Each service is supposed to have boots on the ground everywhere, that go to high school games and watch the players, or watch tons of tape. They are supposed to have objective quantifiables, but I’m sure there’s a ton of subjective judgments. Anyway, the various scouts send in their ratings and they are compiled, and each service posts a rating. 247’s composite averages all of the services together to come up with a standardized score. Obviously there are better scouts than others, so while the ratings are generally correct, oft times they are way off. Thus the averaging and standardizing is generally the best way of getting a “good” idea what the recruits measurables are.
The Utah coaches have their own scouts, and they do their own analysis, thus we end up with a lot of under-rated kids. Interestingly, part of the rating system is seeing which schools make them offers. The better the offers, the more they get bumped up. A kid gets offers from Bama, Ohio State, Georgia, and other blue bloods, and they will literally bump up their ratings.
It’s all a crap shoot, and I trust Utah’s coaches to find the best kids for their system. It’s working out so far.
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