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Football Recruiting 2019: How do the Illini Stack Up?
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<blockquote data-quote="ILL_INI" data-source="post: 1455763" data-attributes="member: 4851"><p>True, there is no other analysis other than the numbers. But, there is definitely a correlation of recruiting numbers to future performance, so I think this type of analysis is still valid.</p><p></p><p>I heard the argument with Beckman, too, that they recruited based on need and were able to find hidden gems among the lower rated recruits. Could Illinois be so lucky to have two coaches in a row who can recruit like that?</p><p></p><p>One of the disadvantages of Northwestern and others not recruiting lower rated players is that they can't find these hidden gems. But because they played on Illinois as a freshman, does that necessarily mean they are better recruits than anyone higher rated recruits on another team? I haven't seen anything about 2018, but the Illini had more players on the 2017 Freshman All Big Ten Team than Ohio State. Did that mean the Illini out recruited Ohio State the year before?</p><p></p><p>Actually, MJ Rivers was rated at 0.8539, which is pretty good for Illinois. It places him in the top 20 of Lovie's all-time recruits, but, it would have put him at 14th in this year's NW class. He definitely played well for a freshman.</p><p></p><p>I think the Illini will definitely be better than last year. How much better? You raised some good questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ILL_INI, post: 1455763, member: 4851"] True, there is no other analysis other than the numbers. But, there is definitely a correlation of recruiting numbers to future performance, so I think this type of analysis is still valid. I heard the argument with Beckman, too, that they recruited based on need and were able to find hidden gems among the lower rated recruits. Could Illinois be so lucky to have two coaches in a row who can recruit like that? One of the disadvantages of Northwestern and others not recruiting lower rated players is that they can't find these hidden gems. But because they played on Illinois as a freshman, does that necessarily mean they are better recruits than anyone higher rated recruits on another team? I haven't seen anything about 2018, but the Illini had more players on the 2017 Freshman All Big Ten Team than Ohio State. Did that mean the Illini out recruited Ohio State the year before? Actually, MJ Rivers was rated at 0.8539, which is pretty good for Illinois. It places him in the top 20 of Lovie's all-time recruits, but, it would have put him at 14th in this year's NW class. He definitely played well for a freshman. I think the Illini will definitely be better than last year. How much better? You raised some good questions. [/QUOTE]
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