Analyzing EA Sports NCAA '11 Boston College Roster: Offense [UPDATED]
Brian: EA Sports recently released their NCAA ’11 rosters online (registration required), which gives us a glimpse into the player ratings for each team. While you can’t exactly marry a BC roster of unnamed players to next year’s actual roster one for one, it does give a sense of what the game makers think of BC’s chances in 2010.
Today we’ll take a look at the offense. Let’s start with the QB rankings. Here is EA’s list of QBs on the Boston College roster:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 15 | Dave Shinskie | QB | 6'4" | 216 | So. | 84 |
| 16 | Michael Marscovetra | QB | 6'4" | 192 | So. | 84 |
| 7 | Chase Rettig (?) | QB | 6'4" | 205 | Fr. | 65 |
| 12 | Joshua Bordner (?) | QB | 6'4" | 185 | Fr. | 65 |
You can throw out Codi Boek due to graduation and I guess you can assume that Mike Marscovetra (16) is one of the other two sophomores on the roster. Are you surprised with Shinskie’s 83 rating and the fact that his next closest competitor is a 79?
Jeff: I think the 83 sounds pretty fair for Shinskie, and if the 79 is Marscovetra I would say that that's probably not too far off either. Those aren't great stats, but there are just OK.
Brian: Let's take a look at the Eagles running game:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 2 | Montel Harris | HB | 5'10" | 200 | Jr. | 89 |
| 21 | Tahj Kimble (?) | HB | 5'10" | 213 | Fr. | 81 |
| 29 | Rolandan Finch | HB | 5'10" | 201 | So. | 79 |
| 36 | James McCluskey | FB | 6'2" | 251 | Sr. | 77 |
| 13 | Codi Boek | FB | 6'3" | 221 | Sr. | 71 |
| 35 | Andre Williams (?) | HB | 5'11" | 202 | Fr. | 65 |
And the Eagles receiving corps:
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 10 | Colin Larmond Jr. | WR | 6'3" | 200 | Jr. | 87 |
| 81 | Chris Pantale | TE | 6'6" | 244 | So. | 84 |
| 14 | Billy Flutie | WR | 6'2" | 184 | Jr. | 82 |
| 17 | Clyde Lee | WR | 5'11" | 170 | Fr. | 82 |
| 30 | Donte Elliott | WR | 6'0" | 197 | So. | 81 |
| 88 | Jordon McMichael | TE | 6'5" | 242 | Sr. | 79 |
| 5 | Ryan Lindsey | WR | 5'8" | 168 | Sr. | 77 |
| 1 | Shakim Phillips (?) | WR | 6'2" | 191 | Fr. | 77 |
| 40 | Jarrett Darmstatter (?) | TE | 6'5" | 241 | Fr. | 66 |
| 82 | Bobby Swigert (?) | WR | 6'1" | 175 | Fr. | 65 |
EA hits the nail on the head with the BC rushing game. It will continue to be the Montel Harris show until someone (newcomer Tahj Kimble? Rolandan Finch?) emerges as a legit backup. In the receiving corps, we lose the top three receivers to graduation, and their #1 WR on the spring depth chart is the team’s lowest rated wide receiver (Billy Flutie). Surely Flutie deserved a higher overall ranking than a 65, no?
Jeff: Would you hate me if I said that I think that rating is probably right on the money? But I would say Lars Anderson might be a little underrated at a 73.
Brian: Finally, the offensive line will clearly be a strength this season, with our highest ranked offensive player being senior Anthony Castonzo a 92.
No. |
Player |
Pos |
H |
W |
Year |
Ovr |
| 66 | Rich Lapham | RT | 6'8" | 322 | Sr. | 86 |
| 73 | John Wetzel | LT | 6'7" | 286 | So. | 86 |
| 75 | Nathan Richman | C | 6'6" | 292 | Jr. | 84 |
| 77 | Emmett Cleary | LG | 6'7" | 297 | So. | 83 |
| 78 | Thomas Claiborne | RG | 6'3" | 325 | Sr. | 83 |
| 60 | Bryan Davis | C | 6'2" | 285 | Fr. | 78 |
| 79 | Keith Bourne | LT | 6'4" | 280 | Fr. | 77 |
| 69 | Mark Spinney | LG | 6'4" | 292 | Jr. | 76 |
| 71 | Nick Halloran | RG | 6'6" | 277 | So. | 72 |
| 72 | Mike Goodman Jr. | RT | 6'6" | 302 | So. | 71 |
| 50 | Robert Vardaro (?) | RT | 6'5" | 307 | Fr. | 66 |
| 68 | Seth Betancourt (?) | LT | 6'6" | 285 | Fr. | 65 |
| 59 | Andy Gallik (?) | RG | 6'3" | 290 | Fr. | 63 |
Overall, how well would you say EA did at capturing the player ratings for the 2010 Eagles offense?
Jeff: Considering what it is and the fact that they can't use names and do everything exact, I would say they did pretty darn good. Are there plenty of missing players and things that don't make perfect sense? Sure. But overall it is very good and the key players are there with good ratings ... even though I was hoping for Montel Harris getting a 90+.
Unfortunately, we're not Florida or Alabama and EA was probably not as concerned with 100% accurately representing the Eagles compared to some other teams. Hopefully our team outperforms their rankings on the field. We'll find out in only a few months now.
Thoughts? Any updates? I took the EA Sports Team Builder template for BC and tried to marry it up to the roster and the spring depth chart, but if I missed anyone, let us know in the comments section.
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How
Do they decide that Boek, who has never taken a snap for BC is virtually just as good as Shinskie? Castonzi should be higher as should Harris and Gunnel. Who are alot better than players below them in the depth chart IMO.
by Jiftastic on Jun 23, 2010 10:55 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Mea culpa
I was originally directed to the 2010 Team Builder so the rankings from the original post were off. I’ve updated the offensive rankings, but the commentary no longer fit the actual rankings.
We’ll try and do better with the defense.
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They were initially fed the wrong player data. The charts are now accurate.
Soaring to Glory: Come for the BC sports, stay for the asinine rants.
by SoaringtoGlory on Jun 23, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Where
Is Castonzo? And btw Kimble will be a beast I can’t believe EA detected that.
by Jiftastic on Jun 23, 2010 5:40 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I’m also shocked Castonzo isn’t on EA’s roster, but he isn’t on the two-deep spring roster. That’s probably why he didn’t make the cut?
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Tajh Kimble Spec
Basic Skills
- Speed – 84
- Agility – 84
- Acceleration – 93
- Strength – 65
- Awareness – 78
- Stamina – 80
- Injury – 85
Ballcarrier Skills
- Break Tackle – 80
- Trucking – 70
- Elusiveness – 77
- Ballcarrier Vision – 82
- Stiff Arm – 70
- Spin Move – 82
- Juke Move – 77
- Carrying – 76
Special Teams Skills
- Kick Return – 87
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Shouldn't there be more distanc ebetween harris and Larmond jr?
Ponder lacks arm strength? Think again.
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Agreed
Should be much more distance between Harris and Larmond Jr. If only because one of our QBs has to throw the ball to Larmond. They can just hand it off to Montel.
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by Brian @ BCI on Jun 23, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes there should
And i’m not being a homer, Kimble should have 90+ elusiveness, just watch his film
by Jiftastic on Jun 23, 2010 11:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Kimble is a good back but that is some bad bad bad Fla competition.
He will need some time.
Ponder lacks arm strength? Think again.
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HB 21 Sterlin Phifer
Sorry but HB #21 is not true freshman Tajh Kimble.
Instead it is Redshirt Freshman:
- Sterlin Phifer
R-Fr. RB
5-10 213
Landstown/Virginia Beach, VA

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