Let's Review: A Look Back at FAU's Class of 2013
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Player | PO | 24/7 Rtg | 24/7 Stars | Act. Perf. | Notes |
Austin Bland | OG | 0.8406 | *** | * | Don’t recall him seeing the field, graduated in 17 |
Robert Miller | DB | 0.8214 | *** | NR | Didn’t see action, transferred to St. Francis Uni in 2015 |
Lance Burlingame | DL | 0.8208 | *** | NR | JUCO saw some action in 1st season, not sure after that |
Jay Warren | RB | 0.8125 | *** | *** | Ran well, fumble issues, basically benched Sr season |
Quez Johnson | QB | 0.7995 | *** | *** | JUCO 3 yr starter, played well when healthy, lacked accuracy |
Robert Relf | LB | 0.7989 | *** | *** | Had a good soph season, Career ending injury Jr yr |
Kalib Woods | WR | 0.7982 | *** | *** | Great Jr yr, short Sr. season played great again |
DJ Juste | DB | 0.7932 | *** | * | Came as a QB, then WR, then DB. Had limited playing time |
Andrew Curtis | LB | 0.7917 | ** | * | Played ST in 13, not sure after that |
Braden Lyons | OL | 0.7906 | ** | ** | JUCO Played T and C in his 2 yrs, solid and consistent |
Ronnie Scott | DB | 0.7857 | ** | * | Played 2 seasons, saw limited ST action |
Trey Hendrickson | DE | 0.7857 | ** | **** | Great #'s in Jr and Sr years, mostly against double teams |
Reggie Brown | DB | 0.7824 | ** | * | Played 2 seasons, saw limited action, career ending injury |
Greg Hankerson | QB | 0.7824 | ** | * | Played 2 seasons, saw limited action, transferred |
Jace Banfell | OL | 0.7817 | ** | NR | RS Fr then was no longer on team |
Derek Butcher | DL | 0.7805 | ** | ** | JUCO. OL then DL, part of DL rotation Sr season |
Tyler Henderson | DB | 0.7790 | ** | NR | Don’t think he was with the team for long |
Marcus Clark | RB | 0.7790 | ** | ** | Saw action as a RB and on ST |
Dustin Bowens | TE | 0.7782 | ** | ** | Saw action as a TE and on ST |
Lester Thomas | DB | 0.7757 | ** | ** | Saw action as a DB and on ST |
Lucky Whitehead | WR | 0.7644 | ** | *** | JUCO, Good Sr season as starting WR and KR/PR |
Marc Mauro | DB | 0.7600 | ** | * | JUCO, saw limited action |
Jakobi Smith | OL | 0.7581 | ** | ** | Rotational OL, few starts, consistent |
Jeremy Faulk | DL | 0.7531 | ** | * | Scout team, transferred, was in a messy situation at BU |
Khilyni Kennedy | DE | NR | NR | NR | Don’t think he was with the team for long |
To compare apples to apples, I tried to model 247's star system as best I could. Their ratings are based on composite from several sources, but I used the criteria below which seems to fit most rating sites. My ratings are obviously subjective but I think the overall conclusion is this class was underwhelming. I believe this was Pelini's last class, so the coaching changes didn't help the players as a whole. Anyways hindsight is 20/20.
NR on the team for less than 2 seasons
* Not a quantifiable contributor
** Role Player
*** Reliable G5 Starter/P5 Contributor
**** P5 Starter
***** P5 Star
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Are you going to do this for subsequent years??
If so, I'd like to feature them as stand alone posts so they don't get buried within an already existing topic!
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Holy blast from the past nicely done review!
Are you going to do this for subsequent years??
If so, I'd like to feature them as stand alone posts so they don't get buried within an already existing topic!Posted On: Mar 31st 2018, 9:28 PM #377892
Thanks Rick! I was planning on doing 2014 since most of them graduated this year or are Rs Sr. Mayyyyyybe 2015 but I have to look, if we had a lot of RS from that class they still have 2 years left and are probably just now coming into their own.
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Only 5-6 players made any real impact.
A lot of guys just had bad luck with injuries. Reggie Brown, Robert Relf couldn’t stay healthy.
Also Andrew Curtis has to leave the program because Trey Hendrickson sucker punched him in the jaw one time breaking his jaw so bad he had to quit.
This is what happed when you scrap the bottom of Juco and don’t have any real recruiting ties.
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I graduated back in 09 so I remember hearing about the locker room fights of the Schnelly era. Never heard the Andrew Curtis story, crazy!
Jeremy Faulk was almost a case of the one that got away but crazy story of him in the Briles mess, Google if you need a refresher.
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Ratings are subjective as you point out though I would argue Lucky deserved higher (at least ****) for actual performance. Dude was a legitimate playmaker. Plus, anybody who ends up in the NFL probably deserves ****.
But again, subjective.
Thanks again for doing this! Would make for a good blog series IMHO… help TON build out their blog offerings.
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Excellent work. Would definitely be interested in seeing more of this.
Ratings are subjective as you point out though I would argue Lucky deserved higher (at least ****) for actual performance. Dude was a legitimate playmaker. Plus, anybody who ends up in the NFL probably deserves ****.
But again, subjective.
Thanks again for doing this! Would make for a good blog series IMHO… help TON build out their blog offerings.Posted On: Apr 1st 2018, 10:35 AM #377901
Thanks Doc!
As far as Lucky, most sites agree 4* is top 300 in their class. For arguments sake, you can say the 250-260 players that get drafted fit that category. Then there's another 250-300 for rookie free agents signed in the 24 hours after the draft, which is where Lucky was. Obviously, he exceeded the odds and not only didn't get cut his rookie year, he also suited up on game days, so I get the argument for 4*s. I'd say my reasoning for going 3* with Lucky is I don't remember him having great games when we played P5 teams, unlike Trey who had a great game vs UF and another one vs K State. I don't necessarily disagree with Lucky being considered 4*, I just dont think his numbers or his play against top competition while he was here were enough.
As far as a blog, I wouldn't mind;just hoping for good discussion like whether Lucky is a 3 or 4 star?
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