It is surprising for me to see a true Freshman on the 2-Deep a year after playing 4 true Freshmen at OL positions, and after recruiting two JUCO offensive linemen. I guess it must mean that he's really good. The same can be said for the other true freshmen on the 2-deep. Both Belack and Provitt moved up the chart quickly, moving ahead of a lot of other players.
For Paul, walkons or former walkons on the two deep, 3 offense, 3 defense:
OUellette RB
Marhefka WR
Sprague QB
Daugherty SLB
Moore WLB
Jones FS
plus Yazdani, Kicker
So, apparently four true Freshmen already appear slotted to play, and others may as well. The ones slotted to play are Provitt, Pleasants, Hale, and Belack. As a reminder of the limitations on the accuracy of their information, let's look and see what the ratings services thought of these four. Were they the highest rated players in the class?
Scout.com - rated 9 of 24 players 3 stars. Of the four that made the two deep, all but Provitt were rated 2 stars, and Provitt didn't make the list at all.
http://tinyurl.com/orj3nrm ESPN - considered 9 of the recruits good enough to rate. Of those that will play, only Hale got rated, and he was rated a bare minimum.
http://tinyurl.com/orj3nrm Rivals.com - the top 8 recruits, according to them, were rated at 5.4 or above. Three more were rated 5.3, and the rest all got minimum ratings. Of the four that will play, only one was rated over 5.2, that being Pleasants who was rated 5.3.
http://tinyurl.com/n99wwqe 247Sports - 11 players were rated 3 stars. None of the four that will play are on that list. Pleasants was rated .782, Belack was .758, Hale was .756, and Provitt was totally unknown and unrated.
http://tinyurl.com/ptw9zfh What about the rating method I favor, other offers? The four who will play had the following offers:
Belack - Marshall
Hale - none
Provitt - none
Pleasants - Akron, Toledo
What does all this mean? As usual, when you look at how the ratings compare to real world performance, the ratings are not worth much. All the services had 9 or ten recruits that they thought were better than these four, but it's these four than earned some PT.
Last Edited: 8/31/2015 11:11:32 PM by L.C.