The Bodda Getta

I kinda thought the same thing, however its all about what you think of this "star rating" system as I have my guesses that the coaches are recruiting kids(video wise) instead based on stars. They get tapes, go to practices, go to games and watch them. Whatever Star they end up being so be it in the end. The coaches see something they like and can develop.

Understand most of these kids are going to top camps, programs, colleges summer camps or prep facilities so coaches kinda have a heads up about most of them.

Cool, thanks. I realize Auburn can not reel in every single recruit, but I was just curious as to why it has seemed to be a trend with each position that we are generally targeting #10 - #30 type guys. Don't get me wrong those are still good players. I appreciate the feedback guys.

Just because a recruit scores out as the #1,2,3, etc. prospect at a specific position doesn't mean they score that high on our coaches' board. The player has to fit your scheme, be the right kind of kid you want to represent the school, etc., etc. etc. Not to mention, as Bryan alleviated to above, these are EARLY rankings... They still have junior days, camps, pre-season practice, season, and post season (all-star games) evaluations.

Bryan correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Yeldon in the bottom part of the top 10, if not even in the top 10, before his senior year and ended up #2 in the country on 247? What is your best guess as to where these guys rank on AU's board, since you've teased us with placing them in alphabetical order. :-)

Thanks for all you do, BM!

What I'm truly curious is if these are our TOP tgts where are the boys from our state.....ya know our greatest RBs have been homegrown...just sayin'!

I can almost guarantee that Derick Green will by far be the stud from this class. I truly hope we have a shot because he is a guy that I believe can change a team's fortune.
Physics is an amazing thing and when you get 6' tall and weighing 215lbs (as a junior in high school -which puts him at 225 to 230 in college with a low center of gravity- and his 40 time is listed as 4.31 secs-blistering fast-you have a running back that no matter where he plays will carry the rock 25 times a game and after a little experience, and hopefully he will look at our awesome offensive line talent and depth we will have, he will be a 150 yards a game guy and probably will be in the NFL his senior year of college. That dude has the IT factor for sure.

Caleb King, Lache Sistrunk (?), Mike Dyer...where are they now?

You never know about these guys. I agree with an earlier poster, there isn't much difference between the #4 guy and the #24 guy. Its how they handle college life and success ( or lack of success) that matters.

Recruit the player, his family, and the level of ball he played in high school. Arkansas doesn't rank real high but they spank Auburn's ass on the reg. Look at Cincinnati, Boise State, and TCU.

What is it about Woodley that has the Auburn coaches going after him so hard? I have watched several of highlight reels now and he doesn't seem to be anymore outstanding than any of the rest. I'm really curious what they think he has over everybody else? Yes, he's very good. It just seemed like the others were as well and I wanted to know what separates him from the others.

The coaches that offer have something to do with the ranking IMHO. The rankings follow the coaches rather than the coaches follow the rankiings. The coaches are more qualified and also the guys assigning the rankings have thier own agendas that influence them.