Season One - (World Season 38) - Final Recruiting assessment.
Not terrible, but not really great either. My recruiting vision in YOST isn't the greatest but I feel like I got the best players that I could see, within 180 miles.
A class ranking of 47 for this season as compared to 227, 222, 228, 222,158 from the last 5 seasons.
This ranks in a tie for 3rd place (with season 28 SimAI recruited) for the history of the team. Best class was World Season 13 with a human coach then World Season 26 with a SimAI Coach.
Overal Recruit Class GDReports rating 38.37 as a gauge, the 10th ranked team had an overal recruit class rating of 41.32 (17 recruits) and the top rated recruiting class came in at 45.60 (9 recruits) while the bottom of the field was 24.06.
Of the 25 scholarships I had to fill, and I filled them all, there were no 4 or 5 star recruits. Only one recruit is in the top 25 for his position and that is the punter I snagged who ranks 20th in his class position. 5 players in the top 50 ranking of their position, 9 in the top 100 ranking of their position.
The class broke down like this:
Name |
Primary |
Rating |
Secondary |
Rating |
Overall |
Position |
Class Rank |
Class Rank |
Position |
Position |
Rank |
Rank |
Overall |
Position |
William Martinez |
RB |
44.04 |
FB |
35.93 |
4667 |
RB533 |
86 |
RB33 |
Matthew Hamilton |
RB |
42.78 |
FB |
39.76 |
5516 |
RB604 |
189 |
RB58 |
Patrick McCoy |
ILB |
41.97 |
OLB |
41.62 |
6072 |
ILB535 |
289 |
ILB34 |
Matthew Lee |
RB |
41.7 |
FB |
35.52 |
6243 |
RB663 |
330 |
RB84 |
Billy Chandler |
S |
40.77 |
CB |
40.48 |
6894 |
S573 |
531 |
S46 |
Richard Morin |
WR |
40.42 |
|
|
7146 |
WR956 |
622 |
WR104 |
Robert Lewis |
ILB |
40.1 |
OLB |
39.85 |
7368 |
ILB631 |
708 |
ILB89 |
Michael Johnson |
DT |
39.91 |
DE |
31.99 |
7480 |
DT1361 |
755 |
DT147 |
Curtis Martinez |
DT |
39.86 |
DE |
35.28 |
7512 |
DT1367 |
762 |
DT149 |
Daniel Schmidt |
DT |
39.86 |
DE |
34.01 |
7513 |
DT1368 |
763 |
DT150 |
James Russell |
ILB |
39.6 |
OLB |
37.72 |
7688 |
ILB652 |
837 |
ILB102 |
Alfred Haas |
ILB |
39.53 |
OLB |
35.62 |
7744 |
ILB655 |
860 |
ILB104 |
Andre Williams |
OL |
38.88 |
|
|
8138 |
OL1484 |
1048 |
OL111 |
George Brooks |
P |
38.15 |
|
|
8530 |
P176 |
1258 |
P20 |
Ernest Wilcox |
OL |
38.05 |
|
|
8577 |
OL1569 |
1283 |
OL157 |
Michael Barrera |
DT |
38.02 |
DE |
34.81 |
8594 |
DT1518 |
1293 |
DT250 |
Andrew Fish |
S |
37.86 |
CB |
32.33 |
8672 |
S714 |
1338 |
S120 |
Kenneth Martin |
S |
37.62 |
CB |
34.01 |
8823 |
S723 |
1429 |
S126 |
Mike Quintana |
S |
37.42 |
CB |
32.86 |
8930 |
S732 |
1504 |
S133 |
Clyde Orr |
TE |
35.99 |
|
|
9561 |
TE549 |
1898 |
TE109 |
John Williamson |
OL |
34.25 |
|
|
10172 |
OL1895 |
2253 |
OL408 |
Eric Cline |
QB |
34.03 |
|
|
10229 |
QB608 |
2290 |
QB30 |
Kenneth Williams |
OL |
33.09 |
|
|
10425 |
OL1931 |
2396 |
OL440 |
James Fuller |
OL |
32.79 |
|
|
10477 |
OL1936 |
2419 |
OL444 |
Randall Lewis |
K |
32.55 |
|
|
10526 |
K294 |
2445 |
K56 |
I got some good linebackers and running backs, and the basis for decent OL and DL in the upper classmen years. My QB has good speed and technique, decent GI and horrible strength, but he can develop that over the seasons. I think he'll be above average by the time he is a senior.
All of my Freshmen are starters, except for one Linebacker. running a base 43 defense and recruited 4, so thats where my much needed receiver scholarship went. It will be interesting to see how much the freshmen improve coming in and starting right away.
Overall, according to GDreports, the team holds an overall rating 34.38 (F) ranking them 226 this season after spending the last 3 consecutive seasons ranked at 228 (F), which is dead last in DIII. As a comparison, the 10th ranked team rates 52.51 (A-) and the top team rates 56.48 (A+). I'm at the bottom, but I ain't last!!!!
Each position still rates F's across the board as does the Offensive and Defensive grades.
So. Not a great class, not a good class, but an average to slightly above average but not by much class. I think that the playing time, starting, fullfilling of promises, and their growth potential on average will help this class become good players by the time they graduate.