West Virginia 2002 Football Commitments (34) | Avg. Stars: 2.29

FOUR Stars
Broderic Jones -- never played a down

THREE Stars
Fred Blueford -- Started, one season
Akeem Jackson -- never played a down
Tywan Napper -- never played a down
Taylor Owenby -- never played a down
Erick Phillips -- never played a down
John Scott -- never played a down

TWO Stars
Rayshawn Bolden -- Starts
Ben Clemons
Jason Colson-- Has Started
Charles Hales-- Has Started
Chris Henry-- NFL
Jay Henry -- Starts
Jeremy Hines-- Has Started
Joe Hunter-- Has Started
Adam Jones-- All-American ,NFL
Pat Liebig -- Starts
Mike Lorello -- Starts
Kevin McLee-- Starts
Dan Mozes-- All-American
J.T. Perry
Adam Serena -- never played a down
Rachid Stoury -- never played a down
Dwayne Thompson -- Has Started
Jamil Tyson -- never played a down
Krys Williams -- never played a down
Craig Wilson-- Has Started
Andre Wright

UCF 2002:

4 star players:
Chad Moscoe- did not play past 1 year
DeMarcus Johnson- Did not make it past 1 year
Roy Williams- Did not play into his senior year

And there were numerous 3 star players who contributed minimally or didn't make it past 1-2 years.

Stars mean nothing unless you really are the "elite" players.

Quote:Fred Blueford -- never played a down

-- Just a quick correction..."Big Blue" played and even started a few games in 2002 if memory serves



Jackson

The Knight Time Wrote:UCF 2002:

4 star players:
Chad Moscoe- did not play past 1 year
DeMarcus Johnson- Did not make it past 1 year
Roy Williams- Did not play into his senior year

And there were numerous 3 star players who contributed minimally or didn't make it past 1-2 years.

Stars mean nothing unless you really are the "elite" players.

Dude, no body over here gives a @#$# about UCF (AKA Generic University of Florida).

Quote:Just a quick correction..."Big Blue" played and even started a few games in 2002 if memory serves Jackson

You are correct...

I totally agree. Stars mean squat. If UCONN recruits are rated based on those stars, we should be losing every game to the MAC. However, Randy Edsall has done pretty well with a lot of kids that were not rated very high.

Take Darius Butler, he might be one of the better CBs in the league but he was only a 2 star. We recruited a lot of speed this year. I think our D will be one of the best in the league this coming year. I am looking forward to the season when our no name recruits match up against other "big time" recruits.

According to Rivals, Rutgers have out recruited UCONN every year. However, this did not translate into onfield performance cause every game has been close. UCONN leads the series 3-1 since UCONN went D1A.

Chris Henry will be starting for a prison in Florida next year.

I got a better one for you.

ECU's Paul Troth was and Elite 11 camp QB. The guy started as a Sophmore threw 20 ints and 49%. The new coach benched him, the next year but he had his chances and came in one game and went 1-13 passing for 12 yards and 3 turnovers in one game.

He transfered to Liberty hardly a powerhouse D1aa team and threw one TD and 7 ints and 42% before the coach demoted him to 3rd string.

All that and the Texans still invited him for a work out last year!!!! 6-5 240 gets scouts attention I guess even if he couldn't run a 5.2 40.


*We had another QB that was 10th in the all time high school passing ever and he threw 2 passes his whole career and rode the bench. Those 2 passes were on senior day throwing him a bone.

Hummell Wrote:

The Knight Time Wrote:UCF 2002:

4 star players:
Chad Moscoe- did not play past 1 year
DeMarcus Johnson- Did not make it past 1 year
Roy Williams- Did not play into his senior year

And there were numerous 3 star players who contributed minimally or didn't make it past 1-2 years.

Stars mean nothing unless you really are the "elite" players.

Dude, no body over here gives a @#$# about UCF (AKA Generic University of Florida).

Your coaches might since we bit*h smacked you in your home stadium.

You truly are a tool.

SF Husky Wrote:I totally agree. Stars mean squat. If UCONN recruits are rated based on those stars, we should be losing every game to the MAC. However, Randy Edsall has done pretty well with a lot of kids that were not rated very high.

Take Darius Butler, he might be one of the better CBs in the league but he was only a 2 star. We recruited a lot of speed this year. I think our D will be one of the best in the league this coming year. I am looking forward to the season when our no name recruits match up against other "big time" recruits.

According to Rivals, Rutgers have out recruited UCONN every year. However, this did not translate into onfield performance cause every game has been close. UCONN leads the series 3-1 since UCONN went D1A.

Not only do star rankings not really put into consideration the potential and the desire of a recruit.......it also doesn't take into account the facilities, especially weight room, and coaches that he will be under. Some teams have coaches that are great and developing talent. Also, some schools have great facilities for weight training and so forth. Those will both make a difference in a player from how good he was in high school to how good he ends up being in college.


One of the best players in Toledo history was Bruce Gradkowski. He was a 1 star player and Toledo was his only Division I-A offer. He is going to the NFL scouting combine in February and he broke several school records at Toledo. We don't have the great facilities for weight training, but he was coached and developed by Rob Spence (now the QB coach and offensive coordinator at Clemson) and he developed him very well.

What stars do in your favor if you get good ones is get your teams name on TV, radio, and out to more recruits.