Star ratings on HS players is LOL

[OfTheCross]

There are only 3 5-star recruits in the Super Bowl, for example...

Those ratings don't amount to anything usually...There are way too many factors involved

 

[Sauce Dab]

You're not saying anything we don't know. We discussed this yesterday in the signing day thread

 

[resurrection]

Sure on an individual basis, there is way too much potential to boom or bust to say the ratings mean a whole lot to confidently predict success for each player.

But at the team level, there is a strong correlation between your recruiting class rankings and your success on the field. The more 4* and 5* players you stock your roster with, the higher likelihood you'll be in the national title conversation and beat up on the teams who can only regularly pull 2* and 3* guys.

 

[Sghost597]

I don't know what is sillier... The 5 star metric for HS (Overachieving athlete playing against weak competition) or comparing the number of 5 star players in a Superbowl. Like atleast do something logical like compare how many 5 star recruits make the NFL...

 

[getmoney310cpt]

for basketball...its pretty accurate...look at rivals or scouthoops....the top ten in every class has a name in the NBA today or had one...

 

[resurrection]

Also keep in mind that there are only roughly 30 players in each high school class who get the 5-star rating.

So 3 players out of 106 (in the Super Bowl) comes out to roughly 3% .. Meanwhile the percentage of college players who come in as 5* is.. well...... negligible