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RetiredReferee

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Forgive me in advance if this is an elementary question, but this is something that I'm genuinely interested in and would like to sound smarter about.....

So when I look at the main page it lists the state rankings for recruits. Just using the #1 player on the board it shows him as 4 stars, then it has a column listed as 'RR' and shows him to be a 6.0. What is RR, and what is the 6.0 mean? Is it out of a number. Is 6.0 a cumulative score that measures a wide variety of things such as speed, strength, stats??? And what would that a player need to do to move to 5 stars?

I understand that much of it is probably subjective, but I also can't imagine there isn't some kind of uniform way to assign grades that way.
 
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BretEpic

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Rating up to 6.1, no good idea of criteria

5 star = 6.1
4 = 5.8-6.0
3 = 5.5-5.7

It's Rivals.com formula, I believe from National guys. I know Edgy is asked, but I think unless it's Edgys list it's heavy on national guys opines.
 
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And Julian Love should be a 4*. Every day he sits below it, a kitten dies, and I blame Mike Farrell.
 
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BretEpic

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RRH1 said:
Is he the top player on his team?
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Doesn't matter. He's now had 3 years of tape and is the one most easily analyzed as a result. As a cornerback prospect, and perhaps safey, Julian is an elite talent (4 Star being such). I'd just like to see Rivals reflect this as it's pretty obvious. No skin off my back, but such glaring holes in their national evaluations help the rumblings that they pay not attention to the Midwest and listen to the invaluable, proven and trustworthy assets they make in their midst [ahem, Tim... Ahem].

Totally agree with the others that rankings are meaningless and nothing to worry about, but people follow them and quote them every college broadcast, so it's become "something" to mind. The rankings are now deeply ingrained in how people follow and relate football - from HS through the NFL - so we are ignorant to dismiss them. That said, hence my preference to see them be as accurate and balanced as humanly possible.

Not to suck up, but Tim IMO nails his evaluations. Considering what he can and cannot say at times in regards to academics, he provides great analysis of what kids bring to the game and where they end up in college (developmentally). I follow college ball religiously, and have been reading Tim's insight for 10 plus years, and you notice the kids he touts and what they do. There is always the kid that ends up JUCO and doesn't go FBS right away, or kids that botch opportunities otherwise, and all the services miss those. Yet there are kids like Jack Lynn, Mike Lucas, James Butler, Matt Harris, the Catching MAC Davises, Tyler Lancaster, etc., that Edgy hit right on the head early on.
 
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sundevil1988

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Riley Lees is a another example of an under the radar recruit. if not mistaken, he is approaching 100 TD's. Would have loved to have seen him wearing the brown and gold of CoM
 
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