I signed a transfer this past recruiting session with a WE of 1 because he has solid cores (I was desperate for a big) and already knew my offense/defense (somewhat). Clearly I'm not expecting any improvement, but after the first practice session he went from an 82 to an 85 in low post.

I know sometimes a rating will increase by one for players after the first practice due to a slight change in the fraction/decimal value leading to rounding up, but his went up by three.

Any explanations?

It could be he regained points he lost in the off season.

does that happen? ive never heard of it, doesnt sound right to me.

I don't always track offseason growth and loss but I have noticed that upperclassmen with super low WE (1 and 2) , tend to grow a lot after the first practice.   I have never seen more than a 1 point gain on that day in a category though.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 6/18/2012 8:08:00 AM (view original):
I don't always track offseason growth and loss but I have noticed that upperclassmen with super low WE (1 and 2) , tend to grow a lot after the first practice.   I have never seen more than a 1 point gain on that day in a category though.

This.  I haven't had a WE1 guy in a long time, but I had one way back when, and the 1st day of his SO season, he gained, if I recall correctly, 11 points across categories. I think he gained a total of 4 pts the rest of the entire season.  Very odd.