The 2005 Recruiting Class, By the Numbers
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com, 2/3/05

A collection of facts and stats about the 2005 football recruiting class, crunching everything from heights to weights to stars to states of origin to recruiting coaches. Check this data out, as we look at the class from almost every angle imaginable.

 

Total Recruits 24
Average Height 6 feet, 2.2 inches
Average Weight 237 pounds

 

Name

Stars

Pos

Ht-Ft

Ht-In

Wt

40 Time

Boone, Greg

QB

6

4

240

4.65

Bowden, Brent

P

6

3

180

4.9

Cheeseman, Jahre

ATH

5

9

180

4.37

Davis, Eric

OL

6

7

315

5.8

Friday, Steven

DE

6

4

215

4.7

Graham, Richard

OL

6

6

255

4.85

Green, Hivera

DE

6

5

258

4.8

Harris, Victor

CB/RB

6

0

180

4.46

Holland, Brandon

OL

6

4

285

4.8

Jefferson, Kenneth

FB

5

10

230

4.5

Lewis, Elan

RB

5

8

210

4.5

Martin, Cameron

S

6

1

180

4.5

Norris, Robert

OL

6

4

300

n/a

North, Antonio

OL

6

4

310

5.31

Porch, Dorian

CB/ATH

5

11

180

4.4

Render, Sergio

DT/OL

6

4

290

5.2

Simmons, Deveon

LB

6

0

221

4.5

Taylor, Demetrius

LB

6

1

220

4.5

Thompson, Cordarrow

DT

6

2

318

5.24

Virgil, Stephan

CB/WR

5

11

165

4.4

Wall, William

DE

6

3

255

4.6

Wang, Ed

TE

6

5

260

4.8

Wheeler, Sam

ATH

6

3

240

4.68

Whitaker, Ike

QB

6

4

200

4.5

 

Recruits by TechSideline.com Star Rankings
5-star 1 Harris
4-star 4 Whitaker, Lewis, Wall, Simmons
3-star 14 Boone, Jefferson, Holland, North, Wang,
Render, Thompson, Friday, Green, Taylor,
Porch, Virgil, Martin, Cheeseman
2-star 5 Davis, Graham, Norris, Bowden, Wheeler
1-star 0  
Ave. Star Rating 3.04 24 players
2004 Ave. Star Rating 3.13 16 players
2003 Ave. Star Rating 3.04 23 players
Note: Despite the perception that VT's recruiting classes are getting better every year, from a pure ratings standpoint, they're not. Average star rating is holding steady, and if you define "top-rated" as 4 or 5 stars, the 2004 class had 5 four-star players (just as many top-rated players as this year's class), and the 2003 class had 7 four-star players.

 

Average Star Ranking by Position

Position

# Players

Ave. Stars

Players (Stars)

QB

2

3.5

Boone (3), Whitaker(4)

RB

1

4.0

Lewis (4)

FB

1

3.0

Jefferson (3)

TE

1

3

Wang (3)

OL

5

2.4

Davis (2), Graham (2), Holland (3),
Norris (2), North (3)

DT

2

3.0

Render (3), Thompson (3)

DE

3

3.3

Friday (3), Green (3), Wall (4)

LB

2

3.5

Simmons (4), Taylor (3)

CB

3

3.7

Harris (5), Porch (3), Virgil (3)

S

1

3.0

Martin (3)

ATH

2

2.5

Cheeseman (3), Wheeler (2)

P

1

2.0

Bowden (2)

Note: Wang will most likely start out at TE, easing the loss of 4-star
recruit John Hannah.

 

Star Ranking Distribution by Position

Position

5-star

4-star

3-star

2-star

1-star

QB

 

1

1

 

 

RB

 

1

 

 

 

FB

 

 

1

 

 

TE

 

 

1

 

 

OL

 

 

2

3

 

DT

 

 

2

 

 

DE

 

1

2

 

 

LB

 

1

1

 

 

CB

1

 

2

 

 

S

 

 

1

 

 

ATH

 

 

1

1

 

P

 

 

 

1

 

Totals

1

4

14

5

0

 

Players by State

State

Players

Names

VA

15

Boone, Lewis, Davis, Graham, Holland, North
Wang, Thompson, Firday, Simmons, Taylor, Harris
Martin, Bowden, Wheeler

MD

3

Whitaker, Jefferson, Norris

NC

1

Virgil

GA

2

Render, Porch

SC

1

Green

DC

1

Wall

NJ

1

Cheeseman

 

In-State Rankings Comparison
TechSideline.com (TSL) versus Roanoke Times (RT)

Player

TSL Rank

RT Rank

Harris

1

1

Lewis

2

2

Simmons

4

4

Boone

7

5

Friday

10

11

North

12

15

Martin

14

13

Wang

16

7

Taylor

17

20

Thompson

20

18

Davis

NR

NR

Graham

NR

NR

Bowden

NR

NR

 

Players Signed per Recruiting Coach

Coach

# of Players

Players

Jim Cavanaugh

4

Harris, Graham, Lewis, Friday

Lorenzo Ward

4

Porch, Render, Bowden, Wang

Bud Foster

3

Thompson, North, Davis

Kevin Rogers

3

Martin, Cheeseman, Holland

Billy Hite

3

Jefferson, Norris, Wheeler

Bryan Stinespring

3

Boone, Simmons, Taylor

Tony Ball

2

Wall, Whitaker

Charley Wiles

2

Virgil, Green

Total

24

 



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