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2025 OH TE Brody Lennon is a Buckeye!!!

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Always wondered how an athlete can receive a rating from raters that have never seen him play. Or maybe better said, from raters in other parts of the country. And how they can compare an athlete from a powerhouse HS program in, say Texas, to an athlete from a parochial school (smaller) in West Virginia. Doesn't make much sense to me, even though I'm probably one of the biggest followers of athlete ratings/team ratings. Kinda guess it boils down to the colleges, and if the powerhouse college teams give the athlete an offer, then the raters (writers?) figure that the athlete must be special/good and give them a boost in the ratings. Must incorporate some of the college camp results/experiences somehow. Nothing much to see here, merely idle musings on a Monday morning.
 
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calibuck said:
Always wondered how an athlete can receive a rating from raters that have never seen him play. Or maybe better said, from raters in other parts of the country. And how they can compare an athlete from a powerhouse HS program in, say Texas, to an athlete from a parochial school (smaller) in West Virginia. Doesn't make much sense to me, even though I'm probably one of the biggest followers of athlete ratings/team ratings. Kinda guess it boils down to the colleges, and if the powerhouse college teams give the athlete an offer, then the raters (writers?) figure that the athlete must be special/good and give them a boost in the ratings. Must incorporate some of the college camp results/experiences somehow. Nothing much to see here, merely idle musings on a Monday morning.
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Ratings are a culmination of film and in-person performance. Some kids don't do the whole camp circuit and rating services have them lower because they have not actually watched them in person. Film and on the field performance is very important to me, but sometimes there are legit reasons for that category to be lacking. In this case, Lennon showed up at camp and showed the staff enough to get an offer. Works for me the same as Bodpgen at WR, the good ole camp offer is still a thing because coaches see enough up close to make the call.
 
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Thanks RB. Camps have become a bigger deal, as you showed, and guess there are folk at colleges that do nothing but pore (pour?) over tapes from these camps, and others that are submitted to the schools by those that want offers. This answers my question(s) about how come kids from Florida travel to the midwest to camp (on their own nickel) trying to elicit offers. PS, think it's great that places like tOSU allows smaller schools (like the Ohio MAC schools) to have their coaches attend so mayhaps the 'less talented' can earn a schollie at another place. Probably not the best PC language....Thanks again. Go Bucks!
 
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JCOSU86 said:
I don't understand how a prospect's ranking goes up during the off-season. Didn't play a down. Heck, didn't even practice,, yet they go up or down
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To answer your question, the camps and offseason workouts are important. Film is more important to me, but it doesn't show you everything you need to evaluate a prospect. Just one example would be competition level, you need to show out against the best players in-person if you come from a school with bad competition. I played in a rural area with bad competition, I had to show up to camps/circuits to prove I was legit.

In this case, Lennon did that at camp and got his offer. Not really sure where he should be ranked, but when a school like OSU offers a kid at camp, then you take another look at their ranking.
 
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