<![CDATA[Scouting]]>Is there a limit on the number of scouts you're allowed to have? Reason I ask is, most teams seems to only have about 6 college scouts, for example (generally single figures). Given that there are more than a hundred colleges, each with something like 60-80 players, that roughly a thousand players each to analyse fully in about 12 games.

Why don't teams have more scouts? Obviously the quality of scouting needs to be factored in, but you're telling me that there are only about 200 guys in the world who can break down game tape on players?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/39470/scoutingRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 06:28:03 GMTFri, 29 Jan 2016 09:48:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Scouting on Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:34:05 GMT]]>It's 85 scholarship players per team, but at least 10 are redshirting, and most aren't eligible for the draft/aren't actually seeing the field.

Someone link one of the recent articles on Saban's new support staff. He has an unbelievable amount of "consultants" running around. In the playoff games, they packed the press box full of guys doing in-game analytics. He even had his new DC (old DC was staying on until the season was over before starting the Georgia HC job) in the box working breakdowns.

Yeah, if it's legal, we should have more.

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@gftchris said:

Is there a limit on the number of scouts you're allowed to have? Reason I ask is, most teams seems to only have about 6 college scouts, for example (generally single figures). Given that there are more than a hundred colleges, each with something like 60-80 players, that roughly a thousand players each to analyse fully in about 12 games.

Why don't teams have more scouts? Obviously the quality of scouting needs to be factored in, but you're telling me that there are only about 200 guys in the world who can break down game tape on players?

I would think they aren't gonna analyse every college player.....1000 per scout????.....that would be silly.....probably 50% of college players can be disqualified pretty quickly.....and another 10%-15% can immediately be qualified as pro potential.....so that leaves a few in the middle.....but, Id think that too many scouts would only muddy the waters and create a lot of grey area that the team would have to work through...

Imagine 5 different guys saying their guy is the best bet etc.....and, if there are 200 college scouts and 200 pro scouts in the league, would it not make sense that #400 scout has a lot less talent than #1 pro scout....?.....and would you want scouts who really arent very good?.....no point in that...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/574087https://brownsboard.com/post/574087Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:54:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scouting on Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:27:05 GMT]]>outsourced scouts?

sounds like the equivalent to what mike h is to journalism.

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@tour2ma said:

Chris,

Teams also buy the output of "scouting services"... AKA "outsources".

As they do the same in my HS recruiting to college. and may I say these guys our pain in the asses & want it all for free

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@the-gipper said:

Longish article on the history of NFL scouting:

http://www.nfl.com/historyofscouting

Interesting read. Have bought Belichick Sr's book and plan to read it this weekend if I get time

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/574053https://brownsboard.com/post/574053Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:37:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scouting on Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:46:01 GMT]]>Chris,

Teams also buy the output of "scouting services"... AKA "outsources".

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/573917https://brownsboard.com/post/573917Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scouting on Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:29:49 GMT]]>Longish article on the history of NFL scouting:

http://www.nfl.com/historyofscouting

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/573896https://brownsboard.com/post/573896Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:29:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Scouting on Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:13:46 GMT]]>Given the millions thrown around willy nilly trying to chase the ring, I would think that an extra million on an extra 10-20 scouts would be nothing.

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@gftchris said:

Is there a limit on the number of scouts you're allowed to have? Reason I ask is, most teams seems to only have about 6 college scouts, for example (generally single figures). Given that there are more than a hundred colleges, each with something like 60-80 players, that roughly a thousand players each to analyse fully in about 12 games.

Why don't teams have more scouts? Obviously the quality of scouting needs to be factored in, but you're telling me that there are only about 200 guys in the world who can break down game tape on players?

I would not think there would be a limit. The only limit is on how much you want to spend paying these scouts. I think a lot of teams use "regional scouts".....they will have a guy scouting the West Coast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Northeast etc.

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