{"id":155289,"date":"2025-06-24T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/155289\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:32:10","slug":"not-all-commits-are-created-equal-our-new-score-measures-which-ones-really-move-the-needle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/155289\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all commits are created equal: Our new score measures which ones really move the needle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not all commitments <\/a>are created equal — and in today’s college football landscape, that’s truer than ever. With roster turnover at an all-time high and player movement spanning coast to coast, the question isn’t just who committed. It’s how much does it actually matter?<\/p>\n

That’s why we’re rolling out the Commitment Impact Score\u00a0— a quick, context-rich metric designed to measure the real-time value of a commitment beyond just stars and rankings.<\/p>\n

What it is:<\/p>\n

The Commitment Impact Score (CIS) is a 1\u201310 score that reflects how meaningful a new commitment is to a program at the time it happens. It’s not about long-term potential alone \u2014 it’s about fit, timing, and program trajectory. A 3-star commit can sometimes matter more than a 4-star, depending on who else is on the roster and where the team is headed.<\/p>\n

How we score it:<\/p>\n

We evaluate each commitment across three simple categories:<\/p>\n

Roster Boost (Does this player fill a current or future need?)<\/p>\n

Momentum Hit (Does the commitment move the needle in rankings or buzz?)<\/p>\n

Program Fit \/ Narrative (Does it fit the school’s culture, timeline, or build a key pipeline?)<\/p>\n

Each category is scored from 1 to 5, and we weight them based on impact — with Roster Boost accounting for 50% of the final score. The total is scaled to a 1\u201310 score, then tiered into one of four buckets:<\/p>\n

ScoreTier9\u201310Game-Changer7\u20138Strong Add5\u20136Solid Depth1\u20134Low-Impact<\/p>\n

We also include a brief explanation for each commit’s score — whether it’s a flip from a rival, a future starter at a thin position, or a quiet add that flies under the radar.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/p>\n

In the transfer portal and NIL era, it’s no longer enough to report that a school landed a 4-star. We want to contextualize every move: Is this commitment plugging a hole or stacking talent? Is it a class-altering win or just depth?<\/p>\n

You can track the latest college football roster additions here.<\/a> Below we are gauging the impact scores across college football’s biggest programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not all commitments are created equal — and in today’s college football landscape, that’s truer than ever. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[331,35276,16074,4713,7,450,71,4727,49,48,4729],"class_list":{"0":"post-155289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-college-football-commits","10":"tag-college-football-recruiting","11":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-georgia-bulldogs","14":"tag-michigan-wolverines","15":"tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","16":"tag-ncaa","17":"tag-ncaa-football","18":"tag-purdue-boilermakers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114739540458423123","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}