(01-28-2018 10:10 PM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 09:56 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  Here's the thing, it's obvious 5 stars are the best college recruits because it works pretty well for Bama and the like....but below that, it is basically a crapshoot. I've seen USM/Tulane/Troy/UCF/WKU recruit a 3 star for 6 months, then a Penn State, TCU or Oregon comes in and the kid immediately becomes a 4 star...same thing with a 2 star!

Conversely, many times when a 3 star defies the prognosticators and signs with a less known school, he suddenly becomes a 2 star (Keon Howard for example....which may be a bad example since he is playing like a 1 star!)

Also, kids at smaller, less recognizable schools are almost always 2 stars, unless a Bama, Clemson or Ohio State comes calling.

We prolly should give poor ol' FAU a pass, since they are new at this 'cruitin' stuff and believe everything they read!

People that hate the star talks are the schools that never really recruit well.

When a kid is three star and a major school comes along it's probably because those schools know something.
The 247 guys who do the rankings go to camps and see these kids play more than most of the coaches see them. They also all have relationships with coaches and help each other.

Since Southern Miss always recruits well, you're basically saying he knows what he's talking about.