Two-Star Recruits Winning National Awards

I don't think that QB of Oklahomas was a highly star ranked kid that's going to end up winning the Heisman. If he wasn't such a douche he'd have a heck of a story and be fun to root for. I just can't stand his demeanor. There's a fine line between being passionate and being an immature douche of a jerk which I think he leans more towards being.
Jackson and Jewell are no less of impressive stories and they represent everything you'd want in a young man in your football program.
 
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The "star system" of recruiting is ridiculous. Exhibit A: Nebraska
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There's merit to the star system, it's not a fail safe, but it has merit. It helps if you fill your roster with 4 and 5 star guys, you can afford to miss on some of them. It's one thing to have just a few of them on the team, if they don't all make it, it lends credence to the idea that the star system isn't valid. But, if a team has 40 to 50 of them on the roster, then you don't notice the ones who don't make it. There's a reason Urban Meyer and Nick Saban aren't searching for the diamonds in the rough, they don't need to, they'll pick off as many of the low hanging diamonds (mixing my metaphors) they want, and let them all sort it out in practice.
 
This will fire up the star debate again, which I'm assuming was the intention of the thread title. Jewell and Jackson are both excellent players, and by all accounts excellent young men as well. They are examples of low rated recruits that panned out, and exceeded their low star ratings, which happens. There are far more examples of low rated recruits that don't exceed their star ratings. There are also examples of highly rated recruits that don't pan out as well. In general the star rating is a good baseline to begin with. In general, the more highly ranked players you recruit, the better your team is going to be.
 
The system is a commentary on the program recruiting the prep. Saban is sexy, cuz he wins a lot. His kids get the auto-4star. KF ain't sexy (just ask him), he gets the unsexy auto-2.5star.

Daviyon Nixon being recruited by Iowa = 2 star

Daviyon Nixon being recruited by Alabama = 4 star ????

Brian Bobek wasn't even in the scout computers and then he announces he accepted an offer to Ohio State and he became the number 1 center prospect in the nation overnight. Iowa showed no interest in that legacy.
 
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The offers a recruit holds also factors into the star ranking. Jackson and Jewell didn't have many other options.
 
Seems to me it's more of a crapshoot if a school consistently recruits low star recruits. I mean, for example, Micah Hyde of Buffalo wasn't even a DB in high school, I'm told, he was a QB. Talk about the low success that transformation usually entails. Going from non-existent in the defensive backfield to the pros? Wouldn't it be nice if Iowa were able to recruit high skilled athletes for positions they'll play in college?

The higher the star, the more athletic and proficient the high school recruit is.

This is the only thing proven with the star system and a KF-type of program: No doubt the lower star recruit has more success in a KF-type program and conversely a KF-type program doesn't have much success with a high star recruit (so they usually, eventually, transfer).
 
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The higher rated athlete (4/5 star ranked) will more likely impact a program sooner with less developmental time than the lower rated prospects. They both will benefit from growing and developing more over time but one will more likely bring value sooner and longer to a program.

Yes, there will always be exceptions that can be cited.
 
It's pretty simple really. The star rating system is about probabilities.

The higher the star ranking, the higher probability that player will pan out. There are always exceptions both ways.
 
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