Yeah the stars thing is largely a popularity contest. I think there are too many recruits for the ranking services to keep up with them well enough to be accurate.

And then when a 2-star kicks arse in college they retroactively bump to 4 or 5. Like Felix Jones. NFL caliber player, recruited by no one. Then the services pretend like he was a 5 star all along.

Agim passes the eyeball test though. Big, strong, fast, good technique. He already looks like a college player and he's graduating early so his head is screwed on at least halfway straight. :)

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Posted by DaleDenton

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Posted on 9/7/15 at 5:55 pm to dbeck

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And then when a 2-star kicks arse in college they retroactively bump to 4 or 5. Like Felix Jones. NFL caliber player, recruited by no one. Then the services pretend like he was a 5 star all along.

Felix wasn't a 2 star, he was offered by Tennessee (back when that still kinda meant something), OU and others as a DB.

Similar to Matt Jones being offered by OU and several others as a WR.

McFadden was initially ranked as a 4 star athlete, many projected him to the NFL as a safety.

So that is 3 of our best players in the past decade or so who were all playing "out of position" here. Bert's recruiting thus far is getting enough talent to put these type of players at their position for best success here and in the NFL.

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