Sunday, August 30, 2009

How bad is Tom Lemming?


This is kind of fun: break down the 2009 RB draft class by (Scout.com) star rankings out of high school. Some observations:

1) There were as many 2 stars as 5 stars drafted in the first round.
2) There were more 3 stars drafted than 4 stars.
3) In the later rounds (4-7), 2 stars dominated the draft boards.



This analysis is kind of painful to do, since it requires wading through the mounds of historical scout.com rankings, but it proves a point. Rankings are a pretty poor predictor of college performance. Would anyone trade Kevin Grady (5 star) for Donald Brown (scout 2 star) at this point?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the Love! You can check out this years studs at http://tomlemming.blogspot.com/

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