Rivals, Scout and prospect rankings

Here's a pair of articles that delve into recruiting rankings by Rivals, Scout and others. They are a good, informative read.

National player rating (Part 1)
mslacat
August 13, 2009

Hi folks this is another one of those posts that I got carried away with. It started with a question that was posed over on Egriz, that as I started to write a response to, I thought it would actually make a good topic. Once it became a topic for my blog it took on a life of its own, as a lot of my posts can. It was meant to be one post, but I am not sure it is all that digestible in one post I am going to make it a two parter, this first post deals with how one gets in a recruiting data base like at scouts or Rivals. The second part will deal more with the ratings the sites give them. It is not a perfect separation, but I hope it works.

One of the more common questions that come up after a player signs or commits to a program is; “what is his rating by the internet recruiting sites”. A lot of weight is commonly given to, what these experts think of a player. Often times even more weight than that of a programs own coach. Here is something to remember though, if one of these experts is wrong about players he will still most likely keep his job if a coach is wrong about his player evaluation he loses his job, and he/she most likely would not have gotten the job in the first place...

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National player rating (Part 2)
mslacat
August 14, 2009

This is the second part of my series on the internet recruiting site player data bases. The first part dealt with how one gets in a recruiting data bases on the national sites. This second part will deal with the ratings the sites give the players in their data bases..

How often are rating updated?

If you are a top 100 prospect, quite often, as many be 6-8 times a year. If you are a 0-3 Star prospect not very often if at all. A couple examples...

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