{"id":2293,"date":"2016-07-09T22:20:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T03:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2016-10-28T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:55:28","slug":"6-opening-finalists-earned-5-0-pai-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/6-opening-finalists-earned-5-0-pai-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Six &#8216;The Opening&#8217; finalists earn 5.0 Player Athletic Index score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week at &#8220;The Opening&#8221; 166 of the best high school football players have assembled to perform a variety of activities that exhibit their football abilities and athleticism. At Tracking Football we believe there is no better way to assess a football player&#8217;s true athleticism than by evaluating the combination of his height, weight, position, track and field data \/ multiple sport participation. 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The PAI is a completely objective and standardized analytic that allows us to identify, evaluate and compare raw athleticism in a football-centric manner. 101 (61%) football players at the 2016 &#8220;The Opening&#8221; participated in track and field at some point in high school, and 70 (42%) were on their school&#8217;s track team as recently as 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/blog\/88-5-2016-nfl-draft-picks-played-multiple-sports-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our research consistently proves<\/a> that a large majority of elite football athletes do not specialize as preps.\u00a0Below are the only six players to earn a 5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI score.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less than 2% of our entire 30,000+ Division 1 \/ NFL player database has earned a 5.0 \/ 5.0<\/li>\n<li>The average PAI for Division 1 FBS football recruits is 2.8 \/ 5.0<\/li>\n<li>The average PAI for 2016 &#8220;The Opening&#8221; finalists was 3.2 \/ 5.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Foster Sarell &#8211; OT &#8211; Graham-Kapowsin &#8211; Washington &#8211; 5 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;6&#8243; \/ 310 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field and basketball in high school<\/li>\n<li>55-07 \/ Shot Put, 155-06 \/ Discus Throw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/3258116\/5721e65f9a91677e74b781ba\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Markquese Bell &#8211; WR \/ DB &#8211; Bridgeton &#8211; New Jersey &#8211; 4 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;3&#8243; \/ 195 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field and basketball in high school<\/li>\n<li>147-00 \/ Javelin, 7-00 \/ High Jump, 21-11 \/ Long Jump, 45-04 \/ Triple Jump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/3082805\/5721dd0a9a90ec5540a6a618\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Devon Hunter &#8211; DB &#8211; Indian River &#8211; Virginia &#8211; 4 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;1&#8243; \/ 205 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field and basketball in high school<\/li>\n<li>10.94 \/ 100m, 22.18 \/ 200m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/2657048\/5721dbe70c5e681224b6545b\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austin Deculus &#8211; OT &#8211; Cy-Fair &#8211; Texas &#8211; 4 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;6&#8243; \/ 325 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field in high school<\/li>\n<li>52-09 \/ Shot Put, 183-01 \/ Discus Throw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/4331154\/5721d9f0041ddc1b0073c422\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevon Grimes &#8211; WR &#8211; St. Thomas Aquinas &#8211; Florida &#8211; 5 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;4&#8243; \/ 195 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field in high school<\/li>\n<li>11.07 \/ 100m, 13.79 \/ 110HH, 36.84 \/ 300IH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/3101950\/5721e5cbc124573b548d3751\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baron Browning &#8211; LB &#8211; Kennedale &#8211; Texas &#8211; 5 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5.0 \/ 5.0 PAI<\/li>\n<li>6&#8217;3 \/ 230 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Participated in track &amp; field in high school<\/li>\n<li>10.97 \/ 100m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/2510669\/5721dc550428ae20e4d9e1d2\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you are a high school coach or player please <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">download our new free app<\/a>. 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