In MO, for instance, there aren't many high-level high

Posted on: February 14, 2018 at 09:35:46 CT

schools, so a kid here is playing against very watered-down competition. Even the biggest schools that win State rarely have multiple P5 kids on the roster. So when a guy like Michael Thompson, for instance, dominates linemen who will never sniff FBS or even NAIA for that matter, it can skew the perception. And then you throw in All-State and there you go. Of course he can go to camps, but that only gives a snap shot of ability of lack thereof.

Conversely, you look at Texas and the amount of FBS talent each year is staggering. So if a kid is only All-District at the highest classification, it could be because the All-State guys are surefire high-level P5 talents. And the competition a kid faces is so much better, that they cannot simply dominate like in MO. So the star fags get lazy, take that into account b/c they're just looking at video, and what accolades a kid has.

Kobie Whiteside is a good example. Only an all-district kid and ranked 1761 in the nation! A 2-star on one site and I think our lowest-ranked kid. But he came out of high school already SEC size and strength, played quite a bit as a true FR, and will factor into a starting position on a very stout DL.

If the "MO 10" were SRs last year and Whiteside lived in KC or STL, he'd be one of them with a 4-star ranking.