Recruit Rankings

I wanted to take a look at recruit rankings and see if they really mean anything or not. I know, this is an age old battle, but I wanted to pick a few players from past classes that have had a chance to make an impact on the team, therefore, I did not use the 2008 or 2009 class. Going back here is the rankings from rivals and Scout:

Year Name Rivals Stars Scout Stars
2002 Trumaine Banks 2 1
Bryan Cupito 2 1
Greg Eslinger 2 1
Matt Spaeth 2 1

2003 Laurence Maroney 4 2

2004 Dom Barber 3 3
Deon Hightower 2 2
Gary Russell 2 2
Willie Vandesteeg 2 2

2005 Steve Davis 3 3
Eric Decker 2 2

2006 Lee Campbell 2 2
Adam Weber 3 3

2007 Eric Small 2 2
Kyle Theret 2 2

If you consider the 4 from 2002 as major contributors, the ranking are way off. In 2003, Rivals seem to have Maroney pegged right, but Scout was way off. In 2004, Barber was probably rated right, but the other 3 were again quite off. in 2005, Davis is probably right, but Vandesteeeg was way off. Now in 2006, Campbell probably has played out to be a 3 star, and I think Weber's 3 stars is right on. In 2007, Small and Theret have both played out to about 3 star players.

Not listed here are many of the 4 and 5 star players (ok, mason didn't have many, but a few) that panned out to be busts for one reason or another. I see no evidence in these at all that would put any stock into the ratings whatsoever.

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