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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 303974, member: 485"]
It is not a unique way of evaluating prospects -- it is the usual hard work of doing homework to recruit kids with metrics and potential and getting some mutual interest.   We know we have to throw a wide net because Penn St and others typically get the first picks.   
 
Football coaches at every MAC school know as much about evaluating kids as our coaches do.  Seriously, what is that magic formula that separates our recruits from, say, those getting offers from UConn, or BC, or Akron?  
 
Evaluating is a lot less important than getting engaged with the prospects, the personalities of guys like Hackett & Wheatley, or the closing skills of Doug Marrone. 
 
For example, we offered early on Carter (Brighton HS) because our coaches should know about the Rochester area  -- certainly know about the handful of sophs or juniors who get mentioned on the AGR team, and who have D1 size & speed.   There isn't any magic in evaluating a kid who is 6 ft 1 in, 215, the frame to carry more weight, the speed to run for 1400 yds in 9 games, and good character.  The key is to get Tyrone Wheatley speaking to the young man and his family and getting the young man to camp with us.
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