I'm not going to disclose too much information here or my methods, but I no longer go by star rating or potential in the draft, and go solely on overall skill points.
This league has had several down draft years and will make up for it this year. I am unable to speak toward potential, but there are a healthy number of players that have starting overall skill points 55 or greater, with 2 having 54.
Last year, there were only 3 with 54 points or greater, with a 62 and 58. The S35 class had only 5 players with 54 or more at 57, 56, and 3 right at 54. S35 had 12 players with 50 or more skill points, S36 had 9.