Team Recruiting Rank

needmorecowbell

Heisman
Oct 28, 2007
9,660
10,810
78
Rutgers just moved up to 21 in the team ranking. One spot higher than our friends in Pennsyltucky. Waiting for Patrick....
 
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oldman87

All-Conference
Apr 19, 2008
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Looks like Vretman and Wormley got a bump and Barrow finally got evaluated, surprised Taylor and Lewis didn't get a bump as well.
 
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ArminRU

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Aug 5, 2008
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Lewis will prob get a bump now that he's in the elite 11.....rankings are silly. No will get his 4th star whenever the rivals staff sees him.
 

NBKnight

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Jul 8, 2008
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Lewis will prob get a bump now that he's in the elite 11.....rankings are silly. No will get his 4th star whenever the rivals staff sees him.

Elite 11 is not affiliated with Rivals, it did not give Russo a bump last year.
 

RUwoz

All-Conference
Jul 20, 2014
3,266
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Keep in mind that our higher ranking is based on more recruits, as our average star ranking is lower than just about everybody else in the top 30
 

ruready07

All-American
Apr 15, 2003
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Keep in mind that our higher ranking is based on more recruits, as our average star ranking is lower than just about everybody else in the top 30

woz, we'll definitely keep that in mind in the thread about average star ratings..
come on man

Having more recruits isn't a bad thing - its actually a positive. And we know that the players we have committed are ballers, so why even go there about average stars?

positive positive positive.
 

RUwoz

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woz, we'll definitely keep that in mind in the thread about average star ratings..
come on man

Having more recruits isn't a bad thing - its actually a positive. And we know that the players we have committed are ballers, so why even go there about average stars?

positive positive positive.
If we want to cherrypick stats to give misleading, positive stories then Flood was the #1 recruiter in a NJ university every year he was head coach!! It's a fact and positive
 

ArminRU

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Aug 5, 2008
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If we want to cherrypick stats to give misleading, positive stories then Flood was the #1 recruiter in a NJ university every year he was head coach!! It's a fact and positive

Does it make you feel better that rivals has our avg star # wrong?
 

oldman87

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Apr 19, 2008
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Looking at average star rating alone can be very misleading because not all stars are equal, the quality and the points awarded to a 5.7 3 star is very different than that of a 5.6 and even further from 5.5, that is why even though both #26 OSU and #27 VT has higher average star ratings than RU (one 2 star dragging down the average) but ranks lower with the same numbers of commits. A much better predictor of the final ranking is the number of commits corresponding to the current ranking, even that is inaccurate because we have no idea how many recruits each school plans on taking.
 

oldman87

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Apr 19, 2008
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Rivals is anal about kids attending their camps before receiving higher grades even when it's abundantly clear.
 

paulyb141

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Jan 25, 2016
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The 247 composite rankings are probably considered the best indicator of class quality. Currently, they have Penn State (22) and Rutgers (28).
 

sct1111

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Nov 30, 2014
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The 247 composite rankings are probably considered the best indicator of class quality. Currently, they have Penn State (22) and Rutgers (28).
Class rankings at this point really just give you a general idea of how your school is recruiting. Both teams are recruiting in the top half of the power five but neither is elite so far.

I don't know if we end up with a top 25 class, probably more like a top 35 class but this is very good and if the trend continues, Rutgers could end up a perennial top 20-25 recruiting program.
 

needmorecowbell

Heisman
Oct 28, 2007
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The 247 composite rankings are probably considered the best indicator of class quality. Currently, they have Penn State (22) and Rutgers (28).
Sounds good to me. Both schools are recruiting at the same level and the psu head coaching has not been impressive so I feel pretty good.
 
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Yeah Baby

All-American
Aug 14, 2001
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If we want to cherrypick stats to give misleading, positive stories then Flood was the #1 recruiter in a NJ university every year he was head coach!! It's a fact and positive
The only one cherry picking stats in this thread is you and it's in a negative way. We do not rank these guys nor do we rank classes. We just talk about them.

Ready, this is all good news. So far, I like this class a lot.
 

patk89

All-Conference
Jul 25, 2001
6,323
2,450
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And it helps when recruiting other players to have a solid team rating, especially as the season winds down. I have been impressed with how well Ash has done so far in recruiting. I thought it would take him until the 2018 class to do this well because it would take time to establish relationships with those recruits earlier in their high school careers. That bodes very well for the future.
 
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wheezer

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Jun 3, 2001
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For sure we can feel very good about getting the verbals from the best at their positions in NJ..... More than we have ever seen......

But if you look at the "stars" of our recruits, you have mostly threes, a two, and a four star......

This type of grading is destined to wind up in the forties, or slightly worse by signing day,
Unless a lot of our recruits get serious upgrades.... Which we may get for some....

This is not trying to be negative..... But there will be numerous programs that will wind up with many four star recruits that, on paper, will go past us.....

This has happened almost every year lately since we get more early verbals than those programs at this point.

I think that is ok, because we have a lot of talent in this class that we can all recognize.....
 

Panthergrowl13

All-Conference
Nov 11, 2002
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Recruiting rankings in June are meaningless.

The rankings reported in February are the ones that matter.

HAIL TO PITT!!!!
 

NBKnight

Heisman
Jul 8, 2008
24,667
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For sure we can feel very good about getting the verbals from the best at their positions in NJ..... More than we have ever seen......

But if you look at the "stars" of our recruits, you have mostly threes, a two, and a four star......

This type of grading is destined to wind up in the forties, or slightly worse by signing day,
Unless a lot of our recruits get serious upgrades.... Which we may get for some....

This is not trying to be negative..... But there will be numerous programs that will wind up with many four star recruits that, on paper, will go past us.....

This has happened almost every year lately since we get more early verbals than those programs at this point.

I think that is ok, because we have a lot of talent in this class that we can all recognize.....

Utah was 35th with three 4* last year. Wisconsin was 36th with four. We can be in that range with possibility of Bell and Hansard and a potential bump for Melton. No doubt if we stay at one 4* our ranking will drop by the end.
 

wheezer

Heisman
Jun 3, 2001
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Utah was 35th with three 4* last year. Wisconsin was 36th with four. We can be in that range with possibility of Bell and Hansard and a potential bump for Melton. No doubt if we stay at one 4* our ranking will drop by the end.
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Sure... My thoughts were if we kept going with exactly the level of recruits we have had to this point...the addition of Bell and Hansard would help us quite a bit.....

I am optimistic that we wind up with a couple more 4 star players.... If not, then our rank would be in the 40s or 50s, I would guess.....

A lot of our recruits are the best at their position in the state and are evaluated on the low side.