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247Sports is an American network of websites that focus mainly on athletic recruitment in college football and
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. The website hosts a large network of team-specific subsites, with each subsite being dedicated to a specific school. , there is a subsite for every
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team, as well as many notable
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teams from conferences such as the
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History

The network was started in 2010 and gained popularity as other sports news media publications began citing 247Sports as a source. Early examples include the Dallas Morning News and ''
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''. The site also provided special reports on recruiting to sports news media including ''
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''. In November 2012, 247Sports announced a content partnership with
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, in which 247Sports would provide content for its digital platforms (including CBSSports.com), and CBS Sports Digital would handle advertising sales for the site. In May 2013, 247Sports reached a long-term agreement to become the official online selection partner of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the U.S. Army National Combine, replacing its competitor
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. In December 2015, CBS announced that it had acquired 247Sports. As of 2022, 247Sports' content operations remain closely aligned with CBSSports.com. In addition, 247Sports personalities frequently appear as expert analysts on CBS Sports HQ. In February 2017, 247Sports acquired
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. In October 2017, 247Sports announced a partnership with ''
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'', in which it would provide coverage of
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college football for the website, including a PFF College microsite and integration of its player grades and rankings across 247Sports. In early 2020, 247Sports.com hired
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native sportscaster Josh Pate to host a show on the 247Sports
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channel called "Late Kick Live". As of November 27, 2022, the Late Kick YouTube channel had 37,333,585 total views. In August 2020, founder and CEO Shannon Terry left the company. In Summer 2021, the company relocated from its original home in suburban Brentwood, Tennessee to downtown Nashville, where it now shares facilities with Paramount's CMT.


247Sports Composite

247Sports features two ratings for high school football and basketball recruits: its own in-house evaluations done by its scouting staff, and 247Sports Composite ratings. The Composite aggregates the public ratings for a prospect by the major recruiting services using a propriety algorithm. The Composite combines recruitment ratings from 247Sports' in-house ratings,
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, and
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in order to provide an overall rating for each recruit. The resulting rankings can be considered an industry consensus on the top recruits in the nation. The Composite does not include any athletes that do not yet have a recruiting profile on 247Sports in order to prevent spoofs from other sites.


Rating scale

The three major recruitment networks (247Sports,
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,
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) all have different scales for what their star ratings mean. Below is the college football rating scale used by 247Sports, per the website. *Five stars A five star rating is awarded to athletes who are graded with a 98–110 rating (.98–1.00 Composite). For the 247Sports in-house ratings, five star ratings are given to the top 32 recruits in each recruiting class to mirror the 32 first round picks in the
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. These 32 recruits from each recruiting class are the players who 247Sports analysts believe are the most likely to be first round NFL draft picks in the future. Any player with a rating of 100–110 is considered a potential “franchise player” and are not present in every recruiting class. *Four stars A four star rating is awarded to athletes who are graded with a 90–97 rating (.90–.97 Composite). Four star ratings are given to recruits who analysts believe will have successful college careers that likely result in being drafted. By
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, this number is generally in the range of 350 prospects, which is roughly the top 10 percent of prospects in a given recruiting class. *Three stars A three star rating is awarded to athletes who are graded with a 80–89 rating (.80–.89 Composite). 247Sports breaks these recruits into three categories: *''High three star (87–89)'': A recruit with significant NFL upside who analysts expect to be an impact college football player at the Power Five level. *''Mid three star (84–86)'': A recruit who analysts consider to be a capable starter for a Power Five team or an impact player at the
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level. *''Low three star (80–83)'': A recruit who analysts consider as a potential contributor for a Power Five program, but more likely a
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starter. This is where the bulk of college football prospects are rated. Three star ratings incorporate a wide range of ability levels and potential. *Two stars A two star rating is awarded to athletes who are graded with a 70–79 rating (.70–.79 Composite). Two star ratings are given to prospects who analysts believe can be potential
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-level players at the
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level, or a
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starter. These recruits generally have very limited NFL potential. *Unrated Athletes who would receive a rating under 70 remain unrated, as recruiters do not award one star ratings. These players may walk on at
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schools, play at
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,
NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
,
NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their st ...
or NAIA schools, or may not participate in collegiate athletics altogether.


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