There's been a perception from some that this class was an obvious failure.... so I have been comparing classes with on3's industry rankings with this class being mostly done outside of 2 players or so (and before flipmas) .
I calculated some things based on on3's industry rating to account for all sites that hopefully better balances how classes are evaluated throughout media
Heres some things i calculated
Tx percentage
Blue chip percentage (greater than 88 on on3 industry equates to 4 star or borderline)
TX top 100 or equivalent for out of state ( someone said somewhere if you get 10 top 100 texas players you got yourself a class)
Here is the last 4 classes (i counted 22 since joey and them played a part)
2025 as of (7/2)
2024
2023
2022
The 2025 class imo seems to be the headed towards how the 2023 class finished up. If they get some flips/bumps they might be able to beat it.
Heres how the class ranks in these metrics compared to our other classes
Tx Percentage rank: last
Blue chip rank: 3rd for now
TX top 100 rank: 2nd
Nat rank: 3rd
Pos rank: last for now
average rank: last for now
median rank: 3rd
The "for nows" i expect to change with rating updates. The midwest lineman should be getting bumped as well as a few of our other players. I think our blue chip rank for this class will get to second with an olineman and lb getting bumped to a 4 star (burns is considered blue chip in my formula).
So how much worse is this class? not worse than 22, about the same as 23 and is out of reach of the 24 class.
We should be pumped for this class like we were for 2023 while also acknowledging that we lost some head to heads partly because of how epic 2024/2023 classes were. The fact we lost that many head to heads and still could beat the 2023 class is a testament to this staffs process..... but i do hate "losing" to rival schools in season or offseason
I think a reasonable goal (not expectation) for this staff is
above 40% blue chip
above 50% top texas 100 or equivalent
as long as we continue to be top 2-3 in recruiting in the big 12 and strive for these goals we should be cooking!
Im planning on updating this again before signing day to see how much the ratings improve.
I calculated some things based on on3's industry rating to account for all sites that hopefully better balances how classes are evaluated throughout media
Heres some things i calculated
Tx percentage
Blue chip percentage (greater than 88 on on3 industry equates to 4 star or borderline)
TX top 100 or equivalent for out of state ( someone said somewhere if you get 10 top 100 texas players you got yourself a class)
Here is the last 4 classes (i counted 22 since joey and them played a part)
2025 as of (7/2)
| Count | Percentage | ||||
| Total recruits | 17 | 100% | Average Nat ranking | 809.1765 | |
| Tx percentage | 12 | 71% | Average Pos Ranking | 155.4706 | |
| 3 star percentage | 12 | 71% | Average Rating | 84.80556 | |
| Blue Chip Percentage (greater than 88) | 5 | 29% | Median Rating | 86.32 | |
| TX top 100 or equal percentage | 7 | 41% | 87.26 |
2024
| Count | Percentage | ||||
| Count | 20 | 100% | Average Nat ranking | 582.1 | |
| Tx percentage | 20 | 100% | Average Pos Ranking | 54.15 | |
| 3 star percentage | 9 | 45% | Average Rating | 87.29333333 | |
| Blue Chip Percentage (greater than 88) | 11 | 55% | Median Rating | 88.435 | |
| TX top 100 or equal percentage | 11 | 55% | 87.86 |
2023
| Count | Percentage | ||||
| Count | 26 | 100% | Average Nat ranking | 749.6923077 | |
| Tx percentage | 22 | 85% | Average Pos Ranking | 76.53846154 | |
| 3 star percentage | 17 | 65% | Average Rating | 86.11944444 | |
| Blue Chip Percentage (greater than 88) | 9 | 35% | Median Rating | 87.15 | |
| TX top 100 or equal percentage | 10 | 38% | 87.58 |
2022
| Count | Percentage | ||||
| Count | 18 | 100% | Average Nat ranking | 813.1111 | |
| Tx percentage | 14 | 78% | Average Pos Ranking | 80.61111 | |
| 3 star percentage | 14 | 78% | Average Rating | 86.26444 | |
| Blue Chip Percentage (greater than 88.1) | 4 | 22% | Median Rating | 85.9 | |
| TX top 100 or equal percentage | 7 | 39% | 86.83 |
The 2025 class imo seems to be the headed towards how the 2023 class finished up. If they get some flips/bumps they might be able to beat it.
Heres how the class ranks in these metrics compared to our other classes
Tx Percentage rank: last
Blue chip rank: 3rd for now
TX top 100 rank: 2nd
Nat rank: 3rd
Pos rank: last for now
average rank: last for now
median rank: 3rd
The "for nows" i expect to change with rating updates. The midwest lineman should be getting bumped as well as a few of our other players. I think our blue chip rank for this class will get to second with an olineman and lb getting bumped to a 4 star (burns is considered blue chip in my formula).
So how much worse is this class? not worse than 22, about the same as 23 and is out of reach of the 24 class.
We should be pumped for this class like we were for 2023 while also acknowledging that we lost some head to heads partly because of how epic 2024/2023 classes were. The fact we lost that many head to heads and still could beat the 2023 class is a testament to this staffs process..... but i do hate "losing" to rival schools in season or offseason
I think a reasonable goal (not expectation) for this staff is
above 40% blue chip
above 50% top texas 100 or equivalent
as long as we continue to be top 2-3 in recruiting in the big 12 and strive for these goals we should be cooking!
Im planning on updating this again before signing day to see how much the ratings improve.
