This paper explores the correlation between the recruit ratings of football players coming out of high school and their future levels of success in the NFL. Specifically, I look at a player’s star rating, numerical rating, and overall rank within his high school graduating class, according to 247Sports’s Composite Rating system, as the key variables for a player’s recruit rating. I measure NFL success by a player’s position in the NFL draft specific to both round and overall pick, average games played per season over his NFL career, highest annual cash earnings during his NFL career, and average Approximate Value per season in the NFL. Results indicate a significant relationship between recruit ratings and NFL success only when considering ...
We examine approximately 1,000 high school quarterbacks that are recruited into collegiate athletics...
This study focuses on NFL teams that have made the NFL playoffs following the 2007-2011 seasons. The...
We use data on athletic scholarship acceptance decisions to show that high school football players s...
This paper explores the correlation between the recruit ratings of football players coming out of hi...
We examine recruiting ratings for high-school quarterbacks over the period 2006-2012 from Rivals, 24...
This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.degruyter.com.The pur...
The goal of this thesis is to model the probability of a high school football player’s chance of bei...
This paper proposes and compares a set of models of college football team performance for teams in m...
Many NCAA teams take many traditional approaches to recruiting collegiate basketball prospects, i.e....
How important is recruiting to a football program’s success? While prior research has attempted to a...
Recruiting is a major component of college football. Teams compete for recruits since the quality of...
In the world of college athletics, recruiting is the lifeblood of any program. Prior research has fi...
There is a substantial and highly significant correlation between the performance of widely followed...
We examine wide receivers drafted into the NFL to assess what attributes explain draft rank and corr...
Recruiting competent personnel is crucial for the success of any organization, especially in competi...
We examine approximately 1,000 high school quarterbacks that are recruited into collegiate athletics...
This study focuses on NFL teams that have made the NFL playoffs following the 2007-2011 seasons. The...
We use data on athletic scholarship acceptance decisions to show that high school football players s...
This paper explores the correlation between the recruit ratings of football players coming out of hi...
We examine recruiting ratings for high-school quarterbacks over the period 2006-2012 from Rivals, 24...
This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.degruyter.com.The pur...
The goal of this thesis is to model the probability of a high school football player’s chance of bei...
This paper proposes and compares a set of models of college football team performance for teams in m...
Many NCAA teams take many traditional approaches to recruiting collegiate basketball prospects, i.e....
How important is recruiting to a football program’s success? While prior research has attempted to a...
Recruiting is a major component of college football. Teams compete for recruits since the quality of...
In the world of college athletics, recruiting is the lifeblood of any program. Prior research has fi...
There is a substantial and highly significant correlation between the performance of widely followed...
We examine wide receivers drafted into the NFL to assess what attributes explain draft rank and corr...
Recruiting competent personnel is crucial for the success of any organization, especially in competi...
We examine approximately 1,000 high school quarterbacks that are recruited into collegiate athletics...
This study focuses on NFL teams that have made the NFL playoffs following the 2007-2011 seasons. The...
We use data on athletic scholarship acceptance decisions to show that high school football players s...