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2020 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports Method Vs 247Sports

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
February 12, 2020
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2020 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports Method Vs 247Sports

HERO Sports is giving you a feel for all things FCS recruiting. We've received a lot of questions about the way HERO Sports ranks FCS recruits/teams (see criteria below) and how the star system at 247Sports or Rivals.com does it. I'll continue to say that I think the recruiting services do a great job evaluating the Power Five programs and prospects, but the star rating system doesn't work for recruits coming to the FCS level.

Yes, sometimes they have a prospect ranked just about right, but sometimes they don't even have a page set up for a recruit like Princeton's Mac Duda, who holds six FBS scholarship offers and 20 FCS offers, or Delaware's Jack Hall or Richmond's Zander Barnett — who are firmly within our national Top 150. We're not saying they're ranked too low as a 0-star or 2-star, we're saying they don't even have a page in the system. So how can a 247Sports ranking hold up when it comes to FCS recruiting? Answer? They're not really trying to be accurate with the FCS level, first of all. That's not their business model, so why would we use it to chronicle this level?

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[divider]​Quick rankings explanation:

  • Only high school recruits are taken into account. Transfers are separate and will be evaluated much later this spring.
  • Our system is based on school offers, not anybody's star ratings. Every level of D-1 (P5, G5, FCS) has a particular tiered point total. This method is meant to be reactive (to how coveted he was), not predictive (of what will happen next).​
  • This is meant to show how coveted a recruit was, a "reactive" ranking. This is not meant to be a predictive ranking, which in theory is what the recruiting services are doing (though they DO react to offers, too).[divider]

FCS TOP 300 COMPARISON

(comparing our ranking to what 247Sports has using the FCS recruits only)

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HERO Top 300 247 Top 300 FCS TEAM POS FCS RECRUIT 247 * 247RATE OTHER D-1 OPTIONS
1 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN DL Branard Wright 3 stars 0.8542 25 Power Five offers 
2 37 FAMU DB Benjamin Onwuzo 3 stars 0.8471 Minnesota decommit – 12 Power Five offers, 10 G5s
3 7 RHODE ISLAND DL Westley Neal 3 stars 0.8653 16 Power Five offers, 8 G5, 3 FCS
4 63 NICHOLLS QB Shamar Smith 3 stars 0.8356 UTSA decommit – Kansas, Colorado, 18 G5, 5 FCS offers
5 39 EASTERN KENT. DL Jadyn Bost 3 stars 0.8438 8 Power Five, 7 G5, 3 FCS
6 18 CHATTANOOGA DL Jaquari Wiggles 3 stars 0.8505 Ga Tech decommit – 9 P5, 13 G5
7 19 SOUTH DAKOTA LB Vincent Starling 3 stars 0.8505 USF decommit – 8 P5s, 18 FBS
8 15 SOUTHERN U. OL Antonio Smith 3 stars 0.8538 Miami (FL) decommit – 5 Power Five offers, 11 G5 offers
9 172 COLUMBIA TE Dominic Busby 3 stars 0.8114 Rutgers, Maryland, 12 G5s, 12 FCS
10 NONE TENN-MARTIN DB Anthony Prospere 0 stars 0 7 Power Five offers, 6 G5, 1 FCS
11 96 YALE OL Michael Leone 3 stars 0.8295 Maryland, Kansas, 8 G5, 18 FCS
12 175 HARVARD TE Tyler Neville 3 stars 0.8111 Maryland, 10 FBS offers, 18 FCS
13 59 DARTMOUTH QB Devon Lingle 3 stars 0.8385 18 G5 offers, 6 FCS offers
14 1 JACKSONVILLE STATE WR Jayson Jones 3 stars 0.8784 6 P5s, 6 G5s
15 176 DELAWARE DL Fintan Brose 3 stars 0.8111 Vandy, 11 FBS, 13 FCS
16 60 UC DAVIS TE Michael Ambagtsheer 3 stars 0.8376 Utah, Bost Coll., 10 G5, 10 FCS
17 NONE CHARLESTON SOUTH. LB Jevaun Jacobsen 2 stars 0.7953 Illinois, 16 G5 offers
18 21 MORGAN STATE RB De'Andre Bulley 3 stars 0.85 Akron decommit – 6 Power Five offers, 7 G5s
19 130 JAMES MADISON OL Tyler Stephens 3 stars 0.82 11 FBS offers, 14 total
20 122 LEHIGH DB Donovan Thomas 3 stars 0.8215 6 Power Five Offers, 8 G5s
21 104 GARDNER-WEBB DB Christian Miller 3 stars 0.8274 Indiana, 10 FBS offers, 12 FCS offers
22 36 KENNESAW ST. WR Xavier Hill 3 stars 0.8477 Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, WVU, Colorado
23 45 FAMU DB Jalil Core     3 stars 0.84 Florida State, Iowa, 13 G5 offers
24 215 NORTHERN IOWA OL Gunnar Kilen 3 stars 0.8072 11 G5 offers, 13 FCS offers
25 72 WOFFORD DL Chuck Smith     3 stars 0.8315 LSU, Mizzou, Kansas, 7 G5 offers, 8 FCS offers
26 43 FAMU OL Evan Webster 3 stars 0.841 Florida State., Iowa State, Louisville, Virginia, 9 G5
27 76 ALBANY DB Semaj Brown 3 stars 0.83 5 Power Five offers, 6 G5s
28 166 TENNESSEE STATE DB Jeshon Ingraham 3 stars 0.8126 B.C., Minnesota, Mizzou, 8 FBS, 2 FCS
29 123 HARVARD OL Joseph Alexander 3 stars 0.8215 West Virginia, 9 G5s offers, 11 FCS offers
30 38 RHODE ISLAND WR Zion Jackson 3 stars 0.8463 5 Power Five offers, 6 G5 offers
31 22 SEMO OL Phillip Wilder 3 stars 0.85 9FBS offers 7 P5 Bama, Texas, Oregon 
32 20 MURRAY STATE WR Lawaun Powell 3 stars 0.8505 7 P5 offers, 1 G5, 1 FCS
33 106 JAMES MADISON DB Antonio Webb 3 stars 0.8265 UVA, Pitt, Rutgers, 10 FBS
34 NONE PRINCETON OL Mac Duda no page 0 6 FBS, 20 FCS
35 182 PRINCETON TE Tyler Picinic 3 stars 0.8104 6 FBS, 20 FCS
36 217 HOLY CROSS WR Byron Shipman 3 stars 0.8064 Rutgers, 11 G5 offers, 6 FCS offers
37 183 HOUSTON BAPTIST OL Kendal Septs 3 stars 0.81 6 Power Five offers,  Houston, New Mex, 3 FCS offers
38 121 DARTMOUTH OL Nicholas Schwitzgebel 3 stars 0.8225 Louisville, 9 G5, 8 FCS
39 77 HARVARD DL Tyler Huenemann 3 stars 0.83 11 FBS offers, 9 FCS offers
40 8 YOUNGSTOWN ST. QB Demeatric Crenshaw 3 stars 0.8643 BC, Ga. Tech, Indiana, Ky., Louisville, 4 G5
41 165 NDSU WR Courtney Eubanks 3 stars 0.813 3 Power Fives, 8 G5s, 2 FCS
42 70 TENNESSEE STATE WR Gerand Turner 3 stars 0.8326 Syracuse, 11 G5 offers, 3 FCS offers
43 65 IDAHO QB Caleb Jordan 3 stars 0.835 Louisville, 5 G5, 15 FCS offers
44 NONE ILLINOIS STATE OL Ben May 0 stars 0 Liberty decommit – 10 FBS, 10 FCS
45 13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN DB Tanner Hooker 3 stars 0.8559 Kansas decommit – 3 P5s, 6 G5s, 3 FCS
46 2 SACRAMENTO ST. DL DeShawn Lynch 3 stars 0.87 6 Power Five offers, San Jose St, Fresno St.
47 61 PRINCETON QB Blaine McAllister 3 stars 0.8376 N.C. State, 11 FBS offers, 5 Ivys
48 23 MCNEESE DB Raek'won Starks 3 stars 0.85 UTSA decommit –  Arkansas, 9 G5, 7 FCS offers
49 107 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN RB Ja'Bray Young 3 stars 0.8265 4 Power Five offers, 4 G5 offers
50 24 ALABAMA STATE WR Rishard Densmore 3 stars 0.85 4 Power Five offers, 10 G5s
51 9 SEMO DB Tyler Nelome 3 stars 0.86 10 FBS offers VA Tech, Louisville 
52 211 CAMPBELL TE Caleb Perez 3 stars 0.8098