Season 2 - Recruiting round up
Well, I failed to follow my most basic advice that I give noobs asking about recruiting.
FILL ALL OF YOUR OWN SCHOLLIES!!!!
That being said, I engaged in an expensive and protracted recruit battle almost from the start. I don't know if it was hubris or just fun as the reason why I did it, but I miscalculated some recruiting actions and had to fend off a late cycle poach from a different coach than the one I was battling. In the end, I spent a good chunk of $$ and lost the recruit early on the last (or next to last) day. I was able to find a back up who I was able to put an AC Scout and a Scholarship offer on. He never turned green on me and in the end decided to pass up the scholarship. I knew better than to do what I was doing, but......... eh. I'll have to keep my head about me next season so that I can stay on target. Anyway, here is how I ended up for the recruiting:
Of 13 Scholarships available, I filled 12 and took one SimAC signed recruit. blah.
My targets were QB - 3RB - 3WR - TE - OL - DL - LB - 2DB and I missed on the 3rd WR and took a
cr@p extra QB. I did however manage to sneak a 4 Star and two 5 Star recruits into this class.
Guess Class rating: 20 - so I still pulled a top 25 recruit class, guess without 3 full seasons under my belt to establish vision, I get the benefit of the doubt. Last years class rating had me at 47th overall.
Guess Class Average rating: 39.57 not bad and higher than last years average of 38.37
Here is the class breakdown:
Name |
Primary
Position |
Rating |
Secondary
Position |
Rating |
Overall
Rank |
Position
Rank |
Class Rank
Overall |
Class Rank
Position |
|
Frank Andrews |
RB |
43.81 |
FB |
33.65 |
4662 |
RB561 |
103 |
RB29 |
|
Wayne Jackson |
WR |
43.49 |
|
|
4892 |
WR712 |
125 |
WR32 |
|
Richard Ellison |
OL |
42.98 |
|
|
5259 |
OL863 |
163 |
OL13 |
|
Danny Campbell |
DT |
42.78 |
DE |
37.84 |
5389 |
DT1006 |
178 |
DT39 |
|
William James |
CB |
42.35 |
S |
39.81 |
5655 |
CB333 |
236 |
CB6 |
|
Tony Mack |
WR |
41.43 |
|
|
6253 |
WR896 |
374 |
WR81 |
|
John Smith |
S |
41.27 |
CB |
38.16 |
6374 |
S530 |
401 |
S24 |
|
Corey Wright |
RB |
41.00 |
FB |
31.41 |
6553 |
RB704 |
448 |
RB80 |
|
Robert Ryan |
RB |
40.44 |
FB |
33.74 |
6907 |
RB737 |
566 |
RB96 |
|
Troy Scott |
ILB |
40.31 |
OLB |
35.83 |
6997 |
ILB626 |
609 |
ILB72 |
|
Danny Jones |
TE |
38.89 |
|
|
7945 |
TE431 |
1040 |
TE44 |
|
Martin King |
QB |
34.73 |
|
|
10002 |
QB529 |
2303 |
QB10 |
|
William Maddox |
QB |
20.92 |
|
|
11350 |
QB846 |
3033 |
QB208 |
So with the exception of 20.whatever SimAC QB, it is a fairly decent class. For me and the Catholic University.
3 recruits in the top 10 of their position.
8 recruits in the top 50 of their position.
Overall highest rated class came in at 44.48 and a top recruit at 48.48, far higher than my top one at 43.81
The addition of these recruits and the growth of last years players has moved the team up from 226 overall team rating last season (228 the year before that) to 207th.
Offense
Overall Offense : D
Rush Offense : C-
Pass Offense : D
QB |
RB |
FB |
WR |
TE |
OL |
D |
D |
N/A |
D |
D |
D- |
|
|
Defense
Overall Defense : C-
Rush Defense : C-
Pass Defense : C-
DE |
DT |
OLB |
ILB |
CB |
S |
N/A |
D- |
N/A |
D+ |
D- |
D+ |
|
The team report card is showing improvement of all F's across the board last year in each position and each offensive/defensive category. So there is improvement there.