Just had a 4* RB only come in at 64 overall

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

I just had a 3 star FB come in at 84 overall. He has 98 acceleration, and pretty decent blocking skills at least 74+ across the board.

I would guess he probably wont progress much(low potential rating). although starting at 84, he wouldn't have to. already a nice recruit as a freshman.

[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

I just had a 3 star FB come in at 84 overall. He has 98 acceleration, and pretty decent blocking skills at least 74+ across the board.

Whoa!! Dude sounds explosive!

Nice pick up.

[peteykirch]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

Whoa!! Dude sounds explosive! Nice pick up.

Yeah he was the #2 FB in the nation, the #1 FB went to Miami.

The guy I got only has 78 speed, but with 98 acceleration he hits top speed in an instant.

[TracerBullet]

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

Yeah he was the #2 FB in the nation, the #1 FB went to Miami. The guy I got only has 78 speed, but with 98 acceleration he hits top speed in an instant.

Following him on outside runs must be great because I doubt he will be outran to the edge on those blocks.

[Pogo27]

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

I just had a 3 star FB come in at 84 overall. He has 98 acceleration, and pretty decent blocking skills at least 74+ across the board.

Full backs and kickers come in with lower star ratings than their overall rating tends to imply (when compared to all the other positions).

I've never seen a 5 star FB/K/P. And only rarely have I ever seen a 4 star.

In fact, if you create a Kicker or Punter with 99 kick power/accuracy and 99 awareness, making him a 99 overall (and leave everything else at 40), he'll be a 4-star. Now, maybe if you pumped other stuff up, he'd be a 5-star...but as far as I know, 99 ovr kickers are still just 4-star.

[Michgantown]

My RB just went up another 7 points to 78 overall. I almost cut the guy too.

[DK10]

i've had at least 5 4* recruits today while messing around and not a single one has been higher than 66 overall. it's kind of depressing

[jfsolo]

You have to look at the position specific skills to discern who is going to come in with a high Overall. There are now two star players who are coming in higher then many 4 star players. Which is how it should be.

Who ends up being a big time sleeper does seem to be a matter of guess work and taking a flyer on some of the guys who you might have cut in the past. Its good that you have to give pause to just jettisoning guys who come in lower then you expect.

I know a lot of folks are still bent about some of the things that weren't addressed in the tuner set, but I'm really liking a lot of the subtle changes they made to recruiting.