Economists predict where HS football prospects will go

In case you don't already know it, we economists can sometimes be amazing. Sports Illustrated discusses a model formulated by three economists that predicts--so far pretty accurately--where high school football prospects will go to college.

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[kyle N]

WOW! That was eye opening. I listen to hours of local football talk here with "experts" trying to figure out which prospect will go where. This is really neat.

[Donald Lacombe]

I should mention that they are all graduates of the PhD program at Florida State...Go Noles!

[Acad Ronin]

Of course, now coaches will look at the forecasts and use them to tweak their recruiting, making the original models obsolete.