Top performers from a *-studded @battlesports 7v7 in South Florida.

Hurley is well-mannered. So freshing to see in this day and age.

Hurley dropped because they haven’t evaluated the 2025 class that hard. He will move up this year

They posted some of Hurley’a throws.

Absolute darts. Flicking the ball all over the place with ease.

Billy’s Tweet with a nice deep ball

Very impressive lower unit.

I really dont want to get my hopes up too much on this kid. He says all of the right things and carries himself in a way that is sure to gain many followers. I havent seen any indication that he is not 100% LSU, I just have to reserve most of my excitement for the day he inks that letter. When that day comes, I will very happy to see this young man lead our team into battle.

I like his quote from your link. Very articulate young man who strikes me as intelligent and humble. Of course, if he ever decommits from LSU he's then just "Tigerbait."

“You also have to be very pleased with the ‘23 Class in recruiting and the manner in which the team recruited and used the Transfer Portal,” Hurley said after watching LSU’s Citrus Bowl win. “I feel very good about the ‘24 Class and think it will be a pivotal piece of what’s to come at LSU Football. I’m excited about heading up that class and we plan to recruit “dudes” who are committed to bringing a National Championship to Baton Rouge.”

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I don't think you know what "arbitrary" means

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You’re apparently the one who doesn’t know what it means, and you don’t know what you’re talking about regarding the “reasons” they actually dropped.

Sampson dropped due to not participating in certain events, not due to his performance. He had about the best season a 5A+ player can have and he has every necessary tool to be a 5*. Dropping someone because they aren’t physically present at an event is arbitrary

And regarding Brown, when you have certain players (Manning is a perfect example) who are 5*’s because “””potential””” in spite of poor high school stats, that’s the definition of arbitrary as well.

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And Hurley just dropped because he reclass'd and is now grouped in with QBs who have already been evaluated closely for a year.

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So...they evaluated him closely enough to rank him a 5* in ‘24 based on talent and potential but because he reclassified, he’s suddenly not going to be as good when he’s a senior in college?

Do you know what the metric used to rank a 5* is according to 247 and On3? Because you’re the one who’s apparently out of the loop on a lot of things. It’s not who had the best season, it’s who they project as being a first round draft pick. That has nothing to do with senior year stats, reclassifying, or apparently Sampson being unpolished which is news to me. There’s no consistent rhyme or reason to anything the recruiting services did this season.

Great post. No matter how many times it's explained to some they just can't let go of the fact that the lines between some of these ratings are blurred and flat out opinion based, sometimes with favoritism involved but mostly just nitpicking.
The only "arbitrary" part is the set number of 5*s. That in itself tells you that #32 and 33 could be all things equal yet one will be a 5* and one will not. Thats arbitrary.