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That's all you got?
Want a list of elite players from elite schools? Might need to open up a new server to fit that post in.
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That's all you got?
Want a list of elite players from elite schools? Might need to open up a new server to fit that post in.
It's a good point. I went back and checked my 2019 rankings (specifically for Miami), and I only rated 12 players from non-Power 5 schools. The highest grade was Andy Isabella (2nd/3rd). Everyone else was either in the 3rd/4th or 4th-7th range.
Outside of QB, the focus should be on limiting misses, rather than worrying about missing out on someone.
I really like RB Harris.... I think he's the next D. Henry in the NFL.
I don't think he's saying you can't find elite players from elite schools or that the number may not be higher, just that small schools have great players also, and if you read some of those small school names, how could you not also keep an eye on small schools.
Some of those players could be argued to be the greatest at their position.
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This thread is a good example of the extremes that most people think in. Never do this, always avoid that...
The thing you have to realize is that High school football talent no longer slips through the cracks to the level it did many years ago. These kids are found out now due to so many more factors. All the camps, recruiting services, etc. that didn’t exist back then.
It’s much less likely that a Jerry Rice falls past the SEC radar and land at Miss. Valley St. Or a Walter Payton and Jackie Slater fall through the cracks to Jackson St.
Same but to a slightly lesser degree. highly unlikely a Brett Favre to Sounthern Miss. Or Terrell Owens to Chattanooga. Owens was so skinny coming out of high school that Bama nor Auburn offered him. But they would nowadays.
Furthermore, a Khalil Mack at Buffalo isn’t quite the same thing as Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, etc being at MVSU and JSU. Buffalo isn’t a small school. Their endowment is large enough to make them an FBS school.
Steve McNairs typically don’t end up at Alcorn St. anymore, although he was recruited by SEC schools to play another position. He wanted to play quarterback. It’s just a different era in recruiting.
Try to imagine a player from a school like Alcorn St. finishing top 3 in the Heisman Trophy voting nowadays. Ain’t happening.
Randy Moss was heavily recruited by the big schools, it was his own fault he ended up at Marshall. He was either going to play at Notre Dame - then at Florida St.
I think you have to be more specific in terms of the definition of small school. Non-power 5 FBS schools like Troy or Buffalo aren’t small schools. They’re not the same category as schools like Mississippi Valley St. or Moorhead St., etc.
Those are entirely different levels of football.
The thing you have to realize is that High school football talent no longer slips through the cracks to the level it did many years ago. These kids are found out now due to so many more factors. All the camps, recruiting services, etc. that didn’t exist back then.
It’s much less likely that a Jerry Rice falls past the SEC radar and land at Miss. Valley St. Or a Walter Payton and Jackie Slater fall through the cracks to Jackson St.
Same but to a slightly lesser degree. highly unlikely a Brett Favre to Sounthern Miss. Or Terrell Owens to Chattanooga. Owens was so skinny coming out of high school that Bama nor Auburn offered him. But they would nowadays.
Furthermore, a Khalil Mack at Buffalo isn’t quite the same thing as Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, etc being at MVSU and JSU. Buffalo isn’t a small school. Their endowment is large enough to make them an FBS school.
Steve McNairs typically don’t end up at Alcorn St. anymore, although he was recruited by SEC schools to play another position. He wanted to play quarterback. It’s just a different era in recruiting.
Try to imagine a player from a school like Alcorn St. finishing top 3 in the Heisman Trophy voting nowadays. Ain’t happening.
Randy Moss was heavily recruited by the big schools, it was his own fault he ended up at Marshall. He was either going to play at Notre Dame - then at Florida St.
I think you have to be more specific in terms of the definition of small school. Non-power 5 FBS schools like Troy or Buffalo aren’t small schools. They’re not the same category as schools like Mississippi Valley St. or Moorhead St., etc.
Those are entirely different levels of football.