From his wiki page:
He playedcollege football at Michigan State and Colorado State. Van Pelt is currently working for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom as a studio analyst for their NFL programming.
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Good for him. Doing TV for NFL/England. Good for him.
While doing the current issue of SPARTAN Magazine (annual 4-year Recruiting Review) I happened to look him up to double-check that he was an NFL Draft pick, coming out of Colorado State. That's the way I remembered it, and he was in fact a 7th-round pick.
[We analyzed VanPelt's 1999 class a long time ago. But we go back and use old stats for new boxes and graph information.]
In case you are curious about more info on the '98 class:
VanPelt's 1999 class is one of the most under-achieving in MSU history (through no fault of his own). It was ranked No. 20 by The National Recruiting Advisor (Rivals.com didn't exist yet, and TNRA was the precursor to it).
The class was ranked No. 15 by Lemming, No. 17 by PrepStar and No. 21 by SuperPrep. Those were some of the leading analysts at the time.
The class was ranked high, largely due to the signing of TJ Duckett, the nation's No. 1 player.
Saban signed 29 guys that year, including two players who were informed ON SIGNING DAY that they would have to gray shirt (Travis Wilson and Monquiz Wedlow. The term 'gray shirt' wasn't yet a part of recruiting lexicon. Wilson's dad was furious).
That class ended up having a bust pct of 48 pct (third worst of the 85-scholarship era).
The players in this class averaged 5.1 winning starts for their career, third-worst of the 85-scholarship era, besting only JLSmith's first two classes.
On the positive side, the class's leaders in winning starts were Steve Stewart (19), Kyle Rasmusssen (17), Mike Labinjo (17), Joe Tate (15), Tupe Peko (14), Brian Ottney (14), Duckett (11).
We analyzed this class a long time ago, but the main difference between that class and Dantonio's good classes of today are the fact that Dantonio gets so much out of his middle tier recruits.
In 1998, only three of 15 middle tier players nailed down starting jobs. Meanwhile 10 of the 15 were busts (failed to earn at least 2 letters). Remember these names: Ellington Wills, Joe Savage, Durocher Miller, Samalj Gordon, Mike McConnell, Kendall Daniels, Derek Stielstra, James Smith, Dan Orner and ... Bradlee Van Pelt.
Van Pelt was recorded as a "bust" for MSU recruiting purposes, but not a bust against the recruiting analysts. The fact that he transferred and became an NFL Draft pick out of Colorado State adds a positive blip for "middle tier" recruits in our analysis in terms of producing NFL Draft picks.
For the record, VanPelt was recruited to be a QB by MSU when Gary Tranquill was o-coordinator. Then Morris Watts took over, Watts signed Jeff Smoker and Watts told VanPelt he would have to move to safety or LB if he stayed at MSU. He chose to leave instead.
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Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm happy for VanPelt that he has a good gig in football OVERSEAS. How cool is that?
He playedcollege football at Michigan State and Colorado State. Van Pelt is currently working for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom as a studio analyst for their NFL programming.
***
Good for him. Doing TV for NFL/England. Good for him.
While doing the current issue of SPARTAN Magazine (annual 4-year Recruiting Review) I happened to look him up to double-check that he was an NFL Draft pick, coming out of Colorado State. That's the way I remembered it, and he was in fact a 7th-round pick.
[We analyzed VanPelt's 1999 class a long time ago. But we go back and use old stats for new boxes and graph information.]
In case you are curious about more info on the '98 class:
VanPelt's 1999 class is one of the most under-achieving in MSU history (through no fault of his own). It was ranked No. 20 by The National Recruiting Advisor (Rivals.com didn't exist yet, and TNRA was the precursor to it).
The class was ranked No. 15 by Lemming, No. 17 by PrepStar and No. 21 by SuperPrep. Those were some of the leading analysts at the time.
The class was ranked high, largely due to the signing of TJ Duckett, the nation's No. 1 player.
Saban signed 29 guys that year, including two players who were informed ON SIGNING DAY that they would have to gray shirt (Travis Wilson and Monquiz Wedlow. The term 'gray shirt' wasn't yet a part of recruiting lexicon. Wilson's dad was furious).
That class ended up having a bust pct of 48 pct (third worst of the 85-scholarship era).
The players in this class averaged 5.1 winning starts for their career, third-worst of the 85-scholarship era, besting only JLSmith's first two classes.
On the positive side, the class's leaders in winning starts were Steve Stewart (19), Kyle Rasmusssen (17), Mike Labinjo (17), Joe Tate (15), Tupe Peko (14), Brian Ottney (14), Duckett (11).
We analyzed this class a long time ago, but the main difference between that class and Dantonio's good classes of today are the fact that Dantonio gets so much out of his middle tier recruits.
In 1998, only three of 15 middle tier players nailed down starting jobs. Meanwhile 10 of the 15 were busts (failed to earn at least 2 letters). Remember these names: Ellington Wills, Joe Savage, Durocher Miller, Samalj Gordon, Mike McConnell, Kendall Daniels, Derek Stielstra, James Smith, Dan Orner and ... Bradlee Van Pelt.
Van Pelt was recorded as a "bust" for MSU recruiting purposes, but not a bust against the recruiting analysts. The fact that he transferred and became an NFL Draft pick out of Colorado State adds a positive blip for "middle tier" recruits in our analysis in terms of producing NFL Draft picks.
For the record, VanPelt was recruited to be a QB by MSU when Gary Tranquill was o-coordinator. Then Morris Watts took over, Watts signed Jeff Smoker and Watts told VanPelt he would have to move to safety or LB if he stayed at MSU. He chose to leave instead.
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Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm happy for VanPelt that he has a good gig in football OVERSEAS. How cool is that?
