Peoples is clearly a freak of a talent. Jalin Moore's film was real good as well. Size should not matter at RB unless a guy is 5'5 160 pounds.ericsaid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:42 amI haven't seen enough of Peoples to make a judgement on his recruiting rating. Jalin Moore was likely rated where he should've been considering his size coming out of high school, same goes for Cox. Brian Quick was also correct considering he hasn't played football really prior to getting to App.AppStFan1 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:54 pmMy point on Conley was that he would not even start this year at App and was not better than Thomas at this point. Huesman may end up being a really good one but he has not played enough to know yet.ericsaid wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:14 amAs crazy as it sounds, I think Drink is going to have more talent, overall, than many people expected. He was labeled a "bad recruiter" when hired but App's average commitment rating is the highest it's been. Obviously stars don't mean everything and margins are slim, but App seems to be in good hands with recruiting.AppStFan1 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 11:19 pmConley is clearly the future in Louisville and it is crazy because he was going to redshirt at App and be our backup in 2020. Could you imagine how good we would be with him in 2021 if we replaced Sutton, Evans, etc with equal talent? Conley is going to be a good one if he stays healthy.
Also not convinced that App doesn't have better QB's than Conley on the roster now. Obviously we wouldn't know because there hasn't been much garbage time play, but Huesman looked good in Drinks offense in his limited time, other people who have observed practice could shed some light on ability of players further down the depth chart.
I know he is getting players with higher points but we won't know until we see them on the field and our true freshmen this year are 75% Scott's guys. Next year we should start to see how good these guys are. I'm optimistic. He has connections so I do expect the talent to continue to improve.
I never go by stars or ratings though because at the G5 level it is not as accurate. Our best players ended up being the guys who were among lowest rated. Go look at the rating compared to rest of class for Brian Quick, Jalin Moore, Marcus Cox, Colby Gossett, Camerun Peoples, etc.
Physical stature is certainly a factor in recruiting rankings though. If you go back and re-rank recruits based on actual production, you likely get a better idea of how good a recruiting class actually was. But that ties into what most people already say, "wait a few years and we will see". However, for the guys who are already more physically developed coming out, you can get a better read on what they will be in college. App is getting some of those guys now, like Anderson and Ross.
Ask any coach from our staff who got Quick and they will tell you he was a steal that Clemson and UNC and others just missed badly on because he did not play football long. He had a freak senior year in HS. They felt the same about Renfrow, who got 2 stars, because he was a walk-on to a P5. Our coaches thought he had a NFL future possibly back then.
Look at DJ Williams. Look at his ratings when committed to us with only FCS offers. Then he pops up with P5 offers and suddenly becomes a 4 star? We all know his film was freakishly good and the P5 schools were late on him.
Remember Coty Sensabaugh? He was not rated when he was committed to us but then he flips to Clemson and becomes 2 stars. That was before Clemson became what they are now. If he did that today he would be a 85 and 3 stars by 247 easy. Our coaches knew he was a stud and told anyone they were close to that he was.
The problem with stars is they don't look hard at walk-ons and G5 or below offers. Those stars carry a little weight for P5 offers only.
I'm with you on the guys with a better physical stature. We are getting a different type of player now. We use to have maybe 3-4 on our whole roster who look like P5 players physically. Now, we have about 20-30 of them who do. This team is by far the best we ever had.