re: 2018 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.) - Back to that #1 class

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16 of UGA's 22 commits are now ranked lower by 247 than they are on the composite. Only 4 are ranked higher. That seems unlikely to me. It's a business so I don't really blame them.

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Wow. Didn’t realize that many dropped. I just thought it was Mays, Cook, and Cox. 16 players dropping is insane. Figured Ojulari and White did b/c of injuries. Hill and Salyer were awesome all week so I don’t know why either of them would drop.

I guess they felt like they needed to do something to get NSD more exciting then. Wonder if Texas, Ohio St, and Bama players got any bump. That would probably be the case if they were trying to make the classes closer.

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I guess they felt like they needed to do something to get NSD more exciting then. Wonder if Texas, Ohio St, and Bama players got any bump.

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Don't know about Texas, but a poster on 247 says Bama, OSU, and Clemson all went up.

Like that Campbell and Quay both moved up a good amount on the 247 rankings. Otis Reese had a huge move up as well.

Taylor-Stuart dropped but we likely weren't getting him anyways.

Not surprised our kids dropped. They were ranked so high wasn’t much else for them to do. Good problem to have. These ranking won’t matter anymore when we get to September.

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Doesn't really bother me to see some of the players drop.

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Not really the point. It's just the inconsistency of it all. As I said elsewhere, our coaches don't (nor do I terribly) give a shite what the recruiting sites rank these kids. They feel good about the evals they've done and the talent they're bringing in.

I agree on Mays as well. His senior season didn't warrant unanimous 5* rating in all likelihood. Cook on the other hand seems to be an attempt to ensure that he doesn't end up a composite 5* since he was close. Nothing about his play justifies a 20 spot drop in the rankings, when the discussion coming out of the AA game was not only that he excelled in his role, but that he may have been the best *receiver* in the game period. As an APB, that is a pretty substantial component of the role that he's been rated for. Dropping him because he "doesn't run inside" or "seek out contact" is like grading a sprinter on their ability to run a half marathon... It's simply not what is expected out of him, nor was he asked to do it...

As to the Lawrence/Fields situation, I do understand the point, but in that scenario, then you're saying the AA game shouldn't really count, except 2 years prior Eason was shuffled back in the pack due to a *less* poor outing than Lawrence had. He looked downright bad against quality competition... While I understand the AA games are tough to get a read, he looked uncomfortable. Additionally, dropping Zamir, arguably one of the most productive HS RBs that we've seen in a long time - not accomplished on volume but on efficiency - drops 7 spots after an injury, but Ja'Marr Chase tears his PCL and hasn't played since then, but drops 1 spot. Much like my officiating... I like my recruiting rankings to have some consistency. Unfortunately, for us... neither are likely.

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I think we're ahead of tOSU 309.15-306.1, with 22 signees for both.

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Think that's a point and a half or so back of where we were prior to the re-rank? 310.6 seems to be what I remember?

I know that if we'd added Quay Walker, Tyson Campbell, and Tommy Bush, it took us over the 320 threshold before, now just below at 319.69...

I get where you're coming from, but at the same time, last year's #3 class helped this year's #1, and we're already in the catbird seat for 2019, so long as we show that we can continue to handle our business. Success breeds success - on the field and the recruiting trail.

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Have an upvote but hell i hope we get those guys and they drop everyone's ratings. Call us the #7 class or something then we can take these kids and go kick someones arse and not have to listen to the "#1" class BS. I like who we got coming in. Who gives a flip what 247 or those folks rank us.

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As I said... I don't care terribly, but it does seem to point out what we all implicitly understood to begin with... recruiting rankings are a business first, and a rating system second.

Another poster elsewhere did the math:

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To Have a little fun with this I looked at UGA, BAMA, OSU, and Clemson. Found out their total commits in the Top247 and found their net movement.

UGA = -89

As most have noted only one player moved up and that was Salyer (+4) - UGA has a total of 12 players ranked in the Top247

Bama = +348

Wow....... Bama has 13 total players in the Top247 - 8 moved up, 5 moved down. 5 players improved +20 spots, while 3 players improved +70 spots. Their largest increase was +148

Clemson = +127

Clemson has 9 total Players in the Top 247

Ohio St. = +193

Ohio St has a whopping 17 players in the Top247 - 14 of them in the top 134 (CRAZY) 13 of their players dropped (Not very much per player) and 4 of their players had large increases.

Make what you will from this info....... Still no UGA bump LOL

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It's why recruiting rankings are bullshite. You certainly want to be near the top, but I can't take them too seriously. They're all about creating drama. There's no reason that makes any sense for dropping James Cook, who absolutely dominated the AA game.

Just a guess but maybe at the end of the ranking period rankings tend narrow somewhat. I haven't followed rankings enough to know.