Dr Z Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Article by Andy Staples of SI If Peter King picked the first round correctly in his Mock Draft last week, nearly half of this year's newest crop of millionaires will have played high above recruitniks' predictions. Fifteen of the 32 players in King's Mock rated three stars or fewer out of high school, meaning evaluators felt they would, at best, be solid contributors at the FBS level. So how did the recruitniks misjudge so many players so badly? They didn't. They misjudged a few players, which is to be expected when trying to project how 17-year-olds will fare as 20-year-olds. After last year's draft, writer Matt Hinton broke down the numbers, and they backed up the star ranking system's relative reliability as a predictor of success in college and beyond. If 15 of 32 earning three stars or fewer sounds like a lot, consider the fact that from 2003-08, Rivals.com ranked 208 players as five-stars, 1,807 players as four-stars and 13,862 as a three-star or lower. In other words, two- and three-star players made up 87.3 percent of the players Rivals ranked during that period. Meanwhile, four- and five-stars -- of which King's Mock included 17 -- made up only 12.7 percent of the players ranked during that period. So, if the numbers hold, 53 percent of the first-rounders will come from the top eighth of the recruits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 What does a 4 star recruit mean? that the guy isn't going to be playing for the Zips... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 What does a 4 star recruit mean? The guy isn't going to be playing for the Zips.Thomas Plummer, Nate Robinson, and Ryan Bain were all four star recruits that played for the Zips. Starting to see the point of Andy's article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thomas Plummer, Nate Robinson, and Ryan Bain were all four star recruits that played for the Zips. Starting to see the point of Andy's article? Nate was even a FIVE star and per either scout or rivals (forget which right now) the NUMBER ONE RATED DEFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 David Harvey was also 4- or 5-star. DeVoe Torrence was 4-star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Thomas Plummer, Nate Robinson, and Ryan Bain were all four star recruits that played for the Zips. Starting to see the point of Andy's article? Ryan Bain played for the Zips?? Sorry, guess I blinked on that play. Or my eyes were obscured by the rain, so I could not see Ryan Bain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Ryan Bain played for the Zips?? Sorry, guess I blinked on that play. Or my eyes were obscured by the rain, so I could not see Ryan Bain. I didn't know Nate Robinson played for the Zips either? I thought KD would have recruited him for basketball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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