I think if we ran a poll on here what is everyone's favorite thing to do in a college game that recruiting would win by a landslide.
The roster turnover you see in a college game helps keep things fresh as in Madden your set once you draft studs. This could be even more epic than before if the transfer portal is done right and we aren't able to hoard 5*s for 3 years as backups. Even though we don't know the details of how it will work. I thought it would be interesting to speculate since I've not seen much talk on here about recruiting. I bought Madden just to dust up on things and I would project you will see some general similarities between how they handle the draft and recruiting.
In Madden one of the biggest things is how they test out at the combine. Which just like in real life is done after the season ends and allows you to see the athletic ability for everyone. However, in college you don't just have the one big event so I'm curious how yall think that will be handled in the college game? Do we just get everybody's athletic skills in the country from the start? Do we get a set amount to bring to campus for a camp in the offseason? Do we find it out on the official visit?
Another thing madden does is you will see ? marks as ability for several weeks. If your not setting your scouts to focus on that position and region then your only going to get 50%. Will we see a similar thing in the college game?
I will also show some examples of some auto generated guys in madden and pretend they are college recruits. This QB would be a 4* since its round 2/3 projection. However, if I'm an elite school I really need to see if his athletic profile checks out early on. Because if he turns out elite that's mid 90's in 5 speed categories in the right offense he is starting day 1 and eventually winning the Heisman. I'm going to want to go all in on recruiting him and promising him everything I can.
On the flip side since he would only be a 4* odds are those speed ratings are mid-high 80's. Since the accuracy ratings I see are B's if the arm strength to go along with that is only solid. Then he will need a few years to develop at a elite school before starting. I would want to be able to know that early on so I don't waste all year recruiting him when I could have a better option. Hopefully there is a way to confirm stuff early on during the season
A last player example and I've put the pics in the spoilers. A super fun DT prospect that would equal out to a 3 or 4*. The heaviest player I've seen at 396 pounds and an A in tackling catches your attention. If his elite strength checks out then everyone will recruit him. However if his acceleration is elite and agility great then that takes him to a whole other level as a recruit and he is going at the top of everyone's board. As a lower recruit I want to able to uncover him early on and get a head start on other schools
Being able to see the athletic ability of players is really important so hopefully early in the season they will be a way to check those out. Because I'm guessing most of the commits will happen during the season instead of the offseason