This upcoming season, the first class of CGN five-star recruits will officially be seniors! Over the last 3 seasons, we have seen a total of 54 former five-star recruits find their way onto college rosters. While 54 athletes is still a limited data set, we decided to see if any exciting trends were forming related to the performance of five-star recruits based on their respective teams. Have specific teams capitalized on their top-level talent more than others? Are there teams that have struggled more to develop five-star recruits, or struggled with keeping them healthy? What do these possible trends mean for the incoming freshman class?
For the first time this year, recruits were rerated following their final high school seasons in order to better predict their college performance. Many athletes have their best seasons leading up to college, so it’s no surprise that the incoming freshman class has more former five-star recruits than ever before with 38.
At CGN we define the typical five-star recruit as someone who is, “one of the most promising gymnasts in her class. She’s prepared to compete successful college routines on all four events, and she’s someone we think could step in and make a difference at any top-10 program today.” The list of former…
