Star Ratings to NFL Draft: Best & Worst Programs

[king_kong_]

really interesting stuff today from The Athletic where they analyze the past 11 draft classes by school and star ranking out of high school

some tidbits:

of our 67 4-star signees, only 3 (!) went on to be drafted. worst in the country by a million miles at a mere 4.5%. next is tennessee at 9.5%.

texas and ou blow at developing their 5-stars into draftees. of their combined 29 blue chippers, only 7 went on to be drafted.

ohiost, LSU, bama and florida are most adept at turning their 3-stars into NFL draft guys, each hovering at around 20% success rate

Boston College of all programs produces the most draft picks relative their recruiting rankings, and the ACC as a whole does the best at turning their players into pros

 

[Huskers123456]

Obviously development was terrible, but I think lazy recruiting led us to recruit a bunch of flawed 4 stars that other programs backed off for whatever reason.

 

[otismotis08]

Good find. Confirmed suspicions.

 

[drubendall]

Obviously development was terrible, but I think lazy recruiting led us to recruit a bunch of flawed 4 stars that other programs backed off for whatever reason.

That and rolling with damaged goods, hoping they will return to form. Some injuries are severe enough that it never happens.

 

[king_kong_]

It’s true not all 4-stars are create equal

But even our highest rated 4-star kids have had very little impact over the past decade-plus

 

[huntered]

so we are a free agent football program. how depressing. guess there's no way out but up.