[Mick]

If anyone has any idea, when John Elway was recruited from High School, how would he have been ranked if today's prospect scouting and recruit ranking systems were used?  Would he have been a 5 star or a 4 star?  

I assume he had offers from all over the country, but I don't know that for sure and am curious to know what his recruitment was like.

USC really wanted him and he almost went there. Can you imagine a backfield of Elway and Marcus Allen???

And Charles White.  And with future + year career NFL linemen Bruce Matthews, Don Mosebar, Anthony Munoz, Chris Foote, Keith Van Horne and Roy Foster blocking...and Brad Budde, 7 years in the NFL, Kelly Thomas 5 years in the NFL.  And Hoby Brenner at TE.

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In reality, John Elway's "coach" was his dad. I doubt that anyone on Wiggin's staff, including Jim Fassel, could ever help him.

Elway lobbied for Fassel to be hired as the Broncos OC and always credited him as a major influence on his development, so I'm pretty sure that Elway felt that Fassel had helped him a lot at Stanford.

Fassel was also his presenter when Elway was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.

I was there that night.  I remember Fassel telling the story of Elway throwing kickoffs for the return team. They were at Fort Dohower.   First one went to about the 5.  They asked him to throw it deeper.  Next one went to about goal line.  They asked him to throw it deeper.  Next one sailed through the goalpost and into the parking lot.  Fassel asked: “is that  deep enough?” Maybe apocryphal.  But a good story.

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[Mick]

If anyone has any idea, when John Elway was recruited from High School, how would he have been ranked if today's prospect scouting and recruit ranking systems were used?  Would he have been a 5 star or a 4 star?  

I assume he had offers from all over the country, but I don't know that for sure and am curious to know what his recruitment was like.

USC really wanted him and he almost went there. Can you imagine a backfield of Elway and Marcus Allen???

And Charles White.  And with future + year career NFL linemen Bruce Matthews, Don Mosebar, Anthony Munoz, Chris Foote, Keith Van Horne and Roy Foster blocking...and Brad Budde, 7 years in the NFL, Kelly Thomas 5 years in the NFL.  And Hoby Brenner at TE.

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In reality, John Elway's "coach" was his dad. I doubt that anyone on Wiggin's staff, including Jim Fassel, could ever help him.

Elway lobbied for Fassel to be hired as the Broncos OC and always credited him as a major influence on his development, so I'm pretty sure that Elway felt that Fassel had helped him a lot at Stanford.

Fassel was also his presenter when Elway was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.

I was there that night.  I remember Fassel telling the story of Elway throwing kickoffs for the return team. They were at Fort Dohower.   First one went to about the 5.  They asked him to throw it deeper.  Next one went to about goal line.  They asked him to throw it deeper.  Next one sailed through the goalpost and into the parking lot.  Fassel asked: “is that  deep enough?” Maybe apocryphal.  But a good story.

https://247sports.com/college/stanford/A...104933321/