Bottomline Up Front: <10% of rated college football prospects constituted 50% of 2018 NFL 1st Rd Draft picks

- 1,057,382 High School Football Participants in 2014
-- 310,465 High School Football Seniors in 2014
--- 3,001 rated college football prospects via 247Sports Composite in 2014 (i.e., 0.97% of HS seniors; 90.6% of NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 26 5*s (i.e., 0.008% of HS seniors; 0.87% of rated prospects; 21.9% NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 270 4*s (i.e., 0.087% of HS seniors; 9% of rated prospects; 28.1% of NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 1,431 3*s (i.e., 0.461% of HS seniors; 47.7% of rated prospects; 37% of NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 1,168 2*s (i.e., 0.376% of HS seniors; 38.9% of rated prospects; 3.1% of NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 106 1*s (i.e., 0.034% of HS seniors; 3.5% of rated prospects; 0 NFL 1st Round Draft picks)
---- 307,464 unranked HS Seniors (99% of HS seniors; 9.4% NFL 1st Round Draft picks)