@Francis7 posted:But, why is it that this number...percentage...the ratio...is not something that is tracked and shared? It seems to be a fairly telling statistic that should be public knowledge.
Is it too hard to track? Or, is it that schools don't want this to be well known? Something else?
You would need commitments, NLI signings, college registrations and official rosters to derive that number. Even then it wouldn't be perfect because of other factors like academic eligibility and injuries. I did the math for a couple of schools that my son was interested in when I was at my most obsessed (much less variability at most D3s).
I think NLI and registration information is private data unless the individual chooses to share it, so I'm not sure this would even be possible on a large scale.
Even with your one example, so many things are unknown:
Did he actually sign an NLI, or just a piece of paper?
Was he counting on getting drafted and Covid ruined his plans?
Maybe a scout convinced him he'd be drafted in 2021 if he went juco?
Maybe his admission was based on improving grades or test scores in senior HS year and he didn't?
Maybe his scholarship was 25% and the family financial situation changed?