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Take Duke as an example, because I know it best. The SAT averages for recruited athletes aren’t exactly stirling.</p>
<p>Baseball- 1206
Football- 1063
Basketball- 997
Other- 1258</p>
<p>Quite frankly, I find that it strains the imagination to claim that URMs would be included with this lot, especially when you consider that these are only averages. Since many teams have a couple people that raise the teams’ average scores and GPAs, you can safely assume that many had scores below those listed. In fact, a few had trouble meeting NCAA eligibility.</p>
<p>This is old data, but it gives you an idea:
<a href=“Cardinal 247 - Stanford Cardinal Football Recruiting”>Cardinal 247 - Stanford Cardinal Football Recruiting;