MacIntyre has talked about things like multi-sport athletes who never had offseason weight training in high school, among other things, in his recent interview.
This SI article (hat tip to rward on Rivals for finding this one), talks about a number of other things:
- Young for his class
- Plays Safety, QB or RB on HS team (where HS coaches tend to put their best athlete)
- Isn't shaving yet
- Size of hands, feet, wrist and frame as indicators of likelihood to put on good size or even grow taller
Good stuff. Those guys are out there. But it's tough way to build a team. We all remember the 2* who ended up being great and tend to forget the numerous 2* recruits who did nothing. It's the opposite with the blue chip recruits - we expect them to be great so it's the failures we tend to remember.
But one thing to keep in mind here is that being able to project is as much art as science. Skill in this art separates the great recruiters from the run-of-the mill in the same way that offensive coordinators are separated by having a certain feel for calling plays within the rhythm of the game.
Let's hope that MacIntyre has the art of this as a recruiter, because we are certainly playing the "projection" game.
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/08/10/college-football-recruiting-projection-process
This SI article (hat tip to rward on Rivals for finding this one), talks about a number of other things:
- Young for his class
- Plays Safety, QB or RB on HS team (where HS coaches tend to put their best athlete)
- Isn't shaving yet
- Size of hands, feet, wrist and frame as indicators of likelihood to put on good size or even grow taller
Good stuff. Those guys are out there. But it's tough way to build a team. We all remember the 2* who ended up being great and tend to forget the numerous 2* recruits who did nothing. It's the opposite with the blue chip recruits - we expect them to be great so it's the failures we tend to remember.
But one thing to keep in mind here is that being able to project is as much art as science. Skill in this art separates the great recruiters from the run-of-the mill in the same way that offensive coordinators are separated by having a certain feel for calling plays within the rhythm of the game.
Let's hope that MacIntyre has the art of this as a recruiter, because we are certainly playing the "projection" game.
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/08/10/college-football-recruiting-projection-process