Why is Iowa struggling with 2022 recruiting? Kirk Ferentz’s age (66 as of Aug. 1) is a significant factor.

[cjbfbp]

Thanks for this research!

Would be interesting to know what the numbers do if you remove OL recruits from the equation for every school and leave all other parameters the same.

Hypothesis being that Wisc's numbers are "artificially" bolsters by having an unusually high number of 4/5* OL recruits, but few/none at other positions.

Well, OK, but some people would argue that personnel quality in the OL is as important as anywhere and more important than most.

 

[SixBySix]

Well, OK, but some people would argue that personnel quality in the OL is as important as anywhere and more important than most.

I suppose the flip side is that it's also considered one of the most difficult positions to project from high school, and many of the top juniors and seniors in CFB every year were low-to-mid 3 star recruits.

 

[MplsGopher_fan]

I suppose the flip side is that it's also considered one of the most difficult positions to project from high school, and many of the top juniors and seniors in CFB every year were low-to-mid 3 star recruits.

Another flip side is that the backups for o-line don't play as much as backups at other positions. Bringing in 3 highly rated tackles in one class isn't the same as bringing in 3 highly rated WRs, DBs, D-line, etc. where you actually substitute those guys during games.