re: 5-Stars Overrated?

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He was a 3* ranked #469 on the composite. 4* ranked #260 by 247

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This also further illustrates how much of an inexact process recruiting rankings are. The same class can differ by ten positions from differing services. That player had a position difference of a whole star rating and over 200 spots overall. The class full of high 3* could be half 4* on another service.

Then you also have the alleged bias these services show toward the blue blood programs. I believe this is true to some noticeable extent, but I also think there's quite a bit of ego coddling involved for fans of teams that always finish outside the top 20 and want to believe there's a small-scale conspiracy going in favor of the Alabamas and Ohio States.