Another 300 or so prospects earn four-star recognition. For reference, 247Sports typically awards somewhere between 30 and 35 players five-star status every cycle. Recruits of the two- or three-star variety vastly outnumber the four- and five-star recruits, annually. A look at the Bucs roster says it matters to a degree. A look at the Chiefs roster says that stars don't matter. What's the takeaway? At this stage, there isn't much of one. Let's switch over the the Buccaneers and check out their offense based on the team's official depth chart: PlayerĪnd here's the defense, which has some big former blue-chip players anchoring both the defensive front and back end. Now let's take a look at the Chiefs' defense: Player With that in mind, here's a look at the Chiefs' offense based on the team's depth chart (all are high school rankings courtesy of 247Sports Composite): Playerįisher is not expected to play in the game due to an Achilles injury.* Conversely, Tom Brady's time as a recruit came well before the star system was implemented. "Backups" like Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman or Bucs running back Leonard Fournette, both of whom played massive roles in their team's success, were five-star recruits with Fournette being the No. This is especially notable in the skill spots - running back Ronald Jones, wide receiver Chris Godwin and TE Rob Gronkowski were four-stars - and on defense. The Buccaneers have more of a blue-chip feel to them with half of the team's starting 22 ranking as four- or five-star prospects. Hill didn't earn blue-chip status until he was a four-star junior college recruit that signed with Oklahoma State. In fact, one of the team's best players, receiver Tyreek Hill, was a track star coming out of high school and thus unranked. But, mostly, the Chiefs' starting lineup is comprised of former two-star or three-star players. The two five-stars were wide receivers Sammy Watkins and defensive tackle Chris Jones. 7 showdown.įor example: four players from the Chiefs were blue-chip prospects (meaning four- or five-star) coming out of high school. But how did those quarterbacks - Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady - rank as high school recruits? We're going to take a deep dive on the starters for each team on offense and defense and see how they rated as prospects coming out of high school ahead of the Feb. The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a classic showdown of top quarterbacks. It's almost time for Super Bowl LV from Tampa, Florida.
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