i just need some help. how or who assigns or decides how many stars to assign to a recruit? how political is this ranking system? what is the diiference between a 5 star player and a 4 star player? how are they recognized? is it there performance at a camp? or is it the numbers they put up on the field?

 

example:Reese Ryan (senior QB @ lex cath) a guy at work contends that he is a 4star quarterback. i say he could be someday. but i contend that he hasn't proven he can do much on the field yet. i think if he is a 4 star he is highly overrated. but i need to know more about the scoring system. i'm not even sure he is the best QB in lexington. from what i have seen the robbins kid from Boyle co. is just a sophmore and is better than him already.

 

any help would be appreciatted!!

i just need some help. how or who assigns or decides how many stars to assign to a recruit? how political is this ranking system? what is the diiference between a 5 star player and a 4 star player? how are they recognized? is it there performance at a camp? or is it the numbers they put up on the field?

 

example:Reese Ryan (senior QB @ lex cath) a guy at work contends that he is a 4star quarterback. i say he could be someday. but i contend that he hasn't proven he can do much on the field yet. i think if he is a 4 star he is highly overrated. but i need to know more about the scoring system. i'm not even sure he is the best QB in lexington. from what i have seen the robbins kid from Boyle co. is just a sophmore and is better than him already.

 

any help would be appreciatted!!

 

I won't pretend to be an expert so....

 

Remember the ranking is an opinion. Even though these guys look at these players year after year they see things differently and value things differently so that's why one service has a kid at a 3* and another has the same kid as a 4*. What i do not know and maybe someone can answer is if a service says we have to have "X" number of 5*, 4*, etc.

 

As to a kid who hasn't done it on the field yet that's really irrelevant in football. They are seen at camps so these guys get a good feel for how they can play to a certain extent. Plus they do watch past game film if it's available.

 

I can tell you this. Its not something I'd put much thought into.

:)Let me put it in a way we can all understand. You and I walk into a bar. A nice looking blonde walks by and I say she is a pure 10. You say no, she is an 8 at best. I like blondes, you like brunettes. Either way she is smoking hot and neither one of really has any first hand knowledge of 10's in the first place so it's just an opinion.

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