Academy Task 5 - Creating the Most Average S27 Rookie

[GedgeBrah]

Creating the Most 'Average' S27 Rookie

Good ebening all 
Welcome to my deep dive into the season 27 draft class (as of July 25th)

The Task:
- Create the most 'average' outfield player based upon the current season 27 draft class
- Get Cal McRae that TPE

The How:
- Filter all current Academy players
- Exclude all GKs (sorry, this is an outfield only activity today)
- Exclude all 250 TPE inactives
- Export all 38 eligible Academy players into excel
- Dig in 

The Analysis:
Names

- Most of the draftees start with a T (Tadgh O'Hurley, Teddy Fantobens, Tex Star, Thomas Thunder, Thor Bǫllrstoppari, Tobias Gruber, Tyson Blaze = 7)
- Two Cal's in the class! (Cal McRae, Callum Wiggins) 
- Average first name length is ~6 letters
- Most of the class' last names start with an S (Adrian Scochnikov, Michael Sithole, Brenden Smith, Tex Star = 5)
- Three edible last names seems to be the most common theme (Bonnibel Bubblegum, His Cheeseburger, Marvin Fish)
- Average last name length is ~7 letters

Nationality
- USA births the most draftees at 9
- Followed by Australia, Canada, and England with 4 each 


Position
- 27 out of 38 of the class (!) are able to play as an attacking midfielder
- AM right, center, and striker the most common combination (4)

Team
- Three teams share the most Academy players at present, with seven in total: PS Jakarta, Atlético Medellin, Victoria Falls Eagles

Technical Skills
Average of every player's current technical skill distributions:
Corners = 5
Crossing = 8
Dribbling = 9
Finishing = 8
First Touch = 9
Free Kicks = 5
Heading = 6
Long Shots = 6
Long Throws = 5
Marking = 7
Passing = 9
Penalty Taking = 5
Tackling = 7
Technique = 8

Mental Skills
Average of every player's current mental skill distributions: 
Aggression = 6
Anticipation = 9
Bravery = 6
Composure = 8
Concentration = 7
Decisions = 8
Determination = 6
Flair = 6
Leadership = 5
Off the Ball = 7
Positioning = 7
Teamwork = 7
Vision = 7
Work Rate = 8

Physical Skills
Average of every player's current physical skill distributions: 
Acceleration = 13
Agility = 9
Balance = 8
Jumping Reach = 8
Pace = 13
Strength = 8

Tidbits:
- Anticipation is the only skill that EVERY player has put at least one point into
- Pace (unsurprisingly) has the heaviest investment so far across the board
- Acceleration has four players with rating of 18 so far (Daan Wouters, Captain MetalBeard, Max Velox, Karry Hane)
- No one goes to set-piece practice. Corners, free kicks, long throws, penalties the four least invested skills

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The End Product:

Name: Tallum Sausage
- Starts with T
- 6 letter first name
- Cal/Callum adjacent
- Ends with S
- 7 letter last name
- Edible

Nationality: USA
- Secondary eligibilities: The Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, England)

Position: AM (RC), ST

(Eventual) Team: Atlético Jakarta Eagles

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Presenting... the Most Average Season 27 Prospect:


For reference:


Thank-you and adiós

[Haramcha]

This is brilliant! Just the stats involved in determining the class average would have been more than enough to constitute a good Academy Task 5 article, but the creation of Tallum Sausage (and in-game, too) goes above and beyond. 

After being bullied for being the most average player of S26, it's amazing to see you taking it a step (or a whole mile) further.