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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3221969, member: 837"]
Really? I'd love to see one of these studies, not because I don't believe you but b/c I have zero clue how they are ranking let's call it a minimum of 2500 DI players each year with a rag tag group of talent evaluators (these aren't the highly paid ivy leaguers running professional franchises these days) are ranking a 3-star linebacker in new mexico vs. a 3-star wideout in Massachusetts. It's not like there is any sort of scientific method they all adhere to. I would honestly think it would be almost impossible to call it a science in any way shape or form.

You think of all the data, film, man power and access professional franchises have and they still generally struggle to consistently draft well. It just makes no sense.

My guess is what they are saying is that these services tend to do a good job of evaluating the players that are roughly among the top 250 prospects. That, on the whole, those kids are really good prospects. I can see that -- I would question how much really goes into this in the sense that those players are identified and scouted largely by the top programs and then brought to elite camps -- but OK, fine. Whatever the reason, it probably stands up to a large degree.

But the idea that a recruiting service can reliably compare our class to Georgia Tech's seems dubious to me at best.
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