247 Football Rankings

Yeah. I suppose it’s slightly annoying but it has very little meaning in the grand scheme of things though. And if you look at Alabama, their recruits always go up a lot. I mean, a couple of years ago some random said he had a bama offer and they made him a 247 and he was then in the top 300 off of a Facebook post.

You can see it happen so...

It all balances out. The 247 average ranking went from .9247 to .9253. It doesn’t change the players that are future LSU Tigers. This is an extremely solid class with the potential to finish strong w Leigh, M. Smith, and Foreman.

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Yeah. I suppose it’s slightly annoying but it has very little meaning in the grand scheme of things though. And if you look at Alabama, their recruits always go up a lot. I mean, a couple of years ago some random said he had a bama offer and they made him a 247 and he was then in the top 300 off of a Facebook post.

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That wasn't a random recruit... that was a completely fictional recruit.

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It’s almost laughable that when LSU gets a highly rated recruit, 247 sports update their rankings and our recruits plummet down the charts. May be a coincidence but it’s highly frustrating.

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Do people do *any* research whatsoever when they lodge this complaint? First of all, we had tons of guys make huge jumps *up* the list with this most recent update--far more big jumps than almost any other team at the top. Second, the supposed "demotions" are almost never actually demotions--they're players who retain the same rating and get jumped by someone whose rating improves. If there's a prospect who jumps 100 spots, there will be 1 guy who moves up and 99 guys who "move down".


Also, literally every single fanbase says this exact same shite. If you've ever listened to Barton actually talk about the rankings or the evaluation process, you would know how silly it is to cry bias. Yeah, the Yale grad sure has it out for LSU. In particular, the complaint that "they havent even played any more games so how can they be moved down?!" is especially idiotic. It makes zero sense unless you assume that the 247 staff has literally consumed every bit of available information about ~1000 kids across the country.

Landon Jackson down 33 spots on ranking
Derrick Davis Jr (recent commit) down 7 spots on ranking
Garrett Dellinger down 15 spots on ranking
JoJo Earle down 6 spots on ranking
Nathanial Wiggins down 6 spots on ranking
Raesjon Davis down 7 spots on ranking
Deion Smith down 8 spots on ranking
Chris Hilton down 6 spots on ranking
Sage Ryan (recent commit) down 3 spots on ranking

Keanu Koht Up 84 spots
Saivion Jones up 27 spots
Garrett Nusmier Up 37 spots

9 down 3 up.


There is your research chief

Overall, LSU player average just moved up from 92.47 to 92.53 in the composite.

Jackson's is the only "fall" with any real meaning. Likely part because of his injury and part because a kid moved up at his position(in this particular case it's likely because of Koht). A drop in positional order can translate to 10-15 spots overall.
Every other drop is just other kids moving up. It's a normal part of the process. If you look at every kid in the 247, 200+ dropped. If kids move up then a dominant effect of drops is started.

The 3 ups greatly outweigh the drops hence the rise in avg per commit. Kohts rise is a pretty significant bump. Jones and Nussmeir are strong bumps and likely the result of them moving up moreso positionally than overall.
In short, this rankings update was a win for us in the grand scheme. Not everyone is out to get LSU.