Here we are again with TechSideline.com’s sixth annual "Inside the Numbers: Ranking the Recruits," in which we mash
together recruiting rankings from various recruiting services into one complex ranking system that gives each VT recruit
a composite ranking. We first did this in 2001, and as we add more and more
recruits to our rankings (we’re up to 113 now), it’s interesting to see where
today’s recruits rank when compared to yesterday’s recruits. We now have six
years of data, and we can see how the 2006 recruits compare to schoolboy
superstars like Kevin Jones, DeAngelo Hall, Victor Harris, and even Marcus Vick.

The concept behind ITN:RTR is simple: we take the recruiting rankings from SuperPrep, Rivals.com, and Scout.com
and mash them into one formula that assigns each recruit a composite ranking. Other longstanding recruiting analysts (Max
Emfinger, Tom Lemming, etc.) are excluded because they don’t have
a player ranking system that has the required depth or consistency.

The first time we did this was for the 2001 recruiting class, and over the
years, we have accumulated data for every class since then. Articles for the
2001 through 2005 classes are linked at the bottom of this article, in case
you’re interested in looking back.

The top score you can get in this system is a 45, and here are past winners
of top recruits:

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