DC Watch: Vic Koenning - *** It's Koenning's job to accept ***

I posted this a few pages back.

Clemson's Average Star Rankings Per Recruiting Class

Scout
2002 -- 2.85 (#35)
2003 -- 2.83 (#24)
2004 -- 2.26 (#46)
2005 -- 2.96 (#22)
2006 -- 3.20 (#21)
2007 -- 3.13 (#26)
2008 -- 3.35 (#15)

Rivals
2002 -- 3.04 (#29)
2003 -- 2.82 (#32)
2004 -- 2.38 (#50)
2005 -- 3.08 (#19)
2006 -- 3.40 (#14)
2007 -- 3.22 (#18)
2008 -- 3.42 (#12)

 

So if the thread title reads "It's his to accept" where is the confirmation of a job offer?

 

I don't think these are always the best indicator of pure overall talent. I need to look at some of the last couple of drafts to see the overall talent level. The NFL talent evaluators are the ones I trust more than these recruiting gurus.

 

Here is an excellent article on how star ranking convert to the NFL draft that concludes "recruitings ranking really do matter."

http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/13422/nfl-stars-how-recruiting-translates-to-the-draft

 

Now just looking at the Tigers in the pros from both schools' website.

LSU has 11 defenders (not including practice squad or inactives) and Clemson has 11 defenders in the pros as well. I would say as far as defensively the two teams have similar talent levels. If you consider both sides of the ball, LSU has the advantage. We have a lot of skill position players in the last couple of years, but in the past prior to Saban and Miles we put a lot more impact type OL of Faneca and Mawae.

 

The thing about looking at the NFL is you have to somehow factor in the college coaches development of them as compared to what they started out from in high school.

With a lower ranking from high school, it can show how the coaches are better at developing talent.

Of course its all subjective...

 

Here is Clemson's draft history:
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=C&collegeName=Clemson&abbrFlag=0&type=school

VK came to Clemson for the 2005 season, which was after the 2005 NFL Draft. Here are the defensive guys that got drafted that played for VK:

2009
????

2008
2nd Round DE (Rivals 3-star) Philip Merling

2007
1st Round DE (Rivals 3-star) Gaines Adam
3rd Round LB (Rivals 3-star) Anthony Waters
5th Round S (Rivals 3-star) CJ Gaddis

2006
1st Round CB Tye Hill
7th Round DE Charles Bennett

 

You can't just compare the best 11 players from each team the last 5 or 6 years. Like I said Clemsom gets some talented individuals but over all talent from top to bottom each year there is no comparison.

 

I heard LSU is looking at the UCLA defensive coordinator... anyone know?