There was almost a sense of finality to publishing the class of 2022 SI99 college football prospect rankings on Tuesday. Long months, and in some cases years of scouting wrapped up in a simple list.
Pages and pages of evaluation notes, travel time to see the best and hours of cutting tape doesn't do the list justice. When signaling the future of college football, the slotting lies within the margins, the little things that a casual observer may miss. Sometimes it's a wide receiver executing blocks or a linebacker being used as an extra pass rusher on third down to force an incompletion. It's not always a tangible stat of productivity, but it matters.
The little things, as they say, go a long way. So let's treat the list like its own body of work, breaking down what we notice beyond the number of players headed to Alabama, Texas A&M and Georgia (it's a lot) or those hailing from the great state of Texas.
