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https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...atriots-eagles-high-school-recruiting-ratings
Some were stars; others weren’t even recruited to play football.
The Super Bowl is the biggest games in football. But every player in the game had to start somewhere. And most were recruited out of high school and evaluated by scouts.
With the help of the 247Sports Composite, we’ve got a time machine that tells us how almost every player in Super Bowl 52’s Eagles-Patriots game was rated coming out of high school. Not counting kickers and punters (who’ve rarely been rated), each team has a handful of starters who didn’t get ranked before college, either because they weren’t scouted well enough, developed late, or came through high school before the modern recruiting industry. Recruits have been ranked publicly only since the early 2000s.
Super Bowl 2018: Patriots as recruits
Pos. Player Stars College
DT Malcom Brown 5 Texas
CB Stephon Gilmore 4 South Carolina
LB Kyle Van Noy 4 BYU
QB Tom Brady* 4 Michigan
TE Rob Gronkowski 4 Arizona
C David Andrews 3 Georgia
DE Eric Lee 3 USF
DE Trey Flowers 3 Arkansas
DT Lawrence Guy 3 Arizona State
FS Devin McCourty 3 Rutgers
LT Nate Solder 3 Colorado
RB Dion Lewis 3 Pitt
RB James White 3 Wisconsin
RG Shaquille Mason 3 Georgia Tech
RT Cameron Fleming 3 Stanford
SS Duron Harmon 3 Rutgers
WR Brandin Cooks 3 Oregon State
WR Chris Hogan* 0 Monmouth
SS Patrick Chung 2 Oregon
CB Malcolm Butler 0 West Alabama
LB Elandon Roberts 0 Houston
LG Joe Thuney 0 NC State
Though 17 out of 22 Patriots starters were rated at least three-stars, the Patriots average star rating sits at 2.7, thanks to five unrated recruits.
* Tom Brady was around before recruiting rankings, but we’ve retroactively made him a four-star with an asterisk. From California, he was a Michigan signee with plenty of offers from other national powers and attention in national media outlets. In today’s landscape, he would’ve unquestionably been a blue-chip.
*Chris Hogan was actually a lacrosse player in college, for Penn State. And he was a damn good one, being selected as a 2006 Under Armour High School All-American.
Super Bowl 2018: Eagles as recruits
Pos Name Stars College
WR Nelson Agholor 5 USC
DT Tim Jernigan 5 Florida State
DE Brandon Graham 5 Michigan
OLB Nigel Bradham 5 Florida State
CB Ronald Darby 5 Florida State
WR Alshon Jeffery 4 South Carolina
LT Halapoulivaati Vaitai 4 TCU
LG Stefen Wisniewski 4 Penn State
TE Zach Ertz 4 Stanford
RB LeGarrette Blount 4 Oregon
DT Fletcher Cox 4 Mississippi State
MLB Dannell Ellerbe 4 Georgia
RG Brandon Brooks 3 Miami (OH)
WR Torrey Smith 3 Maryland
QB Nick Foles 3 Arizona
OLB Mychal Kendricks 3 Cal
CB Jalen Mills 3 LSU
S Rodney McLeod 3 Virginia
S Malcolm Jenkins 3 Ohio State
DE Vinny Curry 2 Marshall
C Jason Kelce 0 Cincinnati
RT Lane Johnson 0 Oklahoma
The Eagles on the other hand, skew much, much higher, with an average star rating of 3.5. Recruiting fans scanning the Eagles’ roster will be familiar with those like Nelson Agholor, Tim Jernigan, Brandon Graham, Nigel Bradham, Ronald Darby, and Alshon Jeffery.
Perhaps the most interesting story on the Eagles is Lane Johnson. In high school, Johnson was 6’5 and 202 pounds. He went to junior college and just kept growing. And growing. And growing.
Eventually, Johnson wound up as a 6’6, 317-pounder. He went from a QB to a left tackle. That is rather unheard of:
“He was starving himself to play at 270 (pounds) to play D-end,” coach Bob Stoops said. “I asked (strength) Coach (Jerry) Schmidt how long it would take him to get to 300 pounds. He said, ‘About a week and a cheeseburger.’
Let’s get nerdy
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...atriots-eagles-high-school-recruiting-ratings
Some were stars; others weren’t even recruited to play football.
The Super Bowl is the biggest games in football. But every player in the game had to start somewhere. And most were recruited out of high school and evaluated by scouts.
With the help of the 247Sports Composite, we’ve got a time machine that tells us how almost every player in Super Bowl 52’s Eagles-Patriots game was rated coming out of high school. Not counting kickers and punters (who’ve rarely been rated), each team has a handful of starters who didn’t get ranked before college, either because they weren’t scouted well enough, developed late, or came through high school before the modern recruiting industry. Recruits have been ranked publicly only since the early 2000s.
Super Bowl 2018: Patriots as recruits
Pos. Player Stars College
DT Malcom Brown 5 Texas
CB Stephon Gilmore 4 South Carolina
LB Kyle Van Noy 4 BYU
QB Tom Brady* 4 Michigan
TE Rob Gronkowski 4 Arizona
C David Andrews 3 Georgia
DE Eric Lee 3 USF
DE Trey Flowers 3 Arkansas
DT Lawrence Guy 3 Arizona State
FS Devin McCourty 3 Rutgers
LT Nate Solder 3 Colorado
RB Dion Lewis 3 Pitt
RB James White 3 Wisconsin
RG Shaquille Mason 3 Georgia Tech
RT Cameron Fleming 3 Stanford
SS Duron Harmon 3 Rutgers
WR Brandin Cooks 3 Oregon State
WR Chris Hogan* 0 Monmouth
SS Patrick Chung 2 Oregon
CB Malcolm Butler 0 West Alabama
LB Elandon Roberts 0 Houston
LG Joe Thuney 0 NC State
Though 17 out of 22 Patriots starters were rated at least three-stars, the Patriots average star rating sits at 2.7, thanks to five unrated recruits.
* Tom Brady was around before recruiting rankings, but we’ve retroactively made him a four-star with an asterisk. From California, he was a Michigan signee with plenty of offers from other national powers and attention in national media outlets. In today’s landscape, he would’ve unquestionably been a blue-chip.
*Chris Hogan was actually a lacrosse player in college, for Penn State. And he was a damn good one, being selected as a 2006 Under Armour High School All-American.
Super Bowl 2018: Eagles as recruits
Pos Name Stars College
WR Nelson Agholor 5 USC
DT Tim Jernigan 5 Florida State
DE Brandon Graham 5 Michigan
OLB Nigel Bradham 5 Florida State
CB Ronald Darby 5 Florida State
WR Alshon Jeffery 4 South Carolina
LT Halapoulivaati Vaitai 4 TCU
LG Stefen Wisniewski 4 Penn State
TE Zach Ertz 4 Stanford
RB LeGarrette Blount 4 Oregon
DT Fletcher Cox 4 Mississippi State
MLB Dannell Ellerbe 4 Georgia
RG Brandon Brooks 3 Miami (OH)
WR Torrey Smith 3 Maryland
QB Nick Foles 3 Arizona
OLB Mychal Kendricks 3 Cal
CB Jalen Mills 3 LSU
S Rodney McLeod 3 Virginia
S Malcolm Jenkins 3 Ohio State
DE Vinny Curry 2 Marshall
C Jason Kelce 0 Cincinnati
RT Lane Johnson 0 Oklahoma
The Eagles on the other hand, skew much, much higher, with an average star rating of 3.5. Recruiting fans scanning the Eagles’ roster will be familiar with those like Nelson Agholor, Tim Jernigan, Brandon Graham, Nigel Bradham, Ronald Darby, and Alshon Jeffery.
Perhaps the most interesting story on the Eagles is Lane Johnson. In high school, Johnson was 6’5 and 202 pounds. He went to junior college and just kept growing. And growing. And growing.
Eventually, Johnson wound up as a 6’6, 317-pounder. He went from a QB to a left tackle. That is rather unheard of:
“He was starving himself to play at 270 (pounds) to play D-end,” coach Bob Stoops said. “I asked (strength) Coach (Jerry) Schmidt how long it would take him to get to 300 pounds. He said, ‘About a week and a cheeseburger.’
Let’s get nerdy
- Five-stars: The Patriots have one, while the Eagles have five.
- Four-stars: The Patriots have four, while the Eagles have seven.
- Three-stars: The Patriots have 12, while the Eagles have seven.
- Two-stars or lower: The Patriots have five, while the Eagles have three.
