2010 "Preliminary Consensus" Rankings

Submitted by blueloosh on
Now that the initial Scout 300 and Rivals 250 have both been released I thought it would be interesting to compare the two sets of early rankings. Below I have recorded both rankings for recruits of interest (if I missed any, help me out). I have also averaged the two to reach a composite ranking for each player, which I'll call the player's "preliminary consensus" ranking.

Disclaimer: I think rankings are imperfect. I know they evolve. I do not think they guarantee success or damn a player to mediocrity; but neither do I think they are worthless or arbitrary. I hope this post invites comments about the rankings themselves, but not another tired back and forth over their general validity, e.g. "rankings don't mean anything" -- "yes they do" -- "what about successful 2/3 star player X?" -- "but look at this NFL draft data" -- etc.

2010 "Preliminary Consensus"

[1] Seantrel Henderson (S:1; R:1) [3] Marcus Lattimore (S:2; R:4) [4.5] Lache Seastrunk (S:7; R:2) [6] Jackson Jeffcoat (S:6; R:6) [9.5] Jeff Luc (S:9; R:10) [14] Kyle Prater (S:10; R:18) [14] Jordan Hicks (S12: R:16) [32.5] Robert Crisp (S:36; R:29) [45.5] Christian Green (S:54; R:37) [50.5] William Gholston (S:57; R:44) [54.5] Mack Brown (S:63; R:46) [77] Chris Dunkley (S:93; R:61) [91] Tai-ler Jones (S:81; R:101) [107.5] Dietrich Riley (S:70; R:145) [118.5] Corey Brown (S:168; R:69) [119] Ricardo Miller (S:115; R:123) [123.5] Marvin Robinson (S:148; R:99) [127] Devin Gardner (S:77; R:177) [133.5] Brennan Clay (S:155; R:112) [135.5] Dior Mathis (S:137; R:134) [139.5] Latwan Anderson (S:213; R:66) [141] Chaz Green (S:127; R:155) [158.5] Robert Bolden (S:83; R:234) [162] DeJoshua Johnson (S:210; R:114) [187] A.J. Cann (S:212; R:162) [195] Nickell Robey (S:265; R:125) [197.5] Jerald Robinson (S:157; R:238) [199.5] Jeffrey Godfrey (S:215; R:184) [202.5] Josh Furman (S:105; R:X) [210.5] Austin White (S:121; R:X) [220] Jay Guy (S:140; R:X) [227] Brandon Ifill (S:154; R:X) [240.5] Torrian Wilson (S:X; R:131) [251.5] C.J. Olaniyan (S:203; R:X) [257] Caleb Lavey (S:214; R:X) [277] Cullen Christian (S:254; R:X) [281] Nick Hill (S:262; R:X) [288.5] Austin Gray (S:277; R:X) [291.5] Kenny Shaw (S:283; R:X) [296.5] Scott McVey (S:293; R:X)

Unranked of interest: Jeremy Jackson, D.J. Williamson, Lo Wood

Note on methodology: For players not ranked in the Rivals 250, I computed the Rivals half of their composite ranking with a value of 300. For players missing the Scout 300 I used 350. This is admittedly inexact. It may punish a player too much for not making the list (or not enough).

Comments

Jivas

March 24th, 2009 at 11:46 AM ^

But can I presume that you did it by hand? Based on a cursory glance, you've got the sum for Tai-ler Jones rather than the average of the two, and that's based on a 5-second look-see (i.e. I'm guessing there's more). I recommend a really basic Excel spreadsheet, which would allow for a little bit more detailed analysis as well. But again, thanks for putting in the time.

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FingerMustache

March 24th, 2009 at 12:54 PM ^

just for reference, how many players from our 2009 class were in the rivals/scout top 250/300. I figure this would give us a better understanding of what we need to get in order to be around the top 10 class.

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blueloosh

March 24th, 2009 at 1:15 PM ^

13 Rivals 250; 10 in Scout 300 Will Campbell (R:26; S:35) Justin Turner (R:35; S:26) Je’Ron Stokes (R:104; S:168) Jeremy Gallon (R:151; S:X) Craig Roh (R:156; S:66) Tate Forcier (R:164; S:136) Denard Robinson (R:188; S:158) Taylor Lewan (R:194; S:273) Quinton Washington (R:213 Anthony LaLota (R:215; S:115) Michael Schofield (R:221; S:134) Cameron Gordon (R:233; S:X) Fitzgerald Toussaint (R:239; S:X)

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Farnn

March 24th, 2009 at 3:32 PM ^

It looks like Miller has already moved up in the rankings and is now #115 while Jerald Robinson is now #157 according to scout.

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