How low does the Work Ethic have to be before off season loses happen. I am looking at recruits for the next season, and I really like a couple of the players, but their WE's are in the 20's. I have had players this low before, but I cant remember what happened with them. Will these players lose rating points in the offseason? If so how drastically?

Offseason gains/losses are very random. The higher the WE, the better chance of gains, and the lower, the better chance of losses, but it's really random.

Generally speaking, most of my guys gain in some areas and lose in others regardless of WE.

Personally, I have no problem recruiting guys with WE in the 20s. Even if they lose some in the offseason, most of them will max out their potential by senior year.

in the 20's it wouldn't be shocking to see them lose 6 or more points, I had it happen just a few days ago. Usually the first few points are lost in ST, then the more important core points drop next.