247 Recruiting question

[El Paso Eagle]

Why are the top classes rated by total points instead of average rating of players?

247Sports Rating Explanations

Five-stars (98-110 rating): The top 32 players in the country to mirror the 32 first-round picks in the NFL Draft. These are 32 players that we believe are the most likely to be drafted in the first round from each recruiting class. The full list of 32 with five-star ratings typically isn’t complete until the final ranking. Any player with a rating of more than 100 is considered a “franchise player” and one that does not come around in every recruiting class.

Four-stars (90-97 rating): These are players that we believe are the most likely to produce college careers that get them drafted. By National Signing Day, this number is typically in the range of 350 prospects, roughly the top 10 percent of prospects in a given class.

Three-stars (80-89 rating): This is where the bulk of college football prospects are found and it incorporates a large range of ability levels, all of whom we consider as possible NFL players long term.

A high three-star (87-89): is considered a player with significant NFL upside who we expect to be an impact college football player.

A mid-three-star (84-86): is a player that we consider to be a capable starter for a Power Five football team and an impact player at the Group of Five level.        

A low three-star (80-83): is a player that we consider to be a potential contributor at a Power Five program but a probable Group of Five starter with impact potential.

Two-stars (70-79 rating): These are prospects that we consider to be FBS-level players with very limited NFL potential.

[BillySee58]

41 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Why are the top classes rated by total points instead of average rating of players?

247Sports Rating Explanations

Five-stars (98-110 rating): The top 32 players in the country to mirror the 32 first-round picks in the NFL Draft. These are 32 players that we believe are the most likely to be drafted in the first round from each recruiting class. The full list of 32 with five-star ratings typically isn’t complete until the final ranking. Any player with a rating of more than 100 is considered a “franchise player” and one that does not come around in every recruiting class.

Four-stars (90-97 rating): These are players that we believe are the most likely to produce college careers that get them drafted. By National Signing Day, this number is typically in the range of 350 prospects, roughly the top 10 percent of prospects in a given class.

Three-stars (80-89 rating): This is where the bulk of college football prospects are found and it incorporates a large range of ability levels, all of whom we consider as possible NFL players long term.

A high three-star (87-89): is considered a player with significant NFL upside who we expect to be an impact college football player.

A mid-three-star (84-86): is a player that we consider to be a capable starter for a Power Five football team and an impact player at the Group of Five level.        

A low three-star (80-83): is a player that we consider to be a potential contributor at a Power Five program but a probable Group of Five starter with impact potential.

Two-stars (70-79 rating): These are prospects that we consider to be FBS-level players with very limited NFL potential.

Those explanations don’t actually answer the question from the beginning of your post.

[El Paso Eagle]

Just now, BillySee58 said:

Those explanations don’t actually answer the question from the beginning of your post.

Understand, just added those for reference. Just curious as you see a team sign 20+ recruits ranked higher than a team who signed maybe 14-15 but the 2nd team had a higher average rating? Quantality over quality?

[greenminer]

28 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Understand, just added those for reference. Just curious as you see a team sign 20+ recruits ranked higher than a team who signed maybe 14-15 but the 2nd team had a higher average rating? Quantality over quality?

Can't be an either/or answer.  No reason a school that signs the top two players in the country - and only those two - should be ranked higher than a typical 20+ kid class with a lesser average.

[Tom McKrackin]

OK I know this will prbay get me banned again but dammit.

[Tom McKrackin]

Our recruiting sucks or we would see more better player and whatnot.  Give me the minus ones you assholes!!  I am honest to the end!

[UNTLifer]

12 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

Our recruiting sucks or we would see more better player and whatnot.  Give me the minus ones you assholes!!  I am honest to the end!

Based on 247 and Rivals, we have beaten UTSA in recruiting, based on player ranking, every year that Traylor has been at UTSA with one exception.  Rivals gave our class last year an average rating of 2.33 while UTSA received a 2.4.  Like the services, with their biases, or not, they are the only rating we have to refer to regarding recruiting. 

The next thing to look at in the process is player development or how the players perform for the coach.  This is where Traylor is winning.  

Edited November 8, 2021 by UNTLifer