Recruiting Thread

[thedoctor]

on the illinois pregame loren tate said freeman has not committed.

 

following up from yesterday. freeman has told several people he has committed to illinois. this isn't surprising, considering his final two were illinois and msu and msu snared a commitment from stud durrell summers earlier this week.

 

however, according to various reports freeman does not have an offer yet because illinois wants to look at his grades a little more closely. safe to say, if his grades improve, they will offer.

 

if not, the other options are patrick beverley, deonte vaughn and ramar smith. either that, bank it, or keep it open with the option of giving it to trent meacham.

[thedoctor]

i saw this link on another board and thought it might make an interesting discussion piece with national signing day coming up for college football. this list was the top 100 prospects out of the 1996 class. fwiw, tim cooch was no. 1.

 

the top 100 h.s. football prospects in 1996

[Rex Hudler]

page isn't there

[DukeNukeEm]

Oden is the ugliest human being to ever set foot on earth

[Palehosefan]

Not while this guy is still living...

 

[DukeNukeEm]

Not while this guy is still living...

 

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Oden looks like what s*** smells like

[thedoctor]

page isn't there

sorry bout that. they took it down. here's the list:

 

1. Tim Couch QB Hyden, Ky. (Leslie County) 6-4 200 Kentucky

2. Travis Claridge OL Ft. Vancouver, Wa. (Ft Van.) 6-6 295 USC

3. Brad Williams DL Santa Anna, Ca. (Mater Dei) 6-6 240 Notre Dame

4. Darryl Owens LB Jackson, Miss. (Provine) 6-0 215 Florida

5. Joe Dawkins DB Hackensack, N.J. (Hackensack) 5-11 180 Penn State

6. DeAngelo Evans RB Wichita, Kan. (Collegiate) 5-10 200 Nebraska

7. Mike Burden ATH Palatine, Ill. (Palatine) 6-2 210 Ohio State

8. Jefferson Kelly OL Cincinnati, Oh. (Colerain) 6-6 305 Ohio State

9. Stan Guyness WR Los Alamitos, Ca. (Los Alam.) 6-3 170 USC

10. Eric Jefferson DL Shreveport, La. (Evangel) 6-4 250 Illinois

11. Andy Katzenmoyer LB Westerville, Oh. (South) 6-5 240 Ohio State

12. Dan O'Leary TE Cleveland, Oh. (St. Ignatius) 6-5 225 Notre Dame

13. Courtney Brown DL Moncks Corner, S.C. (Maced.) 6-5 235 Penn State

14. Durrell Price RB Sylmar, Ca. (Sylmar) 6-1 205 UCLA

15. Kenneth Davis WR Houston, Tx. (Washington) 6-0 190 Houston

16. Earl Haniford QB Martinsville, Ind. (Mrtnvlle) 6-3 210 Indiana

17. Dwayne Goodrich DB Oak Lawn, Ill. (Richards) 6-0 180 Tennessee

18. Billy Brann OL Blue Springs, Mo. (South) 6-4 270 Iowa

19. Quinton Spotwood WR Elizabeth, N.J. (Elizabeth) 5-11 175 Syracuse

20. Brandon Daniels ATH Ada, Ok. (Ada) 6-1 195 Oklahoma

21. Robaire Smith DL Flint, Mich. (Northern) 6-7 240 Michigan St

22. Chris Claiborne LB Riverside, Ca. (North) 6-3 225 USC

23. Patrick Pass RB Tucker, Ga. (Tucker) 6-0 205 Georgia

24. Brad Barnes OL Yorktown, Va. (Tabb) 6-7 270 Virginia

25. Daymon Carroll ATH Norristown, Pa. (Norristown) 5-11 180 Florida

26. R. Jay Soward WR Rialto, Ca. (Eisenhower) 5-11 175 USC

27. Darrell Bush RB Houston, Tx. (Jersey Village) 5-9 175 Baylor

28. Robert Pollard DB Orange Park, Fl. (Or. Park) 6-2 195 Nebraska

29. Sheddrick Gurley DL Tallahassee, Fl. (Godby) 6-3 240 Florida

30. LaCory Collins ATH Oakland, Ca. (Skyline) 6-3 210 Oregon

31. Rashard Casey QB Hoboken, N.J. (Hoboken) 6-3 190 Penn State

32. Brandon Spoon LB Burlington, N.C. (Williams) 6-3 225 North Carolina

33. Zac Zedalis OL Alanchua, Fl. (Santa Fe) 6-3 275 Florida

34. Ketric Sanford RB Corsicana, Tx. (Corsicana) 5-9 190 Houston

35. Shawn McCorkle DB Dothan, Ala. (Northview) 6-0 175 Florida St

36. Jesse Warren DL Dallas, Tx. (Carter) 6-5 255 Colorado

37. Chad Ward OL Kennewick, Wa. (Riverview) 6-6 310 Washington

38. Ralph Brown DB La Puente, Ca. (Bishop Amat) 5-11 180 Nebraska

39. Nathaniel Webster LB Miami, Fl. (Northwestern) 6-1 215 Miami

40. Nick Goings RB Dublin, Oh. (Scioto) 6-0 210 Ohio State

41. Ron Dayne FB Pine Hill, N.J. (Pine Hill) 5-10 250 Wisconsin

42. Plexico Burress WR Vir. Beach, Va. (Green Run) 6-4 195 Michigan St

43. Demond Gibson DL Pittsburgh, Pa. (Penn Hills) 6-3 305 Pittsburgh

44. Odell James QB Houston, Tx. (McArthur) 6-5 200 Baylor

45. Rufus French TE Amory, Miss. (Amory) 6-5 220 Mississippi

46. Chris Edwards LB Sandersville, Ga. (Wash. Co.) 6-5 215 Georgia Tech

47. Raki Nelson WR Harrisburg, Pa. (McDevitt) 6-1 170 Notre Dame

48. Marques Sullivan OL Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick) 6-6 300 Illinois

49. Gerald Griffin DB Murfreesboro, Tn. (Riverdale) 6-2 175 Tennessee

50. Ortege Jenkins ATH Long Beach, Ca. (Jordan) 6-3 205 Arizona

51. Mike Wiley RB Monte Vista, Ca. (Grossmont) 6-0 180 Ohio State

52. Tim Hasselback QB Danvers, Ma. (Xaverian) 6-2 200 Boston College

53. Kenny Smith DL Stevenson, Ala. (N Jackson) 6-6 250 Alabama

54. Mike Cook OL Walpole, Mass. (Walpole) 6-5 285 Boston College

55. Curtis Williams RB Fresno, Ca. (Bullard) 5-10 175 Washington

56. Titcus Pettrigrew WR Clemmons, N.C. (West Forsyth) 6-2 185 Penn State

57. Chris Thierry LB Baytown, Tx. (Lee) 6-3 220 Texas A&M

58. Jeff Backus OL Norcross, Ga. (Norcross) 6-6 280 Michigan

59. Mike Brown ATH Scottsdale, Az. (Saguaro) 5-11 185 Nebraska

60. Sedrick Irvin RB Miami, Fl. (Miami High) 5-11 210 Michigan St

61. Jeremiah Pharms LB Sacremento, Ca. (Valley) 6-3 220 Washington

62. Tommy Hendricks DB Houston, Tx. (Eisenhower) 6-2 195 Michigan

63. Neil Carroll OL Chicago, Ill. (St. Patrick) 6-6 280 Northwestern

64. Derrion Yates DL Houston, Tx. (Washington) 6-7 240 LSU

65. Thomas Jones RB Big Stone Gap, Va. (Powell) 6-0 190 Virginia

66. Gorman Thornton TE Montgomery, Ala. (Davis) 6-4 245 Alabama

67. Laveranues Coles RB Jacksonville, Fl. (Jackson.) 6-0 190 Florida St

68. Alcender Jackson OL Moss Point, Mis. (Moss Point) 6-4 320 LSU

69. Quincy Hipps DL Tampa, Fl. (Catholic) 6-4 240 Miami

70. Quincy Carter QB Decatur, Ga. (SW DeKalb) 6-3 205 Georgia Tech

71. Jon Muyres DB Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview) 6-3 180 Georgia Tech

72. Trevor Roberts OL Norco, Ca. (Norco) 6-4 280 USC

73. Mal Lawyer WR Moncks Corner, S.C.(Berkeley) 5-11 175 Clemson

74. John Gibson DB Papillion, Neb. (Lavista) 6-0 175 Nebraska

75. Thaddeus Bullard DL Live Oak, Fl. (Suwanee) 6-5 250 Florida

76. George Guidry LB Lake Charles, La. (Wash.) 6-3 230 Nebraska

77. Gary Berry DB Columbus, Oh. (DeSales) 6-0 200 Ohio State

78. Jonathan Beasley QB Glendale, Ariz. (Cactus) 6-2 200 Kansas State

79. Cedric Woodard DL Sweeny, Tx. (Sweeny) 6-4 265 Texas

80. William Spearman WR Camden, N.J. (Woodrow Wilson) 6-2 180 Unsigned

81. Tony Ippolito OL Stockton, Ca. (Lincoln) 6-5 265 UCLA

82. Cecil Collins RB Leesville, La. (Leesville) 5-10 200 LSU

83. Kwaesi Palmer LB Sulphur Springs, Tx. (S Spr.) 6-2 225 Florida St

84. Mike Woods ATH Del City, Ok. (Del City) 5-10 170 Oklahoma

85. Donald Heaven DL Miami, Fl. (Carol City) 6-5 270 Florida St

86. Mike Solwold TE Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead) 6-6 230 Wisconsin

87. Jermale Kelly WR Greenville, S.C. (Berea) 6-3 185 South Carolina

88. Champ Bailey DB Folkston, Ga. (Chartlon Co.) 6-1 170 Georgia

89. Elijah Burkins ATH Port Aurthur, Tx. (Jefferson) 5-9 185 Baylor

90. Derrick Chambers DL Laundale, N.C. (Burns) 6-5 240 Florida

91. Chris Valletta OL Plano, Tx. (Plano) 6-4 290 Texas A&M

92. Lorenzo Ferguson DB Chesapeake, Va. (W Branch) 6-2 190 Virginia Tech

93. Damione Lewis DL Sulphur Springs, Tx. (S Spr.) 6-4 250 Miami

94. Vernon Maxwell RB Midwest City, Ok. (MW City) 6-3 195 Tennessee

95. Ian McIntosh ATH Cheshire, Conn. (Cheshire) 5-11 180 Syracuse

96. Adam Bledsoe QB Yakima, Wa. (Eisenhower) 6-4 200 Colorado

97. Courtney Leavitt K Germantown, Ten. (Germantown) 6-0 205 South Carolina

98. Edgerrin James RB Immokalee, Fl. (Immokalee) 6-1 215 Miami

99. John Anes FB Grand Rapids, Mi. (E Kentwood)6-3 245 Michigan

100. Paul Tannous OL Houston, Tx. (Cypress Creek) 6-4 275 Michigan

[Soxbadger]

Edge and Champ way down the list.

 

Its just hard to project High School players. I mean Courtney Brown was supposed to be a sure bet in the Pros, but never has reached his potential showing that even the jump from college to NFL is often hard to predict.

 

Alot of good players are in the middle of the pack, Thomas Jones, Backus, even Plaxico.

 

And Ron Dayne was 44 as a FB?

 

Also Coles as rb lol.

[whitesoxfan99]

Its just hard to project High School players. I mean Courtney Brown was supposed to be a sure bet in the Pros, but never has reached his potential showing that even the jump from college to NFL is often hard to predict.

 

 

Injuries have been his biggest problem in the pros.

[thedoctor]

Alot of good players are in the middle of the pack

 

no doubt. heck, there's even two first round nfl picks (edge and damione lewis) in the final 10.

[Chisoxfn]

Edge and Champ way down the list.

 

Its just hard to project High School players. I mean Courtney Brown was supposed to be a sure bet in the Pros, but never has reached his potential showing that even the jump from college to NFL is often hard to predict.

 

Alot of good players are in the middle of the pack, Thomas Jones, Backus, even Plaxico.

 

And Ron Dayne was 44 as a FB?

 

Also Coles as rb lol.

Goings was on that list too. Pretty crazy list. Tons of high draft picks and solid NFL players on there.

 

Mike Brown was on it too. And than there was Katzenmoyer, what happened to that guy. He was a machine in college (didn't he eventually have some sort of career ending injury?)

[thedoctor]

Goings was on that list too.  Pretty crazy list.  Tons of high draft picks and solid NFL players on there. 

 

Mike Brown was on it too.  And than there was Katzenmoyer, what happened to that guy.  He was a machine in college (didn't he eventually have some sort of career ending injury?)

 

katzenmoyer had a neck injury with the pats that ended his career. he coaches high school football in the burbs out this way.

[Palehosefan]

Here is something interesting from the UCLA Bruins message boards.

 

This story was posted on Bruin Nation:

 

"The story has been going around today that ESPN the Magazine has "outed" former ESPN personality and recruiting guru Tom Lemming as a Notre Dame shill. The excerpt comes from an article on Rivals top 10 player and all-everything cornerback Myron Rolle, a highly regarded player who is also making a name as one of the most well spoken and articulate 5* recruits to ever come down the pike. And it reads as follows:

 

"Tom Lemming is a huge Notre Dame guy," Myron says. "He kept saying to me, `You know they have a great coaching staff. You know Charlie Weis is Mr. NFL. You're an academic guy. That place is for you.' Then he killed Florida State. He said, `You're stupid if you go there.' Um, okay. Thanks."

 

The article is raising eyebrows across the internet, which surprises me, because outing Tom Lemming as a Notre Dame shill is like outing me as a guy who likes cookies. Lorenzo Booker made exactly the same accusation (about Lemming, not me), but he didn't have a 4.0 GPA, and he was going to FSU and enough people were able to write it off as "typical loudmouth Seminole ... probably got @#%$ 'cause Lemming dropped him in the rankings.""

[Chisoxfn]

Where is Rolle going? Or has he not announced that yet?

[WHarris1]

FSU

[Palehosefan]

Penn State is putting up a dominant class again this year. Pat Devlin 5 star QB switched his verbal from Miami to PSU yesterday, then PSU picked up a 4 star DT, and a 5 star OL today. Also, strong rumors that Vidal Hazelton, one of the top 5 players in the country, and current USC commit, is seriously thinking about switching to PSU as well. Amazing what a commit from Derrick Williams last year did for PSU, he made it cool again to play for PSU.

[Rex Hudler]

chocolate chip???

[thedoctor]

good commitment today for illinois. jeff cumberland a four-star recruit from rivals and scout, chose the illini. cumberland is out of brookhaven high school in columbus, ohio.

 

jeff cumberland

 

rivals story

 

also, illinois is looking good for four-star receiver kenny britt out of virginia. britt eliminated virginia (one of his other leaders) today.

[WHarris1]

good commitment today for illinois. jeff cumberland a four-star recruit from rivals and scout, chose the illini. cumberland is out of brookhaven high school in columbus, ohio.

 

jeff cumberland

 

rivals story

 

also, illinois is looking good for four-star receiver kenny britt out of virginia. britt eliminated virginia (one of his other leaders) today.

Nice, 2 solid TE's in this class.

 

And it definitely looks good for Britt. The WR's in this class are among the best in the country.

[illinilaw08]

good commitment today for illinois. jeff cumberland a four-star recruit from rivals and scout, chose the illini. cumberland is out of brookhaven high school in columbus, ohio.

 

jeff cumberland

 

rivals story

 

also, illinois is looking good for four-star receiver kenny britt out of virginia. britt eliminated virginia (one of his other leaders) today.

 

Cumberland is a very good get. Hopefully his grades are in order and he is playing TE for the Illini next year.

[thedoctor]

Cumberland is a very good get.  Hopefully his grades are in order and he is playing TE for the Illini next year.

 

honestly, i have not read much that is really encouraging grade-wise. he's had a 2.45 gpa last i heard, which would probably put him in the range of needing an 840 on the SAT to qualify. so, perhaps it's a longshot, but if it comes in this is a really, really good get.

[Palehosefan]

You are correct thedoctor...

http://texastech.scout.com/3/recruiting-grades-code.html

 

I just found that link about a week ago, I could have used that for the past 5 years.

[illinilaw08]

You are correct thedoctor...

http://texastech.scout.com/3/recruiting-grades-code.html

 

I just found that link about a week ago, I could have used that for the past 5 years.

 

Oh wow, that link is awesome. Thanks for that.

[whitesoxfan101]

I would be very surprised if Cumberland qualifies. If not, hopefully he goes for prep school next year and then re commits to the Illini a la Rahkeem Smith. This kid is a stud prospect and would be the jewel of this class besides Juice obviously.

[whitesoxfan101]

4 star WR Kenny Britt of New Jersey has verballed to Illinois, per rivals.

 

http://illinois.rivals.com/

 

Awesome news, wtg Zooker.