2 things I want to clear up. When I get the scouting message on potential, what neccessarily does that mean doe potential place a cap somewhere overall or does it help speed up/slowdown the growth of a recruit similar to WE?

When I am recruiting what should I be projecting for growth per season. It would be nice to know whether to take a:

level 3 QB with 30 ath 40 str 40 gi 40 tec 40 we

compared to level 3 QB with 40 ath 30 str 20 tech 25 tech with 70 WE

I was looking at top Heisman D3 teams since they are close to finishing and most eveybody has their players growthing between 4 and 6 points in important categories. So I should be projecting my guys between 16-24 growth and 20-30 growth for a RS?

What about level 4 guys? or guys anove 60 WE? I like to use excel sheets to project my recruits to evaluate how I'm doing.

I'm not sure I'm answering your question but in the GD forum, take a look at the thread that says scouting messages below this one. It shows you the different messages from recruits when you send an assistant or head coach on a scouting trip and how you want to recruit the good potential (or great potential) responses. Those players grow faster than the average and low potential responses. Of course, when a recruit/player sees more playing time, they also will increase faster than a player/recruit that doesn't see the field.

So when you compare your two QBs above, the 70 WE stands out, but only if he has good or great potential. If he has average potential and the WE40 player has good or great potential, then you would go with the WE40. In either case, go with the QB that has good/great potential.

well yes but if they are the same does it make a difference, in 2 seasons of recruit(I have 2 accounts) I have only taken level 3 players(good) players and level 4(great) players.

So potential is just kind of like an added WE?

There is a post somewhere else but honestly I dont feel like finding it.. basically it broke down potential and WE like this:

Potential is the ceiling of a player and WE is how quickly they can reach that ceiling

This is probably the best example I can pull up immediately.. both of these players had 3 potential, but completely different WE.. leave out the variables that me and pete probably practice different, playing time, ect..

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Season	Class	ATH	SPD	DUR	WE	STA	STR	BLK	TKL	HND	GI	ELU	TECH		Base QB	Position Rank
Lewis McDermott	103	56	55	41	39	45	79	21	18	43	64	69	68		68.26	QB 97
Lewis McDermott	104	60	59	46	39	49	79	16	13	48	67	72	71		70.62	QB 54
Lewis McDermott	105	64	63	51	41	54	79	12	9	53	71	75	74		73.22	QB 24
Lewis McDermott	106	67	66	55	41	58	79	7	4	57	74	78	77		75.44	QB 11
Lewis McDermott	107	70	69	58	38	61	80	3	1	61	76	80	79		77.32	QB 5
Howard Cox	103	49	53	50	62	60	39	42	41	60	71	59	73		59.36	QB 283
Howard Cox	104	54	57	55	62	64	43	38	37	63	74	63	76		62.94	QB 207
Howard Cox	105	59	62	60	63	68	48	34	33	67	77	67	79		66.82	QB 109
Howard Cox	106	64	66	65	76	72	53	29	28	70	81	71	82		70.9	QB 46
Howard Cox	107	68	70	69	86	76	56	25	24	74	83	75	84		73.6	QB 21

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The better player is more likely to stay the better player if the ratings are a lot different.. but the one with the higher WE will move towards the ceiling faster.