Star Ratings of Super Bowl Starters

Hawktilyoudrop · Feb 8, 2024

FYI: From CBS Sports: (https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ers-rated-as-high-school-recruits-before-nfl/)

Kinda fun to see where they were ranked. And it shows that talent evaluation is not easy: guys develop late, get injured, dont have the desire, overperform, underperform, and everything else.

Niners:

PLAYER	STARS	OVERALL RANK	POSITION RANK
QB Brock Purdy	3	No. 839	No. 36 PRO QB
RB Christian McCaffrey	4	No. 91	No. 2 APB
FB Kyle Juszczyk	N/A	Unranked	Unranked
WR Deebo Samuel	3	No. 842	No. 112 WR
WR Brandon Aiyuk	N/A	Unranked	Unranked
TE George Kittle	3	No. 1,519	No. 199 WR
LT Trent Williams	3	No. 385	No. 26 OG
LG Aaron Banks	4	No. 166	No. 17 OT
C Jake Brendel	3	No. 520	No. 9 OC
RG Spencer Burford	3	No. 921	No. 76 OT
RT Colton McKivitz	3	No. 1,594	No. 164 OT

Now for the 49ers' defense:

PLAYER	STARS	OVERALL RANK	POSITION RANK
LDE Chase Young	5	No. 7	No. 2 WDE
LDT Arik Armstead	5	No. 14	No. 1 ATH
RDT Javon Hargrave	N/A	Unranked	Unranked
RDE Nick Bosa	5	No. 8	No. 1 SDE
SAM Oren Burks	3	No. 615	No. 46 OLB
MIKE Fred Warner	4	No. 307	No. 27 OLB
WILL Dre Greenlaw	3	No. 842	No. 60 S
LCB Charvarius Ward	N/A	Unranked	Unranked
RCB Deommodore Lenoir	4	No. 64	No. 7 CB
NB Isaiah Oliver	3	No. 1,030	No. 90 CB
FS Tashaun Gipson Jr.	3	No. 1,019	No. 85 CB
SS Ji'Ayir Brown	N/A	Unranked	Unranked

Chiefs:

PLAYER	STARS	OVERALL RANK	POSITION RANK
QB Patrick Mahomes	3	No. 389	No. 22 PRO QB
RB Isiah Pacheco	3	No. 665	No. 30 RB
WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling	3	No. 1,536	No. 217 WR
WR Rashee Rice	3	No. 817	No. 101 WR
WR Kadarius Toney	3	No. 413	No. 25 ATH
TE Travis Kelce	2	No. 1,602	No. 85 TE
LT Donovan Smith	4	No. 162	No. 16 OT
LG Joe Thuney	2	No. 1,537	No. 131 OT
C Creed Humphrey	4	No. 290	No. 3 OC
RG Trey Smith	5	No. 14	No. 4 OT
RT Jawaan Taylor	3	No. 927	No. 46 OG

And here's a breakdown of the Chiefs' defense:

PLAYER	STARS	OVERALL RANK	POSITION RANK
DE George Karlaftis	4	No. 59	No. 4 SDE
DT Derrick Nnadi	4	No. 97	No. 7 DT
DT Chris Jones	5	No. 18	No. 2 SDE
DE Mike Danna	3	No. 2,034	No. 94 WDE
LB Willie Gay	4	No. 70	No. 3 OLB
LB Nick Bolton	3	No. 1,114	No. 39 ILB
LB Leo Chenal	3	No. 635	No. 35 ATH
CB Trent McDuffie	4	No. 126	No. 12 CB
CB L'Jarius Sneed	3	No. 1,985	No. 145 S
S Justin Reid	3	No. 365	No. 21 S
S Mike Edwards	4	No. 333	No. 24 S

begley9 · Feb 8, 2024