[CrazedZooChimp]

This is not true. They seem to be reliable if they are from the regional recruiter. Many of the predictions come from national recruiters and those with no connection at all to the prospective student athlete. Rivals and Scout are better in that the players actually talk to them. I can't tell you how many times I've seen Andy Drukarev answer a question with "I'll talk to his [family member, coach]" in response to questions.

I've found it's not as clear cut as that, and actually a lot of the regional guys are biased (or don't know anything about other schools outside the region so can't judge well), but that there are certain 247 guys who are very good and I think tend to be a good gauge of likelihood of a commit.  Luckily the site lets you compare the accuracy of each reporter, so you can see which ones are good and which are not. 


Lucky for us, it looks like Wiltfong has a pretty darn good record so far, which makes me bullish: http://247sports.com/User/Steve-Wiltfong-73/Predictions?Page=1&playerinstitution.primaryplayersport.recruitment.year=2016&playerinstitution.primaryplayersport.sport=Football

[CrazedZooChimp]

This is not true. They seem to be reliable if they are from the regional recruiter. Many of the predictions come from national recruiters and those with no connection at all to the prospective student athlete. Rivals and Scout are better in that the players actually talk to them. I can't tell you how many times I've seen Andy Drukarev answer a question with "I'll talk to his [family member, coach]" in response to questions.

I've found it's not as clear cut as that, and actually a lot of the regional guys are biased (or don't know anything about other schools outside the region so can't judge well), but that there are certain 247 guys who are very good and I think tend to be a good gauge of likelihood of a commit.  Luckily the site lets you compare the accuracy of each reporter, so you can see which ones are good and which are not. 


Lucky for us, it looks like Wiltfong has a pretty darn good record so far, which makes me bullish: http://247sports.com/User/Steve-Wiltfong-73/Predictions?Page=1&playerinstitution.primaryplayersport.recruitment.year=2016&playerinstitution.primaryplayersport.sport=Football