The Blue Board

Hoping that UA can get Grant Hill. Would be a mauler at guard.

Good move with Mackensie Alexander. Looking forward to the Noles giving Tenn hell for him.

Still a ton of questions around Henry as a RB so giving him a fifth star over Bigelow is a move I'd first guess just as a follower of things

Henry is ranked as an athlete and he's had his fifth star since the initial release. I agree that he's not a homerun 5-star guy because of position questions. I would disagree that Bigelow should be above him though. I'm not as big on Bigelow as some others.

Thanks.

Good to see Golson move up to 88. I really do feel like he's on a guy like Theus' level. Splitting hairs once guys get so highly ranked.

I read a ESPN guy tweet that Punahou coaches think the LB Isaac Savaiinaea will end up being better than Te'o. Again coaches opinion.

Also good to see RB Kyle Hicks get a nice jump, I imagine with the Amoakos being teammates and Oregon coaches already showing interest he will be someone for Oregon fans to keep an eye on.

What do you think he needs to work on? Just from his height and weight i would imagine a little footwork and maybe get in a little better shape.

Except there's a high probability of Hicks committing to Texas this weekend

Justin Davis is way too low but glad to see Cravens got his well deserved 5th star.

I'm still waiting for Steve Elmer to get his 5* instead he continues to get passed over.

That's going to happen with us doing rankings earlier. You can expect broader moves in terms of spots. Here are a couple of graphs on it.

Our philosophy, to account for the accelerated recruiting process, is to rank prospects earlier in their high school careers than what has been previously done in this business. Because a player can develop dramatically or not in a 2-3 year period in the sport of football, that’s going to make for greater movement in the rankings.

So it’s not out of the question that a player is No. 8 to begin with and finishes at No. 90 or he’s No. 187 and finishes No. 12. The delta for the player’s final ranking (which is what matters and what we should be judged on in that regard) is much wider during a 24-36 month period than an 8-12 month period.

Think of it (and I use this comparison often) as an NFL Draft “big board”. Two years out, a player may be projected as a top five pick, but when all is said and done, after seasons on the field, combines and pro days, other types of evaluations, etc., he may slip to the third round or so.

I certainly am not saying that we are justified if we have a kid start out as a five star with a rating of 102 and end up as a two star with a rating of 75. That’s drastic and inconsistent. But we’ve found that it’s human nature for fans to look at a 30-40 spot drop in rankings and wonder what their favorite prospect going to their school “did wrong” or why we “don’t think he’s good”. Well, the drop doesn’t mean either, it just means when we re-adjusted everything, including the rankings of other prospects, said prospect fell to that particular point in the rankings.

Rankings are fun for you guys to debate, celebrate, complain about, etc., and they are fun for us to put together. That’s why we are going to push the envelope and get rankings out earlier- so you guys can enjoy them and learn about the prospects at an earlier date- so on a day like today- a junior day- you can really dig in and get a true sense of what is going on inside your favorite football program

I don't think that's the right way to describe it.

Still waiting on Shane Morris to get his fifth star!!!