High school ranking is often used during the evaluation process to help determine the pedigree of a prospect. But does a wide receiver’s recruit ranking matter? Using the current ranking criteria for 247Sports, a five-star ranking means that a recruit is seen as a future first-round NFL Draft selection. By this standard, five-star recruits should be gold in devy drafts, and this should be a…...

Well, we’ve reached the end of the regular season and we’re on to conference championship games and speculation about the College Football Playoff. Unfortunately for the Group of Five, there’s no undefeated national darling competing for a potential spot. The best outcome for the non-Power Five is a good showing in the Cotton Bowl. And it appears that spot will go to one of three…...

It’s rivalry week! And that means that all college football fans will be gathered around their screens to scout mid-major school prospects. Oh … that’s just me? Welp, so be it. There’s a ton of hype around some of the biggest games in the Power Five conferences and rightfully so. There are playoff implications and historic matchups between fan bases that genuinely dislike one another…....

Sadness is the primary feeling leaving Week 12 of college football because of the injury to Tua Tagovailoa, but rather than focusing on an injury, I’m here to flip the script and focus on the potential excitement from games you missed. The two featured games of the week turned into blowouts, but there was some exciting scoring to be had. Quarterback Brady White, QB Memphis Whether…...

Week 11 was a big one for college football. Minnesota proved themselves to be legitimate contenders against Penn State and the “Game of the Century” lived up to the hype as LSU came out with the win. But it wasn’t just the marquee that put on a show. SMU and East Carolina proved that no Vegas over/under could hold back the Mustangs and the top…...

Even as we prepare for college football’s “game of the year,” it’s a great time to look for devy prospects at all levels. The Group of Five received some of the spotlight in Memphis’s win over SMU. Quarterback Stephen Calvert, QB Liberty Playing against UMass will make any competent FBS offense look like a juggernaut.((I should have considered this more before I gave out the…...

Another college football weekend, another major upset. Once again, this week’s slate of games proved that it’s very difficult to go undefeated for an entire season. In the Group of Five, an underwhelming slate of games delivered a few exciting matchups. Quarterback Mason Fine, QB North Texas In the preview of North Texas’s game against Charlotte, I stated that Charlotte WR Victor Tucker was the…...

The storylines coming out of Week 8 were upset and one noteworthy injury. And the upsets weren’t limited to the Power 5. BYU knocked off the undefeated Boise State team. The American Athletic Conference was the highlight for prospects, this week, as some of the most dynamic offenses were on display. Quarterback Shane Buechele, QB SMU In what was a minor surprise, SMU blew out…...

Week 7 gave us mixed results as fans. Some games were duds, while others produced non-stop action for four quarters. Luckily, I put out last week’s article later than usual because Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette would have been a featured matchup, and the 17-7 game was even less exciting than the scoreline would suggest. The two featured matchups were competitive, high-scoring games that had some…...

If you’re a fan of non-Power Five programs, you were treated to a showcase matchup between two of the more recognizable programs. And in front of a very well-coordinated Cincinnati crowd, the home team picked up a big win against the uncrowned 2017 National Champion, UCF Knights. It wasn’t a great showing for this series’ favorite QB, Dillon Gabriel, but it helped give exposure to…...