FALL 2022
Stars Matter: an Analysis of College Football Recruiting, Development, and Draft Success
AUTHORS
Naya Kessman, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Ellery Axel, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Cotton Snoddy, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Will Hoey, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
ABSTRACT
Successful NCAA Division I Football (FBS) programs can recruit better high school players and they also produce players that are highly drafted into the NFL. This work explores which FBS programs are better at developing their players for the NFL draft, factoring in player recruiting quality. Recruiting class rating data from 247Sports.com was combine with Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ohio State, Alabama and Penn State were found to be the best programs at developing their players for the NFL draft.
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