tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004306236917286956.post7366787619650872034..comments2024-01-02T05:14:48.181-05:00Comments on About Them Dawgs! Blawg: When Stars Align (Both of them)Patrick Garbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01356915340772134104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004306236917286956.post-57747122824485511912013-02-22T02:07:03.264-05:002013-02-22T02:07:03.264-05:00Guys, Sorry I'm just now getting around to you...Guys, Sorry I'm just now getting around to your comments. Anon, what AirForceDawg said regarding Odell... And AirForce, thanks for your comments/analysis.<br />--<br />PatrickPatrick Garbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356915340772134104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004306236917286956.post-29557973807130244032013-02-18T12:12:47.072-05:002013-02-18T12:12:47.072-05:00Odell Thurman was a Rivals.com 3-star recruit in t...Odell Thurman was a Rivals.com 3-star recruit in the Class of 2001. As a partial qualifier (like Greg Blue), he wasn't allowed to play his freshman season, but started as a sophomore and junior and earned 1st Team All-SEC honors in 2003-2004. Here are his stats in <2 years (he was suspended for the first 3 games of 2004): 184 tackles, 28.5 TFL, 9.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, & 2 INTs. After his junior season, he forwent his remaining eligibility to pursue an NFL career.<br /><br />Recruiting Stars and Starts: UGA Football Edition<br /><br />73.1% of UGA football enrollees (x223) started at least 1 game during their UGA careers (not including current players that haven’t started a game yet but still have time) since Coach Richt was hired on 26 December 2000.<br /><br />5-stars: 11 of 12 [i.e., 91.7%] started at least 7 games during their UGA career [avg. 17.8 starts per player]; only Marquis Elmore didn’t start a game (he had surgery on 6 August 2002 shortly after arriving to repair a herniated disk in his back and that seemed to derail his career; however, he did play in 17 games and made 8 tackles)<br /><br />4-stars: 86 of 110 [i.e., 78.2%] started at least 1 game during their UGA careers<br /><br />3-stars: 57 of 82 [i.e., 69.5%] started at least 1 game during their UGA careers<br /><br />2-stars: 9 of 16 [i.e., 56.3%] started at least 1 game during their UGA careers<br /><br />Unranked: 0 of 3 [i.e., 0%] unranked signees started a game during their UGA careersAirForceDawgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004306236917286956.post-22059270911078248782013-02-16T08:39:34.980-05:002013-02-16T08:39:34.980-05:00As usual, interesting article and probabbly one no...As usual, interesting article and probabbly one no other GA blog would go thru the trouble to research & write. One question-wasn't Odell Thurman also a 2-star?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com