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<blockquote data-quote="TownesVanZandt_rivals" data-source="post: 130688029" data-attributes="member: 1606648">Bruce Feldman wrote a great article on The Athletic This week when your favorite team announces its signing class, or when you hear about the four- or five-star recruit that your school did or did not get, remember this number: 2.4.That is the average star ranking of the 15 offensive linemen voted to the Pro Bowl last year who were evaluated in the era of the recruiting star system. None of them were ranked as five-star prospects; four were four-star guys — the same number as there were zero-star players. Joe Thomas, the best offensive tackle of his era, went to 10 Pro Bowls in his 11 seasons. Thomas once was ranked as the nation’s No. 18 offensive tackle prospect. None of those 17 graded ahead of him went on to start in the NFL as tackles. From the 2015 signing class, prospects who are seniors now, Clemson’s Mitch Hyatt is the only four- or five-star O-line recruit (according to 247Sports) to make first-team all-conference.The online recruiting sites do a good job of ranking high school prospects, but the trickiest position to evaluate — even more than quarterbacks — is the offensive line.And it’s not just the recruiting analysts who have such a hard time. Coaches have a pretty rough time of evaluating them, too.<a href="https://theathletic.com/720233/2018/12/18/college-football-recruiting-offensive-linemen/">https://theathletic.com/720233/2018/12/18/college-football-recruiting-offensive-linemen/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TownesVanZandt_rivals, post: 130688029, member: 1606648"] Bruce Feldman wrote a great article on The Athletic This week when your favorite team announces its signing class, or when you hear about the four- or five-star recruit that your school did or did not get, remember this number: 2.4. That is the average star ranking of the 15 offensive linemen voted to the Pro Bowl last year who were evaluated in the era of the recruiting star system. None of them were ranked as five-star prospects; four were four-star guys — the same number as there were zero-star players. Joe Thomas, the best offensive tackle of his era, went to 10 Pro Bowls in his 11 seasons. Thomas once was ranked as the nation’s No. 18 offensive tackle prospect. None of those 17 graded ahead of him went on to start in the NFL as tackles. From the 2015 signing class, prospects who are seniors now, Clemson’s Mitch Hyatt is the only four- or five-star O-line recruit (according to 247Sports) to make first-team all-conference. The online recruiting sites do a good job of ranking high school prospects, but the trickiest position to evaluate — even more than quarterbacks — is the offensive line. And it’s not just the recruiting analysts who have such a hard time. Coaches have a pretty rough time of evaluating them, too. [URL]https://theathletic.com/720233/2018/12/18/college-football-recruiting-offensive-linemen/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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