Recruiting ranks matter, more proof

Fun breaking this down every year.

You can get to the Super Bowl as a sleeper recruit, but your odds aren't good.https://t.co/sSMkY4QO5M pic.twitter.com/91l5wPukmQ

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Blue chip college football recruits really do get drafted way higher
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Running the numbers for the entire 2015 NFL Draft confirms that while sleepers can break through, super-talented players remain super-talented players.

In the 2015 draft, 31 of 32 picks were rated three-stars or higher in the 247Sports Composite as recruits (UCF receiver Breshad Perriman was the exception). And 15 of those 32 were four- or five-stars, which might not be that impressive, until you remember how many thousands more non-blue chips there are than blue chips.