According to Mike and Mike this morning, of the 48 players starting in the Super Bowl (11+11+punter+kicker x 2) there were 0 5-stars, 8 4-stars, 9 3-stars and 31 2- or less-stars. Approximately 20% of the top 10 recruits in the past 5 years were eventually 1st round NFL picks. Alabama's previous four classes finished no worse than 6th and Ohio State's were almost as high. However, neither TCU or Baylor has had a top 25 class for the past 10 years. Two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, JJ Watt, was a 2-star coming out of HS.
It's a crapshoot. Having said all that, I'd still trade our class, however it turns out, for Bama's. But, it does show that it's a completely inexact science and pure speculation. Golic told the story of his son who was All Combine Team at the US Army All-Star Game in San Antonio as a junior (top jrs. are invited to a combine to showcase their skills at the same time srs. are playing the game). His son committed in March and declined invites to all the Nike, Under Armour, etc. camps and was given a 2-star rating (probably because they didn't have the opportunity to evaluate him). But, an All Combine of an all-star collection of juniors to a 2-star recruit three months later without playing any football in between? A very inexact science, indeed.
It's a crapshoot. Having said all that, I'd still trade our class, however it turns out, for Bama's. But, it does show that it's a completely inexact science and pure speculation. Golic told the story of his son who was All Combine Team at the US Army All-Star Game in San Antonio as a junior (top jrs. are invited to a combine to showcase their skills at the same time srs. are playing the game). His son committed in March and declined invites to all the Nike, Under Armour, etc. camps and was given a 2-star rating (probably because they didn't have the opportunity to evaluate him). But, an All Combine of an all-star collection of juniors to a 2-star recruit three months later without playing any football in between? A very inexact science, indeed.
