjm]

Again, as its been discussed 1 million times highly rated D-lineman have a huge upside coming to college, but WR/TE and O-lineman make it to NFL as 2stars, 3stars, 4stars, and 5stars. Most DB, LBs, and D-lineman are 4-5 star players.

 

[Persian Vol]

Interesting stat. But remember while there are roughly 30 five star recruits, there are hundreds of three star recruits. From
a broad spectrum overall quantity of hundreds triumphs 30 or some people. But from a team standpoint you are not going to be able to get 300 3 star players on your team so quality of recruits matter more obviously.

 

[terrypedigo]

Johnson from OU was a qb in junior college a few years ago.

 

[terrypedigo]

Give me 10 4 stars and 15 3 stars every year and we will win.

 

[TMvol10]

Thats a good chunk, percentage wise, of 5 star talent that went in the first round. Using 2009s rivals top 250 as a guide, there were 33 5* players. That means that 12% of 5* players were drafted in the first round. I couldn't find the exact amount of 4* players, but the remaining rivals top250 (217 players) were all 4*. Therefore, 6% of 4* players were drafted in the first round, and that number could be even lower if there are more outside the top250. As for the 3* percentage...I have no clue. Its much less than 6%. So basically all that to say that, on average, the 5* players have a much higher chance (double in this case) of becoming elite college football players.

 

[Biopsyman]

It appears that both OL and DL are the hardest to project coming out of HS

 

[RockyTop411]

Give me 10 4 stars and 15 3 stars every year and we will win.

You're going to get that this year

 

[NapTownVol9]

Butch's boy Kelce first pick in third round to Chiefs