Certainly part of what made the 2013 and 2018 classes poor was the small numbers, particularly 2013. One problem with 2021 is that it is also small, at least so far. I included the average player ratings from 247 for that reason. The Rivals average stars rating is too coarse to be very meaningful - almost all players are distributed between two numbers. An average of their "rating" would be better, but they don't provide that automatically in their tables.
If one cared enough you could dig through the services numbers and come out with a better comparison of how they rate the classes. That would not be fruitful, because there just isn't enough information in the rankings to justify the work.
The broad story persists - as of this time it appears that 2021 is one of Shaw's poorest classes but exactly where it rates depends upon both how it finishes and how the players turn out (presumably related to how good a job the staff has done in evaluations).
If one cared enough you could dig through the services numbers and come out with a better comparison of how they rate the classes. That would not be fruitful, because there just isn't enough information in the rankings to justify the work.
The broad story persists - as of this time it appears that 2021 is one of Shaw's poorest classes but exactly where it rates depends upon both how it finishes and how the players turn out (presumably related to how good a job the staff has done in evaluations).
(12-10-2020, 12:19 PM)Papa John Wrote: CTCard, 2013 and 2018 were rated poorly because of the overall numbers. It's not easy to sort talent level using 247sports team rankings, so I'm going to use Rivals instead. In terms of average star rating per recruit, here's how Stanford's recruiting classes since 2010 stack up:
2010: 3.14 #28 nationally
2011: 3.32 #17
2012: 3.73 #4
2013: 3.33 #17
2014: 3.45 #14
2015: 3.27 #20
2016: 3.16 #23
2017: 3.93 #3
2018: 3.2 #26
2019: 3.24 #25
2020: 3.35 #18
2021 (so far): 2.93 #48
SamuelMcF confirmed there's still hope for a few more in the class: Moore (3-star), Dubre (3), Kendall (4), Maro (3) and Uke (3). Given such a low staring point, there's room for improvement but it's hard to imagine even approaching the high-20s nationally in terms of average stars.
On the other hand, the 2008 recruiting class had a Rivals average-star rating of 2.71, #45 nationally. That class featured the following players who at least signed with an NFL team:
2-star Johnson Bademosi
2-star Alex Debniak
2-star Daniel Zychlinski
2-star Padric Scott (he transferred to Florida A&M)
3-star Jonathan Martin
3-star Chase Thomas
3-star Michael Thomas
3-star Delano Howell
4-star Andrew Luck
4-star Christopher Owusu
3-star David Decastro