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Are the top rated 5 star recruits really the best investment?

Posted on 11/17/23 at 9:10 pm
Posted by 1loyalbamafan
alabama
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 11/17/23 at 9:10 pm
Some of the better teams have contacts with HS coaches and really can prepare a good kid to become a worthy investment....at athletics.....or just being a good man.

Are the quantity of HS evaluators UGA and Kirby have working to evaluate HS players make them better than the recruiting magazine..sites...or for profit sites?

Does Alabama have better judgement, or information on HS players than College's with less staff evaluators?

Should Dabo try to get a kid that he didn't recruit very much if he becomes a great player at a lesser school?

With NIL and Transfer rules I'd say recruiting good players goes beyond HS and into smaller colleges.

Or even bigger colleges if the NIL is large enough.

This post was edited on 11/17/23 at 9:11 pm
Posted by ChexMix
Taste the Deliciousness
Member since Apr 2014
25494 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 11:29 pm to
Lets ask Saban
Posted by DawginSC
Member since Aug 2022
4625 posts
Posted on 11/18/23 at 7:10 am to
In my mind, offers mean more than stars. If a player has offers from UGA, Bama, OSU and a couple of other good schools, he's a highly valued recruit, regardless of the number of stars. If he's missing some of those as a 5-star, I'm not sure I buy the ranking.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22766 posts
Posted on 11/18/23 at 9:42 am to
Is Caleb Downs or Dallas Turner worth it?

Because I think Malaki Starks and Amarius Mims are with it.

Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
7051 posts
Posted on 11/19/23 at 10:38 am to
It's a fair question and one that has no objective answer. Probably about 50% of the 5* players pan out. High 3* & 4* guys fail at a higher rate overall, but there are WAY more 3-4* kids in play.

Sometimes I prefer the 4* kids as they still have that hunger whereas some of the 5s have reached the pinnacle...
Posted by Kurt Eichenwald
Tentacle, USA
Member since Oct 2017
265 posts
Posted on 11/19/23 at 12:28 pm to
LSU has had bad luck with a lot of 5* players not panning out over the years. Or getting one solid year of production and watching them leave early or get injured.
Posted by surgicalvenom
Omaha
Member since Jan 2014
5380 posts
Posted on 11/19/23 at 5:17 pm to
Burden was a hell of an investment for Mizzou. Whereas Wingos dad wants to see more money and we seem to want to use that money for 2 mid 4 stars.
Posted by VolSquatch
First Coast
Member since Sep 2023
2442 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 9:29 am to
The thing about 5 star players is even if they aren't a great football player, they are still almost always extremely athletic. Just having a bigger, stronger, faster team is an advantage in itself.

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Does Alabama have better judgement, or information on HS players than College's with less staff evaluators?


Recruiting rankings aren't perfect, but the vast majority of the time teams that recruit really well for 3-4 years in a row are the ones who win championships. If you broke teams down by how big the offer sheets of each player on the rosters was, you'd see Bama, Georgia, Ohio St at the top.
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