I've never really considered myself a stats type of guy; I'm not the one rattling off batting averages or inventing some slugging percentage equivalent for football.
That said, I was interested in seeing how our recruiting class matched up against the rest of the Pac-12 in a way that actually made sense: with percentages instead of raw numbers. So I made a grid...
In the grid you have the total class size on the top row, and each subsequent line is the percent of the total recruiting class that some sub-group consists of (i.e. Oregon St's 10 Defensive Line recruits are 40% of their whole stinkin' class, or hardly a third (35.7%) of Wazzu's class was ranked 3 or more stars).
All the raw numbers came from scout, mostly because I could get what I wanted in under 5 minutes.
| School | UA | ASU | Cal | CU | Ore. | t.o.OSU | Stan. | UCLA | SC | Utah | U-Dub | Wazzu |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 28 |
| QB | 5.0 | 21.4 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 3.6 |
| RB | 10.0 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 15.8 | 8.7 | 3.6 |
| WR | 5.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 26.3 | 17.4 | 10.7 |
| TE | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 3.6 |
| OL | 15.0 | 21.4 | 9.1 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 31.3 | 16.7 | 21.1 | 8.7 | 17.9 |
| Off% | 40.0 | 50.0 | 40.9 | 52.6 | 54.2 | 48.0 | 52.6 | 62.5 | 43.3 | 63.2 | 52.2 | 39.3 |
| DL | 20.0 | 21.4 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 12.5 | 40.0 | 26.3 | 18.8 | 23.3 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 25.0 |
| LB | 10.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 26.3 | 16.7 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 18.8 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 21.4 |
| S | 10.0 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 15.8 | 13.0 | 3.6 |
| CB | 10.0 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 |
| Def% | 50.0 | 42.9 | 59.1 | 42.1 | 45.8 | 52.0 | 47.4 | 37.5 | 46.7 | 36.8 | 47.8 | 60.7 |
| ST | 10.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
3 |
45.0 | 71.4 | 59.1 | 47.4 | 41.7 | 60.0 | 63.2 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 73.7 | 65.2 | 32.1 |
| 4 |
0.0 | 7.1 | 36.4 | 5.3 | 50.0 | 4.0 | 36.8 | 6.3 | 46.7 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 3.6 |
| 5 |
0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
I think the numbers show some interesting things about the Buff's recruiting class: I think we're better than the D rating that ESPN gave us: Over half of our recruits were 3 or 4 star, compared to Arizona's 45% or Wazzu's 36%. That said, it also reinforces what we already knew; that some of our guys truly were "under the radar."
Other things I found interesting:
- Utah and UCLA's heavy emphasis on offensive recruits (60%+)
- Wazzu and Cal's heavy emphasis on defensive recruits (60%+)
- The afore-mentioned Oregon State's 30 DL recruits
- Oregon's class (ranked 10th) looks better here than SC's class (ranked 5th)
- UCLA's other quarterback recruit? Some kid named Neuheisal
What do y'all say? Go Buffs!