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Highest rating ever for long snapper, kicker, punter?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:08 pm
Seems like LSU is getting a bit skewed on their ratings due to signing long snapper, kicker/punter, etc. Do they have ratings higher than 3 stars for a long snapper? I think punters and field goal/kickoff guys don't get great ratings either. Just wondering. Trying to find something obscure before the BIG BASH! Tigers looking goooooooood!!!!!
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:13 pm to DrD
Espn used to rate kickers 4 stars all the time. Texas a&ms Taylor Bertolet was one on there, he can't kick an extra point.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:13 pm to DrD
Bama got a 4star kicker, if I remember right. I think he helped LSU win a game, too....
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:27 pm to CamdenTiger
I have always thought the best at each position should be a five star. These positions play a huge part in the outcome of games.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:42 pm to omegaman66
I believe Sebastian janikowski was a 4* Was a USA today first team AA.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:53 pm to higgins
What's crazy is the long snapper is rated the best in the country. No matter what position you play if your the best you should get a high rating
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:59 pm to BIG CAT
Yep. It is crazy to think that the best punter in the country who WILL be a factor in every game he plays by always giving the opponent a long field to drive isn't going to be a five star. Stupid
And a field goal kicker is going to be a guy that WILL determine a number of game outcomes every year and they get rated as 2 or 3 stars.
It is absolutely stupid. Flipping the field/being one of the highest scorers on your team IS an extremely important position.
And a field goal kicker is going to be a guy that WILL determine a number of game outcomes every year and they get rated as 2 or 3 stars.
It is absolutely stupid. Flipping the field/being one of the highest scorers on your team IS an extremely important position.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:03 pm to omegaman66
JK Scott is a 5 star punter, that's for sure.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:45 pm to BIG CAT
No one thinks about the long snapper until there's a bad snap.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:17 pm to DrD
I've never understood not ranking punters and kickers as 3 and 4 star guys. Maybe one never becomes a 5 star, but damn these guys are very important. Brad Wing should have been a 4 star. JK Scott should have been a 4 star. Roberto Aguayo, should have been a 4 star. These are difference makers.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:00 pm to omegaman66
Their just not thought of as athletic enough.
Just the way it is I guess.
Just the way it is I guess.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:09 pm to dreaux
Its because these kids are ranked based on pro potential. Kickers and specialists aren't easy to project to the pros. Even the best ones in college don't do anything in the pros
If ranking for college only and leaving out the pro potential, there would be a huge amount of 4 and 5* kids. College success is much easier to project and at that point scheme would play into the projections and cause kids committed to certain schools to be bumped majorly. Imagine if Kirk Merritt were ranked solely based on his skill set in the Oregon offense. He'd be a 5* all day long. The pro potential add in keeps the projections down and takes scheme and the school kids are committed to out of the equation(theoretically)
If ranking for college only and leaving out the pro potential, there would be a huge amount of 4 and 5* kids. College success is much easier to project and at that point scheme would play into the projections and cause kids committed to certain schools to be bumped majorly. Imagine if Kirk Merritt were ranked solely based on his skill set in the Oregon offense. He'd be a 5* all day long. The pro potential add in keeps the projections down and takes scheme and the school kids are committed to out of the equation(theoretically)
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:10 pm to dreaux
Its because these kids are ranked based on pro potential. Kickers and specialists aren't easy to project to the pros. Even the best ones in college don't do anything in the pros
If ranking for college only and leaving out the pro potential, there would be a huge amount of 4 and 5* kids. College success is much easier to project and at that point scheme would play into the projections and cause kids committed to certain schools to be bumped majorly. Imagine if Kirk Merritt were ranked solely based on his skill set in the Oregon offense. He'd be a 5* all day long. The pro potential add in keeps the projections down and takes scheme and the school kids are committed to out of the equation(theoretically)
If ranking for college only and leaving out the pro potential, there would be a huge amount of 4 and 5* kids. College success is much easier to project and at that point scheme would play into the projections and cause kids committed to certain schools to be bumped majorly. Imagine if Kirk Merritt were ranked solely based on his skill set in the Oregon offense. He'd be a 5* all day long. The pro potential add in keeps the projections down and takes scheme and the school kids are committed to out of the equation(theoretically)
Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:36 pm to lsufanva
OK just saying, college fans are the ones keeping track of the rankings. What freaking purpose does it serve to rank them based on NFL potential. Any ranking agency (247/rivals etc) that does that is stupid.
Who here gives a crap about their pro capabilities? What pro scout gives a crap about a HS kids NFL potential when he is in High School. No pro scout ever drafted a kid because of his HS ranking when there is plenty of college film to evaluate.
Who here gives a crap about their pro capabilities? What pro scout gives a crap about a HS kids NFL potential when he is in High School. No pro scout ever drafted a kid because of his HS ranking when there is plenty of college film to evaluate.
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