1st Round Picks tend to be 4 Star Recruits Coming out of High School

[Dirtbag59]

I was on Rivals100.com the other day looking at the profiles of this years upcoming first round picks and I noticed something. Most of the prospects were 3 or 4 star recruits coming out of high school. Hell Alex Smith (the QB) was a two star prospect, Jeff Samarzda was a three star prospect (yes I know hes going to the Cubs). Anyway heres some examples of the rivals100.com ratings of this years blue chip prospects (for the Draft) when they were seniors in high school.

2007 NFL Draft
Brady Quinn QB
Joe Thomas OL
Leon Hall DB
Alan Branch OL (DT for Michigan)
Marshawn Lynch RB
Charles Johnson DE
Quentin Moses DE
Gaines Adams TE
(Yes, Gaines Adams was a TE coming out of HS)
Adrian Peterson RB
Theodore Ginn, Jr DB
Tony Gonzalez DB
Troy Smith QB
Levi Brown DT (OT from Penn State)
Jamaal Anderson WR
(The DE out of Arkansas that will be a top 10 pick this year)
JaMarcus Russell QB
Calvin Johnson WR
Dwayne Jarrett ATH
LaRon Landry ATH
Reggie Nelson DB
Jarvis Moss DE
Lawrence Timmons LB
Amobi Okoye OL
DeMarcus Tyler DT




Other Picks from previous drafts
Odell Thurman LB 6-1
Vernon Davis TE
Donte Whitner DB
Bobby Carpenter LB
Santonio Holmes WR
A.J. Hawk LB
Tamba Hali DE
Reggie Bush RB
Darnell Bing DB
Winston Justice OL
Mike Williams WR
D'Brickashaw Ferguson OL
Kedric Golston DT
Manny Lawson DE
John McCargo DT
Mario Williams DE