As we know, Billy was not afforded the most time or the biggest pool of recruits to finish off the 2022 class. He had 59 days and even though we didn't land Perkins or Matthews, he had us firmly in contention. I don't think any of us can argue against the effort Billy and his staff are going to put in on recruits they have identified as takes. This period coming up in the recruiting calendar is probably my favorite time of year. Why? Well because it is the evaluation period.
Billy has assembled one of the most extensive staffs in all of college football. This is why I am interested to see what his evaluations look like. We can all click on the recruiting tab and look at the Rivals 250 and see the list of kids who are highly rated at this point. But as we all know, these rankings are going to constantly change for the next year. The best thing about having a larger recruiting staff, in my opinion, is the opportunity it affords you to evaluate a much larger pool of prospects. More staff means we can watch more prospects. More staff also means more evaluations on every recruit. The more staffers you can have grade a recruit, the more accurate the evaluation is going to be in the end. Billy made a comment about how he compares recruiting to hitting in baseball. We need to land 25 solid hits every recruiting class. The more we can evaluate and increase the accuracy of our evaluations, the better off we are gonna be. Yes, statistics show that 5 stars have the highest hit rate as NFL draft prospects, no disputing that. But I believe once you get passed the top 100 or 150 recruits in the rankings, it really comes down to your staff's evaluations because those 4 stars (ranked 150-400) have about the same success rates in the end.
Over the next month or two, we will see a lot of obvious offers go out to the kids that are already considered the cream of the crop by the industry. But we will also see offers go out to kids who might not even have complete recruiting profiles here on Rivals. My favorite example of this is Grant Delpit. During the 2017 class evaluation period, Grant Delpit started as a picture less Rivals profile and ended up being the highest graded prospect on Florida's board when it was all said and done.
Time to see what Billy Napier and his recruiting staff are made of.
Billy has assembled one of the most extensive staffs in all of college football. This is why I am interested to see what his evaluations look like. We can all click on the recruiting tab and look at the Rivals 250 and see the list of kids who are highly rated at this point. But as we all know, these rankings are going to constantly change for the next year. The best thing about having a larger recruiting staff, in my opinion, is the opportunity it affords you to evaluate a much larger pool of prospects. More staff means we can watch more prospects. More staff also means more evaluations on every recruit. The more staffers you can have grade a recruit, the more accurate the evaluation is going to be in the end. Billy made a comment about how he compares recruiting to hitting in baseball. We need to land 25 solid hits every recruiting class. The more we can evaluate and increase the accuracy of our evaluations, the better off we are gonna be. Yes, statistics show that 5 stars have the highest hit rate as NFL draft prospects, no disputing that. But I believe once you get passed the top 100 or 150 recruits in the rankings, it really comes down to your staff's evaluations because those 4 stars (ranked 150-400) have about the same success rates in the end.
Over the next month or two, we will see a lot of obvious offers go out to the kids that are already considered the cream of the crop by the industry. But we will also see offers go out to kids who might not even have complete recruiting profiles here on Rivals. My favorite example of this is Grant Delpit. During the 2017 class evaluation period, Grant Delpit started as a picture less Rivals profile and ended up being the highest graded prospect on Florida's board when it was all said and done.
Time to see what Billy Napier and his recruiting staff are made of.
