Trenton Luera (creator) argues that college football recruiting favors the most well-known players rather than the objectively best players. He explains that rankings and exposure from recruiting sites and social media (24/7, Rivals, ESPN, Twitter) make certain prospects more visible, leading them to receive more offers while comparably talented players in small towns can be overlooked.
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This is exactly who actually gets recruited. And it's not who you think. Because everyone thinks the best player is the one who gets recruited the most and gets the most offers. But that's not true. It's actually the most well known player that gets recruited and gets all the offers. And what I mean by that is think about all These recruiting sites, 24 7, Rivals, ESPN, Twitter, they all come out with their rankings and they say, hey, this guy is the number one player in the class that is not necessarily the best player. He may have gotten ranked or evaluated as the best player, but ultimately he just becomes the most well known player. And that leads him to get the most offers, interest recruiting more than anybody else. That's also why all the guys with the three stars, the four stars and the five stars get recruited. Because they're extremely well known, they're easy, they can search them up. While a kid in the small town that's at least about the same level, if not better than some of those guys ends up getting overlooked. Because it's not necessarily about being the best player. Just being a really good player or being the best player in your school doesn't mean that you're necessarily guaranteeing to get.