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Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Other Interesting Names

2007-08-19T15:48:00.000-04:00

Indiana Jones LB Albuquerque Cibola New Mexico
Gator Godlove LB/RB 5'10 200 Batavia New York
Atticus Disney DL Andover Central Kansas
Trevino Woods OL 6'5 282 5.42 Athens Clarke Central Georgia
Benson Hedges DB 5'9 145 Owensboro Catholic Kentucky
Unique Occena DL/OL 6'1 260 Spring Valley New York
Jeremiah Big Spring DB/WR 6'0 165 Kellogg Idaho
Mike Bizzarro RB Whippany Park New Jersey
Brooklyn Fox QB 6'4 200 Tulsa East Central Oklahoma
Taxi Wilson OL 6'2 205 Seattle Lakeside Washington
Green Hill RB Aransas Pass Texas
Bryce Golightly RB 5'9 165 4.40 Levelland Texas
Sam Starbuck QB Logansport Indiana
Arby Fields RB/DB 5'8 186 4.59 Rancho Cucamonga Los Osos California
Addidas Tolliver LB 6'0 195 4.50 New Port Richey Ridgewood Florida
Arvie Kilongkilong DB 5'9 150 McAuley Catholic Missouri
Latani Moi Moi DL 6'3 230 Menlo-Atherton California
So-Rare Harrelson WR 6'2 180 Chesapeake Oscar Smith Virginia
Cole Cherryholmes QB Remington Kansas
Tony Lira WR/QB 5'6 145 4.68 San Antonio Southwest Texas
Kevin Yen OL 6'3 226 Irvine University California
Ekolu Soon WR 5'10 160 Honolulu Kamehameha Hawaii
Shawnta Husband WR 6'1 180 Inglewood Morningside California
Ebahn Feathers QB/ATH 5'11 189 4.38 Fresno Washington Union California
Keegan Grabhorn WR/DB 6'1 175 Plymouth North Massachusetts
Shady Salamon RB/DB 5'10 180 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota
Sam Son LB 6'2 205 Irvine University California
Kennedy Freeman RB/WR/DB 5'6 160 Normal Community Illinois
Thor Klinker LB 5'9 185 South O'Brien Iowa
Jake Fickle RB 5'11 215 Buena Vista Colorado
Robis Stamp RB Kokomo Taylor Indiana
Skyler Luxa RB 5'11 175 4.68 Blair Nebraska
Tom Roque RB Dunkirk New York
Alex Diffendaffer LB 5'10 200 Berthoud Colorado
David Person WR 5'11 160 4.50 Henderson Southern Vance North Carolina
Alexander Alexis WR 5'10 West Palm Beach Gardens Florida
Leslie Purdue WR 5'7 170 Whitehouse Texas
Chris Prom TE/DL 6'4 210 Port Washington Wisconsin
Larry Skippergosh OL/DL 6'5 265 Charlevoix Michigan
David Flunker TE/DL/LB Detroit Frederick Douglass Michigan
Michael Woodsmall DB/RB 6'1 195 Farmersburg North Central Indiana
Drew Rainwater DB 6'0 175 Lebanon Oregon
Laderek Tolefree DB/LB 5'9 175 Texas
Orry Fruit DB/QB 5'10 170 Ekalaka Montana
Stokes Volatile LB/OL 6'0 175 Arden Christ School North Carolina
Tiuke Tuipulotu DB/RB/LB 5'9 175 San Mateo Serra California
Leons Kabongo DB/LB 5'11 190 4.40 Woodbridge Gar-Field Virginia
Jordan Free OL 6'3 280 Baton Rouge Parkview Baptist Louisiana
Dorson Dort DB 5'8 160 Delray Beach Atlantic Florida
Cameo Holloway DB/RB/LB 5'9 181 4.74 Eastman Dodge County Georgia
Justin Renew TE 6'5 215 5.34 Kingsland Camden County Georgia
L.J. Gamblin LB 6'3 215 Des Moines Lincoln Iowa
Travis Trickey LB 6'4 220 Eagar Round Valley Arizona
Kyle Ka'aihu-Kaimiola LB 5'10 187 Wailuku Baldwin Hawaii
Greg Shotwell DB/RB 5'10 190 Elyria Ohio
Elirah Quawishafazz DB/LB 5'11 180 Chicago Englewood Illinois

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: German History

2007-08-19T15:46:00.000-04:00

John Fuhrer RB 5'7 181 Keystone Oaks Pennsylvania
William Reich OL 6'4 273 5.08 Worcester Academy Massachusetts
Gene Goering QB 6'2 192 Archbold Ohio
Bismark Navaro DB/WR 5'8 San Francisco Lowell California

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Two-Way Players

2007-08-19T15:45:00.000-04:00

George George TE 6'5 226 Salem Virginia
Niko Auga Niko DB 5'11 175 Carson California

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Show Them Respect

2007-08-19T15:43:00.000-04:00

Yourhighness Morgan LB 6'2 218 4.53 Bushnell South Sumter Florida
Sir Abernathy RB 5'9 190 4.60 Cincinnati Withrow Ohio
Sir Weakley RB 5'10 193 Louisville Ballard Kentucky
Nick Royalty OL 6'2 310 Somerset Southwestern Kentucky
Prince Osei DB 5'11 162 4.56 Tallahassee North Florida Christian Florida

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Not Good Football Names

2007-08-19T15:42:00.000-04:00

Landon Loafman LB/DL/OL 5'11 204 Plainview Texas
Tim Dandy TE/DL 6'2 194 4.73 Citra North Marion Florida
Rashaad Slowley DB/RB 6'0 185 White Plains Archbishop Stepinac New York
BaRack Little TE/WR 6'2 219 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia
Barry Pillow DB 5'9 165 4.68 San Antonio Clark Texas
Nick Minni OL 6'2 240 Katy Mayde Creek Texas

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Good Football Names

2007-08-19T15:40:00.001-04:00

Clint Not Afraid QB 6'1 160 Browning Montana
Star Jackson QB 6'3 183 4.51 Lake Worth Florida
Justin Gunn QB/DB 6'3 180 Renton Washington
Shay Newcomer QB 6'0 185 4.91 Crystal River Florida
Cash Clemons QB Florence Arizona
Zach Gallup QB/LB Bronson Michigan
Angelo Threat QB Buffalo East New York
Dwayne Stallion RB 5'9 174 4.68 Colton California
Ty Sparks RB 5'8 155 Lexington Tates Creek Kentucky
Roderick Rumble WR/DB 6'3 191 Oak Harbor Washington
Chase Nakamura WR 6'3 175 Wailuku Baldwin Hawaii
Skylar Stormo TE 6'4 225 4.70 Kamiak Washington
Carl Swift OL/DL 6'6 309 5.65 New York Choir Academy of Harlem New York
James Driver OL/DL 6'3 305 Tri-Center Iowa
Jamoris Slaughter DB 6'1 185 4.50 Stone Mountain Tucker Georgia
Bacarri Rambo DB/QB/ATH 6'1 195 4.46 Donalsonville Seminole County Georgia
Dakota Grit LB/RB 6'0 185 4.70 Ronda East Wilkes North Carolina
Freddie Smooth OL 6'5 330 Baton Rouge Desire Street Academy Louisiana
James Jett DB 5'10 170 Pittsburgh Carrick Pennsylvania
Anthony Speed DB 6'5 Tallahassee Lincoln Florida
Zach Flies DB/QB 6'3 185 Plainview/Elgin-Millville Minnesota
Mike Demon LB Broomfield Holy Family Colorado
Tyler Jock DB/RB 5'11 170 Bonner Springs Kansas
Eric Best DB/QB 5'10 160 Tellico Plains Tennessee
Ryan Ripp OL 6'3 290 Lodi Wisconsin
Jomarcus Savage DL 6'3 262 4.57 Huntsville J.O. Johnson Alabama
Marcus Outland DL Saginaw Texas
Grant Steelman DL/OL 6'1 305 Havre de Grace Maryland
Johnathan Harms OL 6'4 330 Mayfield Graves County Kentucky
DeAndra Savage DL 6'4 280 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan
Hayden Hunsucker DL 6'3 240 Arvada Pomona Colorado
Chris Sackman LB/RB Clearwater
Matt Bashline LB 5'11 190 Keystone Pennsylvania
Colin Rockhold LB 6'4 220 Bellefontaine Ohio
T.J. Victory LB/OL 5'10 220 Cross Plains East Robertson Tennessee
Dominique Battle DB/WR 6'0 166 4.60 Delray American Heritage Florida
Jack Meaney WR/DB 5'11 155 Ashtabula Lakeside Ohio
Chris Jammer DB 6'1 175 4.50 Sweeny Texas
Chase Sexton LB/DB/RB 6'4 210 Salem West Salem Oregon
Brady Bomber DB/WR 5'11 160 Lynden Washington
Chase Horton LB Camden Tennessee
Chase Simmons LB/RB 6'1 205 Michigantown Clinton Central Indiana
Justin Strong LB 5'9 215 Phoenix North Arizona
Ian Wild DB 6'0 187 4.77 Pittsburgh Baldwin Pennsylvania
Chase Officer DB/WR 6'2 185 McMinnville Warren County Tennessee
Hawk Rouse OL 6'2 260 Dickson Oklahoma
Anthony Steplight WR 5'10 168 Garfield Heights Ohio
Edwin Mercedes LB 5'10 190 4.70 St. Petersburg Northeast Florida
Brett Amo TE/DL 6'5 225 Marquette Michigan
Jordan Bookhard DL Dreher South Carolina

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Geographic Names

2007-08-19T15:36:00.000-04:00

Mason Dickson LB/RB 5'10 195 Yellville-Summit Arkansas
Dakota Derrick QB 6'5 192 4.67 Conway South Carolina
Zaire Washington RB 5'11 189 4.75 Clairton Pennsylvania
Paris Cotton RB 5'9 185 Hialeah Florida
Shane Israel RB 5'6 170 Lexington Catholic Kentucky
Israel Woolfork WR/DB 6'3 181 4.50 Livonia Franklin Michigan
Charles Germany WR 6'2 188 Milpitas California
George Dallas WR 5'11 150 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
Richard Spain OL 6'5 284 6.19 Summerville South Carolina
Mike Madrid LB 6'0 235 Gilbert Highland Arizona
J.D. East LB 6'0 215 Indianapolis North Central Indiana
Houston Hobbs DB 6'0 190 Evansville Reitz Indiana

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Lovely Names

2007-08-19T15:35:00.000-04:00

Adonis Adonakis LB/RB 6'0 213 Walled Lake Central Michigan
Aaron Casanova RB 5'9 165 San Antonio O'Connor Texas
Cassanova Selvage OL 6'4 295 Satsuma Alabama
Donte Valentino DB/RB 5'7 155 California Pennsylvania
Jarred Darling DL/OL 6'5 280 5.41 Weston Cypress Bay Florida
Josh Lovendusky DL West Milford New Jersey
Harold Lover OL Portland Roosevelt Oregon

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: "Unique" Names

2007-08-19T15:33:00.000-04:00

Nimrod Piggee WR 5'10 165 Galt California
Clayton Pusey P/PK 6'0 182 Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran Indiana
Adam Hooter DB 5'10 170 Washington Indiana
Scott Glasscock DL/OL 5'11 230 Virginia Beach Salem Virginia
Brad Smelley QB/TE 6'3 213 Tuscaloosa American Christian Academy Alabama
Micah Piggee RB Galt California
Ben Pigg DB/QB/PK/P 5'10 170 Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain Arizona
Tyler Porco QB/LB 6'2 203 4.97 McMurray Peters Township Pennsylvania
Michael Laycock QB 5'11 165 Jamestown Virginia
Chris Lecoq DL/OL 6'2 220 Livonia Louisiana
Dyson Dick TE 6'3 185 Centralia Missouri
David Dick DL/OL 6'3 290 5.00 Dayton Chaminade-Julienne Ohio
Greg Dick DB/RB 5'9 170 Metairie Archbishop Rummel Louisiana
Jonathan Gaye RB 6'0 190 4.35 Denver Mullen Colorado
Darius Hooker WR 6'2 175 Arroyo Valley California
Tyler Hooker OL 6'2 260 Manor Texas
Zach Clapp LB/RB 6'0 205 Rockville Indiana
David O'Rear OL 6'4 230 Penn-Trafford Pennsylvania
Josh Aho WR 6'3 180 Dassel-Cokato Minnesota
Eddie Colon DL Tampa Gaither Florida
Cashas Pollard DB/QB/ATH 5'10 170 4.50 Tatum Texas
Ryan Nutter LB/RB 6'1 195 Canton GlenOak Ohio
Mike Dum LB 6'2 195 Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Indiana
Joe Stoner DB/QB/RB 6'0 200 4.55 Midwest City Carl Albert Oklahoma

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Religious Names

2007-08-19T15:32:00.000-04:00

Nathan Pagan RB/DB 5'10 220 Newington Connecticxut
Phil Morman LB/TE 6'2 225 4.70 Cresskill New Jersey
Nick Christman OL/DL 6'2 270 Sweet Home New York
Travis Cult DB Enterprise Utah
Markinley Saint-Fort WR 5'10 165 4.58 Sunrise Piper Florida
Joe St. Peter WR 6'2 160 5.20 Living Word Lutheran Wisconsin
Travis Angel LB 5'10 210 Paris Kentucky
Zach Priest RB Sparta Michigan

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Famous Half-Names

2007-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:00

Nick Plato TE/LB/DL 6'6 228 4.82 Edwardsville Illinois
Jared DiMaggio RB/DB St. Petersburg Keswick Christian Florida
Andrew Fellini OL 6'3 240 Walpole Massachusetts
Mike LaGuardia OL 6'1 340 Lakewood Bear Creek Colorado
T.J. Mahler QB 5'9 170 Orange Brighten California
Matt Dvorak RB 5'9 168 West St. Paul St. Croix Lutheran Minnesota
Conrad Schubert RB/DB 5'10 160 Walkerton John Glenn Indiana
Vince Santana WR 5'9 170 4.60 El Paso Del Valle Texas
Avi Castro PK 5'9 175 Seattle Rainier Beach Washington
Othello Coleman OL Beacon New York
Ryan Haliburton DL/LB 6'4 234 4.80 Wolfforth Frenship Texas
DanQuail Brown DL 5'10 265 Baton Rouge Woodlawn Louisiana

Class of 2008 All-Name Team: Famous Names

2007-08-19T15:22:00.000-04:00

Former Presidents

Thomas Jefferson LB/TE 6'3 200 Varnado Louisiana
John Adams DB 6'1 185 4.37 Akron Buchtel Ohio
Andrew Jackson RB 6'2 240 Hobart Indiana
Andrew Jackson RB Mohave Arizona
Andrew Johnson WR/DB 5'7 155 Scottsdale Saguaro Arizona
Gerald Ford WR 6'3 198 4.84 Gainesville Florida
Lyndon Johnson OL 6'2 255 Freehold New Jersey

Historic Figures

Marc Anthony DB/WR 6'0 175 4.59 Chandler Arizona
Elliott Ness LB Glendale O'Connor Arizona
Adam Smith OL/DL 6'5 270 Murfreesboro Blackman Tennessee

Less Than Historic Figure

David Duke QB 6'1 175 Ambridge Pennsylvania

Hollywood Stars

Tony Curtis WR 5'10 164 4.70 Greenville South Carolina
Kurt Russell WR/P Yakima East Valley Washington
Kevin Kline LB 6'0 215 New Berlin West Wisconsin
Harold Lloyd OL/DL 6'3 240 5.25 Janesville Parker Wisconsin

The World of Sports

Ty Cobb LB/OL 6'1 190 Hilliard Darby Ohio
Pete Rose DB/QB/ATH 6'1 185 4.58 Amherst County Virginia
Reggie Jackson WR 6'3 170 Palmer Colorado
Pedro Guerrero OL Laredo Nixon Texas
Sergio Garcia PK/RB Belle Plaine Minnesota
Ben Johnson QB/DB 6'1 180 Tucson Mountain View Arizona
Deion Sanders DB 5'10 160 Indianapolis Manual Indiana
Derrick Coleman RB 6'0 220 4.53 Fullerton Troy California
Tom Flores DL 6'0 220 Waxahachie Texas
Dean Smith OL/DL 5'10 305 5.30 Midland Greenwood Texas

News and Literature

Stephen King OL 6'3 250 Berkeley South Carolina
Brian Williams WR/LB 6'4 210 4.50 Carteret New Jersey
Larry King DB/RB 5'8 205 4.50 Houston King Texas
Chris Wallace WR 6'3 210 Jackson Wingfield Mississippi
Chris Wallace WR 6'0 190 Greenville South Carolina
Mike Wallace DL/OL Bishop Texas

Football Recruiting Analysts

Mike Farrell OL 6'6 272 5.45 Pittsburgh Shady Side Academy Pennsylvania

Music

Jim Morrison DB/RB/WR 6'0 205 4.45 Phoenix St. Mary's Arizona
Michael Jackson OL 6'1 284 Florence South Florence South Carolina
James Brown DL/OL 6'5 220 Burbank Columbia Washington
Brian Wilson DB 6'0 175 San Marcos Mission Hills California

U of M Auction to Benefit the Pat Maloy Cancer Scholarship

2007-07-29T14:01:00.000-04:00

I recently received an e-mail from the Noel Cimmino, the Co-Chair of the Bernard Maloy Scholarship at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan will be hosting an online auction of Michigan Memorabilia to help fund the Scholarship.

The Scholarship is in honor of a professor at Michigan who passed away in 2001 of esophageal cancer. Once its funded it will be awarded to Michigan undergrads who either have cancer themselves or who have direct family members who have or are battling cancer.

To fund the Scholarship they are holding an online 'ebay style' auction of sports memorabilia just after Homecoming this October. About 2/3 of the items (currently about 190 items) are posted on their website,which can be found at www.umich.cmarket.com

Items to be auctioned include a ton of UofM football items by everyone from just about every major player to play at Michigan in the last few years and if they're not up there already, its probably on the way since over 100 former players have greed to contribute.

Mr. Cimmino is co-chairing the Scholarship committee along with Pat Maloy's widow,Nora, and 12 vice-chairs, including Tyrone Wheatley.

I strongly urge my readers, especially you Michigan fans out there, to take a look at the auction's website and consider making a bid for a great cause!

By the way, I'll be back from my summer break in mid-August with lots of interesting updates , including an early look at some of the top rising juniors, sophomores and freshmen along with my Class of 2008 All-Name and Bloodlines teams.

Post-Camp U-M Football Recruiting Thoughts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2007-06-23T15:06:00.000-04:00

The Good

The surprise verbal of Detroit Cass Tech rising junior William Campbell. This was important as Michigan is not heavily involved with many rising senior defensive tackles and it also helps to re-establish the Cass Tech pipeline after landing Boubacar Cissiko this year. The Joseph Barksdale fiasco still lingers…..

Speaking of rising junior class, the state of Michigan looks to be on the verge of producing a third consecutive class that would be considered at least slightly above average. The in-state rising juniors performed well, with a couple of other offers being extended. It looks to be a great year for in-state skill prospects, led by WR/CB James Jackson, WR Cameron Gordon and RBs Larry Capers and Hersey Jackson. I think the summer camp has actually become more important in identifying the top young talent and starting to establish relationships with these prospects. The Michigan coaching staff is starting to do a good job in adapting to the accelerated recruiting time line and kudos have to go to recruiting coordinator Chris Singletary with respect to this.

In my view, a limited number of new camp offers is a good thing. This means that the staff is further along in the evaluation process than they used to be in the old days, when summer camp was once early in the evaluation period.

New offers to rising seniors went out to the following prospects:

QB John Weinke

RB Jonas Gray

OL Rocko Khoury

OL Kevin Zeitler

CB Marc Anthony

The Weinke offer was not a big surprise once I learned he would be attending camp. He is one of the fastest-rising QBs in the nation and Michigan has been cslow in evaluating and offering QBs this year, in part because it is a down year for the position.

Gray finally received his offer after wowing onlookers at the camp, including running a 4.37 forty.

Khoury and Zeitler were the gong show winners among a large group of offensive linemen were were battling for a scholarship offer. A few camp offers needed to be given out here as Michigan has a need at the position and has finished second on a few higher-regarded prospects.

Anthony is one of the fastest-rising CB prospects in the nation. He lacks real jets, but has open hips and excellent coverage skills. It is also a position where Michigan needs to build some depth.

Here are a few campers who did not earn offers but who looked good enough to remain on the offer watch list heading into high summer:

RB/LB Glenn Winston

DE Glen Foster

DE Sean Progar

LB Kenny Demens

QB Nathan Stanley

LB/RB Brandon Beachum

WR Damion Dixon

CB/WR D.J. Woods

OL Deonte Pannell

Winston and Foster are two Glenn’s who have tremendous size/speed ratios and are really put together well. Classic high ceiling types who are still raw as football players.

Progar is a prospect to really watch out for. He has liked Michigan for some time and looked very good at the camp.

Stanley seemed to be possibly third on the Micvhigan QB target list after Mike Glennon and John Weinke. An offer could go out to him at any time.

Demens and Beachum could receive offers if Michigan misses out on some of their top LB targets.

Dixon could receive an offer down the road, especially if the news on Jon Baldwin is true.

The top uncommitted campers who have been offered by Michigan:

1. Ethan Johnson

2. Michael Floyd

3. Jonas Gray

4. Marcus Dowtin

5. Fred Smith

6. Kevin Koger

Michigan really helped themselves with Johnson, who has relatives nearby. Floyd is a longshot and could end up at Notre Dame. Dowtin, Smith and Koger are all seriously considering Michigan but none of them are locks.

The Bad

Thus far, there have been no rising senior verbals. It must also be disconcerting that prospects such as Rocko Khoury and Kevin Zeitler did not commit immediately and are considering Michigan State and Wisconsin, respectively. In the old days, Michigan would have locked up on these kids early.

I’ve heard from three separate sources that Michigan has fallen behind Notre Dame in the Jonathan Baldwin sweepstakes. This is the first bit or REAL bad news in the recruiting front this year. The other prospects Notre Dame has beaten U-M out for this year are all solid kids, but none are the difference-maker type of prospects that Baldwin is. Wolverine fans won’t be able to spin this one away should Baldwin go Irish.

Tyler Hoover to Michigan State. When is the last time Michigan State beat out Michigan for an in-stater that both schools offered. OK, so a lot of people aren’t enamored with Hoover as a DE, and the name Pat Massey is often heard in the conversation. Nevertheless, Hoover is a tall, rangy and athletic DE/TE/OT who I think could make an outstanding OT down the road. A loss, albeit not huge, for Michigan, but a huge get for MSU. These things are relative, after all.

The feeling that Michigan State could really make a big push when it comes to in-state recruiting. Michigan may have waited too long to offer Jones Gray, and with teammate Kenny Demens not yet sporting a Wolverine offer, I would not be surprised to see both verbal to the Spartans sooner rather than later. The longer this thing plays out the better for Michigan. I also think Michigan has a battle on their hands with Michigan State for both Fred Smith and Nick Perry. Michigan State just seems to be showing the in-staters a lot more love than the Wolverines. Perhaps this is because these are the biggest fish that Mark D’Antonio and company have to fry while Lloyd Carr and crew have a smorgasbord of blue-chippers to recruit and choose from.

Biggest camp disappointments:

None of the in-state quarterbacks (Mifsud, Lum, Follett, Krauss, Kay) emerged as an offer candidate.

People were waiting to see how Mike Hart’s cousin, Anton Harris, who was a star for Bitburg High in Germany, would do. Hes a hard-nosed runner like his cousin but didn’t show the speed to be a top flight recruit.

A lot of people were eager to see how small school in-state OT Zac Hueter would perform. He looks to be MAC-bound.

Was New York LB/RB Latavius Murray a now-show. Hes from Mike Hart’S school and could have earned himself an offer with a good camp performance.

Detroit CB Anthony Hollis was another no-show that puzzled people.

Yet another CB who failed to show was Illinois DB Tommie Thomas.

Pennsylvania WR/DB Vaughn Carraway was another no-show, albeit it one with an offer. Has his love affair with Michigan cooled?

The Ugly

One of the things that has really worried me in recent years has been our recruitment of the “Big Uglies”: the offensive linemen. In the past several years we have only landed a couple of consensus first or second team all-american recruits at that position: Steve Schilling and Justin Boren. And we almost lost Boren, a U-M legacy, to Ohio State because we waited so long in tendering an offer. Jake Long is a great talent and coming out of high school I REALLY liked him (as did a few other astute followers of U-M recruiting), but he was not a consensus national top 100 prospect.

I remember a few months ago when Dan O’Neill committed to U-M and Lloyd Carr told him that he would be part of the best OL class in the nation. Well, that is not necessarily happening. Sure, Kurt Wermers and Elliott Mealer are solid prospects, but they are not super elite linemen. Neither are new offerees Kevin Zeitler and Rocko Khoury. It should tell you something that Mealer failed to receive an Ohio State offer and we are battling Michigan State for Rocko and Wisconsin for Zeitler. Solid prospects, but not the supers we need to compete with the USCs, Ohio State’s and Florida’s of the world.

Here is how I have the linemen/prospective linemen ranked for Michigan as compared to our competitors (cumulative OL rankings, not divided between center, tackle, guard):

Michigan

17 Dan O’Neill

25 Zebrie Sanders

45 Kurt Wermers

48 Elliott Mealer

60 Rocko Khoury

62 Kevin Zeitler

Ohio State

5 Michael Brewster

6 Mike Adams

13 J.B. Shugarts

USC

1 Tyron Smith

3 Matt Kalil

33 Matt Meyer

Nebraska

10 Baker Steinkuhler

16 Trevor Robinson

28 Bryce Givens

31 Dan Hoch

Notre Dame

30 Lane Clelland

50 Braxston Cave

54 Mike Golic

As you can see, USC has managed to receive verbals from two offensive linemen in the past few months who are more highly rated that ANYBODY Michigan has signed at the position in, say, over ten years. Ohio State is on the verge of putting together an offensive line class for the ages. Nebraska’s class is also stronger and includes several kids they beat U-M out for. Currently, Michigan’s class is only slightly better than Notre Dame’s, and that’s simply because of O’Neill and the fact that Notre Dame already has a ton of Offensive line prospects on campus.

The offensive line class that Michigan is putting together this year reminds me quite a bit, both in terms of numbers and talent level, of the 2005 freshman class of Justin Schifano, Mark Ortmann, Cory Zirbel, Dave Moosman and Tim McAvoy. Schifano had a national ranking similar to O’Neill’s while all the others were more or less middling prospecst who were not national elite top 20 linemen. Entering their third year in the program perhaps one, likely Ortmann, will be a starter, and that is probably due to the fact that Schilling has missed so much time due to injury. Lots of road-graders who are fine agaist the likes of Indiana, Minnesota and even Michigan State, but have a tough time holding up against the athletic defenders at programs like USC. The proof is in the pudding.

It’s interesting to note that U-M has had very little success in recruiting both offensive linemen and the state of Illinois since Andy Moeller has been responsible for both at Michigan.

2007 University of Michigan Football Camp Preview

2007-06-17T17:03:00.001-04:00

The University of Michigan football camp kicks off on Monday, June 18.

Below is my overview of some of the top rising senior prospects who have indicated that they will or may be attending the camp. Please keep in mind that this is a very fluid list. Often players who say they plan on attending do not show up while others decide to attend at the last minute.

Quarterbacks

There is a need for Michigan to sign a QB this year as only Ryan Mallett and Dave Cone will be around in 2008. An incoming freshman would likely have a two year gap with Mallett probably not red shirting this year.

Michigan has only offered one QB that I believe it has a legitimate shot at signing and that is Mike Glennon out of Virginia. Don't be surprised to see the most impressive camp QB receive an offer and possibly even commit. It's a deep year for borderline U-M caliber QBs in Michigan and Krauss, Kay and Mifsud will all battle for that elusive offer. I also wouldn't be surprised to see in-staters Adam Follett, Craig Sacha and Chris Lum show up as well.

1 Jacob Charest QB 6'3 178 4.97 Charlotte Butler North Carolina Offers: LOU, NCST, MD, CAL, ILL Will camp Will be interesting to see if this Butler player shows up

2 Spencer Krauss QB/LB 6'1 212 Clinton Michigan Offers: STAN Will camp Fast-rising in-stater has a gun for an arm and is tough, but may be too short

3 Brendon Kay QB/ATH 6'4 218 4.77 Marine City Michigan Offers: EMU Will camp and Camped in 2006 On the radar for a while. Make or break time

4 Anthony Mifsud QB 6'4 184 4.90 Dearborn Michigan Will camp Least touted of the top four QBs camping but for some reason I suspect he is the most likely to receive an offer

Running Backs

McGuffie is the RB that U-M really wants and they may be reluctant to offer a similar sort of back in fear of scaring McGuffie away (which is, in my view, unlikely, as McGuffie loves competition).

Michigan will need to decide what to do about highly touted in-stater Jonas Gray. Ray is another in-stater who has blown up recently and watch out for super sleeper Anton Harris, who played this past year in Germany.

1 Sam McGuffie RB 5'11 191 4.32 Houston Cy-Fair Texas Offers: 20+ April Offers: KAN, TT, A&M, KANST, OK, MICH, GT, ND, FLA, AL, AZ, MIN, BAY, MIA, IAST, FSU, CAL, PSU, OKST, BC, USC Will camp Already offered

2 Jonas Gray RB 5'10 214 4.53 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan Offers: MICHST, COL, ILL, MIN, FLA, IA, CIN, PUR, LOU, TEN, WISC, NEB Will camp and Camped in 2006 If he isn't offered here, he may never be offered by U-M

3 Caulton Ray RB/DB 5'9 195 4.34 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan Offers: EMU, CMU, BG, CIN Will camp Blew up at Nebraska camp, but skills may be too similar to McGuffie to earn an offer unless he is willing to play CB

4 Andre Smith RB 5'11 185 4.40 Bakersfield East Bakersfield California Offers: ORE, COLST Will camp Curious to see if he will show up

5 Anton Harris RB/LB 5'9 200 4.50 Bitburg Germany Will camp Mike Hart's cousin was the top DOD player in Europe this past year. A super sleeper

6 Darrin Williams RB/WR/DB 5'6 163 4.34 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan Offers: CIN, HOWARD, CMU Will camp Cincinnati verbal who is cat-quick

7 James Cravens RB 6'0 217 4.47 Centerville Ohio Will camp Nice combo of power and speed

8 Jezrel White RB 5'11 190 Kalamazoo Hackett Michigan Will camp Small school stud to keep an eye on

9 DeAndre Johnson RB/DB 5'9 180 4.50 Madison Heights Madison Michigan Will camp Big numbers on the field but a bit small for U-M?

10 Glenn Winston RB/LB 6'1 213 4.39 Detroit Denby Michigan Will camp Rare size/speed ratio could make Winston this year's James Rogers. Watch him closely!

11 Mario Crawford RB/DB/WR 5'8 157 4.40 Romulus Michigan Offers: CMU Will camp Quick but too small

12 Dominique White RB/DB 5'7 171 4.70 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan Camped The best in a down year at St. Mary's

13 Angel Clybourn RB/LB 6'1 220 4.60 Princeton The Hun School New Jersey May camp Prep school star who is a sleeper as he only played in 3 games as a junior due to transfer rules.

14 Teddy Frommann RB/DL/LB 6'0 231 4.90 Portage Northern Michigan Will camp Nice-looking fullback who may be a step slow.

15 Charles Hollowell RB/WR 5'9 171 4.40 Detroit Renaissance Michigan Will camp Too small

Wide Receivers

U-M is feeling pretty good about current offerees Jon Baldwin, Darryl Stonum and Fred Smith, so I would be surprised to see new WR offers emerge unless someone truly stands out. Damion Dixon could be the most likely prospect to receive an offer (assuming Fuller does not show up).

1 Jeffrey Fuller WR 6'5 200 4.50 McKinney Boyd Texas Offers: 25 June Offers: A&M, OK, BC, BAY, DUKE, OKST, WISC, TCU, COL, MO, ILL, LSU, OHST, NEB, AL, TEX, FLA May camp Great offer list but will he show and will we offer a receiver at the camp? I doubt it for both.

2 Sedrick Johnson WR/LB 6'4 190 4.60 Arp Texas HOU, A&M, OKST, TULSA, NEB, MICH, FLA, COL May camp Reportedly already has an offer but will he show and, if so, will U-M fast-play him. Doubt it on both.

3 D.J. Woods WR/DB 6'0 175 4.35 Strongsville Ohio EMU, MIA (OH), KENTST, BALLST, IN, IA, PITT, NEB, AIR FORCE, WVU, WISC Will camp Tests great but plays a bit stiff. Could project at DB

4 Damion Dixon WR 6'4 180 4.50 Port Allen Louisiana AUB, FLA Will camp Sleeper to really watch out for. This year's LaTerryal Savoy?

5 Samuel Gaymon WR/DB 6'3 182 4.60 Detroit Renaissance Michigan CMU, EMU, TOL, CIN, BC Will camp One of the top prospects in Detroit but U-M has bigger fish to fry.

6 Jarrett Boykin WR 6'0 185 4.70 Charlotte Butler North Carolina Will camp Another Butler prospect

7 Lars Knudsen WR 6'4 173 4.50 Whitefish Bay Wisconsin Likely camper Good prospect, at least for the state of Wisconsin.

Tight Ends

Brandon Moore is already on board while Kevin Koger and Tyler Hoover are offerees who could also play TE. Ladner is a likely no-show after committing to CAL recently. Graham already has an offer. I don't really see any new offers at this position during camp week.

1 Spencer Ladner TE/WR 6'7 240 4.81 Kansas City Pembroke Hill Missouri Offers: 19 May Offers: MO, KAN, KANST, WISC, CLEM, WASH ST, NEB, MICH, OK, CAL, IA, COL, MO, UVA May camp Committed to California recently so I doubt he shows up

2 Hubie Graham TE/DL 6'4 225 4.70 Scranton West Scranton Pennsylvania Offers: 25 May Offers: PITT, SYR, VANDY, MICH, MIN, PSU, CLEM, IA, WISC, ILL, GT, VT, CFLA, NCST, SCAR, MICHST, FSU, BUFF, FLA, UCONN, BC, LOU, OK, UCLA, RUT Will camp Seems pretty open so it will be interesting to see if he shows

3 Cody Aughney TE 6'6 220 4.90 Henderson Green Valley Nevada Will camp Sleeper who looked solid at USC skills camp

4 Joe Collura TE/OL/DL 6'4 250 Hyattsville DeMatha Maryland Will camp Solid blocker

Offensive Linemen

Much like QB, there will be a real gong show going on for possible offers on the OL. Pocic may feel some heat to commit before the OL fills up as at least one of several in-staters along with Kevin Zeitler could well emerge with an offer this week.

1 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'8 291 Grand Haven Michigan Offers: WMU, CMU, PUR, MICH, MICHST, NEB, UCLA, FSU May camp and Camped in 2006 Michigan verbal

2 Graham Pocic OL 6'7 313 5.62 Lemont Illinois Offers: 20+ May Offers: ILL, WISC, NW, VANDY, IN, DUKE, PUR, MD, PSU, FSU, NCST, TEN, COL, FLA, MICH, BC, MIN, MIA, NCAR Will camp Already has an offer. From the same school as Dave Molk but a very different sort of lineman.

3 Elliott Mealer OL/DL/TE 6'6 280 5.20 Wauseon Ohio Offers: 13 April Offers: MIA (OH), BG, PUR, CIN, NW, DUKE, EMU, IN, MICHST, MICH Will camp Michigan verbal

4 Deontee Pannell OL/DL 6'6 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan Offers: MICHST, EMU, CMU, MIN, PUR, PSU, WISC Will camp Really blowing up this spring and has as good a chance as any lineman to land an offer at the camp. I so, the commitment watch would begin.

5 Rocko Khoury OL/DL 6'6 282 5.00 Traverse City West Michigan Offers: WMU, EMU, CMU, MICHST Will camp Right up there with Pannell as one who has a legit shot of receiving an offer with a solid camp

6 Kevin Zeitler OL 6'4 288 Milwaukee Wisconsin Lutheran Wisconsin Offers: AIR FORCE, ARMY, MIN, PUR, WISC, NILL Will camp One of the top prospects in Wiscosnin and has a great chance to receive an offer.

7 Zac Hueter OL/DL/TE 6'6 270 5.10 North Branch Michigan Offers: CMU Will camp Sleeper OT with a great frame and quick feet. With a great camp another offer, and commitment watch, possibilty

8 Andrew Sampson OL/DL 6'4 275 Aurora Overland Colorado Offers: WASH, AZST, COLST, UTAH May camp Will he show?

9 Chad Hounshell OL/DL 6'6 302 5.36 Mentor Lake Catholic Ohio Offers: 6 May Offers: COL, KAN, WMU, KENT ST, IN, MIA (OH) May camp; 2006 Camp Similar in a lot of ways to Pocic and has had a good spring

10 Carlin Landingham OL 6'2 275 5.69 Muskegon Michigan May camp May be too short to receive an offer

11 Matt Lipski OL 6'9 362 5.56 Ashland Oregon Will camp Athletic for a big guy, but needs to redistribute his weight.

12 Mohamad Moukdad OL 6'2 315 5.47 Dearborn Fordson Michigan Will camp Powerful road grader whose lack of ideal height hurts

13 Chris Groth OL 6'4 295 South Lyon Michigan May camp Sleeper OG prospect who is certainly on my possible offer radar

14 Ethan Ruhland OL 6'6 257 5.51 Lake Orion Michigan Offers: ARMY, AIR FORCE, EMU, CMU, WMU, MIA (OH) Will camp Plays for a strong program and has a nice frame

15 Marc Stevens OL/DL 6'5 298 5.59 Lexington Ohio Offers: 6 MAC Offers as of May: AKRON, BG, BALLST, WMU Will camp Stevens and everyone listed below would really have to surprise to be offered

16 Blaec Walker OL 6'6 317 Middletown Ohio Offers: BG, ILL, EMU Will camp

17 Neal Dieters OL 6'9 342 Elmhurst York Illinois Offers: UVA, TOL Will camp

18 Chip Robinson OL 6'6 370 6.41 Middletown Ohio Offers: BG, EMU, ILL Likely camper

19 Donald Mathis OL/DL 6'2 317 5.10 Detroit Crockett Michigan Will camp

20 Lawrence Young OL/DL 6'3 270 Detroit Renaissance Michigan Offers: CMU Will camp

21 Cory Christianson OL 6'2 278 5.30 Richfield Academy of Holy Angels Minnesota May camp and Camped in 2006

22 Guy Reynolds OL 6'2 314 5.44 Avondale Westview Arizona Offers: ID May camp

23 Austin Holtz OL 6'5 265 5.20 Holt Michigan Offers: EMU, BUFF Will camp

24 Paul Hashagen OL 6'4 270 5.00 West Grove Avon Grove Pennsylvania Will camp

25 Jeremy Snook OL/DL 6'4 289 Highland Milford Michigan May camp and Camped in 2006

26 Cameron Wagner OL 5'11 310 Batesville South Panola Mississippi May camp; Camped in 2006

27 Erik Radzilowski OL 6'3 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan Will camp

28 Lloyd Morrison OL/DL 6'3 271 Oradell Bergen Catholic New Jersey Will camp

Defensive Linemen

U-M really needs defensive linemen, especially DEs, in this class. Not a deep group of prospective campers but pretty top-heavy. Johnson will be camping the entire week and is the top prospect in Oregon. Koger could well commit this week. Glenn Foster is a very athletic edge rusher who is one of my top offer candidates this week.

1 Ethan Johnson DL/OL 6'5 253 5.16 Portland Lincoln Oregon Offers: ORE, ORE ST, COL, ND, AUB, USC, MIN, AZST, NEB, WASH, MICH, UVA Will camp One of the top DEs in the nation and will camp the entire week. Which is a good thing

2 Michael Martin DL/OL 6'1 290 4.89 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan Offers: 15 June Offers: NW, IA, PUR, MICHST, PSU, IN, MIA (OH), DUKE, MICH Will. Camp Michigan verbal

3 Kevin Koger DE/TE 6'4 2404.55 Toledo Whitmer Ohio Offers: MICH, OHST, several others. Will camp. Has been offered and there is a very good chance that he will verbal this month.

4 Glenn Foster DL/LB 6'4 233 4.40 Chicago Mount Carmel Illinois Offers: 14 June Offers: COL, IN, ILL, BALLST, EMU, WMU, WYO, KANST, NEB, MICHST, AKRON, TOL, BG, MIA (OH) May camp U-M needs DEs and Foster, who was cut from the 60 man frosh team in 2004, is a high ceiling type who could fit the bill

5 Eric Herman DL/OL 6'4 265 4.90 Toledo Central Catholic Ohio Offers: OHIO, WMU Will camp A good year for linemen in Toledo area, and Herman is a sleeper as he was injured much of his junior campaign

6 Dan Giordano DL 6'4 245 Frankfort Lincoln-Way East Illinois Offers: EMU, EASTERN ILL Will camp Road grader

7 Chinedum Umachi DL/TE 6'6 235 4.70 Detroit Renaissance Michigan Will camp Outstanding frame and athleticism but VERY raw

8 David Dick DL/OL 6'3 290 5.00 Dayton Chaminade-Julienne Ohio Will camp Plays hard

9 Josh Lott DL/TE 6'2 230 4.70 Warren Howland Ohio Will camp

Linebackers

Another position of need for U-M this year. Wilson is actually being recruited by U-M as an H-Back and already has an offer, as does Perry. Beachum, Demens and Murray are all blue-chippers who are battling for an offer. They all have a decent chance of eventually receiving one.

1 Christian Wilson LB/RB 6'3 235 4.65 McKees Rock Montour Pennsylvania Offers: 44 May Offers: LOU, MICH, OHST, MD, UVA, VT, AUB, IA, CLEM, PITT, PSU, PUR, FLA Will camp Already offered so unsure if he will camp

2 Nick Perry LB/DL/TE 6'3 211 4.51 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan Offers: MICHST, MICH, WVU, IN, PUR, MIN, ILL, BG, IA, TOL, OHST, PSU, WISC May camp Already offered but U-M needs to do some selling here

3 Brandon Beachum LB/DB/RB 6'0 214 4.82 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Ohio Offers: 25+ June Offers: CIN, MIA(OH), OK, NEB, IN, IAST, PITT, ILL, WISC, COL, MICHST, SYR, LSU, STAN, WVU, FSU, PSU, NCST, OK, BC, LOU May camp Highly touted but yet to be offered. A good perfomance could change that

4 Kenny Demens LB/RB 6'1 211 4.60 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan Offers: MICHST, PUR, ILL, IA, NEB, BC, MIN, WISC Will camp Package deal with Gray and is an offer possibility

5 Latavius Murray LB/RB 6'3 215 4.64 Nedrow Onondaga New York Offers: SYR, BC, CFLA, UCONN, MD Will camp Two-way back from Mike Hart's school. Runs well and has a nice frame. Could emerge with an offer

6 Brett Nagel LB/TE/QB 6'4 218 Lemont Illinois Offers: NW, VANDY, PUR, KANST, COL, STAN, IN, COLST, MICHST, AIR FORCE, BC May camp Bigger than older brother Aaron (ND signee), but the Domers have not yet offered

7 Dexter Heyman LB/DL/TE 6'4 216 5.09 Louisville Male Kentucky Offers: LOU, CIN, NW, IN, KY Will camp Was once more highly touted but offer list does not justify earlier AA status

8 Celester Barnes LB/TE 6'2 225 Montclair New Jersey Will camp Szabo has really been digging the Jersey shore in search of 'backers

9 Nick Schneider LB 6'3 225 4.70 Cincinnati St. Xavier Ohio Offers: BG, EMU Likely camper Prep star who may lack the athleticism and speed to play at U-M

10 Chad Sprayberry LB 6'3 230 4.70 Oak Forest Illinois Offers: AIR FORCE Will Camp Sleeper who has been moving up a bit in the spring, but doubt he will be offered

11 Mitch Zajac LB/OL 6'1 245 4.80 Holt Michigan Offers: WMU, CMU Will camp Run-stuffer who is an offer longshot, as are those listed below

12 Matt Carroll LB/QB 6'3 220 4.60 Kennett Square Unionville Pennsylvania Will camp

13 Zach Fortier LB/DL/RB 6'2 215 Spring Lake Michigan Will camp

14 Armond Staten LB/DL 6'2 210 Inkster Michigan Will camp

15 Matt Eisenzoph LB/RB/DB 6'0 202 Menominee Michigan May camp

16 Paul Swan LB/RB 6'1 190 Oconomowoc Wisconsin Will camp

Defensive Backs

Safety is a top priority for U-M this year, but there are a few big names that U-M has already offered and has a decent shot at landing (in particular the two New Jersey backs Will Hill and Brandon Smith), so offers may not be handed out so easily. McCarthy and Carraway already hold offers. Three CBs who are fighting for an offer are Marc Anthony, Tommie Thomas and Anthony Hollis. I wouldn't be surprised to see at least one emerge with an offer.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan Offers: MICH, MICHST, PSU, IA, TEN Michigan verbal

2 Daniel McCarthy DB 6'2 190 4.50 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Ohio Offers: 13 March Offers: OHST, AKRON, IN, MICH, LSU, OK, ND, MIA (OH), STAN, IA Will camp Talented safety who has a brother at ND and also likes the Buckeyes. Already offered.

3 Vaughn Carraway DB/WR 6'2 170 4.57 Laureldale Muhlenberg Pennsylvania Offers: UCONN, MICH, PSU, BC, PITT, WVU, SYR, TEN, TEMP, AKRON Likely Camper Has an offer, but he may want to play WR while U-M likes him at safety

4 Eddie Whitley DB 6'1 169 4.40 Charlotte Butler North Carolina Offers: LOU, DUKE, NCAR, UVA, NCST, KY, CAL, ORE, MD, ILL, GA Will camp and camped in 2006 and 2005 Possibly the only Butler DB who will show up, and the only one without an offer

5 Marc Anthony DB/WR 6'0 175 4.75 Chandler Arizona Offers: UTAH, WASH, BOISE ST, WASHST, AZST, WY, OREST, SDST, COLST, ILL, COL, UTEP Will camp On the rise prospect who could hang with Cleopatra but not Jerry Rice. Definite offer possibility.

6 Tommie Thomas DB/QB/ATH 6'0 165 4.40 Oak Lawn Richards Illinois Offers: PUR, ILL, IN, BALLST, CIN, COL, KANST, AKRON Will camp TomTom is definitey one who could receive an offer with an impressivge performance.

7 Anthony Hollis DB/WR 5'10 175 4.40 Detroit Northwestern Michigan Offers: BALLST Will camp and camped in 2006 A couple of inches away from being a definite offer type, but he still may get one

8 James Wade DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan Will camp Rangy safety makign the voyage across the street in search of a schollie.

9 Russell Ellington DB/WR 6'3 205 4.60 Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor Illinois Offers: LOU, WMU, EASTERN ILL Will camp Safety is a need so Russell has a shot, albeit a long one, at an offer

10 Bruce Horner DB/WR 6'1 170 4.45 Birmingham Groves Michigan Offers: EMU, BUFF, CIN Will camp Cincinnati verbal who is part of a strong Groves senior class. Did I say Groves?

11 Dan Atwood DB/RB 6'0 185 4.50 Gaithersburg Maryland Will camp Longshot for an offer

12 Darius Reeves DB/RB/WR 6'1 170 4.50 Gahanna Lincoln Ohio Will camp Son of former U-M safety Jeff Reeves. Could he surprise like another rising son, Troy Woolfolk, did last year?

13 Eli Biakabatuka DB 6'2 200 Montreal Lynx Canada May camp and Camped in 2006 Touchdown Tim's bro has a great frame for a safety but laskd brother's great skill set.

14 Cortez Smith DB/LB/RB 5'11 196 4.54 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan Offers: BALLST, IN May camp and Camped in 2006 Cortez is one of deep group of PSL DBs who just may be a step too slow or a bit too small to earn a U-M offer

15 Quinn Parnell DB/RB 5'9 168 4.40 Detroit Renaissance Michigan Will camp

16 Jeray Carraway DB/QB 5'11 179 Detroit Renaissance Michigan Will camp

17 Floyd Simmons DB/LB/TE 6'0 185 4.50 Detroit Crockett Michigan Will camp

18 Kyle DeMaster DB 6'1 180 4.50 Macomb Dakota Michigan Offers: EMU, BALLST Will camp

19 Chris Lopes DB/WR 5'9 170 4.50 Brockton Massachusetts Will camp

Most Likely To Be Offered (Assuming They Show Up)

1 Jeffrey Fuller
2 Brandon Beachum
3 Glenn Foster
4 Deontee Panell
5 Rocko Khoury
6 Kevin Zeitler
7 Kenny Demens
8 Latavius Murray
9 Zac Hueter
10 Jonas Gray
11 Tommie Thomas
12 Damion Dixon
13 D.J. Woods
14 Marc Anthony
15 Anthony Hollis
16 Anton Harris
17 Spencer Krauss
18 Brendan Kay
19 Chris Groth
20 Chad Hounshell
21 Glenn Winston
22 Caulton Ray

Most Likely To Commit In the Next Month (Including Non-Campers)

1 Fred Smith
2 Sam McGuffie
3 Kevin Koger
4 Darryl Stonum
5 Tyler Hoover
6 Christian Wilson
7 Nick Perry
8 Deontee Panell
9 Vaughn Carraway
10 Graham Pocic
11 Rocko Khoury
12 Latavius Murray
13 Kevin Zeitler
14 Glenn Foster
15 Brandon Beachum
16 Zac Hueter
17 Anthony Hollis
18 Tommie Thomas
19 Hubie Graham
20 Anthony Mifsud
21 D.J. Woods
22 Anton Harris
23 Spencer Krauss
24 Brendan Kay
25 Sedrick Johnson
26 Chris Groth
27 Marc Anthony
28 Glenn Winston

Favorite Sleepers (No Order)

Glenn Winston
Glenn Foster
Anton Harris
Zac Hueter
Anthony Hollis
Jezrel White
Anthony Mifsud
Spencer Krauss

Updated Top Recruiting Classes

2007-06-02T06:49:00.000-04:00

There has been a lot of big news since our last update.

Among the major developments:

Florida State: The continued early success of the Seminoles as they have landed five new verbals, including national top 100 types in Kyle Long and A.J. Alexander.

Notre Dame: Three more quality verbals including addressing a critical need on the defensive line with two of the additions.

Georgia: A bit topsy-turvy as they lost two verbals but landed three newcomers, including star WR Tavarres King.

Michigan: On a roll with three quality gets led by star TE Brandon Moore. Still trailing Notre Dame and Ohio State but closing the gap.

Nebraska: Just one new addition but QB Blaine Gabbert ranks with the very best in the nation and recently wowed onlookers on the summer camp circuit.

In terms of rankings, Texas continues to hold the top spot for the time being due to their combination of high quality and numbers. There are, however, several programs with a good chance of surpassing the Longhorns once they catch up on the numbers side. Oklahoma, Ohio State, Notre Dame, USC, Florida State and Georgia are the most likely candidates to eventually surpass the Longhorns.

Texas A&M continues to maintain a relatively high ranking primarily as a function of their high numbers. They will probably drop down a bit once other classes fill out with superior talent.

A few other notes:

Where is Florida? The defending national champs are off to a slow start and have just one early verbal. The last two classes are so loaded with young talent that it may be tough for Urban Meyer to put together another national top five class. Also, Miami and Florida State are doing a great job of rebounding on the recruiting front and locking up quality in-state talent.

Air Force: Air Force? Yes Air Force. I'm mentioning them because they are all over the place and aggressive in getting out early offers. I'm really surprised at how many prospects they have identified and offered early. We aren't necessarily talking about national elite top 250 prospects, but it is surprising to see a program with such strong academics rival schools such as Mississippi and Nebraska in getting out the early offers.

Penn State: It may be a tough year for Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions. Florida State has already poached a couple of quality Pennsylvanians, Ohio State recently picked up Andrew Sweat and PSU is not well-positioned to land such stars as Terrelle Pryor, Jonathan Baldwin and Shayne Hale.

Please note one new addition to my listing. I have highlighted in blue all new text that I have written in the school summaries since my last update.

Below are my latest rankings. You should note that the rankings are only based on actual high school verbals and do not reflect the status schools may have with uncomitted prospects. Moreover, I do not include junior college prospects in my rankings:

1. Texas

There are no new verbals for Texas since our last update.

The Longhorns are up to nineteen verbals after poaching talented linebacker Dravannti Johnson away from the Aggies. Double the Longhorns pleasure as Johnson is a very good get and is another blow to A&M's recruiting efforts.

Jarvis Humphrey is this year's top prospect out of talent-laden Cedar Hill and among the better DL prospects in the nation. Nolan Brewster is the first out-of-state verbal and possibly the top prospect in Colorado. His dad is the new head coach at Minnesota and is a close friend of Mack Brown. Brewster may have been the first prospect in the nation offered by the Longhorns this year.

Southlake Carroll products Tre' Newton and Riley Dodge are two of the most high profile verbals. They have helped lead their team to consecutive state 5A titles and have great bloodlines with Dodge's father being a former Texas QB (Todd Dodge) who just accepted the head coaching job at North Texas and Newton's dad being former NFL player Nate Newton. Dodge is perhaps the most impressive prep QB in the nation and if he were a couple of inches taller he would have had the entire universe after him. Even with his lack of stature he could still wind up starring at the position in college, he's that good. And if things don't work out at QB he has the athleticism and quicks to play another position, such as WR.

Antoine Hicks and Kheeston Randall are the other two underrated verbals. They aren't as highly touted as most of the other signees but Texas does a great job of evaluating top in-state talent before everyone else and both of these kids have great feet for their size and fine athleticism. Randall plays fo a small private school so has been under the radar. Hicks is a prep QB but will likely move to another position in college.

Snow is one of three national elite offensive linemen in the state. Buckner is probably the state's top WR and among the nation's best. Monroe is a national-caliber DB. Hills is the RB they wanted and the younger brother of Longhorn Tony Hills. Buchanan has been quickly moving up the charts and ranks just below the elite 3 OLs in the state. Tucker is arguably the nation's top kicker. The others are also all very good, Acho being a small school star and the younger brother of Longhorn signee Sam Acho and Williams looking very, very good at the U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio. Fitzhenry is a star prep QB who will play DB in college.

1 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas
2 Dan Buckner WR 6'5 200 4.47 Allen Texas
3 Nolan Brewster DB 6'2 195 4.60 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 D.J. Monroe DB/WR/RB 5'10 160 4.40 Angleton Texas
5 Jeremy Hills RB 6'0 186 4.40 Alief Elsik Texas
6 Jarvis Humphrey DL 6'2 290 5.00 Cedar Hill Texas
7 Aaron Williams DB 6'0 175 4.40 Round Rock McNeil Texas
8 Riley Dodge QB/WR/DB 5'11 170 4.59 Southlake Carroll Texas
9 Tre' Newton RB 6'0 194 4.60 Southlake Carroll Texas
10 Dravannti Johnson LB/DL 6'2 218 4.68 Nederland Texas
11 Mark Buchanan OL 6'5 265 4.90 Austin High Texas
12 Ryan Roberson LB/RB 5'10 210 4.52 Brenham Texas
13 Justin Tucker PK 6'0 165 4.65 Austin Westlake Texas
14 Brock Fitzhenry DB/RB/QB/ATH 5'10 180 4.42 Giddings Texas
15 Luke Poehlmann OL 6'7 260 4.98 Brenham Texas
16 Emmanuel Acho LB 6'2 210 4.60 Dallas St. Mark's Texas
17 Antoine Hicks WR/QB/ATH 6'2 190 4.50 Mansfield Timberview Texas
18 Kheeston Randall DL 6'4 270 4.97 Beaumont Monsignor Kelly Texas
19 Blake Gideon DB/WR 6'1 187 4.50 Leander Texas

2. Ohio State

The Buckeyes keep rolling along as just this past week they picked up blue-chip linebacker Andrew Sweat out of Pennsylvania. He has been compared by some to A.J. Hawk.

The Buckeyes have a top-heavy class and their top seven verbals are as good as anybody's.

Ohio State recently landed super offensive linemen Mike Brewster, who decided to join buddy Mike Adams as a Buckeye. In addition, Nathan Williams also recently committed to Ohio State. He's one of the top DE prospects in the Midwest. Ohio State is positioning themselves to have one of their best classes in recent history. It'a good year for talent in Ohio and everybody is talking about the offensive linemen the Buckeyes have landed, but what has most impressed me is that Jim Tressell has been successful early on in going outside of Ohio and attracting top talent. Shugarts is from Texas and Brewster from Florida. If he can continue to poach top talent from around the nation while keeping the top in-staters at home the future could be downright scary for Buckeye opponents.

Suburban Columbus teammates Adams and Stoneburner are outstanding prospects. Adams has drawn comparisons to the late Korey Stringer and is near the top of the list of a strong group of OLs in the nation this year. Stoneburner has the speed to split wide and frame to become an exceptional receiving TE.

Torrence has the skills to play on either side of the ball but will probably be a LB in Columbus. He's also a standout prospect and possibly even more talented than his older brother Devon, who signed with Ohio State in February. Posey was a bit under the radar at WR as it's such a great year nationally, but the Buckeyes offered early and really, really like him. That was a good idea, as he has exploded during the May evaluation period.

It's a great year for kickers in the state, and Buchanan probably has the strongest leg and definitely is the most versatile as both a kicker and punter.

1 Michael Brewster OL 6'5 294 5.25 Orlando Edgewater Florida
2 J.B. Shugarts OL/DL 6'8 290 5.12 Klein Texas
3 Mike Adams OL 6'7 300 5.47 Dublin Coffman Ohio
4 Devoe Torrence LB/RB 6'2 215 4.50 Canton South Ohio
5 Andrew Sweat LB/RB 6'2 233 4.72 Washington Trinity Pennsylvania
6 Jake Stoneburner TE/WR 6'5 218 4.54 Dublin Coffman Ohio
7 DeVier Posey WR 6'1 179 4.65 Cincinnati La Salle Ohio
8 Nathan Williams DL/LB/RB 6'4 240 5.00 Washington Courthouse Miami Trace Ohio
9 Ben Buchanan P/PK/WR 6'0 185 Westerville Central Ohio

3. Oklahoma

The Sooners are back with a roar. They don't have the quantity of early verbals that Texas and A&M have received, but their top quality is as good as anybody. In fact, some feel that they may have landed four of the top seven prospects in Texas in Washington, Good, Calhoun and Johnson. One UT service had Good as the states top prospect. I wonder if that will hold?

The latest verbal is Texas DE David King, a prospect whose stock was really up during the spring evaluation period.

QB Landry Jones is among the nation's best at his position. OL prospect Ben Habern is one of the top offensive linemen in Texas.

Bobby Stoops has built a foundation of early verbals that could help Oklahoma challenge for the national recruiting title this year.

1 Stephen Good OL 6'5 265 5.06 Paris Texas
2 R.J. Washington DL/LB 6'3 234 4.62 Keller Fossil Ridge Texas
3 Jermie Calhoun RB/DB 6'0 195 4.49 Van Texas
4 Justin Johnson RB/LB 6'3 210 4.50 Gilmer Texas
5 Landry Jones QB 6'5 215 4.75 Artesia New Mexico
6 Ben Habern OL 6'3 260 4.90 Denton Liberty Christian Texas
7 Daniel Franklin LB 6'3 215 4.60 Mount Airy Habersham Central Georgia
8 David King DL/LB 6'5 238 5.00 Houston Strake Jesuit Texas
9 Britt Mitchell OL/DL 6'8 300 5.05 Roscoe Texas

4. Notre Dame

Notre Dame continues to roll along and has picked up two quality defensive linemen, Hafis Williams and Brandon Newman, since our last update. These commitments help fill a position of critical need. Newman is your prototypical nose tackle while Williams has the potenetial to excel at either DE or DT. Another nice get is talented OL Lane Clelland. The Irish have done a great job of recruiting OL prospects the past couple of years and Clelland just adds to a very deep and talented group.

Other recent verbals include Dayne Crist, one of the top three signal-callers in the nation. Darius Fleming is yet another talented LB prospect who is among the top overall players in Illinois. Landing talented California TE Joseph Fauria was a bit of a surprise with Kyle Rudolph already on board, but landing him gives the Irish two tall, rangy and athletic tight ends who are among the nation's best.

Other verbals includes two talented linebackers in McDonald and Posluszny. Posluszny is the brother of Penn State all-american 'backer Paul Posluszny.

Notre Dame picked up a huge verbal last month in talented TE Kyle Rudolph, perhaps the nation's best at his position. He has a high ceiling. The other four verbals are all prospects with "high floors" and decent ceilings, typical Notre Dame Catholic school kids. The only non-Catholic school prospect, Cave, plays just down the road for state power Penn (same program as Mike Rosenthal a few years back).

The Irish have done a good job in locking-up local talent, landing two of the top three prospects in Indiana along with Cwymar, who is one of the top top linemen in the Midwest. Golic, the son of the former ND star and current ESPN broadcaster of the same name, called in from his vacation in Italy to commit to the Irish. He is one of the top linemen in the east. By the way, he
has a younger brother to keep an eye out for next year! Goodman will remind Irish fans of Jeff Smardzja.

1 Kyle Rudolph TE 6'7 220 4.70 Cincinnati Elder Ohio
2 Dayne Crist QB/LB 6'5 228 4.66 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
3 Darius Fleming LB/DL 6'2 220 4.57 Chicago St. Rita Illinois
4 Joseph Fauria TE 6'8 242 4.75 Encino Crespi California
5 Sean Cwynar DL/OL 6'4 280 Woodstock Marian Central Catholic Illinois
6 Lane Clelland OL/DL 6'5 270 4.90 Owings Mills McDonogh Maryland
7 John Goodman WR/QB/ATH 6'3 187 4.71 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Indiana
8 Anthony McDonald LB/RB 6'3 220 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
9 Hafis Williams DL/OL 6'4 275 4.85 Elizabeth New Jersey
10 Brandon Newman DL/OL 6'1 294 5.09 Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park Kentucky
11 David Posluszny LB/DB/RB 6'1 206 4.75 Aliquippa Hopewell Pennsylvania
12 Mike Golic OL 6'5 260 5.10 West Hartford Northwest Catholic Connecticut
13 Braxston Cave OL 6'3 292 5.38 Mishawaka Penn Indiana

5. Florida State

After a down recruiting class last year Bobby Bowden is back with a vengeance, and he's doing it in a very non-Seminole-like way with early verbals. The Seminoles have added five commitments since our last update, albeit one of them, stud OL Kyle Long, says that he will only be playing baseball in college. I suspect that he may change his mind and will rank and him the Florida State class making the assumption that he will play football. If he doesn't, the class would drop a few spots in the early rankings. Other talented newcomers include blue-chip DB A.J. Alexander out of Pennsylvania, sleeper TE Jabaris Little out of pipeline Tallahassee Lincoln High, rangy WR Avis Commack out of Jacksonville and talented DT Moses McCray.

Other recent verbals include two linebackers in talented Vincent Williams and athletic Nick Moody. Jermaine Thomas is a tall and fast RB who runs with good vision and does a nice job of catching the ball out of the backfield.

Early in April the Seminoles landed Carr and talented teammates Bradham and Holton. Bradham is among the nation's elite recruits while Holton is one of the top DBs in Florida. Carr is also a national caliber LB who had many, many early offers.

Anthony Hill is another talented early verbal and among the very best from the panhandle. He has excellent speed and athleticism.

1 Nigel Bradham LB 6'2 220 4.60 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
2 Kyle Long OL/DL 6'7 280 4.80 Charlottesville St. Anne's-Belfield Virginia
3 A.J. Alexander DB/WR/QB/ATH 5'11 197 4.31 Altoona Pennsylvania
4 Nigel Carr LB 6'3 225 4.55 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida
5 Vincent Williams LB/TE 6'1 226 4.68 Davenport Ridge Florida
6 Cedrick "C.J." Holton DB/LB 6'2 190 4.50 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
7 Nick Moody LB/DB/RB/WR 6'1 215 4.74 Philadelphia Roman Catholic Pennsylvania
8 Jabaris Little TE 6'4 240 4.60 Tallahassee Lincoln Florida
9 Avis Commack WR 6'4 182 4.49 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida
10 Moses McCray DL 6'3 275 5.32 Tampa Middleton Florida
11 Anthony Hill DL 6'4 285 4.90 Pensacola Florida
12 Jermaine Thomas RB 6'1 190 4.40 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida

6. Georgia

Good and bad news for Georgia since our last update. The good news is the addition of three high-quality prospects including star WR Tavarres King, talented LB Christian Robinson and DB Makiri Pugh. The bad news is that star RB Martin Ward and OL B.J. Brand have both de-committed. Still, this is a very, very strong class and Georgia is positioning itself for a run at the SEC recruiting title.

DeAngelo Tyson is a national top 50-type and one of the nation's top DT prospects. He's a huge get for Georgia. Boykin is a quick CB. He's a bit more of a sleeper type.

Blair Walsh is probably the top kicker in Florida. . Green is a super, arguably the top WR in the nation in a year absolutely loaded at the position. RB will be a position of strength in the future with Samuel and Ward on board. Many feel that Samuel is the top back in the state. Washington is a terror off the edge who has run the 100-meters in the 10.7s (electronic). Once he fills out he could be scary. Allen is a fine TE prospect.

1 A.J. Green WR 6'4 184 4.56 Summerville South Carolina
2 DeAngelo Tyson DL 6'2 276 5.10 Statesboro Georgia
3 Richard Samuel RB 6'0 197 4.47 Cartersville Cass Georgia
4 Cornelius Washington DL/LB 6'4 220 4.51 Waynesboro Burke County Georgia
5 Tavarres King WR 6'1 154 4.47 Mount Airy Habersham Central Georgia
6 Dwayne Allen TE/DL 6'3 217 4.92 Fayetteville Terry Sanford North Carolina
7 Christian Robinson LB 6'3 230 4.60 Norcross Greater Atlanta Christian Georgia
8 Makiri Pugh DB 6'0 194 4.42 Charlotte Independence North Carolina
9 Blair Walsh PK 5'10 170 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Florida
10 Brandon Boykin DB 5'11 171 4.45 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia
11 Bacarri Rambo DB/QB/ATH 6'1 195 4.46 Donalsonville Seminole County Georgia

7. USC

The Trojans are holding steady at seven verbals since our last update.

Verbals include stud LB/SS Maurice Simmons, likely the top 'backer in California and an elite national recruit, and RB Curtis McNeal, an undersized back who will likely specialize as a return man for the Trojans.

Their first two verbals, Shoemate and Kalil, are national top 100 types and among the nation's best at their respective positions. They also happen to be from the same school! Other verbals are headed by talented DE Wes Horton, a high-ceiling type with a great frame. Chris Polk and Matt Meyer are both solid gets and similar in ways to Shoemate and Kalil, respectively, although not quite at their elite level. The beat goes on......

1 Dennis "D.J." Shoemate WR/DB 6'1 212 4.50 Anaheim Servite California
2 Matt Kalil OL 6'7 262 5.34 Anaheim Servite California
3 Maurice Simmons LB/DB 6'1 202 4.66 Compton Dominguez California
4 Wes Horton DL/TE 6'6 230 4.80 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
5 Chris Polk WR/RB/DB 5'11 191 4.50 Redlands East Valley California
6 Matt Meyer OL 6'8 285 Stockton Lincoln California
7 Curtis McNeal RB/WR/DB 5'6 171 4.62 Los Angeles Venice California

8. UCLA

UCLA continues to bring in some pretty good recruits. Not necessarily top 100 types, but still solid gets. The two most recent verbals are QB Nick Crissman and LB Patrick Larimore. Crissman is one of the top QBs on the west coast while Larimore is a run-stuffing MLB.

UCLA is doing a great job of picking up the top non-USC offer kids in southern California.

UCLA recently picked up one of the better RBs in Texas when Aundre Dean switched over from Texas A&M.

The Bruins enjoyed a Texas-caliber junior day in March, landing about ten prospects in just a couple of days. This is a talented group. They won't challenge USC for Pac-10 recruiting supremacy this year, but there is a good chance they will finish number two.

Rahim Moore is the class headliner and among the top DBs in the nation. He and rising bullet Datone Jones had also received offers from USC, and it hasn't been too often in recent history that the Bruins have been able to out recruit the Trojans for a prospect.

E.J. Woods is one of the top DBs in the West.

Holmes is another DL I like a lot and he, along with a couple of others, may have eventually received Trojan offers. Note that all the verbals are from Southern California, especially urban areas such as L.A. and Compton.

1 Rahim Moore DB 6'2 190 4.45 Los Angeles Dorsey California
2 Datone Jones DL/OL 6'4 235 4.80 Compton California
3 E.J. Woods DB/RB 6'0 195 4.50 Encino Crespi California
4 Damien Holmes DL/TE/RB 6'3 245 4.94 Colton California
5 Kemonte Bateman WR 6'0 175 4.40 Los Angeles Crenshaw California
6 Anthony Dye DB 5'11 182 4.48 Corona Santiago California
7 Aundre Dean RB 6'1 190 4.48 Katy Texas
8 Uonga Kaveinga LB 6'0 228 4.76 Lawndale Leuzinger California
9 Aaron Hester DB/WR 6'0 180 4.79 Compton Dominguez California
10 Patrick Larimore LB/OL 6'3 230 4.64 Newhall Hart California
11 Nick Crissman QB 6'3 200 4.70 Huntington Beach Edison California
12 Antwon Moutra WR/DB 6'2 175 4.45 Culver City California
13 Johnathan Franklin RB/LB 5'11 185 4.40 Los Angeles Dorsey California
14 Jerry Johnson WR 6'2 186 4.60 Los Angeles Venice California

9. Nebraska

What was a great start for the Cornhuskers just got better with the addition nof one of the nation's elite quarterbacks in Blaine Gabbert. The Cornhuskers are building themselves a high-powered offense.

They are putting together an OL class second only to Ohio State landing the likes of in-state supers Trevor Robinson and Baker Steinkuhler, Iowa star Dan Hoch and Colorado OL Bryce Givens out of powerful Denver Mullen High.

Sleeper DB David Whitmore also recently committed.

Nebraska jumped on first-year player Okafor as soon as he started to make a name for himself and before other programs could get wind of this fine talent.

1 Baker Steinkuhler OL/DL 6'6 270 4.93 Lincoln Southwest Nebraska
2 Trevor Robinson OL/DL 6'5 300 5.53 Elkhorn Nebraska
3 Blaine Gabbert QB 6'4 220 4.65 Ballwin Parkway West Missouri
4 Bryce Givens OL 6'6 240 5.20 Denver Mullen Colorado
5 Dan Hoch OL 6'7 273 Harlan Iowa
6 Collins Okafor RB 6'1 205 4.50 Omaha Westside Nebraska
7 David Whitmore DB 6'1 180 Port Arthur Memorial Texas

10. Michigan

A very good month for the Wolverines as they landed three quality verbals to stay on the trails of Ohio State and Notre Dame. Brandon Moore is a huge get at TE and a national top 100 prospect. Marcus Witherspoon is among the better linebackers in the nation and addresses a huge need for the Wolverines. Kurt Wermers is one of the top offensive linemen in the Midwest.

Michigan landed one of the top linemen in the Midwest in Elliot Mealer, an athletic OT who wanted to attend Ohio State but was squeezed out of receiving an offer when the Buckeyes landed three of the nation's top eight OL prospects. Mealer has a high ceiling and could be a steal for the Wolverines.

Cissiko is probably the best pure cover corner in the class and was the overall MVP at the U.S. Army Combine. He helps alleviate the sting of losing RoJo to USC.

O'Neill is the top lineman in the state and is, quite literally, a huge get. He helps fill a crucial need as the Wolverines will be recruiting the OL hard this year.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
2 Brandon Moore TE 6'6 221 4.61 Trotwood-Madison Ohio
3 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'8 295 Grand Haven Michigan
4 Marcus Witherspoon LB/RB 6'2 235 4.50 Absecon Holy Spirit New Jersey
5 Kurt Wermers OL/DL 6'5 260 5.10 Crown Point Indiana
6 Elliott Mealer OL/DL/TE 6'6 280 5.20 Wauseon Ohio

11. Miami

No new verbals for Miami since our last update.

The Hurricanes need to have a huge recruiting year in 2007-2008 after the recent coaching changeover. They have gotten off to an excellent start, including recently adding talented safety Joseph Wylie. Randy Shannon is doing a fine job of identifying and landing top prospects in southeastern Florida.
Patrick Johnson, is one of the nation's elite DBs and a future all-american and DT Jeremy Lewis is raw but talented.

At their junior day they received verbals from two of the state's elite linemen. Both Regis and Washington have the size and athleticism that one associates with Miami linemen of years past who went on to play on Sundays.

Just recruiting their fair share of the talent in southeastern Florida should be enough to return Miami to the elite echelon of college football.

1 Patrick Johnson DB 6'1 193 4.44 Pompano Beach Ely Florida
2 Micanor Regis DL 6'3 310 5.19 Pahokee Florida
3 Brandon Washington OL 6'4 305 5.47 Miami Edison Florida
4 Jeremy Lewis DL 6'4 271 5.01 West Palm Beach Lakes Florida
5 Joseph Wylie DB/QB 6'2 185 4.60 Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson Florida

12. Texas A&M

A&M is in recovery mode after the recent decommitment barrage and have picked up three verbals from good, but not great, prospects in Aaron Buckley, Andrew Wolridge and Chris Lathrop. Buckley has the highest ceiling of the bunch and is a sleeper linebacker who can realyl run and hit you.

Last month was terrible for A&M's recruiting efforts. Four decommitments, that's right, FOUR. They have lost Aundre Dean to UCLA and Dravantti Johnson to Texas. In addition, blue-chippers Damian Square and Leroy Chevalier have also reneged on their earlier verbals. We aren't just talking about another four losses. We are talking about losing possibly their top three verbals and another top eight verbal. Heavy duty damage that drops A&M down substantially in the rankings.
There are, however, still some quality prospects committed to the Aggies (at least for now).

Lamar Harris is another talented prospect from Gilmer who could play on either side of the ball. The three top Gilmer kids have decided to go their separate ways with Justin Johnson headed to Oklahoma and David Snow to Texas.

Keon Furtch and Derrick Hall (one of the fastest players in the state) were being heavily recruited by such programs as LSU and Nebraska and are real good gets. Tony Jerod is another highly regarded verbal. Tommy Dorman was the QB they wanted.

Davis is a very athletic and huge linemen who I really like. He is a "high ceiling" type who could really surprise. Hyde is almost as good.

1 Lamar Harris DB/WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas
2 Derrick Hall WR/DB/RB 5'11 190 4.30 Beaumont Central Texas
3 Keon Furtch WR/DB 6'2 190 4.50 Paris Texas
4 Tony Jerod DL/TE 6'5 252 4.60 De Soto Texas
5 Roderick Davis DL 6'4 307 4.95 Aldine Eisenhower Texas
6 Jeffrey Hyde OL 6'4 270 4.90 Colleyville Covenant Christian Texas
7 Tommy Dorman QB 6'3 204 4.80 North Richland Hills Birdville Texas
8 Markell Martin DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Wichita Falls Rider Texas
9 Kendall Wright WR/DB/ATH 6'0 170 4.40 Pittsburg Texas
10 Aaron Buckley LB/RB 6'1 215 4.60 Palacios Texas
11 Blake Chavis DL 6'5 240 Beaumont West Brook Texas
12 Kyle Mangan LB 6'2 225 4.85 Brenham Texas
13 Jordan Fields DB/WR 6'0 185 4.55 Paris Texas
14 Andrew Wolridge DL/LB 6'3 240 4.60 Lexington Texas
15 Chris Lathrop OL 6'5 270 5.00 Houston Cy-Fair Texas
16 Brian Thomas OL 6'4 270 5.00 Pearland Texas
17 Joe Villavisencio OL 6'5 310 5.20 Jacksonville Texas
18 Josh Ayers OL 6'5 282 5.00 Euless Trinity Texas

13. Tennessee

The Vols are looking to put together back-to-back outstanding classes and are on the road to succeeding in so doing. The latest prospect to verbal is sleeper OL Carlos Anderson out of Alabama.

Douglas has great bloodlines and leads a talented early group. Adding Bartholomew gives them a nice start in wrapping up in-state talent. They are also doing a nice job of raiding neighboring states early for blue-chip talent. Johnson, Poole (a soft verbal) and Floyd would have all been very heavily recruited.

1 Aaron Douglas TE 6'7 240 4.90 Maryville Tennessee
2 Austin Johnson LB 6'3 235 4.65 Hickory North Carolina
3 Tauren Poole RB 5'10 194 4.65 Toccoa Stephens County Georgia
4 J.T. Floyd DB 5'11 176 4.73 Greenville J.L. Mann South Carolina
5 Ben Bartholomew LB/TE/P 6'3 225 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy Tennessee
6 Carlos Anderson OL 6'2 275 Florence Alabama Tennessee

14. Clemson

Clemson has two new verbals since our last update. Andre Ellington is the top RB in South Carolina and a prospect who I like a lot. Matt Sanders is an athletic offensive linemen who could be very good once he fills into his frame.

Ohio TE Nic DiLillo is a good pick-up. He has been overshadowed a bit by a talented group of Ohio TE prospects this year.

Bowers is an elite national prospect and a huge get for the Tigers. They are already set at QB with athletic Kyle Parker and Jon Richt, the son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt. Jones is a nice receiver and Skinner a fine long-snapper.

1 DaQuan Bowers DL/TE 6'6 265 4.70 Bamberg-Ehrhardt South Carolina
2 Kyle Parker QB 6'0 190 4.55 Jacksonville Bartram Trail Florida
3 Marquan Jones WR 6'0 175 Blythewood South Carolina
4 Andre Ellington RB 6'0 180 4.40 Moncks Corner Berkeley South Carolina
5 Nic DiLillo TE/DL 6'4 215 5.06 Madison Ohio Clemson
6 Matt Sanders OL 6'6 280 5.15 Crestview Florida
7 Matt Skinner OL/LSN 6'6 220 Jacksonville Bolles Florida
8 Jon Richt QB 6'1 185 5.48 Athens Prince Avenue Christian Georgia

15. Alabama

Nick Saban is taking an interesting approach in his first recruiting season at Alabama. It's similar to what new coaches at Nebraska and Mississippi have done in recent years. That is, sending out many early offers, some to not so-elite kids, in order to get the ball rolling and some momentum building.

The most recent verbal is QB/ATH Brad Smelley.

Other verbals include in-staters Ivan Matchett and Wesley Neighbors. Matchett is a talented and versatile fullback who is a real nice get. His early offer list is among the best in the South. Neighbors has 'Bama bloodlines as his father of he same name was a fine player for Alabama way back when.

The three DLs are all very athletic and quick (note that thy are all TEs on offense). I especially like Williams with his great frame and quickness. Smith is also an outstanding get as he is one of the top overall kickers in the nation.

1 Ivan Matchett RB/LB 5'11 220 4.62 Mobile St. Paul's Episcopal Alabama
2 Michael Williams DL/TE 6'6 240 4.70 Reform Pickens County Alabama
3 Undra Billingsley DL/TE 6'4 265 4.70 Birmingham Woodlawn Alabama
4 Brandon Lewis DL/TE 6'4 260 Pleasant Grove Alabama
5 Wesley Neighbors DB 6'1 187 4.50 Huntsville Alabama
6 Corey Smith PK/P 6'0 190 Bunker Hill Musselman West Virginia
7 John Michael Boswell OL 6'6 290 Northport Tuscaloosa County Alabama
8 Brad Smelley QB/TE 6'3 213 Tuscaloosa American Christian Academy Alabama
9 Jermaine Preyear RB 5'11 198 4.40 Mobile Davidson Alabama

16. LSU

LSU has picked up five talented in-staters and a former Louisiana native in Theriot, a real a,thlete who stars at QB in high school but could play several positions at the next level. The Taylor brothers recently committed and are vastly underrated. Spencer and Lonergan are solid linemen.

The most recent verbal is highly touted TE Matt Branch, one of the top overall prospects in Louisiana and a great get.

A nice early start, but most of the elite in-state talent is still open.

1 Matt Branch TE/OL 6'6 240 4.90 Sterlington Louisiana
2 Kellen Theriot RB/LB/QB/TE/ATH 6'2 225 4.50 Bellaire Episcopal Texas
3 Brandon Taylor WR/DB 5'11 176 4.49 Franklinton Louisiana
4 Jyryn Taylor WR 6'0 175 4.50 Franklinton Louisiana
5 Clay Spencer OL 6'5 285 Baton Rouge Parkview Baptist Louisiana
6 Pat "P.J." Lonergan OL 6'4 288 5.93 Metairie Archbishop Rummel Louisiana

17. BYU

BYU is putting together a nice early class. It would even be ranked higher if I included JUCO prospects in my rankings, but I don't.

The latest verbal for BYU is sleeper WR Atem Bol.

Sleeper Oregon RB Jerry Bruner, a nice-sized back who was injured for much of his junior season.

Holt, one of the nation's elite TE prospects, tops the list. The Sorensen cousins are also very good prospects.

1 Austin Holt TE/LB 6'6 220 4.90 South Jordan Bingham Utah
2 Daniel Sorensen DB/WR/PK 6'0 175 Colton California
3 Justin Sorensen PK/LB 6'2 215 South Jordan Bingham Utah
4 Cameron Comer DB/WR 6'1 170 4.56 Springville Utah
5 Jerry Bruner RB 6'2 225 Vancouver Evergreen Oregon
6 Atem Bol WR 6'2 205 4.60 Hurst Bell Texas

18. West Virginia

J.J. Dorsey is the latest verbal for West Virginia.

Other recent verbals for West Virginia are Addae, Smith and Robinson. I like Addae the best of the trio as he is an instinctive runner with great moves. His older brother played at WVU.

Jenkins is among the nation's elite prospects and Rich Rodriguez is going to have to hold off the rest of world in keeping him a Mountaineer.

1 Josh Jenkins OL/DL 6'3 282 5.20 Parkersburg West Virginia
2 Jeff Braun DL/OL 6'5 315 5.50 Winters Mill Maryland
3 Jahleel Addae RB 5'11 170 4.87 Riverview Florida
4 Chris Smith WR/QB/ATH 5'11 175 4.63 Boothwyn Chichester Pennsylvania
5 Jermaine Robinson DB/LB/QB/ATH 6'3 180 Pittsburgh Brashear Pennsylvania
6 J.J. Dorsey QB/DB/ATH 6'1 190 4.60 Winchester John Handley Virginia

19. Virginia Tech

Two new verbals for the Hokies from talented in-staters in Jeron Gouveia and rising star Jake Johnson.

Taylor is a monster and among the nation's elite linebackers. McCoy is a nice-sized receiver with good ball skills. Fuller is another pretty decent possession receiver.

1 Bruce Taylor LB/DL 6'3 230 4.65 Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2 Derrick McCoy WR/LB/DB 6'3 210 4.55 Amherst County Virginia
3 Jake Johnson LB 6'3 231 4.59 Stafford Falmouth Virginia Virginia Tech
4 Jeron Gouveia DB 6'1 167 4.87 Ashburn Stone Bridge Virginia Virginia Tech
5 Austin Fuller WR 6'3 200 4.69 Richlands Virginia

20. Minnesota

New head coach Tim Brewster is making an early statement by trying to lock up the in-state talent in an up year for talent in Minnesota. Maresh is the best of the bunch and among the top prospects in the midwest. Kelly has a great frame and runs well. Once he fills out he could be special. Grant is the gandson of former Viking head man Bud Grant.

Landing Maresh was huge, but there are a couple of other huge in-state targets out there in Michael Floyd and Willie Mobley.

University of Michigan Recruiting Universe: Part I-Offense

2007-05-20T19:46:00.000-04:00

Today I am going to post the first of my two part series of the University of Michigan's recruiting season. I'll start with an overview of the current verbal commitments, then go on to a listing of those offered prospects who have committed elsewhere. I will then provide a position-by-position overview broken down into four sections: Best Guess, Offered but Longshots, Others to Watch and Sleepers Off the Radar. Within each section the prospects are listed in order of ability, not based on likelihood to commit.

Commitments

After receiving two high-quality verbals this past week, Michigan now has five verbal commitments. The Wolverines still rank behind both Ohio State and Notre Dame in recruiting due to fewer numbers, but the quality of Michigan verbals is pretty high. Cissiko could be the top pure cover corner in the nation. Moore ranks with the very best tight ends. O'Neill isn't an elite top 5-8 national lineman like the three prospects who verballed to Ohio State, but he isn't far behind and his ceiling could be just as high. Mealer and Wermers are solid OL prospects who won't be national top 100 types but are probably in the top 300.

Of interest is that all five Michigan verbals are from the Midwest, Michigan's core recruiting area and one that they did not recruit too successfully last year.

Cissiko and O'Neill are probably the top two prospects in Michigan and landing them helps erase the sour taste that was left with Wolverines' fans after losing out on such in-state stars as Ronald Johnson, Dionte Allen and Joseph Barksdale last year.

Moore and Mealer are from Ohio, a state that has sent many stars to the Wolverines in years past (especially under Bo), but where Michigan was surprisingly shut out this past year. It's good to get a foothold back in that state, but those optimists who are claiming that Tressel's wall around Ohio is crumbling need to get real. Mealer was a huge Buckeye fan but fell Michigan's only after Ohio State landed three blue-chip offensive linemen and did not offer him. Moore is a special talent, but he's a tight end and it is a remarkable year indeed for tight ends in Ohio, with three legit blue-chippers choosing to go their separate ways to the three Midwestern superpowers: Moore to Michigan, Kyle Rudolph to Notre Dame and Jake Stoneburner to Ohio State. It would have been unrealistic to think that Ohio State could have landed two of the three.

Wermers is an athletic OG prospect and one of the top three players in Indiana (The top three are all pretty evenly rated and all top 300 types). He helps fill a position of need for Michigan.

The verbals are ranked by me in order of ability.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan

Cissiko is the top prospect in Michigan’s Class of 2008 and arguably the top pure cover corner in the nation………….First exploded onto the national scene with an outstanding performance at the 2006 Columbus Nike, outshining highly touted rising senior DBs……..Followed that up by being named the overall combine MVP at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio, showing off his tremendous coverage ability and sticking like glue to every one of the combine’s top receivers………..Exceptionally quick, very aggressive and second to none in the prep ranks when it comes to press coverage. Is really outstanding in the bump-and-run. Has outstanding recovery speed. Is also a real hard hitter. He has that confidence and swagger needed to excel out there on that island known as cornerback. The only trait he lacks is ideal height…….Returned 2 kicks for TDs and had 52 tackles, 3 forced fumbles and 3 INTs as a junior in earning Detroit Free Press First Team All-Detroit honors…..As a sophomore, he registered 29 tackles…..Plays for a program that is among the Detroit PSL’s best, having produced the likes of Class of 2007 star Joseph Barksdale……..2.9 GPA….As of the end of 2006 he had offers from schools such as Michigan, Tennessee, Michigan State, Penn State and Iowa.........He committed to Michigan in February.

2 Brandon Moore TE 6'6 221 4.61 Trotwood-Madison Ohio

Trotwood-Madison is the most talent-laden program in the Dayton area and Moore is the best of several Division I prospects in its Class of 2008………..One of the better TE prospects in the nation…… As a junior he had 19 receptions for 286 yards and a score despite missing a couple of games with an ankle sprain………Was already starting as a freshman……He has an excellent frame and catches the ball very well…….Solid blocker and runs well (ran a 4.61 forty after his freshman year at the Ohio State camp)……A three-sport athlete who was also a sophomore letterman in basketball and put the shot and ran the 4 x 400 relay in track……An outstanding student: 3.9+ GPA and 22 ACT……As of April he had over 30 offers, including such schools as Michigan, Florida, Notre Dame, Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Illinois, LSU, Stanford, Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida State, Miami, Michiagn State and Clemson.

3 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'7 295 Grand Haven Michigan

O’Neill is the top-rated OL in Michigan and among the best in the nation…….As a junior, he was named First Team Junior All-State by MichiganPreps.com and Muskegon Chronicle First Team All-Area………..Has the height colleges are looking for in a tackle…….Junior season was his first year playing varsity ball…….Won a lineman award at the Michigan camp after his freshman year and also looked very good at the 2006 camp……All-around athlete who throws the discus and puts the shot in track and also wrestles, which help his explosive strength and use of leverage…….Plays RT and DT in high school but is being recruited as an OT…….Has excellent upper body strength and good feet…….275 bench, 465 squat, 260 power clean……Very effective run blocker who uses his strength to overpower defenders and finish them off. Needs to work on his pass blocking and in setting up his feet and using his hands more effectively…….Has a bit of a mean streak and good work ethic……As of March he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Florida State, Nebraska, UCLA and Purdue........He committed to Michigan in March.

4 Kurt Wermers OL/DL 6'5 260 5.10 Crown Point Indiana

Wermers is one of the top two OL prospects in Indiana and among the top offensive linemen in the midwest...........An Honorable Mention Class 5A All-State selection and Second Team Underclass All-Stater..........Junior starter at guard after starting at tackle as a sophomore. With his frame and quick feet, he could play either position in college. Needs to get stronger but could easily add 30-40 pounds to his frame. Has great technique....... Athletic, he starts in basketball......Fine 3.7 GPA and has passed the ACT.....As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Iowa, UCLA, Purdue, Indiana, Northwestern, Northern Illinois, Central Michigan, Bowling Green and Cincinnati.........He committed to Michigan in May.

5 Elliott Mealer OL/DL/TE 6'6 280 5.20 Wauseon Ohio

Mealer is one of the top OL prospects in a deep Ohio class of linemen and has really moved up the charts.............Started as a sophomore at TE and as a junior at TE and DE. Projects as an OL in college..........Has a great frame and quick feet.........305 bench, 465 squat............3.1 GPA..........As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Duke, Northwestern Purdue, Miami (Ohio), Bowling Green, Maryland, Cincinnati and Eastern Michigan.........He committed to Michigan in April.

Offered But Committed Elsewhere

These prospects all reportedly had offers from Michigan. They all decided to attend school elsewhere.

Of these prospects, Michigan probably was closest to landing Lane Clelland and Bryce Givens, two very good offensive linemen who are national top 250 types.

Torrence took a close look at Michigan, but decided to join his brother at Ohio Satte only after the Buckeyes promised that he could play RB.

Goodman and Cave chose Notre Dame over Michigan. Cave's verbal was no surprise as he lives in the vicinity of South Bend. Goodman is a solid receiver and should fit in nicely at Notre Dame, but Michigan does have some bigger fish to fry at that position.

Adams, the top prospect in Ohio, took a look at Michigan but was always an Ohio State lock.

There are conflicting reports as to whether Golden actually received a Michigan offer.

The players are listed by position:

1 Dayne Crist QB/LB 6'5 228 4.66 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California Notre Dame

Crist is possibly the nation’s top pure QB prospect......His junior season was his first year as a starter as he backed up USC freshman Garrett Green as a sophomore……He plays for a program that has regularly produced Division I talent in recent years (Justin Fargas, Travis Johnson, etc…)…..As a junior, despite missing four games due to an injury he completed 63 of 119 passes (52.9%) for 1,270 yards, 17 TDs and just 3 INTs. He also rushed for 230 yards and 4 TDs on 48 carries (4.79 average)……He earned First Team Junior All-State honors and Honorable Mention Los Angeles Daily News All-Area honors as a junior…..As a sophomore, he completed 25 of 50 passes for 386 yards, 3 TDs and no INTs. He rushed for 168 yards on 28 carries (6.0 average)…..Has the ideal frame for a drop-back QB but also has surprising mobility and escapability from the pocket. Is a threat carrying the ball as well as throwing it……Has a very strong and accurate arm and can make all the throws. He just needs to get more game experience and shorten his delivery……A tough kid who isn’t afraid to mix it up……Reminds some of Brady Quinn and Tom Brady........Looked pretty good at the 2007 U.S Army Combine after getting off to a slow start........265 bench, 415 squat, 31-inch vertical.....3.6 core GPA and 1710 SAT.......As of April he had offers from the likes of USC, Michigan, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Iowa, Arizona, Stanford, Oregon, Duke, Minnesota and LSU......He committed to Nore Dame in April.

2 Devoe Torrence RB/LB 6'2 215 4.50 Massillon Washington Ohio Ohio State

Torrence is one of the nation's elite prospects at both LB & RB and among the top overall prospects in Ohio...........He transferred from Canton South to Massillon Washington for his senior year.........As a junior he was named First Team All-Ohio and Divison III All-State as a two-way star for Canton South. On offense, rushed for 981 yards, had 645 yards receiving and scored 17 TDs. On defense, he had 127 tackles, 1 INT, three fumbles recovered and six sacks ........He played in just eight games as a sophomore due to a concussion that kept him out of two games. Torrence still recorded 135 tackles and had 5 INTs. He also played fullback and rushed for 576 yards and scored 14 times............Projects as an OLB in college although some schools (e.g. Michigan) were recruiting him as a RB.........His older brother, Devon, signed with Ohio State in February. His coach claims that Devoe is bigger, tougher and just as fast as Devon. He can go from sideline-to-sideline and has a real mean streak on the field. A hard-nosed, quuick and athletic 'backer......... At one time he was borderline academically but he has really picked up his grades as a junor............As of March he had over 20 offers, including such schools as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Illinois and Mississippi..........He committed to Ohio State in March.

3 John Goodman WR/QB/ATH 6'3 187 4.71 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Indiana Notre Dame

Goodman is among the top receivers in the Midwest and top overall prospects in Indiana……….As a junior he was named to the Bloomington Herald Top 33 All-State team after catching 36 passes for 719 yards (19.9 avg.) and 9 TDs, carried 22 times for 141 yards (6.4), returned 4 kickoffs for 251 yards (62.7) and 2 TDs and returned 13 punts for 215 yards (16.5) and 2 TDs…….As a sophomore he was an Honorable Mention Class 4A All-State selection. He caught 24 passes for 660 yards (27.5 avg.) and 12 TDs and had 2 fumble recoveries and 1 interception. Rushed for 3 TDs and passed for 1 TD. Returned 11 kick-offs for a 22.7 average and 1 TD. Blocked 2 field goals and returned 1 for a TD. He blocked 1 punt.…….He’s a tall and rangy WR who can really go up and catch the ball and shows surprising speed and quickness. Capable of making circus catches and not afraid to go across the middle. He has outstanding football instincts. Needs to fill out a bit.……Ran a 4.54 forty at the 2006 Michigan camp........Was very impressive at the 2006 U.S. army Combine……As of late February he had offers from Notre Dame, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ball State, Bowling Green and Purdue..........He committed to Notre Dame in March.

4 Kyle Rudolph TE 6'7 220 4.70 Cincinnati Elder Ohio Notre Dame

Rudolph leads a strong contingent of Ohio tight ends and ranks among the nation’s best………..As a junior, he was named Second Team All-Southwest District for Division I in his first year as a starter, hauling in over 40 passes and scoring 8 TDs………His best football is ahead of him as he has great height and a frame with lots and lots of room to fill out. He also has great hops, so he’s especially effective in going up and grabbing lob passes over outmatched DBs……….Very athletic with solid speed……Once he focuses just on football and hits the weight room he should add the additional strength needed to effectively block at the college level…..Runs solid routes and has nice hands………. Stars on the basketball team and was already starting as a freshman in the playoffs. He’s receiving Division I interest in that sport as well…..3.2 GPA…….By March he had over 20 offerfs, including such pograms as Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Boston College, Virginia, Oklahom, Tennessee and Miami........He committed to Notre Dame in March.

5 Jake Stoneburner TE/WR 6'5 218 4.54 Dublin Coffman Ohio Ohio State

Stoneburner is one of the top skill prospects in Ohio and among the nations elite TE prospects……..He plays WR in high school but has the size and frame to play TE in college…..As a junior he was named First Team All-Area by the Columbus Dispatch and was a First Team Central District-Division I selection after hauling in 63 passes for 946 yards (15.0 avg.) and 8 TDs. He also excelled as a punter and kickoff specialist…….As a sophomore he had 31 receptions for 538 yards and 5 scores……Plays for one of the top talent-producers in the Columbus area (think Brady Quinn)……Was impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine, earning Second Team All-Combine honors after running a 4.53 forty and 4.37 shuttle……Has the athleticism (a very fine hurdler in track), speed and quicks to be a possession WR and the frame that could easily fill out to be a TE……Has very soft hands and ball skills……..3.5 GPA........As of early March he had offers from the likes of USC, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, West Virginis, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Michigan, Florida, Iowa and Clemson..........He committed to Ohio State in March.

6 Mario Carter TE 6'4 240 4.72 Charlotte Independence North Carolina North Carolina State

Carter is one of the nation’s top TE prospects…..He plays for a team that has won several consecutive state titles and has the nation’s longest current unbeaten streak. They also produce loads of D-I talent, such as graduating Florida QB Chris Leak……..As a junior he had 32 catches for 309 yards and 6 scores.........Carter was a rare sophomore starter for Independence and his coach believes that he could be really special…..As a sophomore he was named Second Team All-Mecklenburg by the Charlotte Observer……..He has a great frame, is well-proportioned and has quick feet……One of two talented Class of 2008 tight ends at Independence…..Very high ceiling……Being recruited by the area’s top programs.........As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, Marshall and N.C. State......He committed to North Carolina State in April.

7 Michael Brewster OL 6'5 294 5.25 Orlando Edgewater Florida Ohio State

Many feel that Mike is the top offensive lineman in Florida. He is definitely one of the elite linemen in the nation……An Orlando Sentinel First Team All-Central Florida selection as a junior…..From a program that has produced some outstanding talent in recent years, including Michigan WR Greg Matthews and Florida pledge Lorenzo Edwards………..Helped lead the way for an outstanding running game in 2006 after transferring into Edgewater from a small private school……..Very impressive at the 2006 Ohio State ad Michigan camps…..Looked very good as a center prospect at the U.S. Army Combine, although many also project him as an outstanding college guard…..He’s very quick off the ball and really plays low and gets effective leverage when blocking defensive linemen….Very athletic, he also plays basketball and lives in the weight room…..Looks very impressive on film. He has a great body with powerful calves, long and powerful arms and very little body fat. Moves very well and is effective getting to the second line of defense. His motor is always running. Nice technique……A great student who is on schedule to graduate from high school in December 2007…..As of mid-January 2007 he had double digit offers, including such programs as Ohio State, Miami, Michigan, Florida , Florida State and Tennessee.......He committed to Ohio State in April.

8 Mike Adams OL 6'7 300 5.47 Dublin Coffman Ohio Ohio State

After a down year for OLs in Ohio in the Class of 2007, Adams leads a very strong Class of 2008 crop and is among the best linemen in the nation………..Some feel he ranks right up there with Korey Stringer and just a shade below Orlando Pace when compared to the top OLs to recently emerge from Ohio...........First Team Ohio News Network All-State selection (tend to focus on college potential), but the traditional media only gave him honorable mention all-area recognition as a junior….Very tall, so he has a very high ceiling both literally and figuratively………Has the lean frame to easily add another 30-40 pounds……….Still growing into his body, so his best football is definitely ahead of him………Still relatively raw when compared to other national elite linemen, but his ceiling is as high as any………Impressed at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine and 2006 Ohio State camp.…..Projects as a LT…..2.9 GPA…..Very athletic for a big man, bends his knees and plays low...........Needs to develop a mean streak and be more aggressive on the field.....His school regularly produces D-1 talent over the years (think Brady Quinn)……Received early offers from Ohio State and Michigan in 2006………..One of the nation’s very best......He committed to Ohio State in March.

9 J.B. Shugarts OL/DL 6'8 290 5.12 Klein Texas Ohio State

Shugarts is one of the nation’s elite offensive linemen…..He was very impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio, where his father was a coach for the OL drills……..An exceptional athlete. He has nice height and really quick feet and agility for a big man, but needs to improve his strength….…Plays basketball……….His team mostly runs the ball so he is still a bit raw when it comes to pass blocking, but he has the frame and athleticism to excel as LT. As a run blocker he has a very strong surge and is an exceptional finisher…… Impressed onlookers during 2006 camping stops at Texas, Texas A&M, Michigan, Ohio State, and Florida…………He was named First Team All-District as a sophomore OT, but only Second Team All-District as a junior TE as he missed all or part of 3 of 6 district games due to a Staph Infection. However, he was named First Team All-Greater Houston for his performance in the non district games and 3 district games he played in. …..His school has recently sent offensive linemen to Michigan and Notre Dame, but J.B will be the best of the bunch…..Wants to attend a college with a stable head coaching situation and a chance to win a national title……..As of April he had over 25 offers.......He committed to Ohio State in April.

10 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas Texas

Snow is one of the very best offensive line prospects in the nation and is one of a handful of very talented Class of 2008 prospects at Gilmer……….Projects as a guard in college….He was already a First Team All-District selection as a sophomore and a starter as a freshman for a 16-0 3A Division II state championship team………Nasty on-field demeanor. Enjoys hitting people…..A very hard worker, he has a desire to become great……Great understanding of the game and exceptional technique. Effective both in run and pass blocking…..Wants to play for a top offensive line coach….Benches 315, squats 485…..Impressed at the 2006 Texas summer mini-camp…..A of mid-February 2007 he had early offers from such programs as Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan and Texas A&M...........He committed to Texas in February at their Junior Day.

11 Trevor Robinson OL/DL 6'5 300 5.53 Elkhorn Nebraska Nebraska

Robinson is a small-school (Class B) star who challenges Baker Steinkuhler for honors as the top lineman, and perhaps overall prospect, in the state of Nebraska. He lacks Steinkuhler’s pedigree, but he sure isn’t lacking in talent………..A two-way star in the prep ranks, he projects on the offensive side of the ball in college…….A consensus First Team All-State (for all classes) selection as a junior on the OL……….As a junior DL, he registered 103 tackles, 6 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries……..A tough lineman who played in the state finals loss to Crete with a broken thumb…..Looked solid at the 2007 U.S. Army combine once he got used to the higher level of competition in one-on-ones……..Competes in power lifting meets and can bench 325, squat 500 and dead lift about 425 pounds……..Has fine agility and quickness for his size…….Especially effective as a run blocker as he plays low and is effective in getting to the second level of the defense. He needs to work on his pass blocking technique as his team primarily ran the ball……Wants to stay close to home……Great student: 3.9 GPA and a 28 on the ACT…….As of mid-January he had offers from the likes of Nebraska, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Boston College and Kansas..........He committed to Nebraska in April.

12 Bryce Givens OL 6'6 240 5.20 Denver Mullen Colorado Nebraska

Givens is one of the top prospects in Colorado and better OL prospects in the nation…….Looked very good at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine, earning Second Team All-Combine honors after impressing in one-on-one drills…….Combine marks include a 5.2 forty, 4.7 shuttle and 28-inch vertical…….Has a great frame and should be more effective once he fills out at around 300 pounds…….Very good feet and technique. He needs to get stronger. Very physical and quick off the ball. Plays low and is effective in getting to the second level of defense. Especially effective in pass blocking but needs to get stronger to run block more effectively……..Givens plays for a powerful program that regularly produces Division I talent…….3.6 core GPA.......April offers include Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, UCLA, Kansas State, Washington, Nebraska, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado State, Louisville, Vanderbilt and Colorado...........He committed to Nebraska in April.

13 Lane Clelland OL/DL 6'5 270 4.90 Owings Mills McDonogh Maryland Notre Dame

Clelland is the top OL prospect in Maryland and among the nation's better offensive linemen.........As a junior, he as named First Team All-Baltimore County after recording 30 tackles and four sacks.............Good bloodlines, as his older brother, Lance, was a starting lineman at Northwestern........A well-schooled linemen who has quick feet, uses leverage well, plays low and finishes blocks.............Very strong: Can squat 525 and do 13 reps of the pro weights of 225 pounds..........Placed second in the state private schools wrestling championships.........2.8 GPA at a strong prep school......... As of April he had offers from the likes of Notre Dame, Michigan, Nebraska, Florida, Virginia, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Boston College and Maryland......He committed to Notre Dame in May.

14 Braxston Cave OL 6'3 292 5.38 Mishawaka Penn Indiana Notre Dame

One of the nation's top center prospects and top overall prospects in Indiana.........Plays for possibly the top program in Northern Indiana, one that regularly produces D-I talent (Mike Rosenthal, Scott Dreisbach)............First Team Class 5A All-State and Junior All-State as a junior...........A real road-grader who is especially effective as a run-blocker. A real drive-blocker who has excellent leg strength, is quick off the line, plays low, aggresseively and is a real finisher....... Could play eigher center or guard in college........3.0 GPA........As of March he had offers from Notre Dame, Michigan and Indiana......He committed to Notre Dame in March.

15 Jarvis Humphrey DL 6'2 290 5.00 Cedar Hill Texas Texas

Humphrey is the top DT in Texas and among the nation's best............Plays for a Cedar Hill program that has been churning out quite a bit of D-I talent in recent years and won the 5A state title in 2006............As a junior he recorded 39 tackles, 20 assists, 20 TFL and six sacks........Very strong: benches over 350, squats over 600..........Moves very well laterally for his size, but with his strength and height he is especially effective at stopping the run and plugging up the middle...........As of March he had offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Miami, Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Tulsa, Texas Tech, Wisconsin and Mississippi............ He committed to Texas in March.

16 Nigel Bradham LB 6'2 220 4.60 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida Florida State

Considered by many to be among the top three linerbackers in the nation and top overall prospect in Florida…………….Junior First Team Class 3A All-State selection and 3A Player of the Year who also earned First Team All-Big Bend honors from the Tallahassee Democrat after recording 128 tackles (66 solo, 62 assists); 2 INTs (one returned for a TD) and 4 fumble recoveries (one returned for a TD);…….Registered 139 tackles (98 solo), 8 sacks and 2 INTs as a sophomore………..On tape, he shows an innate ability to get to the ball and exceptional strength, speed and athleticism. Has the ability to just dominate a game from the defensive side of the ball. Has the speed to go from sideline-to-sideline and drop back and be very effective in pass coverage. Has the power to fill in running lanes and break through the line of scrimmage to regularly nail ball carriers behind the line of scrimmage. Has a real nasty demeanor on the field………Projects as a MLB in college……Avid weightlifter……..3.2 GPA......By early 2006 he already had offers from such programs as Florida and Florida State…….A special, special talent.......As of March he had over 35 offers, including USC, Michigan, Miami, Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Texas and many more......He committed to Florida State in April.

17 Darius Fleming LB/DL 6'2 220 4.57 Chicago St. Rita Illinois Notre Dame

Fleming is one of the top overall prospects in Illinois and among the nation's elite OLB/DE prospects............As a junior, he recorded 105 tackles, 15 TFL and nine sacks in earning Special Mention All-State honors.............Saw limited playing time on the varsity as a sophomore in a strong program.........Part of a strong rising senior class at St. Rita, one that has several D-I prospects. His coach calls him the team's best athlete. He's very quick off the ball and explosive off the edge. Very athletic and packs a punch when meeting the ball carrier. A real hitter and playmaker who has a nose for the ball.............4.32 shuttle............Talented and eclectic athlete who has played basketball, has a 220 average in bowling and ridden horses in rodeos..........3.3 GPA......As of April he had offers from the likes of USC, Notre Dame, Michigan, Oklahoma, Iowa, Purdue, Illinois, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Kansas State, Wisconsin and Boston College.......He committed to Notre Dame in April.

18 Sam Maresh LB/DL/TE 6'3 257 4.70 Champlin Park Minnesota Minnesota

Maresh is one of the top three propsects in Minnesota and among the better linebackers in the nation........A consensus First Team All-Stater after recording 61 tackles, two interceptions and two sacks as a junior. Also punted and ran the ball some........As a sophomore starter on a 7-2 team (MLB/P) he had 107 tackles, 2 sacks for 24 yards lost and 2 TDs.......A rare freshman starter for an 11-1 team ranked 2 overall in the state and had 1 reception for 27 yards and had 62 tackles, 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery......Projects as an ILB in college or could bulk up and play on the DL.......State Class 3A wrestling champion at 215 pounds as a sophomore and was 34-0 as a junior heading into tournament play. Considred to be one of the top wrestlers in the nation......Tough, intelligent and instinctive on the field......315 bench.......As of April he had offers from Michigan, Minnesota, Miami, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa State and Kansas State........He committed to Minnesota in April.

19 Robert Golden DB 5'11 182 4.53 Fresno Edison California Arizona

Ranks behind only Rahim Moore among DBs in California...........Few schools have done a better job of turning out talented D-I DBs in recent history than Fresno Edison and Golden, together with classmate Brandon Leslie, are the lastest blue-chippers to play for Tim McDonald's (former USC all-american safety) crew.........First Team All-Combine at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine..............Not a blazing cover corner in the traditional sense of the word, but more of a physcial and tenacious press corner who really lays the wood. More quick than fast. Is really aggressive on the line of scrimmage. A real competitor who has better football speed than forty speed as he gets such a quick break on the ball. He has good tackling technique. Great work ethic and a vocal leader on the field.........Ran a 4.52 forty at 2007 L.A. Scout combine.......First Team 2007 Scout.com Los Angeles Combine..........3.3 core GPA.........As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Arizona, Arizona State, Minnesota, Washington, Washington State, Oregon State, Nevada and San Diego State.......He committed to Arizona in May.

Remaining Michigan Prospects

Quarterbacks

Michigan absolutely needs to land at least one quality quarterback this year as Chad Henne will be graduating, Jason Forcier has transferred to Stanford and Ryan Mallett will not redshirt as a true freshman. That leaves just Mallett and the lightly recruited David Cone as scholarship quarterbacks in 2008.

With Mallett playing as a true frosh, an incoming freshman would have the opportunity to start at least two and possibly three years should Mallett leave school early after his junior season. The freshman would also have the opportunity to immediately be on the two-deep.

The problem with quarterback recruiting this year is three-fold:

1. It's a down year for talent at the position.
2. Eight of my top twenty QBs in the class have already committed.
3. Michigan has been slow in evaluating and offering quarterbacks. Only three have been offered (Crist, who committed to ND, Pryor, who is a long shot, and Glennon)

The "Best Guess" list is very thin at this point. Glennon heads up the list but he's on it simply because U-M has offered and he has no early declared leader. Kearney, Britt (Brandon Moore's teammate) and the in-state QBs will need to be evaluated during the summer. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of them reecive an offer.

The "Sleepers Off the Radar" list is especially relevant at this position as U-M is still evaluating QBs and these are the best of the bunch who I feel Michigan may have a chance of landing should they offer.

Best Guess

1 Mike Glennon QB 6'6 188 Chantilly Westfield Virginia

Glennon is the second best QB in Virginia after E.J. Manuel and among the nation’s top QBs…….As a junior he was named Honorable Mention All-Metro by the Washington Post after passing for 1,800 yards and 18 TDs in leading his team to an unbeaten regular season…….As a sophomore he split-time with a junior (who later moved to WR) at QB……Glennon has nice height but will need to add weight to take college poundings. He throws a nice spiral and gets good velocity on his throws. A traditional drop-back style QB…….Has good leadership skills…….His older brother Sean is the starting QB at Virginia Tech and Mike will be a more heavily recruited prospect….....Very impressive at the 2007 Penn State Nike Camp and received some major offers after his performance there........Camped at Virginia, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and Maryland in 2006……3.65 GPA.........As of May he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Florida State, Purdue, Rutgers, Miami, Virginia Tech, Duke, Maryland and Virginia.

2 Domonick Britt QB 6'4 169 4.79 Trotwood-Madison Ohio

Britt is considered by many to be the top QB prospect in Ohio............He plays for a program loaded with Division I talent in his class........... A tall and lean dual-threat QB who still needs to fill out but with his great height, athleticism (4.31 shuttle, 34-inch vertical) and nimble feet should be highly recruited..........As a junior, he passed for 2,889 yards and 21 TDs and rushed for 1,046 yards and 9 scores...............As a sophomore, he passed for 930 yards and 10 TDs and also rushed for 4 TDs...........Very effective in running the spread offense............Needs to work on reading coverages and staying in the pocket........Also plays baseball......Has about a 2.5 core GPA................As of May he had offers from the likes of Kansas, Illinois, West Virginia, Minnesota, Miami (Ohio), Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Cincinnati, Akron, Kent and Buffalo.

3 Nolan Kearney QB 6'4 225 4.70 Downingtown West Pennsylvania

Kearney is arguably the top QB in Pennsylvania and among thebest on the East Coast…….Has excellent size, a very strong arm and outstanding athletic ability…….Also stars in basketball and as a pitcher in baseball……..On film, in running the spread offense this left-hander shows excellent velocity on his throws, stands tall in the pocket and can move around pretty well, even running the option. Has a quick release………..As a junior, he completed 99 of 148 passes for 1,526 yards and 14 TDs in leading his team to a 10-2 record. He also rushed for 447 yards on 68 carries..........Impressive stats for a team that ran much more than it threw the ball……Passed for 1,194 yards as a sophomore….Outstanding character and a real leader......No offers as of mid-April.

4 Brendon Kay QB/ATH 6'4 218 4.77 Marine City Michigan

Kay is a big, strong-armed QB who is considered to be the top quarterback in Michigan................He has a great frame, a rifle for an arm, good mobility and fine athleticism..........As a junior, he passed for 1,182 yards (81 of 145 passing) and 18 TDs while tossing just 2 INTs. He also rushed for 340 yards and 7 TDs and registered 75 tackles on defense........... Throws well on the run and also stands tall in the pocket. Needs to work on his delivery and mechanics a bit as he is still raw........Also a fine basketball player........Has a chance to be the best athlete to ever emerge out of Marine City High per his coach, who played Big Ten football...........255 bench, 400 squat..........First emerged during the 2006 combine circuit.......As of April he had an offer from Eastern Michigan.

5 Adam Follett QB 6'6 210 4.78 Alma Michigan

Follett is one of the top sleepers at the QB position in the nation...........He transferred from Caledonia to Alma for his senior year...........The past two years he has completed 67% of his passes while throwing only 5 INTs.......Led Caledonia to the Division 3 state title as a sophomore........Has a great frame that is just starting to fill out, gets good zip on his passes and has excellent accuracy.......Looked very good at the 2007 Purdue Nike Camp........Tested very well on the 2007 combine circuit (4.78 40, 4.33 shuttle, 31-inch vertical)..........250 bench..........3.3 GPA.......No offers as of May, but that will change soon.

6 Chris Lum QB 6'3 205 Lake Orion Michigan

Lum is one of the top QBs in Michigan, ranking right behind Brendan Kay as a college prospect........As a junior, Lum was 99-for-144 for 1,717 yards, 25 TDs and four INTs in earning First Team Class A All-State honors.........He is a very fine athlete who understands the game and plays with poise.....A dual-threat QB who has the ablity to flush out of the pcoket and pick up yards.....His team has sent several players to D-1 schools in recent years....... ... An all-around athlete who is a starting forward in basketball and plays first and third base in baseball..... A very fine student.

Offered But Longshots

1 Terrelle Pryor QB/TE/ATH 6'6 215 4.50 Jeannette Pennsylvania

Pryor is a special, special prospect and one of the nation’s truly elite athletes. He started as a junior at QB and safety, and wants to play QB in college. He’s talented enough to excel at the position, just as he could also excel at OLB, DE, WR or TE. He’s that sort of athlete. I initially ranked him as a TE, and the nation’s best at that, but he is probably also the nations top QB based on his athleticism...........Earned First Team All-State as an all-purpose offensive threat as a junior after earning Second Team honors on the other side of the ball after his sophomore season………..Talk about being a dual-threat QB. As a junior, he led his team to the PIAA Class AA title game by passing for 1,720 yards and 15 TDs and running for another 1,703 yards and 23 TDs. As a safety, he had 5 INTs and quite a few sacks heading into the PIAA playoffs…....As a sophomore QB, he completed 53-of-106 passes for 719 yards and 6 TDs, and rushed for 663 yards and 10 TDs. On defense, he started at DE and OLB………Pryor has unusual quickness and speed for a big man (he runs the sprints in track) and possesses a strong arm (can throw the ball 70 yards in the air). His coach compares him to Vince Young with his great size, rocket arm and superb athleticism……As a quarterback, he’s still a bit raw but made tremendous strides between his sophomore and junior years and would be ranked among the nation’s very best (albeit it in a down year for the position)…….I like him best as a receiver due to his great frame, speed, athleticism, hands and ability to go vertical and get the ball……..Also stars in hoops and is one of the nation’s better prospects in that sport as well. He projects as a wing man. He has early offers to play basketball from the likes of Connecticut, Michigan, Clemson, Penn State and Pitt……….As of early January he had offers for football from such programs as Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Florida, Pittsburgh, Clemson, West Virginia and Nebraska…….Wants to play both sports in college, and he’s unique enough to be able to do it…….Had initially committed to play basketball at Pittsburgh back in January 2006, but he recanted a couple of months later…….3.5 GPA through his sophomore year……Will be remembered as one of the best athletes ever produced by Pennsylvania and will be rolling in money sooner rather than later.

2 E.J. Manuel QB 6'6 205 4.50 Virginia Beach Bayside Virginia

Manuel is considered to be the top QB in Virginia and among very, very best in the nation......................He has great height and a frame that can still add quite a bit of weight........A dual-threat QB who is very athletic with fine foot speed........As a junior, he accumulated over 2,400 all-purpose yards and 21 TDs in earning First Team All-Beach, Second Team All-Tidewater, and Second Team All Eastern Region honors. He passed for 1,973 yards (58%) and 16 touchdowns, along with seven interceptions. He also had 480 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns..................Showed dramatic improvement as a junior, showing off a fine arm and an ability to make all the throws ...............Has solid grades, possessing a 3.0 GPA and 1050 SAT...........As sophomore he completed 117 of 223 passes for 1,322 yards and eight touchdowns............ As of April he had over 20 offers from such schools as Miami, Florida State, LSU, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Alabama, Penn State, Oregon, Duke, Colorado, Kansas State, Northern Illinois and Maryland.

Others to Watch

1 Andrew Luck QB/P 6'3 205 4.80 Houston Stratford Texas

Probably the top QB in Texas…….As a junior, he completed 140 of 220 passes (63.6%) for 2,269 yards, 19 TDs and just 4 INTs during the regular season. He also carried the ball 81 times for 537 yards (6.6 ypc) and another 7n TDs. He was named Second Team Class 2A All-State………As a sophomore starter, he completed 116 of 229 passes for 1,529 yards and 7 TDs and also rushed for about 700 yards……..Played some varsity ball as a freshman before breaking his collarbone……A pocket-passer who can run the ball… He has great arm strength and excellent footwork, showing great technique in his dropbacks. Can make any throw…..Impressive at the 2006 Texas A&M summer camp and at the 2006 state 7-on-7 tournament…….Looked good at the 2007 Fort Worth Elite 11........Plays basketball and runs the hurdles in track……..Outstanding student, he was the junior class valedictorian…………Looking for a quality education and possibly majoring in civil engineering……….Received offers after his sophomore year, including an early offer from Nebraska………..Great QB smarts, leadership skills and bloodlines. His father, Oliver Luck, was a star QB at West Virginia before playing in the NFL. He is a long-time NFL executive, including serving a stint as the president of NFL Europe......6.5 GPA on a 6.5 scale and 1700 SAT.........As of May he had offers from the likes of Texas, Florida State, Alabama, Stanford, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Baylor, California, Rice, Oklahoma State, LSU, UCLA and Virginia.

2 Jacob Charest QB 6'3 178 4.97 Charlotte Butler North Carolina

Charest is part of a talkented rising senior class at Butler and ranks right up there with Braden Hanson as one of the top 2 QBs in the state............As a junior he led Butler to the state Class 4A semifinals and passed for 2,485 yards and 20 touchdowns during on his way to earning Second Team All-Mecklenburg County honors...........As a sophomore he passed for 1,716 yards with 13 TDs...........As a freshman he passed for over 300 yards as a back-up...........A state qualifyer in wrestling............A tough and competitive QB who has good size, a strong arm, is effective in the pocket and makes good decisions in distributing the ball and flushing out of the pocket. Needs to work on his accuracy and correct a throwing hitch...........3.0 GPA...........As of April he had offers from the likes of Maryland, California, Illinois, Louisville and N.C. State.

3 Bart Tanski QB 6'2 190 4.90 Mentor Ohio

Tanski earned First Team Division I All-State honors as a junior and was also named the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Area Player of the Year. He's one of the top QBs in Ohio and the only thing keeping him from being a top national recruit is a lack of ideal height..............Tanski led Mentor to a 9-1 regular season, an undefeated record in the Lake Erie League Lake Division, and to a Division I state runner-up finish. As the season progressed against many of Ohio's best teams, Tanski got better and better. He completed 60 percent of his passes (112-of-186) for 1,524 yards and 11 touchdowns, and ran for 501 yards and five touchdowns in the regular season. He added another 1,126 passing yards and nine touchdowns in five playoff games................An excellent decsion-maker who is very accurate with his throws. He's not the fastest QB, but he shows some shiftiness when carrying the ball.................225 bench, 27-inch vertical..........3.8 GPA.

4 Luther Leonard QB 6'2 185 Burien Evergreen Washington

Washington is always loaded with talented signal callers and this year Leonard ranks near the top...............As a junior, he completed 85 of 163 passes (52%) for 1,535 yards and 8 INTs in earning Second Team All-Seamount honors.......Passed for 1,110 yards and 11 TDs as a sophomore.......Getting serious D-1 looks due to his fine size, speed, athleticism and cannon for an arm (can throw the ball over 75 yards in the air)........Can also beat you with his feet.......Still a bit raw and he needs some work on his mechanics, including his dropbacks and delivery (often releases the ball too high)........High-ceiling if he puts it all together.

5 DeRon Furr QB/ATH 6'3 217 4.66 Columbus Pacelli Catholic Georgia

Furr is being looked at as both a QB and "athlete" and is among the better skill prospects in Georgia..............As a junior, he passed for 1,300 yards and 15 TDs and rushed for 760 yards and 12 scores......As a freshman, he had 35 carries for 750 yards.....Could play QB, RB, WR, TE or LB at th next level. Has fine athleticism with good quickness (4.47 shuttle as a soph) adn leaping ability (32-inch vertical as a soph)........Did 9 bench reps as a soph......As of April he had offes from South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Duke, Tulane and Kentucky.

6 Anthony Mifsud QB 6'4 184 Dearborn Michigan

7 Craig Sacha QB/P 6'2 186 4.90 Farmington Hills Harrison Michigan

Sleepers Off The Radar

1 Conner Kempe QB 6'4 215 4.90 North Palm Beach Benjamin Florida

Kempe is considered to be one of the top QBs in the South but he will have to recover from a serious kite-surfing accident that he suffered in November 2006. He is recovering from serious head and facial injuries and a collapsed lung (so serious that he was even read his last rites by a priest)……..As a junior he passed for 1,920 yards and 13 TDs…….A hard-nosed athlete who played as a sophomore with a separated shoulder but still managed to throw for 1,653 yards and 17 TDs while completing 103 of 224 passes. He earned Second Team All-Palm Beach County honors for small schools……….A very accurate passer who can spread the ball around and gets fine zip on his throws……..Has a nice frame and is working to improve his footwork……3.3 GPA…..Won the accuracy award as a sophomore at the Miamio Elite 11 camp…..As of April he had offers from the likes of Virginia, Auburn, Iowa, Western Michigan, Miami (Ohio) and Stanford.

2 Drew McAllister QB/ATH 6'1 188 4.52 Danville Monte Vista California

The top QB in northern California and among the nation’s best…..As a junior, he completed 165 of 250 passes (66%) for 2,118 yards, 21 TDs and 11 INTs. He added another 3 TDs rushing……..As a sophomore, he completed 147 of 225 passes for 1,943 yards, 19 TDs and 8 INTs…….Very athletic. Would be starting at WR if he wasn’t such a great QB…….Ran a 4.52 forty at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine.......Named First Team Junior All-State in 2006 and First Team Sophomore All-State in 2005…….His coaches believe he could be a better prospect than former Monte Vista QB Kyle Wright (now at Miami), who was the top-rated prep QB in the nation a few years back….On film he shows excellent movement in the pocket and is very effective in running a no-huddle offense and taking command of the offense. He gets nice spin on his throws and is very accurate…..2006 combine marks of 4.75 in the forty, 4.62 shuttle, 10 bench reps and a 31-inch vertical.....3.5 GPA

3 Braden Hanson QB 6'6 200 Charlotte Latin North Carolina

Hanson is the top QB in North Carolina and among the best on the Atlantic Coast........He's a tall, left-handed pro-style quarterback who possesses a strong arm but also has fine accuracy and a soft touch.....Has fine mechanics and does a good job of spreading the ball around. He is a pure pocket passer who lacks mobility.............As a junior he earned First Team All-Charlotte are honors after completing 172 of 245 passes (70 %) for 2,682 yards, just 12 INTs and 39 touchdowns. He led his team to the private-school state title............ As of April he had offers from Missouri, Duke, Colorado, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

4 Ryan Griffin QB 6'4 206 4.85 West Hills Chaminade California

One of the better pro-style QBs on the west coast.......A Second Team L.A. Daily News All-Area selection as a junior, Griffin is one of the top QBs in California..................As a junior, he passed for 3,358 yards (225-380-59.2%), 32 TDs and just 8 INTs.......Ha can make all the throws, has great velocity and spin on his balls and nice touch on his short balls. Very accurate.......Solid mechanics and well-schooled at playing QB. Solid team leader...........Transferred from Los Angeles Loyola to Chaminade for his junior year........Considered to be a better prospect than former Chaminade QB Chris Turner, who went on to Maryland.......Second Team 2007 Scout.com Los Angeles Combine..........220 bench, 320 squat.......Solid 3.8 GPA and 3.7 core GPA taking honors classes.

5 Tim Rommel QB 6'1 194 4.90 Syracuse Henninger New York

Rommel enjoyed a very productive junior campaign and emerged as one of the top QBs on the East Coast…….As a junior he was named Third Team Class AA All-State and beat out touted senior Mike Paulus in earning First Team All-Central New York honors from the Syracuse Post Standard…….Also stars in lacrosse……Passed for 2,245 yards and 22 TDs as a junior…….Passed for 1,469 as a sophomore……Passed for 678 yards as a freshman….Shows good poise and confidence in the pocket and has a very strong arm. Especially impressive in the short passing game, showing excellent touch and accuracy…….Not very mobile and lacks great height, but he can really zip it and is very accurate with his throws……2006 combine marks include a 5.00 forty, 4.75 shuttle and 27-inch vertical……Honor student........Older brother Greg was a star QB at Henninger before Tim…..Being heavily recruited by the top schools in the East.......He had no offers as of mid-April.

Running Backs

Michigan absolutely needs to bring in at least one big-time back this year and most are guessing that McGuffie will be the man.

There are some other outstanding backs who are serious considering Michigan with Gray and Deboskie leading the way.

I'm a bit surprised that U-M hasn't been more aggressive in their recruitment of Darrell Scott, be far the nation's top back.

Of interest is Carlos Brown's teammate Dontavius Jackson. I would have put him on the best guess list earlier this year, but with Brown supposedly being pushed by someone on his high school coaching staff to transfer I doubt that Jackson will head Michigan's way.

A super sleeper to watch out for is Mike Hart's cousin, Anton Harris, who is off of the radar as he plays for a DOD school in Bitburg, Germany.

A sleeper to watch out for is Michael Shaw, another teammate of Brandon Moore. He could be this year's Avery Horn.

Also keep an eye on fullback Jeremiah Schwartz out of Greg Matthews' old school.

Best Guess

1 Sam McGuffie RB 5'11 191 4.32 Houston Cy-Fair Texas

Sam enjoyed a superlative junior season and is now being mentioned among the nation’s very elite running backs………As a junior, he was named First Team Class 5A All-State after rushing for an impressive 3,121 yards and averaging 8.6 yards per carry……..One of the nation’s most improved players between his sophomore and junior seasons……As a sophomore, he earned Second Team All-District honors at RB after rushing for 853 yards (7.4 ypc) and 11 TDs………Speed and quickness are the name of his game, he’ as good as anyone in the prep ranks when in the open field…….At the college level could excel at TB, slotback and as a return man……..Very, very impressive on film, showing the power to easily break arm tackles at the prep level and the athleticism to leap over an opposing defender on a TD run (a popular video on U-Tube)………..He has been growing rapidly and his father is 6-5, 270…….Really wowed onlookers at a 2006 combine in Houston, earning MVP honors as a sophomore with the following marks: a 4.32 and a 4.35 in the forty, a 3.83 shuttle, a 41.8 vertical and 15 reps on the bench.……….Reportedly ran a sub 4.3 forty at the 2006 UTEP summer camp…..As of April he had over 20 offers including such programs as USC, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Florida State, Boston College, Florida, Alabama, Minnesota, Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, California, Iowa State, Kansas State, Georgia Tech and Texas A&M.

2 Jonas Gray RB 5'10 214 4.53 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan

Gray is among the nation’s elite RBs and could be the top overall back in the Midwest………As a junior, he rushed for 1,252 yards and 19 TDs………As a sophomore, he started both at RB and NG, rushing for 797 yards and 15 TDs……Was a freshman starter at LB…….He was very impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine and was named to the All-Combine team………..MVP of the 2007 Indianapolis Nike Camp........Like Eric Smith and Richard Watson, he’s another powerful back who runs with surprising speed (4.58 forty on a slow track at the Michigan camp, 4.40 at a 2007 combine, runs track and claims a 10.55 100-meters!) and quickness……..On film, he does a great job of getting quickly to the line of scrimmage and pushing through to the second line of defense……..Was impressive at the 2006 Columbus Nike camp and also at the Michigan and Michigan State summer camps………Needs to improve on his pass-catching skills……4.28 shuttle, 36-inch vertical and has good strength......Plays for a private school that has produced a lot of talent both in football and hoops (Chris Webber, Shane Battier) and is arguably the top academic school in the state (has sent several recent football prospects to Northwestern)…….Has a 3.2 GPA…..As of May he had offers from Michigan State, Florida, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Colorado, Purdue, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Louisville and Cincinnati.

3 Covaughn Deboskie RB 5'11 190 4.38 Chandler Hamilton Arizona

It's a strong year for running backs in Arizona and Deboskie has emerged as the best of the bunch along with being one of the nation's elite backs...........As a junior, he was named First Team Class 5A All-State in leading his team to the state title. He averaged about 8 yards per carry, carrying the ball 150 times for 1,220 yards and 22 TDs. He also caught more than 20 passes for about 300 yards and 2 scores........He was one of 2 sophomores on a 13-1 team and he had 76 carries for 477 yards rushing (6.28 avg) and 2 TDs, 7 kick returns for 154 yards and 2 fumble recoveries.........Has been very, very impressive on the 2007 combine circuit, catapulting himself into the ranks of the nation's top RB prospects........Excellent speed (10.79 100-meters, 4.43 shuttle), outstanding vision and cutting ability, he hits the hole hard and runs with good power. Also catches the ball well out of the backfield. Has a 37.5-inch vertical. What really stands out, to me, is his vision.........Needs to get stronger in the upper body (235 bench, 375 squat, 11 bench reps).......Named the overall MVP at the 2007 L.A. Scout Combine...........4.16 core GPA and 1380 SAT...........As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, UCLA, Illinois, Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Navy, Clemson, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, Washington State, California, Mississippi State and TCU.

4 Josh Haden RB/DB/LB 5'8 190 4.38 Fort Washington Friendly Maryland

Probably the top RB in Maryland and among the better RBs in the nation……..Haden is a versatile, powerful, fast and very athletic football player who could play either RB or DB in college………..The younger brother of Florida signee Joe Haden…….The most impressive combine tester in the Class of 2008, putting up monster numbers as a sophomore (45 bench reps, 37-inch vertical, 4.10 shuttle, 4.38 forty)…….Remarkable strength for his size (405 bench, 600 squat). His father, Joe Sr., is a former bodybuilder who trains both Joe Jr. and Josh……His team was loaded with D-1 skill talent so he didn’t get the touches to put up huge numbers as a junior, rushing for almost 1,000 yards and 12 TDs and averaging almost 9 yards per carry…….3.0 core GPA and 16 ACT.......As of April he had offers from the likes of Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio State, Michigan, Rutgers, Virginia, Minnesota, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Illinois, Tennesse, Maryland, Syracuse and Boston College.

5 Darius Ashley RB 5'8 169 4.44 Cincinnati St. Xavier Ohio

Ashley is one of the top running backs in the Midwest.......As a junior, he was a First Team Division I All-State selection after rushing for over 1,500 ayrds and 20 scores despite playing much of the season with turf toe....... As a sophomore, Ashley rushed for 1,633 yards and 28 TDs on his way to Second Team Divison I All-State honors............Not the biggest back, but he is very quick, athletic and productive. A scatback who can really get through the hole and shows great elusiveness and surprising power when running the ball. Has excellent running instincts and visionb. He leads a strong rising senior class for one of the strongest teams in Ohio.......As a sophomore he tested well, running a 4.12 shuttle, benching 16 reps and posting a 33.4-inch vertical......310 bench, 400+ squat.......Runs the sprints (10.8 100-meters) and long jumps in track......3.0 GPA...... As of April he had offers from the likes of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisville, Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Air Force, EMU, Cincinnati, Miami (Ohio) and Akron.

6 Anton Harris RB/LB 5'9 200 4.50 Bitburg Germany Possibly the top prospect in Europe this past year as a junior..........He was a First Team All-DODDS (Dept. of Defense Dependent Schools) Europe selection as a RB and LB for Bitburg. He's 5-9, 200 and had 170 carries for 1,325 yards, 20 TDs and a KO ret TD. At LB, he recorded 73 tackles, 5 for loss; 6 knockdowns, 1 FR............He led Bitburg to the Division II (second largest of 3 classifications) European championship over previously unbeaten Naples........He is an intense, hard-working and disciplined player. At RB, he is just like his cousin, Michigan's Mike Hart, as he has an innate ability to gain extra yards after initial contact. Has good speed, but its his toughness, vision and balance that make him a big-timer.

Offered But Longshots

1 Darrell Scott RB/DB/ATH 6'1 203 4.32 Ventura St. Bonaventure California

As of mid-January I have Scott ranked as the nation’s top RB.......He’s just an outstanding talent who has had a very productive prep career that should continue at the college level due to his unique combination of size, power, speed, quickness, toughness, cutting-ability, vision, balance, and running instincts……As one area coach said, he can run through you, around you and by you……Earned many, many honors as a junior and sophomore, to many to name, but the most impressive were being named First Team All-State by CalHiSports, the Los Angeles Daily News’ Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-America by MaxPreps…….. As a junior, he carried the ball 337 times for an amazing 3194 yards (9.48 ypc) and 45 TDs. He was the first L.A.-Area large-school running back - and one of 15 players in state history - to run for 3,000 yards in a season………. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,988 yards and 19 TDs………….Compared by some to Eddie George.…..Ran a 10.68 100-meters as a sophomore…….A unique talent..............Second Team 2007 Scout.com Los Angeles Combine.......Announced on January 23 that he will be leaving Moorpark and transferring to Ventura St. Bonaventure for his senior year........By mid-January he had well over 20 offers, including from such top programs as USC, UCLA, and Michigan.

2 Ryan Williams RB/DB 5'10 193 4.52 Manassas Stonewall Jackson Virginia

Williams challenges Kevin Whaley as the top RB in Virginia and is among the nation’s better RB prospects…….As a junior he was named AP Second Team Class AAA All-State and Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Metro after carrying the ball 167 times for 1,572 yards and 20 TDs………..His sophomore season was cut short after having surgery for a torn meniscus, however he rushed for over 500 yards and 7 TDs in earning Second Team All-District honors at RB…………As a freshman, Williams rushed for 920 yards in 9 games and scored 7 TDs. He also had 14 receptions for 224 yards and two scores and returned two kickoffs for scores. He started as strong safety in the playoffs……. Has the combination of speed, strength and athleticism to become a top back…..…….Looked good on the 2006 combine circuit (4.50 forty, 4.63 shuttle, 21 bench reps, 36-inch vertical)…….275 bench, 255 power clean as a sophomore…..Ran a 10.94 100-meters as a freshman…..3.0 GPA as a sophomore…..By the end of 2006 there were unconfirmed reports that he had offers from the likes of Clemson, Notre Dame, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

3 Eric Smith RB 5'10 239 4.68 Seffner Armwood Florida

Eric is among the very best RBs in the nation and probably the best pure power back………He was a Second Team Class 4A All-State RB as a sophomore but didn’t earn many honors his junior season as he was out for several weeks early in the season due to a dislocated elbow. When he returned, he was back to his old amazing self, displaying the power and innate running ability to rank among the nation’s top prospects…………He plays for a powerful program that regularly churns out D-1 talent (most recently, Torrey Davis)………As a junior he carried the ball 75 times for 515 yards and 12 TDs and earned Second Team Hillsborough County honors despite missing much of the season.......As a sophomore, Smith rushed for over 1,600 yards and 23 TDs. He also had 24 receptions and 4 more scores….….Has surprising speed and agility for a power runner. It’s amazing to see how elusive the big guy is in the open field. Also a great blocker who mauls defenders. Has very good hands catching the ball out oif the backfield. Runs low to the ground..........Sort of a young Jerome Bettis in terms of his style…….Runs a 11.2 100-meters and throws the discus in track.........Great bloodlines, as his father, Eric Sr., once held the state one-game rushing record with 502 yards. Younger brother Petey (Class of 2009) could be the best linebacker in the nation in a couple of years………. 2.8 GPA.........As of May he had offers from the likes of Florida, Miami, Auburn, Nebraska, Michigan, Notre Dame, South Florida, Mississippi, Central Florida, Ohio State and Clemson.

Others to Watch

1 Milton Knox RB/DB 5'8 184 4.50 Lake Balboa Birmingham California

It seems as though Knox has been on the recruiting radar forever, but this West Coast star is still just a junior and ranks among the best RBs in the Class of 2008…….Has been named to all the relevant All-Underclass teams in California the past couple of years and was also a consensus First Team All-Los Angeles Area choice in addition to being named the City Player of the Year………As a junior, he carried the ball 328 times for 2374 yards (7.24 ypc) and 29 TDs and had 14 receptions for 96 yards….Dropped some weight before his junior season to become more elusive…… As a sophomore, he rushed 239 times for 1,606 yards and 26 TDs, while also catching 21 passes for another 336 yards and 3 TDs……..As a freshman, he helped lead Birmingham to the City Section championship by rushing for 505 yards and 6 TDs on 79 carries. He also caught 7 passes for 80 yards…….Knox has excellent quickness, vision and cutting ability. He’s a very instinctive back and has outstanding vision. He also runs low to the ground and with excellent lower body strength and power. His legs keep on churning, a lot like Michigan’s Mike Hart. Like Hart, he lacks breakaway speed……….Looked solid at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine……2007 L.A. Nike RB MVP......Following in the steps of Marlon Lucky and C.J. Gable as the City’s next great RB……….Fully qualified…….Good work ethic……..As of May he had offers from then likes of UCLA, Arizona, San Diego State, Florida State and Mississippi.

2 Dontavius Jackson RB 5'11 198 4.44 Franklin Heard County Georgia

Jackson is one of the nation's top RB prospects and is considered by some to be the top RB in Georgia.............Jackson stepped in for the departed Carlos Brown (his cousin, now at Michigan) as Heard County's go-to player in 2006 and the team didn't miss a beat..............Runs with excellent speed (4.44 forty) and pretty good size and power. Very athletic and has posted a 40-inch vertical. Has excellent vision and can catch the ballout of the backfield............As a junior, he rushed for 2,462 yards (averaging over 10 yards per carry) and 29 TDs in earning First Team Class AA All-State honors at RB. On defense, he recorded 73 tackles and 3 interceptions..........As a sophomore, sharing carries with Brown (who was a prep QB), he rushed for 1,375 yards and 16 scores.............3.6 GPA.......As of May he had offers from the likes of Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Clemson, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Maryland and Kentucky.

3 Jason Ford RB 6'0 215 4.42 Belleville Althoff Catholic Illinois

Ford has been a star on the prep level since his freshman season and is one of the nation’s better RB prospects…….The top prospect in southern Illinois and among the very best in the St. Louis area………Productivity has actually decreased slightly since his freshman season due to injuries holding him out of a few games as a sophomore and junior…..As a junior, he was named Special Mention All-State by the Chicago Tribune and Second Team All-Metro by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in spite of his injury, after rushing for 1,549 yards and 17 TDs in a little more than 8 games……….As a sophomore, he was a First Team Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection after rushing for 1,391 yards and 20 scores…….As a freshman, he rushed for 1,702 yards and had another 156 yards receiving…….Runs with a nice combination of power and speed (outruns the school’s top sprinters)…..A downhill runner who loves contact and has an extra gear…….Quality character…..2.0 core GPA needs work............At his best against top competition ……As of April he had offers from the likes of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, Boston College, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Kansas State.

4 Averin Collier RB/WR/LB 5'11 190 4.50 Churchville-Chili New York

Collier is the top back in New York and among the top prospects on the east coast.........As a junior, he was A First Team Class AA All-Stater and Greater Rochester Player of the Year while starring at both RB and DB. He rushed for 1,547 yards (over 8 ypc) and 20 scores and had 2,200 all-purpose yards..........A versatile performer who can beat teams in many different ways. Fine speed and great lower body strength (can squat 400 pounds six times). Benches 275......Talented athlete who is the leading scorer on the basketball team.....His brother, Kevin, plays for Pittsburgh........3.0 GPA.......Some schools like him as a WR or DB ..........As of April he had offers from the likes of Pittsburgh, Virginia, Syracuse, Boston College, Buffalo, Louisville, Temple, Connecticut, Maryland and Clemson.

5 Mark Ingram RB/WR 5'11 180 4.40 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan

Ingram ranks right behind Jonas Gray among the toip RBs in Michigan and is one of the top backs in the midwest............Transferred to Southwestern Academy from Grand Blanc after his junior season........First Team All-Flint Area as a junior and sophomore and was already starting as a freshman........ As a junior, he carried the ball 152 times for 1,001 yards and added 270 yards receiving, totalling 22 touchdowns...........As a freshman and sophomore, he carried the ball 227 times for 1,643 yards and 26 touchdowns. As a freshman, he rsuhed for 857 yards and 14 TDs on 134 carries. He was limited to 93 carries as a sophomore due to injuries........A sprinter in track, some like him best as a WR at the next level........Great bloodlines as his father, Mark Sr., was a star WR at Michigan State and played in the NFL with the New York Giants..........As of April he had offers from Michigan State and Tennessee.

6 Jeremiah Schwartz RB 5'11 239 4.85 Orlando Edgewater Florida

Schwartz is a real load of a back and quite possibly the top pure fullback in the nation................He plays for one of the strongest programs in Central Florida, one that has recently produced such blue-chip talent as Lorenzo Edwards (Florida) and Greg Matthews (Michigan)............Honorable Mention Class 6A All-State and Central Florida and Second Team Orange County as a junior after carrying the ball for about 1,400 yards and 23 TDs.......Has tested exceptionally well on the 2007 combine circuit. Not a blazer, but unusually quick, athletic and powerful: Great 4.15 shuttle, 27 bench reps and 30-inch vertical.........An all-around talent. Runs with great power and runs low to the ground. Especially tough between the tackles and his quick feet enable him to quickly change direction and hit the hole. Runs well enough to lug the balkl in a one-back set for top-level BCS teams. Exceptional blocker, in part due to his great strength. Also shows soft hands catching the ball out of the backfield..........Wrestles and participates in track.......Solid student.......As of May he had offers from Virginia and Colorado.

7 Darius Willis RB/LB 6'2 210 Indianapolis Franklin Central Indiana

Willis is the top RB in Indiana and among the best in the Midwest.......Honorable Mention Class 5A All-State selection as a junior after carrying the ball 231 times for 1,277 yards (5.5 ypc) and 15 TDs........Transferred from Indianapolis Howe Acadmey to Franklin Central after his sophomore season..........Honorable Mention Class 3A All-State and First Team All-Indianapolis as a sophomore at Howe Academy after rushing for 1,390 yards...........Started at RB and LB as a freshman.......Has a great combination of size and speed, but his running skills are still raw........Has run a 10.8 100-meters and 21.9 200-meters in track. As a freshman, he finished fifth in the 400 meters in the state track meet......As of May he had offers from Indiana, Purdue, Illinois and Kentucky.

8 Michael Shaw RB/DB/LB 6'0 185 4.40 Trotwood-Madison Ohio

Shaw is one of the fastest-rising RB prospects in the nation and among the best prospects in Ohio..........He transferred from Kettering Alter to Trotwood-Madison in the winter of 2007..........Honorable Mention Dayton Daily News Division III-IV All-Are as a junior after carrying the ball 180 times for 975 yards and 21 TDs. He also caught 10 passes for 200 yards and one score..........Rushed for 475 yards and 3 TDs on 80 carries (5.9 ypc) as a sophomore.......Gets to the line quickly, shows good vision and catches the ball well.......285 bench, 425 squat, 35-inch vertical..........3.4 core GPA and 1550 SAT........As of April he had offers from the likes of Nebraska, Maryland, Vanderbilt, Akron, Miami (Ohio), Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Cincinnati and Iowa.

9 Isaiah Pead RB/DB 5'11 180 4.41 Columbus Eastmoor Academy Ohio

Pead is one of the top backs in Ohio and overall prospects in the Columbus area.........First Team Division IV All-State at RB as a junior after carrying the ball 158 times for 1,696 yards and 24 touchdowns. He also caught 10 passes for 250 yards and two scores. He returned 2 kicks and 1 punt for scores...........Could play either CB or RB in college.....Has excellent speed, good cutting ability, vision and runs with patience.........275 bench, 15 bench reps, 32-inch vertical.......Has looked very good on the 2007 combine circuit........Stars in track (10.7 100-meters)..........2.6 GPA..........As of May he had offers from Cincinnati, Miami (Ohio), Akron and Indiana.

10 Andre Smith RB 5'11 185 4.40 Bakersfield East Bakersfield California

One of the top prospects in Bakersfield and better backs in southern California..............As a junior, he was a second Team Underclass All-Statet selection after carrying the ball 112 times for 1,060 yards (9.46 ypc) and 21 TDs, catching 20 passes for 398 yards and 3 TDs and returning 9 kicks for 398 yards (great 44.22 average).......He has breakaway speed, is quick through the hole and has excellent vision. More fast than shifty, a talented downhill runner....10.6 100-meters sprinter in track...........As of April he had offers from Oregon and Colorado State.

11 Bryan Schroeder RB/DB 5'9 203 4.68 Ramsey North Harrison Indiana

12 Aaron King RB 5'11 195 Carmel Indiana

13 Caulton Ray RB/DB 5'9 195 4.47 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan

14 Ronnie Lark RB 5'10 180 Flint Powers Catholic Michigan

16 Salvadore Battles RB/QB/DB/ATH 6'0 205 4.60 Youngstown Rayen Ohio

17 Jarred Salubi RB 5'10 182 4.69 Waco Texas

18 Darrin Williams RB/WR/DB 5'6 163 4.34 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan

19 DeAndre Johnson RB/DB 5'9 180 4.50 Madison Heights Madison Michigan

20 George Winn RB/WR/LB 5'11 190 4.65 Detroit U-D Jesuit Michigan

21 Chris Crockett RB/LB 5'11 190 4.40 Gahanna Columbus Academy Ohio

22 Mario Crawford RB/DB/WR 5'8 157 4.40 Romulus Michigan

23 Ryan Nathan RB 5'8 181 4.69 Lima Ohio

24 Martez Dykes RB 5'8 205 Ypsilanti Michigan

25 Jeff White RB/DB 5'10 190 4.40 Alliance Ohio

26 Jamie Simpson RB/PK 6'1 225 4.58 Dowagiac Michigan

27 Dominique White RB/DB 5'7 171 4.70 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan

28 DeShawn Hayes RB 5'11 190 Saginaw Heritage Michigan

29 Jonathan Grimes RB 5'10 193 4.65 Haddonfield Pope Paul VI New Jersey

Sleepers Off The Radar

1 Chris Harper RB/WR 6'3 215 4.45 Wichita Northwest Kansas

Harper is one of the top overall prospects in Kansas and among the top skill athletes in the Midlands............Earned Honorable Mention Class 6A All-State honors as a junior while playing out-of-position as the team's best athlete at QB..........Transferred from Wichita Collegiate to Northwest in the middle of his sophomore seasonr.........Rushed for over 1,000 yards as a freshman at Collegiate........An outstanding athlete who could play WR, RB, LB or safety in college. He has an excellent combination of size, strength and speed. He has soft hands and can really go up and get the ball. Some coaches just aren't sure where this versatile athlete best projects at the next level .......295 bench, 405 squat, 285 power clean......Also stars as a shooting guard in basketball and was the Class 6A basketball tourney MVP as a sophomore. A college prospect in that sport as well.........3.0 GPA........As of April he had offers from Texas A&M, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State.

2 Mikel LeShoure RB 6'1 222 4.62 Champaign Centennial Illinois

Some feel that LeShoure is the top RB in Illinois and he is certainly one of the best in the Midwest...............A Firest Team All-State selection and Champaign Area Player of the Year as a junior after rushing for 2,458 yards (7.9 ypc) and 31 TDs for a Class 6A quarterfinalist team. H also caught 12 passes for 192 yards and 2 scores............Rushed for 1,165 yards on a bad ankle as a sophomore.......Didn't play much as a freshman due to an injury.......Fine athlete (38-inch vertical) who runs with great power, good speed and good quickness (4.47 shuttle). Runs strong between the tackles and is tough to bring down..........A good kid who has had a powerful and positive maternal influence as his father, Michael, is incarcerated at the Danville Correctional Center after being convicted on four counts of cocaine possession in 1993...........Fine student. 4.45 GPA on a 5.0 scale.....As of April he had offers from Illinois and Kansas.

Wide Receivers

This is a very deep and talented group of prospects and Michigan is strongly positioned with at least three of them (Baldwin, Stonum and Smith).

Baldwin is truly special and ranks right up there with the best of the best in the nation this year.

There are so many great receivers in the nation this year that most of the top programs will get their fair share. A sleeper I like, should Michigan fall short on some of their top targets, is Nelson Rosario out of California. He has great height, speed, athleticism and is a fine student. I wouldn't be surprised to see U-M get involved.

Best Guess

1 Jonathan Baldwin WR/LB/TE 6'5 215 4.40 Aliquippa Pennsylvania

Baldwin is one of two outstanding versatile receiver/athletes in Pennsylvania (the other being Terrelle Pryor) and he ranks up there with the very best receivers in the nation……….I project him as a WR due to his fine athleticism, speed (reportedly clocked a 4.31 forty at the 2006 Pittsburgh summer camp) and soft hands, but he could grow into a TE or play OLB in college. Played TE out of necessity as a junior……….Has an excellent frame combined with fine agility, strength (320 bench), hops (claims a remarkable 43-inch vertical!) and quickness. Really excels in picking up yards after the catch…..As a junior, he was named Second Team AP Class AA All-State as a defensive specialist (although he was nominated as a TE) after catching 21 passes for 370 yards from his TE spot and being a force from his DE position. Also named All-Area by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…….Stars in basketball and already has an early offer in that sport from Marquette…….Has played varsity hoops and football since his freshman year…….A very hard worker who keeps at it in the off-season……......3.3 core GPA…..Baldwin’s father, Jeffrey, played football for Pitt and his cousin is NFL All-Pro and former Michigan CB Ty Law……As of April he had football offers from the likes of USC, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Florida State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Miami, Florida, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

2 Darryl Stonum WR 6'2 185 4.39 Sugarland Fort Bend Dulles Texas

Stonum is one of the top prospects in Texas and among the top receivers in the nation…….Earned First Tam District 23-5A honors as a junior after catching 47 passes for 1,053 yards and 14 TDs despite missing almost two games with an ankle sprain……..His coach says that he is the most talented receiver he has seen, and he’s been coaching for 30 years. He has nice size, great athleticism, blazing speed and good hands…….He can catch the long ball but is also very dangerous in the short routes and picking up huge yards after the catch……Two Class of 2007 teammates, Brandon Herron and Troy Woolfolk, signed with Michigan, and Stonum is considered to be a superior prospect to both..…….Runs track…….As of April had offers from the likes of LSU, Florida State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Florida, Kansas State, New Mexico State, Oklahoma State, Kansas, USC and Michigan.

3 Fred Smith WR/DB 6'3 195 4.40 Detroit Southeastern Michigan

Smith is the top receiver in Michigan and one of the nation’s better receivers…..As a junior he was named First Team Junior All-State by MichiganPreps.com and First Team All-Detroit by the Detroit News after catching 37 passes for 595 yards and 6 TDs. He added 6 INTs as a DB………As a sophomore he earned Honorable Mention All-City kudos after catching 12 passes for 399 yards and 5 scores in his first year of football……..Has nice size and strength for a WR and very good speed…..Still a bit raw, but he has a high ceiling…….Stars in basketball……Reports a 10.6 in the 100-meters......2.9 GPA........Being heavily recruited by top Big Ten programs.....As of May he had offers from Michigan, Michigan State, UCLA, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Toledo and Ball State.

4 DeJuan Miller WR/DB 6'5 205 4.61 Metuchen New Jersey

Miller has emerged as the top WR in New Jersey this year and among the best on the Atlantic Coast........Also a talented safety who earned First Team All-Middlesex County honors at that position after recording 54 tackles and 7 INTs as a junior. On offense, he had 29 catches for 581 yards and 9 touchdowns..........As a sophomore, he had 27 receptions for 231 yards and 5 scores.......Miller has great size, runs fine routes, can overpower smaller defenders and has the size and vertcial to really go up and catch the ball. He shows outstanding body control and catches the ball well in traffic. To top things off, he is very fast. As a sophomore he finished second in the state in the 200 meters and 6th in the 100 meters (11.27 100-meter and a 22.53 200-meter) .........Also a D-I basketball prospect who averaged over 15 points per game as a junior............235 bench, 395 squat, 33-inch vertical.......2.8 core GPA.......As of May he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Penn State, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Maryland, Syracuse, Boston Collrga, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Rutgers and Connecticut.

5 Marcus Sales WR/DB 6'2 185 4.50 Syracuse Christian Brothers Academy New York

Sales is the top WR in New York and among the nations best……As a junior he caught 33 passes from All-American senior Mike Paulus for over 600 yards and 7 TDs despite missing two games. He was named First Team All-Conference at WR and Second Team at CB…….As a sophomore he caught 25 passes for 625 yards and 9 TDs………..Sales is a smooth runner with nice size, fine speed and excellent ball skills……Has picked up the game quickly as his sophomore season was his first year playing the game……Stars in basketball as well, averaging over 20 points per game…….Solid “B” student……As of early February he had offers from Miami, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, North Carolina and Virginia.

6 Sedrick Johnson WR/LB 6'4 190 4.60 Arp Texas

Johnson is one of the top receivers in Texas and top all-around athletes in the state as he also excels in basketball. He is one of the fastest-rising receivers in the nation........As a junior he was named Honorable Mention Class 2A All-State and First Team District 19-2A at WR.......He had 30 catches for 516 yards and 5 TDs as a sophomore.......The state tournament basketball MVP and All-Stater as a sophomore .......Very impressive on the 2007 combine circuit (4.6 forty, 4.48 shuttle, 33-inch vertical)........He has a great frame, good speed and has the hops and ahleticism to go up and make the tough catch........225 bench, 325 squat, 215 power clean.....2.8 GPA......As of April he had offers from the likes of Nebraska, Michigan, Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Houston and Tulsa.

7 D.J. Woods WR/DB 6'0 175 4.35 Strongsville Ohio

Woods is one of the top WR prospects in the Midwest asnd could also excel at CB in college. He is one of the fastest-rising prospects in the nation.........A First Team All-Northeast Lakes District-Division I WR as a junior after catching 33 passes for 750 yards and eight touchdowns. He also has 49 tackles and intercepted three passes from his CB spot..........Sophomore starter at CB......Speed and quickness are his greatest attributes (sub-4.4 forty and a 3.94 shuttle)........Hurdler in track......10 bench reps.....Stock really on the rise after outstanding 2007 combine showings....... Could play either WR or DB in college, but with his ball skills, soft hands and ability to go deep I like him as a WR........Offensive MVP at the 2007 Ohio Elite Skills Combine........As of April he had offers from Iowa, Indiana, Ball State, Pittsburgh, Miami (Ohio) and Eastern Michigan.

Offered But Longshots

1 Michael Floyd WR/DB 6'3 190 4.50 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota

Floyd is the midwest’s candidate when talk turns to the top prep receiver in the talent-laden Class of 2008. After a relatively weak in-state Class of 2007, Floyd leads a very strong group of 2008 in-staters and is the rare blue-chip skill athlete to emerge out of Minnesota…………The best player in Minnesota as a junior……A consensus First Team All-State selection as a junior and also named a Second Team All-American by USA Today………..As a junior, he caught 63 passes for 1,240 yards (19.0 average) and scored 16 TDs. He also carried the ball 12 times for 246 yards and 3 scores….…As a sophomore, he had 22 receptions for 665 yards (30.2 ypc) and 6 TDs.……Has the combination of great size and speed that seems to be a common denominator among most of the nation’s elite receivers this year. Yet another receiver who can make the difficult catch looks easy due to his speed, strength and ability to go vertical to catch the ball. Is exceptional when going up for the ball in traffic……..Very physical and athletic……Plays for one of the state’s top programs……The best receiver to emerge from the state since Larry Fitzgerald (with whom he has drawn comparisons) and will be even more heavily recruited………Also a standout basketball player who averaged just under 11 points per game as a sophomore in leading Cretin Derham Hall to a 26-3 record……… As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida, Miami, Notre Dame, USC, California, Michigan, Ohio State, UCLA, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas State.

2 DeAndre Brown WR 6'6 215 4.62 Ocean Springs Mississippi

Brown is the top WR in Mississippi and among the nations very best. He challenges Darius Barksdale for honors as the top overall prospect in the state……..As a junior he was named Second Team All-State by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger after catching 21 passes for 348 yards and 5 TDs. He also rushed for 4 TDs and returned 2 kicks for TDs…….He did not have a very good passing QB throwing him the ball as a junior……..As a sophomore he had 36 catches for 691 yards and 7 TDs…….He has tremendous height and runs a 4.4 forty. He does a good job of going up and catching the ball in traffic (34-inch vertical helps). Has good quickness (4.37 shuttle) and decent strength (15 bench reps as a sophomore). Runs with fine power after making the catch.……Very impressive at the 2006 LSU summer camp.…….Also stars in basketball and runs the 200-meters in track…….Very high ceiling…….Could grow into a TE........As of early March he had offers from the likes of Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi, Louisville, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Miami, Florida and Florida State.

3 Kenny Tate WR/DB 6'4 215 4.50 Hyattsville DeMatha Maryland

Talented WRs abound across the nation in the Class of 2008 and Tate ranks right up there among the best.......He was a consensus First Team All-State selection and First Team Washington Post All-Metro choice as a junior…..As a sophomore, he was named First Team Big School All-State by AP………..Playing in a balanced offense for one of area’s most powerful programs, as a junior he had 17 receptions for 365 yards and 6 TDs. He also returned 2 punts and 2 kicks for scores…….As a sophomore, he had 24 receptions for 529 yards and 4 TDs……..Also starts at safety and is a big-timer at that position as well….His coach calls him the best prospect to emerge out of DeMatha in quite a few years (since LB Andre Jones went to Notre Dame in 1986)…….Yet another elite WR in the Class of 2008 who possesses excellent height and a great frame……A real playmaker who is a threat to go the distance every time he touches the ball. Can really go up and get the ball, however what really stands out on tape is his agility and ability to juke out defenders together with pretty good straight-line speed (he runs track)…..His coach said he was already good enough to play Division I college ball as a prep sophomore…..Some have called him a taller Derrick Williams, but to me he lacks the extra-gear that Williams had……..Also a fine basketball player for the tradition-laden DeMatha team and is receiving college interest as a hoopster…..2.5 GPA…..Great character........As of mid-January he had received offers from such programs as Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida, Maryland and Virginia Tech.

4 Deion Walker WR 6'4 190 4.48 Christchurch Virginia

Walker is one of the nation's elite WR prospects and one of the top overall prospects in Virginia........A First Team Private Schools Division 2 All-State selection at both WR and DB as a junior after hauling in 47 passes for 732 yards and 8 TDs. On defense, he recorded 31 tackles and 8 INTs. A real playmaker who can go up and get the ball.........Starred as a sophomore for Asheville (NC), where as a QB he passed for over 1,800 yards........As a freshman he played at Bishop McGuinness High in North Carolina.....Very impressive on the 206 combine circuit and at the Wake Forest summer camp.......He has a great combination of height, speed, quickness, athleticism and leaping ability. He just needs to get stronger and fill out his great WR frame........ 220 bench, 435 squat, 4.2 shuttle, 37-inch vertical.........Plays basketball and runs track. As a freshman and sophomore he won the North Carolina state title in the triple jump........ Has moved around a lot as his father is in the air force........3.2 core GPA......As of May he had over 35 offers, including the likes of USC, Michigan, Penn State, Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Virginia, Maryland, Auburn, N.C. State, Clemson, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisville.

5 Rodriguez Wilks WR/DB 5'11 192 4.78 Smyrna Tennessee

Wilkes is the top receiver in Tennessee and among the nations best……As a junior he helped lead Smyrna to the 5A state championship by hauling in 60 passes for 943 yards and 10 TDs. On defense, he recorded 58 tackles, 6 interceptions and returned 2 punts for TDs. He was named First Team Class 5A All-State and All-Middle Tennessee…… As a sophomore he had 39 receptions forr 791 receiving yards and 9 TDs…….He was very impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine, earning First Team All-Combine honors……Looked very good during the 2006 combine circuit (sophomore marks of 4.53 forty, 4.13 shuttle, 31-inch vertical)…….He has outstanding leaping ability, is very quick off the line of scrimmage, runs polished routes and has very soft hands. Combined with his good height and fine speed he has the entire package to excel at the highest level in college……He really can get separation from the DBs and after the catch he is a threat to go the distance……An outstanding athlete who is also a star guard on the basketball team. His football coach calls him the most gifted athlete that he has coached…..His brother, Marsalous Johnson, is a defensive back for Tennessee........As of mid-February he had received offers from Tennessee, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Mississippi and Alabama.

6 Josh Jarboe WR 6'3 195 4.38 Ellenwood Cedar Grove Georgia

One of the nation's top WRs and ranks alongside of Brice Butler as the top WR prospect in Georgia...........A Second Team All-DeKalb/Rockdale County selection as a junor after recording 48 catches for 947 yards and 10 touchdowns, adding 437 rushing yards and two more scores...........He has a great combination of size, speed and elusiveness. He has outstanding ball skills and shows an innate ability to catch the ball in traffic. He can beat defenders with his speed on the deep ball, outrun them on the short pas and make the tough catch over the middle due to his soft hands, toughness and great size...........2.6 GPA but will need to improve his test score.....As of April he had offers from the likes of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio State, LSU, Miami, Florida State, Kentucky and Virginia Tech. (

Others to Watch

1 Jameel Owens WR/DB 6'4 200 4.50 Muskogee Oklahoma

Owens is probably the top overall prospect in Oklahoma and ranks among the nation’s elite receivers.......Was named Second Team All-State by the Daily Oklahoman as a junior after grabbing 24 passes for 537 yards and 9 TDs…..As a sophomore, he earned All-Muskogee area honors after recording 40catches for over 900 yards and 10 TDs……Plays for a team with a lot of talent, and he’s the most highly regarded of the bunch…….Has been a varsity starter since his freshman season…..He has excellent height, hands, ball skills, speed and athleticism. He plays centerfield for the baseball team and runs the 110-meter hurdles and high jumps and long jumps in track……Especially a threat on the deep ball........Also a solid safety.......Solid strength (280+ bench, 450+ squat) helps make him an effective blocker as well as difficult to slow down with the bump-and-run……2.5 GPA.......As of May he had offers from the likes of Miami, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Texas Tech, Kansas and Tulsa.

2 Cordale Scott WR/ATH 6'4 200 4.49 Cleveland Glenville Ohio

Cleveland Glenville is the top producer of talent in the state and most of the top players end up signing with Ohio State. Scott is one of Glenville’s Class of 2008 studs and among the best receivers in the nation………As a junior he was named Second Team All- Northeast Lakes District-Division I aftre hauling in 27 passes for 4 TDs and recording 5 INTs, returning 4 for scores……..Also starts at safety……Very impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine, earning Second Team All-Combine honors……He possesses excellent height, very good speed (the 4.78 forty was run as a sophomore at the 2006 U.S. Army Combine), solid route-running skills, nice hands and is physical………As a sophomore he played QB and DE on the JV team……Overall MVP at the 2007 Ohio Elite Skills Combine........3.2 GPA……As of mid-January he had offers from Wisconsin, Bowling Green and Akron.

3 Martavious Odoms WR 5'8 175 4.35 Pahokee Florida

Florida always produces outstanding WRs and Odoms is one of the very best in the Class of 2008……As a junior he was a First Team Class 2B All-State selection after leading his team to an unbeaten record and the state title. He was also a consensus All-Palm Beach County pick and was named the Sun-Sentinel’s County Small Schools Player of the Year…….Effective at WR, DB and as a return man……..As a junior he had 46 receptions for 941 yards and 14 TDs despite being constantly double-teamed…….As a sophomore he was named Second Team Class 2B All-State and First Team All-Palm Beach County after leading the County with 68 receptions for 1,156 yards and 16 TDs and helping his team to a state title…..…As a freshman he had over 400 yards receiving and 11 TDs……An explosive and dangerous player who lacks great size but has everything else. He’s quicker than a hiccup (4.12 shuttle as a soph), runs great routes, is strong for his size (14 bench reps as a soph), tough, athletic, goes vertical (34-inch vertical), blocks well and is a very hard worker. A real playmaker……15 bench reps......10.6 100-meters.....2.5 core GPA.......As of April he had offers from the likes of Notre Dame, Miami, Auburn, Tennessee, Clemson, Iowa and South Carolina.

4 Laron Byrd WR/DB 6'4 210 4.50 Boutte Hahnville Louisiana

It’s a deep year for wide receivers both nationally and in Louisiana, and Byrd ranks among the bets…….As a junior, he had 20 receptions for 347 yards and 4 TDs.........Has two things you can’t teach-size and speed……Will need to watch his grades……Also starts at CB…..Very athletic. He also stars in basketball……..Really exploded onto the scene as a sophomore……Has explosive leaping ability and does a great job of positioning himself to make the catch. Has the strength to stave off smaller defenders and the speed to run by most of them……Being heavily pursued by most of the SEC.........3.0 GPA.............March offers from the likes of Texas, Arkansas, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee.

5 Jeffrey Fuller WR 6'5 200 4.50 McKinney Boyd Texas

Fuller is one of the top overall prospects in Texas.............A Second Team All-District 9-4A WR as a junior after catching 26 passes for 400 yards and 3 scores for an 0-10 team playing its first year of varsity football.............Started at McKinney High as a sophomore in both football and basketball.......He has a great frame but also runs pretty well and is a very hard worker........A fine athlete who stars on the basketball team and triple jumped 45-feet 4-inches and qualified for the regionals in the event as a freshman in addition to running in the 200 and 400-meter events........33.5-inch vertical.....Very impressive at the 2007 Fort Worth Nike Camp and Dallas Scout Combine........His father Jeff Sr. played at A&M in the 1980s and on several Super Bowl teams with the San Francisco 49ers.........Fine 3.6 core GPA........As of May he had offers from the likes of Oklahoma, LSU, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Boston College, Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Colorado and TCU.

6 Wes Kemp WR/TE 6'4 226 4.60 St. Louis DeSmet Missouri

Kemp is the top receiver in Missouri and among the better receivers in the nation. He has been an impressive performer for a solid DeSmet program since his freshman season…………As a junior he was a First Team Class 6A All-State selection and St. Louis Post-Dispatch Third Team All-Metro honoree after catching 39 passes for 769 yards and 7 TDs………As a sophomore he was a Second Team All-Metro St. Louis selection and Second Team Class 6A All-State aftr leading his team to the 6A state title by hauling in a team-leading 46 balls for 1,062 yards (23.09 avg.) and 7 TDs…………A long-strider with good height who can really go up (34-inch vertical at a combine) and catch the ball. Has the size and strength (18 bench reps as a soph) to overpower overmatched DBs. Not as effective in gaining yardage after the catch. Lacks jets (4.70 soph combine forty, but was injured) and great quickness (4.62 shuttle) but should make a very fine possession receiver in college……… As of Aprily he had offers from such programs as Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Mississippi, Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan State.

7 Brandon Green WR/DB 6'0 167 4.50 Chicago Robeson Illinois

Green is an exceptional two-way talent at WR and FS/CB who I really like as a WR in college. He is one of the nation’s better WR prospects…….Enjoyed an outstanding junior season and was named Second Team All-American as a DB by MaxPreps and First Team All-State at DB by the Chicago Tribune. The two-way star recorded 8 INTs, 3 of which were returned for scores, and caught 62 passes for 1,461 yards and 21 TDs.…….As a sophomore he was a First Team All-Public League selection by the Chicago Sun-Times after catching 57 passes for 1,250 yards and 15 TDs………As a freshman, he had 47 receptions for 797 yards and 9 TDs.…….He is an outstanding athlete and will be the top prospect in the Chicago Public League as a senior……He has decent size and speed, but it’s his athleticism and ball skills that really stand out……A real playmer who knows how to get separation from the defender.........His coach claims that he is the best player he has coached in 17 years…….Solid student…..As of March he had received offers from the likes of Colorado, Illinois, Purdue, Kansas State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa.

8 Darius Morgan WR 6'5 188 4.60 Citra North Marion Florida

Morgan is a tall and rangy WR prospect who is among the nation’s top possession receivers…….Played JV ball as a sophomore (his first year of playing football) until coming up to varsity at the end of the year and scoring 6 TDs. He really exploded onto the scene as a junior, pulling in 42 receptions for over 700 yards and 9 TDs…….Has excellent leaping ability and hands. His foremost asset is his ability to focus on the ball and go up in traffic and make the catch. He’s very physical in going up for the ball, blocking and breaking tackles after the catch. Has decent quickness for his height (4.37 shuttle as a soph)……..Needs to improve his upper body strength .…….As of early February he claimed offers from the likes of Florida, Florida State, Auburn and Tennessee.

9 Timothy Molton WR/DB/P 6'3 176 4.53 Destrehan Louisiana

Molton is one of a deep crop of talented receivers in Louisiana this year and is considered to be one of the top overall prospects in the state….As a junior he caught 32 passes for 540 yards and 6 TDs but earned First Team District 5-5A honors as a punter after averaging 42 yards per boot…….Very impressive at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine, earning Second Team All-Combine honors and showing off spectacular catch after catch in drills……Very impressive at the 2006 LSU summer camp, catching the attention of Les Miles……Has a nice combination of size and speed…..Great hops…..Plays basketball……Had the advantage of going up against LSU freshman CB Jai Eugene in practices his first two years in high school…….Needs to keep his grades up…….One of the most heavily recruited prospects in Louisiana..... As of April Mississippi had offered.

10 Aaron Boyd WR/DB 6'5 205 4.59 Lexington Henry Clay Kentucky

Boyd is one of the top overall prospects in Kentucky and among the bets receivers in the South..............Second Team All-Lexington Area at WR as a junior after catching 39 passes for 730 yards. 5 TDs and 2 INTs.......Sophomore starter at WR on a 12-2 4A team..........2007 Kentucky High School Coaches Association Tremendous 26 selection........Tall and fast. Can really go up and get the ball........The younger brother of Arizona Cardinal and former Kentucky QB Shane Boyd........2.5 GPA..........As of April he had offers from Miami, Tennessee, Virginia, N.C. State, Kentucky, Louisville and Cincinnati.

11 Joseph Adams WR/DB 6'1 180 4.40 North Little Rock Central Arkansas Christian Arkansas

Adams is one of the top overall prospects in Arkansas and among the top receivers in the South.......A First Team Class 4A All-State selection as a junior after catching 29 passes for 633 yards (21.8 avg.) and 9 TDs and rushing for 857 yards (11.4 avg.) and 14 TDsl................Transferred from Little Rock Parkview to CAC for his junior season.......Started as a sophomore at Parkview at WR and safety........Tremendous speed and quickness, is effective in finding open space and then dominating that space. Gets great separation from DBs and has soft hands. Also a great return man on both kicks and punts......... 225 bench, 7 bench reps, 315 squat, 38-inch vertical, 4.19 shuttle..........3.2 GPA............Great 2007 combine performances, including being named the top WR at the Fort Worth Nike Camp..........Very impressive at the 2006 Arkansas summer camp..... As of May he had offers from the likes of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tuldsa, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Minnesota, Georgia, Kansas and Air Force.

12 Corey Johnson WR/DB 6'1 180 4.60 Muskegon Michigan

Johnson is one of the top overall prospects in Michigan and top WRs in the Midwest.............Honorable Mention All-Muskegon Area as a junior in helping to lead his team to the state title........Not quite the prospect that his older brother, USC signee Ron Johnson, is since he lacks Ron's great speed, but he is still very, very good........Dominated at the 2007 Purdue Nike Camp, earning WR MVP honors after showing off his soft hands, agility, ability to get separation from DBs and explosivenes in open space. Runs excellent routes........As of May he had offers from the likes of Michigan State, Florida, Wisconsin, Virginia, Minnesota,Nebraska and Kansas State........He initially committed to Michigan State back in September of 2006, but since the coaching change he is wide open.

13 Chris Owusu WR/DB 6'1 177 4.50 Westlake Village Oaks Christian California

Owusu is one of the top receivers in California and also has the skills to excel at DB in college.......Plays for a program that produced a class for the ages last year (e.g Jimmy Clausen, Marc Tyler, Marshall Jones). This year's group of prospects isn't nearly as strong, but Owusu is arguably the best of the bunch......As a junior, he caught 33 passes for 747 yards and nine touchdowns........As a sophomore, he had 9 receptions for 133 yards and 1 TD, 12 tackles, 5 assists and 1 INT.....Sam some varsity mop-up time as a freshman, carrying the ball 6 times for 20 yards.......Should see a lot more touches as a senior. Has nice height and excellent speed. Is still raw, but has a high ceiling. A speedy and graceful receiver.........His father was a 400-meter Olympics runner for Ghana.......4.2 core GPA as he is taking accelerated coures.........As of April he had offers from Stanford, Duke, BYU, Mississippi and Nevada.

14 Ben Barber WR/DB 5'10 193 4.50 Alexandria Edison Virginia

Barber is a talented two-way athlete who could play either WR or DB in college. He is one of the top overall prospects in Virginia.........As a junior, he was named First Team Class AAA All-State and Honorable Mention All-Metro Washington after hauling in 54 passes for 1,034 yards and 12 scores despite missing thre games with a broken toe. He also tallied 3 INTs on defense.........As a sophomore, he had 10 receptions for 215 yards and one score and had 5 INTs on defense........Not the tallest receiver, but runs very well, is tough, has soft hands and great concentration, has a great vertical and is solidly built.......Needs to work on his grades.......As of April, he had offers from Virginia Tech, Virginia and Maryland.

15 Raevon Samuel WR 6'5 190 4.50 North Las Vegas Canyon Springs Nevada

One of the top receivers out West and considered to be one of the top two prospects in Nevada. Emerged from relative obscurity as he was only a basketball player until his junior year.........As a junior, he caught 57 passes for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns............Very tall, with a great frame that can easily add more weight. Great vertical, hand-eye coordination and athleticism. Runs very well.......Couples with Juron Criner to form one of the best receiving tandems in the nation.......Also a basketball star.......Improving his grades and now has a core GPA of over 3.0.......As of May he had offers from Arizona, Arizona State, West Virginia, Utah and UNLV.

16 DeAndre Preaster WR/DB 6'3 195 4.55 Utica Proctor New York

Preaster is one of the top overall prospects in New York and among the better receivers on the east coast……He’s a talented prep WR and safety who projects as a WR in college due to his fine playmaking ability and ball skills…..As a junior he had 33 receptions for 640 yards (19.4 avg.) and 6 TDs, carried the ball 19 times for 206 yards and had 18 tackles and 3 INTs…………As a sophomore he had 22 receptions for 538 yards (24.5 avg.) and 5 TDs……..Outstanding vertical jumper and fine quickness……..Outstanding athlete…..An All-Central New York performer in basketball as a sophomore........As of March he had an offer from Syracuse.

17 Cruz Williams WR 6'4 205 4.64 Little Rock Pulaski Academy Arkansas

It's a deep year for wide receivers in Arkansas, and Williams is up there near he top of the list in addition to being among the better overall prospects in the state.........Put up huge numbers in earning All-State honors as a junior.......As a sophomore, he had 21 receptions for 308 yards and 5 TDs..........Has a nice frame, runs good routes, has soft hands and has decent speed.........Plays for a strong program.........Also plays basketball........As of April he had offers from Arkansas, Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Mississippi State and Oklahoma State.

18 Roy Roundtree WR/DB 6'1 185 4.50 Trotwood-Madison Ohio

Roundtree is one of the top receivers in Ohio..............Second Team All-Southwest District-Division II and Honorable Mention All-Dayton Area at WR as a junior after catching 48 passes for 851 yards and 7 touchdowns........Transferred from Dayton Bellmont to Trotwood-Madison for his junior year........As a freshman starter at Bellmont he caught 12 passes and posted 4 INTs.......Has a nice frame that can easily add more weight........Looked solid on the 2007 combine circuit, showing off his fine quickness and soft hands.........Plays basketball and runs track.......Great work ethic.......2.8 core GPA, 3.3 GPA........As of May he had offers from Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Miami (Ohio) and Nebraska.

19 Teddy Robb WR 6'0 187 4.54 Canal Fulton Northwest Ohio

Robb is one of the top WR prospects in Ohio.............He plays for a solid program........Second Team All-Northeast Inland District-Division III at WR as a junior after catching 49 passes for 682 yards (13.9 ypc) and 7 TDs........As a sophomore, he caught 37 passes for 604 yards and four TDs............He has excellent speed, soft hands and the toughness and strength to make catches over the middle.......Has tested very well on the 2007 combine circuit (4.49 forty, 4.34 shuttle, 14 bench reps, 32-inch vertical).....285 bench, 405 squat......Solid student.......No offers as of March.

20 Houston Tuminello WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas

Tumninello is one of the better receivers in Texas after putting up monster numbers playing TAPPS ball as a junior. He has since transferred to talent-laden Gilmer High......As a junior he earned First Team TAPPS All-State honors after catching an amazing 98 passes for 2,069 yards and 22 TDs..........Played as a sophomore at 15-3A Canton and had 90 reception for 1,225 yards and 18 scores...........Solid quicks (4.37 shuttle) and decent, but not great, speed. Great at running routes and has an excellent pair of hands.......Looked good at the 2006 Oklahoma summer camp......He reportedly transferred to Mesquite for his junior year but wound up at Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy instead. He left Covenant Christian for Gilmer after his junior season...................As of April he had an offer from Baylor.

21 Allante Battle WR/DB 5'10 170 4.40 Phoenix Desert Vista Arizona

22 Samuel Gaymon WR/DB 6'3 182 4.60 Detroit Renaissance Michigan

23 Marcus Thurmond WR 6'2 185 4.40 North Augusta South Carolina

24 DeMarcus Tidwell WR 6'3 195 Grenada Mississippi

25 Eric Magnacca WR/RB/DB 5'11 186 4.37 Massillon Perry Ohio

26 Stephon Ball WR 6'4 217 4.61 Cincinnati St. Xavier Ohio

27 James Saros WR/DB 6'3 180 4.55 Grosse Pointe South Michigan

28 Trumaine Johnson WR 6'3 180 4.55 Stockton Edison California

29 Daryl Gooden WR/DB 6'1 180 4.60 Ann Arbor Huron Michigan

30 Elias Kos WR 6'6 195 4.70 Holland Christian Michigan

31 Anthony Anchrum WR/DB/QB 6'0 161 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan

32 Marvon Sanders WR 5'8 170 4.40 Ypsilanti Michigan

Sleepers Off The Radar

1 Nelson Rosario WR 6'6 218 4.43 Oceanside El Camino California

Rosario is one of the top receivers on the West Coast and overall prospects in southern California........Second Team All-San Diego Section and Honorable Mention Underclass All-State WR as a junior after catching 55 passes for 1,006 yards and 10 TDs.......As a sophomore, he was a Second Team All-Avocado League pick after catching 39 passes for 634 yards, a 16.2-yard average, and six TDs.......Has a great frame with excellent height and length, but is also surprisingly athletic. An oustanding athlete in track, he long jumps 23-4, high jumps 6-8 and triple jumps 48-4. With his height and speed he will have his choice of schools......Does a great job of catching the ball with his hands........ Also plays basketball........Great work ethic.....As of early May 2007 he had one of the top 5 long jumps in the nation as a junior......3.4 core GPA..........As of April he had offers from UCLA, Oregon, N.C. State, San Diego State, Stanford, Arizona, UNLV and Duke.

Tight Ends

Michigan is off to a great start having landed Moore, but the Wolverines are heavily involved with some other talented tight ends as well.

Of the "Best Guess" kids, Ladner is a big U-M fan and Hoover is an in-stater from near Ann Arbor. They are also kids who could project at other positions with their great height and wingspan. Jordan is a real athlete who reminds me a bit of a more advanced Martell Webb.

Quentin Williams is a sleeper should we fall short on some of our top targets. He has been quietleyputting together a nice offer list and is from western Pennsylania, an area that has been kind to Michigan in recent years.

Best Guess

1 Dion Jordan TE/WR/LB 6'6 210 4.60 Chandler Arizona

Jordan will challenge cross-town rival Gerell Robinson, another big and athletic receiver, for honors as the top overall prospect in Arizona. It’s amazing that a town the size of Chandler has two such outstanding talents……..As a junior, Jordan was named First Team Class 5A All-State by the Arizona Republic after hauling in 54 passes for 804 yards and 13 TDs…..He plays WR in high school but could project as a TE in college if he continues to fill out, and he could easily add another 30-40 pounds. With added size he could also play DE in college (as a junior he recorded 30 tackles and 3 sacks playing DE)………A long-strider with soft hands and fine speed, he is one of the top 300-meter hurdles runners in the state, having run an impressive 38.28 as a sophomore. Also very tough and physical, showing an excellent ability to engage the defender when blocking..…Great bloodlines as his father is former NFL TE Steve Jordan and older brother Cameron is one of the state’s better prospect sin the Class of 2007…..Has a very high ceiling……As of April he had received offers from Michigan, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, San Diego State, Colorado, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, San Jose State, Utah State, Boise State and Hawaii.

2 Hubie Graham TE/DL 6'4 225 4.70 Scranton West Scranton Pennsylvania

Graham is one of the better TE prospects in the nation.............Earned Second Team Class AAA All-State honors as a DL his junior year, but most schools are recruiting him as a TE..........On defense, he is a strong pass rusher and very good against the run. A two-year starter he led a defense that gave up 167.5 rushing yards per game in the postseason. During that span, he has recorded 161 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 10 TFL, 10 pass breakups, 19 QB hurries, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.........As a junior, he caught 35 catches for 615 yards and seven touchdowns.........Has a nice frame, plays tough and has soft hands. Great blocker..........335 bench, 500 squat..........As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida, Michigan, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Florida State, Buffalo, Syracuse, Clemson, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, Michigan State, Connecticut and Vanderbilt.

3 Tyler Hoover TE/DL/OL 6'7 244 4.57 Novi Michigan

Hoover is one of the top prospects in Michigan and among the better TE prospects in the nation......A First Team All-Metro-North selection at DE by the Detroit Free Press as a junior..............As a junior, he registered 41 solo tackles, 46 assists, 5 TFL and 3 sacks.........As a sophomore, he registered 34 solo tackles, 29 assists, 6 TFL and 5 sacks............Talented DE but many schools also like him at either TE or OT in college due to his great height and frame.............Has tremendous length and reach, a tall and rangy DE/TE. Does a great job of reading and reacting on defense. Has quick feet for his size (4.66 shuttle) and soft hands and will be used more at TE as a senior. Great motor.......... 250 bench, 400 squat, 27-inch vertical, 4.57 forty, 4.39 shuttle..... Talented athlete who is also a D-I talent in hoops........Solid character.......2.9 core GPA........Interested in design engineering and architecture...........As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Purdue, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Northwestern Duke, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan.

4 Spencer Ladner TE/WR 6'7 240 4.81 Kansas City Pembroke Hill Missouri

One of the nation's top tight ends and top prospects in the Midlands..........Ladner is a tall prep WR who projects as a TE in college. Has a great frame and is already physically imposing as a prep junior..............He had 620 yards receiving and ten touchdowns as a junior..........Good bloodlines as his older brother Ben plays at Stanford..............Has a great frame and runs very well for his size.......Offensive co-MVP at the 2007 Kansas City Scout.com Combine........Fine student..........As of May he had 15 offers from such school as Michigan, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas State, Clemson, Wisconsin, Washington State and Kansas.

Offered But Longshots

1 Blake Ayles TE/DL 6'4 235 4.70 Orange Lutheran California

Blake is one of the top overall prospects in California and among the nation’s elite tight ends……In consecutive years he has been named First Team Sophomore and Junior All-State by CalHiSports.com and as a junior he was also named First Team All-Area by the Los Angeles Times and First Team All-County by the Orange County Register……..Plays for a strong team loaded with talent and had the advantage of having USC verbal Aaron Corp throwing him the pigskin……..Was hampered a bit by a shoulder injury his junior season, but still managed to snare 43 passes for 617 yards and 3 TD……As a sophomore, he had 36 receptions for 469 yards and 6 TDs………Has a knack for making big plays at crucial moments against the best competition……Has a good frame with long arms, nice, soft hands and runs well……A real physical blocker, his motor is always running…..He has really started to fill out and should b equally effective catching the ball and blocking at the next level.……3.0 GPA.........By May he had over 20 offers, including ones from such programs as USC (Aaron Corp and Michael Reardon are teammates headed there), UCLA, Miami, Michigan, San Diego State, Nebraska, Notre Dame (he’s Catholic), Colorado, California and Arizona State.

2 Tyler Edwards TE 6'3 232 4.71 Monroe Ouachita Louisiana

Edwards is among the top overall prospects in Louisiana and top tight ends in the South……As a junior he earned First Team Class 4A All-State honors after pulling in 22 passes for 328 yards and 4 TDs…….A bit smallish for a TE, but he has a frame that can add weight, has very quick feet and excels as a blocker. He’s a real downfield threat when catching the ball. He runs very good routes and has soft hands…..Really likes to mix it up and get physical….Excellent strength: 330 bench, 450 squat, 300 clean, plus a 309-inch vertical, 4.27 shuttle, 16 bench reps……His older brother is former LSU TE Eric Edwards……Should qualify easily…..As of May he had offers from the likes of Miami, Florida, Florida State, Nebraska, Georgia, West Virginia, LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Southern Mississippi, Arizona State, Louisiana Tech, Colorado, Oklahoma and Mississippi.

3 Mark Wedderburn TE/LB 6'6 230 4.72 Philadelphia Cardinal O'Hara Pennsylvania

Wedderburn is among the nation’s better TE prospects…….He is very athletic. He also stars in basketball, averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior…..He’s a tall and rangy athlete who will need to add about 20-30 pounds to play Division I ball…..Didn’t catch many passes as a junior as the team did not have an effective passer……..As a sophomore he had 287 receiving yards and 3 TDs…..Has excellent speed (4.72 combine forty) for a big guy and a 30-inch vertical…….He’s the younger brother of former Penn Stater Floyd Wedderburn……..As of April he had offers from the likes of Michigan, Miami, Penn State, Louisville, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Clemson, Virginia, Temple, Rutgers, Illinois and Boston College.

Others to Watch

1 Tim Bierre TE/DL 6'4 235 4.80 Omaha Westside Nebraska

Biere is the top TE in Nebraska.........As a junior, he caught 29 passes for 456 yards and nine touchdowns. On defense, he recorded 70 tackles, 16 TFL and 6 sacks...........Excellent hands and a nice frame.......Runs good routes......255 bench, 370 squat......A Division I talent ......As of Mayl he had offers from Kansas State and Colorado State.

2 Raphael Washington TE/DL 6'3 267 4.97 Ventura St. Bonaventure California

Talented playmaker on both sides of the ball for the powerful St. Bonnie program......Has been overshadowed by some teammatres but has the size, quickness and athleticism to play for a BCS-caliber program at etiher TE or DE

3 Christian Hanna TE/DL 6'3 235 4.82 Shaker Heights Ohio

It's a deep year for tight ends in Ohio, possibly the best year ever for the postion in the state, and Hanna ranks among the state's better prospects at the position in addition to being one of the top prospects in the Cleveland area........He transferred from Cleveland Benedictine to Shaker Heights after his junior season...........Played in a run-oriented offense as a junior at Benedictine, recording only three receptions for 45 yards, but excelling as a blocker.......Graded out at over 90% as a blocker his sophomore year and caught two passes......Fine strength: 310 bench, 535 squat................Has enough quickness to get off the lin and go downfield to make the catch......Hearing from many Big Ten schools.

4 Joe Collura TE/OL/DL 6'4 250 Hyattsville DeMatha Maryland

Collura is one of the top TE prospects on the atlantic coast and among the top overall prospects in the D.C. Area..........One of several blue-chippers this year at local power De Matha........Especially effective as a blocker at TE, but also has soft hands. Also excels as a DE. Projects at TE in college and even has the frame to possibly grow into an OL.........As of March he had no offers.

5 Zach Cecich TE/LB 6'2 225 Crown Point Indiana

6 Cody Aughney TE 6'6 220 4.90 Henderson Green Valley Nevada

7 Leval Speight TE/DL 6'5 250 4.80 Chicago Hubbard Illinois

8 Jake Wahl TE 6'3 205 Cudahy Wisconsin

9 Jonathon Lamb TE/DL/LB 6'4 215 Southfield Michigan

Sleepers Off The Radar

1 Quentin Williams TE/LB/DL 6'4 230 4.70 Pittsburgh Central Catholic Pennsylvania

It's a deep year for tight ends in Pennsylvania and Williams is among the very best, not just in Pennsylvania, but on the entire East Coast.........As a junior, he was a First Team All-Conference selection after catching 22 passes for 424 yards and 6 touchdowns. On defense, he added 42.5 tackles, 13.5 TFL, 8.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries from his DE spot.........Was already playing varsity ball as a freshman for a strong program that regularly churns out D-I talent.......Has a nice combination of size, strength and athleticism.......As of April he had offers from Oklahoma, Boston College, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Rutgers, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Miami (Ohio) and Illinois.

Offensive Linemen

Michigan is off to a very nice start in OL recruiting (third to only Ohio State and Nebraska) but still needs to land at least two additional linemen, including a left tackle prospect.

Likely future verbaly probakly won't be national top 100 tapes as 11 my top 16 offensive linemen in the nation have already committed. Vinstoin Painter, Matt Patchan and Tyler Love are the only remaining super OL prospects that U-M even has a remote chance of landing.

The remaining signees will likely come from prospects ranked between 19 and 50 among offensive linemen in the nation (the top 5 kids on my "Best Guess" list) and perhaps an in-state sleeper such as Deonte Pannell or Sean Hooey.

Best Guess

1 Vaughn Dotsy OL 6'4 367 5.34 Ventura St. Bonaventure California

I first learned of Dotsy when he was a freshman at St. Bonnie, and he’s been near the top of my list of top Class of 2008 prospects ever since…….He plays for one of the most powerful programs in southern California as St. Bonaventure regularly turns out prep All-Americans (Michael Williams and .Blaine Irby in the Class of 2007, Dotsy and super transfer Darrell Scott in 2008 and watch out for Lorenzo Booker’s cousin, RB Patrick Hall, in 2009!)…………..His coach feels that he could be the nation’s top offensive lineman as a senior……A CalHiSports First Team Underclass and Sophomore selection the past two years and also named First Team All-County by the Ventura County Star both seasons……..A naturally big kid, was already 6-3, 300 as a freshman…..Very, very strong as he put up 31 bench reps as a sophomore at a combine, but he needs to improve a bit on his quickness (5.32 shuttle).……….A real mauler who really moves the pile and is a great finisher…….Will be a guard in college.....Second Team 2007 Scout.com Los Angeles Combine........Will need to watch his weight........An honors student with a 3.5 GPA……Will be one of California’s most heavily recruited prospects........As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida, Michigan, Alabama, Nebraska, Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, San Diego State and Mississippi.

2 Zebrie Sanders OL 6'6 272 5.69 Clayton Northmont Ohio

Sanders ranks only behind Mike Adams among the linemen in Ohio this year and he is among the nation’s best……..First Team All-Conference as a junior…….Prep LT who moves extremely well with good footwork and excellent agility……Nice-sized and physical, possessing very good athleticism. Runs like a tight end…..Most effective in pass blocking but also run blocks pretty well…….Plays low to the ball, showing good hip movement and knee-bend……305 bench, 500 squat……Still growing and should top out over 300 pounds…...Outplayed Ben Martin as a sophomore……..Camped at Louisville, Ohio State and Georgia in 2006…....2006 and 2007 combine marks include a 4.99 shuttle, 5.4 forty and 25-inch vertical……3.4 core GPA, 23 ACT and 1070 SAT......As of April he had offers from the likes of Miami, Florida State, Georgia, Mississippi, Clemson, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State, Duke, Northwestern, South Carolina and Florida.

3 Graham Pocic OL 6'7 313 5.62 Lemont Illinois

Pocic could be the top pure OL prospect in Illinois and among the very best offensive linemen in the Midwest............A First Team All-Area selection as a junior.......Plays for a program that has produced D-I talent in recent years (Dave Molk to Michigan and Aaron Nagel to Notre Dame this past year).......Has a great frame with little fat and has gotten much quicker as a junior. He's still working to improve his footwork and play more aggressively.......A thrower (shot put/discus) in track......Very impressive on the 2007 combine circuit, including OL MVP honors at Indianapolis Nike......As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, Boston College, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue, Duke, Vanderbilt, Penn State and N.C. State.

4 James Bennett OL 6'9 280 Dumfries West Potomac Virginia

A monster lineman who is overshadowed by fellow Virginians Vinston Painter and Kyle Long but ranks among the better OT prospects in the nation.........First Team All-Southern selection by the Orlando Sentinel, Second Team Group AAA All-State and First Team All-Metro Washington as a junior..........Great frame (looks thin at 280) that can easily add 30-40 pounds, but surprsingly quick feet for his size. Especially effective as a pass blocker, as he has not allowed a sack the past two years. Plays low and uses leverage effectively. Very athletic.........Also stars in basketball. He averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game as a junior......Excellent 3.7 GPA.....As of May he had offers from the likes of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Michigan, Penn State, Clemson, N.C. State, Michigan State, Maryland, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Connecticut.

5 Zach Schlink OL 6'4 300 5.37 Peoria Centennial Arizona

Schlink is the top OL prospect in Arizona and among the best offensive linemen out West............A consensus First Team Class 5A All-Stater and All-Arizona choice as a junior after helping to lead his team to a perfect 14-0 record and a 5A2 state title............Was the top junior offensive lineman at the 2006 Arizona summer camp...........He has good size and a frame that can add much more weight. He uses his feet and hands well, shows good balance and locks into defenders and dominates. Qucik enough to pull and block at the second level of defense. Both run and pass blocks very well. Needs to be more aggressive and slightly improve his foot speed.............First Team 2007 Scout.com Los Angeles Combine.........As of April he had offers from the likes of Oklahoma, Michigan, Stanford, Nebraska, Illinois, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, Colorado State, Washington State, UCLA, California, Nevada, Oregon State and San Diego State.

6 Deontee Pannell OL/DL 6'6 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan

One of the top overall prospects in Michigan and linemen in the Midwest. A bit of a sleepr on the national scene who should be one of the fastest-rising prospects in the Midwest once his film makes the rounds..........A tweo-way starter at DT and OT, he will move to center as a senior......Has a great frame, good feet and agility and plays physical and aggressively. He is very strong.........Plays for a suburban school with strong academics........As of May he had offers from Michigan State, Purdue, Minnesota, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan.

7 Carlin Landingham OL 6'2 275 5.69 Muskegon Michigan

Landingahm is one of the top overall prospects in Michigan and top offensive linemen in the midwest.......A First Team Class A All-State selection as a junior and All-Muskegon Area choice his sophomore year......Plays for one of the strongest programs in Michigan, one that has produced such talent as Michigan's Terrance Taylor and USC signee Ron Johnson.........Moves very well and is a state power-lifting champ in his weight class (did 20 bench reps as a sophomore). He really packs a punch. The only negative is a lack of ideal height, but he's tall enough to play guard at the BCS level......As of April he had an offer from Notre Dame.

8 Tyler Sands OL 6'6 292 5.20 Boyertown Pennsylvania

Sands is one of the top OL prospects in Pennsylvania..........As a junior, he was an Honorable Mention AAAA All-State selection after not allowing a sack all season and registering 28 pancake blocks............Great frame and excellent feet. Solid lower body strength but needs to get stronger on top. Especially effective at blocking on an island and getting to the second line of defense. Mean streak...........Played basketball through his sophomore year but now focusing on getting bigger.......Benches 350 pounds, squats 515 pounds, and has a 27-inch vertical.........The top linema at the 2007 New Jersey Nike Camp.....Fine student with a core GPA of 3.7 and an SAT score of 1710........As of May he had offers from Nebraska, Maryland, Duke, Temple, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Boston College, Army, Virginia, Delaware, Akron, Navy, Connecticut, Villanova and Vanderbilt.

9 Matt Lipski OL 6'9 362 5.56 Ashland Oregon

Lipski is one of my top sleeper prospects in the nation and has the potential to emerge as oneof the nation's best OT prospects.............As a junior, he was named First Team All-Southern Sky (5A) Conference..........His sophomore season was his first year of football and his junior season was his first full year of varsity ball, so he's still learning the game............He has a great frame, excellent height and surprising athleticism and footwork. Still growing into his body.......Fine basketball player and plays water polo.......High-ceiling type..........Well-known to such programs as Michigan and Oregon.

10 Rocko Khoury OL/DL 6'6 282 Traverse City West Michigan

Rocco is one of the top overall prospects in Michigan and better OL prospects in the Midwest.....As a junior, he earned First Team All-Traverse City Area, First Class Underclass All-State and Honorable Mention Class A All-State.......Has excellent strength (320 bench, 435 squat, 20 bench reps as a sophomore, and he is now much, much stronger), a nice lean frame and wingspan and is a hard worker. Also very, very quick (a hard to believe 4.16 shuttle at a combine)......... Recorded 69 tackles and 2 sacks as a sophomore........Has been a varsity starter since his freshman year..............He transferred from Traverse City Central to West after his junior season......Projects as a OT or OG in college........Very impressive on the 2007 combine circuit......His older brother is a linebacker at Central Michigan........3.6 GPA..........No offers as of early April.

11 Sean Hooey OL/TE/DL 6'8 245 4.90 Hillsdale Michigan

Tall and rangy line prospect who played through his junior season off the radar at tiny Litchfield High.....Transferred to Hillsdale, a larger school, after his junior season......Excelled at both TE and DE as a junior. He hauled in 14 passes for 120 yards and recorded 72 tackles, 14 TFL, 4 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries......Runs very well for a tall guy (4.5 shuttle) and has a frame that could really fill out.......Needs to get stronger......Excellent long snapper......Hard worker.....One of the top sleepers in Michigan and perhaps the entire nation........As of April he had offers from Purdue, Cincinnati and Central Michigan.

Offered But Longshots

1 Vinston Painter OL/DL 6'5 309 5.22 Norfolk Maury Virginia

It’s a great year for offensive linemen and Vinston (correct spelling) ranks with the very best……..Considered by many to be the top offensive lineman at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio………..First Team AAA All-Stater and First Team Orlando Sentinel All-Southern highlight his many junior honors…….Had 22 pancake blocks on offense and 23 tackles on defense as a junior……….. Tremendous combination of strength and quickness… Great build, decent height and effective both as a pass blocker and run blocker…....As a sophomore he had the following combine numbers: 40-yard dash: 5.56 seconds, Shuttle: 4.87, Bench press: 22 reps, Vertical leap: 21.2"……..3.0 GPA and 980 SAT......Reportedly had over 40 offers by January 2007!.......Destined for greatness

2 Alonzo "A.J." Harmon OL/DL 6'6 328 5.50 Louisville Jefferson County Georgia

Alonzo is a two-way lineman who has the potential to excel at either side of the ball at the next level......College coaches really like him on both sides of the ball............Consensus First Team Class AA All-Stater as a junior and also listed by numerous publications as among the nation’s elite junior prospects…… Regitered 47 tackles and caused 12 fumbles as a junior…...Second Team All-Area selection by the Augusta Chronicle as a junior…..Burst onto the recruiting scene as a freshman at the Athens Nike camp, when he ran a 5.69 forty, 5.31 shuttle and had 16 reps in the bench…..Excellent athlete, also plays basketball. Very quick feet for a big man. Also has a fine work ethic…..Looked exceptional at 2006 Georgia summer camp…..Wants to play either OT or DT in college…..Really jumps out on film. Very quick (4.75 shuttle as a junior) and explosive at DE. Also shows exceptional power. Run blocks with power and authority, showing great finishing ability. Surprisingly agile and adept pass blocker…..320 bench, 550 squat, 26-inch vertical......Plays basketball.........2.6 core GPA.......As of May he had 12 offers, including from such programs as Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, Michigan, Florida State, North Carolina, N.C. State, Marshall, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Clemson……One of the nation’s elite linemen

3 Tyler Love OL 6'7 270 5.20 Birmingham Mountain Brook Alabama

Love is the top OL in Alabama and among the nation’s best...........Has the ideal skill set to become a big-time college OT: Great height and frame, quick feet and fine body control, and balance…….Could still add another 30 pounds to his frame…..Uses his hands well and sets up his feet effectively in pass blocking situations……His grandfather played football at Florida…….Looked good at the 2006 LSU camp…………As of mid-February he had offers from the likes of Nebraska, Purdue, UCLA, Clemson, Florida, Oklahoma, LSU, Georgia, Vanderbilt,Virginia, Louisville, Mississippi, Washington and Alabama.

4 Kenneth Page OL 6'4 285 5.41 Columbia A.C. Flora South Carolina

Page is the top OL prospect in South Carolina and among the nation’s better OL prospects………Was one of the more impressive OL prospects at the 2007 U.S. Army Combine……….Has excellent speed and quickness, with the frame to add quite a boit of weight……..As a sophomore he had combine marks of 5.09 in the forty, 4.88 in the shuttle and a 24-inch vertical…….Looked very good at the 2006 Clemson summer camp……Explosive off the line of scrimmage and is very effective at getting to the second line of defense…….Has a lot of pop in his blocks and is a good finisher……Plays both ways in high school but is being recruited exclusively to play on the offensive side of the ball………Doesn't get to pass protect much playing in a veer offense........Versatility to play either OT or OG in college.........4.0 GPA...........As of April he had offers from the likes of Florida State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, Penn State, Tennessee, Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Duke, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland and Vanderbilt.

5 Garrett Goebel OL/DL 6'5 264 5.00 Lombard Montini Catholic Illinois

Goebel is one of the top prospects in Illinois and among the top linemen in the nationt……….Named Special Mention All-State by the Chicago Tribune as a junior…….Named the SCC Most Valuable Linemen as a junior over such luminaries as Bryan Bulaga, Colin Armstrong and Sean Cwymar…….Has started since his sophomore year……Among the nations top heavyweight wrestlers, he has had to keep his weight in check for wrestling and should fill out at over 300 pounds in college…….Very mobile and athletic, with fine strength, he is being recruited both ways although many of the bigger schools really like him as a OG prospect………Led the team in tackles as a junior…….Has a motor that never stops, playing whistle-to-whistle …..Plays with great leverage ……Benches over 325 pounds and can do 18 reps at 225 pounds (at combines they test at 185 pounds), Squats 490 pounds…….2.7 core GPA.........As of May he had offers from the likes of Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Tennessee, N.C. State, Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue, Ohio State, Nebraska, Florida State, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern Wisconsin, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, Virginia and Vanderbilt.

6 Lucas Nix OL/DL 6'6 285 5.10 Jefferson Hills Pittsburgh Thomas Jefferson Pennsylvania

Nix will be one of the most heavily recruited linemen in Pennsylvania as a senior…….As a junior he was named AP First Team Class AAA All-State and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Tribune Review All-Area……As a sophomore he was a Second Team All-WPIAL selection………..Very aggressive and quick with a lean physique and long arms. Has a great wingspan for his size…….Plays both ways in high school. Has been very effective at DT but some feel he would make a fine LT with his wingspan and quickness off the ball. Very effective in getting to the second line of defense……..Athletic. Plays forward on the basketball team……Has the benefit of being coached by a former top college lineman in Bill Cherpak, who starred at Pittsburgh…….His older brother, Nate, plays at Pittsburgh……As of May he had offers from the likes of Florida, Penn State, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Miami, Tennessee, Georgia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Purdue, Indiana, Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

7 Antoine McClain OL 6'6 317 5.40 Anniston Alabama

McClain is the second best OL prospect in Alabama after Tyler Love and among the nation's best......Honorable Mention Class 5A All-State as a junior........... Great frame, athletic and can run. Great fet for a big man......320 bench, 415 squat........Silent leader with a great work ethic. Leads by example.....Needs to watch his grades.......As of May he had offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Mississippi, Clemson, Kentucky and Minnesota.

Others to Watch

1 Khaled Holmes OL/DL 6'4 301 5.30 Santa Ana Mater Dei California

One of the nation’s elite OL prospects……Khaled is a man-child of a prospect who earned First Team All-Area honors from such publications as the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register in addition to being named First Team Junior All-State……Plays for a powerful program that regularly produces top-flight talent (only high school school to have two Heisman winners as alumni) and was a rare sophomore starter for Mater Dei……Fine bloodlines, as older brother Alex was a TE at USC and his father, Mike Holmes, was a starting DE for the late Bo Schembechler at Michigan in the mid-1970s. In addition, Pttsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu is married to Holmes' sister………Has great footwork and speed. Also uses his hands very well in pass protection from his LT spot. Tremendous pass blocker and is improving his run blocking. Well coached……..Very intense on the field, showing a nasty streak, and he just loves the game……Also plays some DE…..Already bigger than older brother Alex….3.5 GPA......As of March he already had early offers from such programs as USC, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford, Nebraska and Mississippi

2 Art Forst OL 6'8 288 5.40 Manasquan New Jersey

Forst is a towering OT prospect who is the top OL in New Jersey and among the nation's better offensive line prospects.................As a junior, he was a First Team All-Shore Conference selection after helping Manasquan finish 12-0 and win its second straight state sectional championship as well as the Shore Conference National Division title.............A very effective run blocker but still a bit raw in terms of his technique. His best football is definitely in front of him............300 bench, 455 squat.........3.3 GPA..............As of April he had offers from the likes of Notre Dame, Florida, Boston College, Virginia, Rutgers, Duke, Northwestern, Clemson, Maryland and Syracuse.

3 Joe Schafer OL/DL 6'5 265 5.10 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota

Schafer is the top OL prospect in Minnesota and among the best in the midwest........He is one of several talented rising seniors at perennial power Cretin-Derham Hall and is being comparted to school alum Ryan Harris (former Notre Dame star)........Honorable Mention All-Suburban East as a sophomore..........He has an excellent frame that can easily add 30+ pounds and quick feet..........Excels in pass protection.....28-inch vertical.....Plays basketball.....Excellent student......As of April he had offers from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern and Illinois.

4 Andrew Sampson OL/DL 6'4 275 Aurora Overland Colorado

One of the top OL prospects in Colorado and among the better overall prospects in the state............Earned Second Team Class 5A All-State honors as a junior............Missed his sophomore season with a torn ACL..............Second Team All-Conference as a freshman...............Projects as a guard in college. Has a nice frame, quick feet and great, great work ethic. Is a team leader..............Fine strength and has really packed on weight since his sophomore year.......3.6 core GPA..........As of April he had offers from Washington, Arizona State and Colorado State.

5 R.J. Dill OL 6'8 295 5.30 Camp Hill Trinity Pennsylvania

Dill is one of the top OL prospects in Pennsylvania..............He has tremendous height and a great frame that can easily add 30+ pounds. Pretty athletic, but he needs to improve his footwork and lateral movement...........300 bench, 455 squat........Plays basketball........Interested in attending business school......As of April he had offers from Maryland and Connecticut.

6 Neal Dieters OL 6'9 342 Elmhurst York Illinois

Dieters is one of the top OL prospects in Illinois……Has the great height coaches love to see in an OT…………Surprising quickness for such a tall athlete, moving his feet very well and adjusting effectively in space. Fine athlete…..Will need to add some upper body strength……Has a very high ceiling and once he gets in a dedicated weight program he could develop into a monster……….Was already receiving 25-30 letters a day from colleges in the fall of 2006……As of March he had offers from Toledo and Virginia.

7 Chris Groth OL 6'4 295 South Lyon Michigan

One of the top OG prospects in Michigan.......First Team All-Metro Detroit North and First Team Underclass All-State as a junior............Very strong and moves surprisingly well for his size............3.9 GPA.........Getting big-time Big Ten looks.

8 Mohamad Moukdad OL 6'2 315 5.47 Dearborn Fordson Michigan

One of the top OL prospects in Michigan but is for some reason under the radar when it comes to receiving recruiting accolades............A First Team All-Dearborn selection as a junior after recording 45 solo tackles, 15 assists, 12 TFL, six sacks, three PBUs and one fumble recovery .........One of the most powerful OL prospects in the nation. Benches over 415 pounds can do 28 reps at the pro 225lbs and a great 41 reps at 185lbs (already did 25 reps as a soph at the 2006 U.S. Army combine).............Projects as a guard in college. Excels as a run blocker and has the quickness (4.91 shuttle as a soph at U.S. Army Combine) to pull and play well in space....Has been a starter for a strong Fordson program sicne his freshman season..........Receiving interest from numerous Big Ten schools.......No offers as of early April.

9 Chandler Burden OL/DL 6'5 280 4.90 Cincinnati La Salle Ohio

One of the hidden gems in Ohio this year and among the better OL prospects in the state..............Starts on both sides of the ball in high school (OL & NT), but many like him as a guard in college.......Excellent combination of power, speed and agility: 395 bench, 5.04 forty, 4.68 shuttle. Explosive off the line and very effective in open space........Very impressive during the 2007 combine circuit.......As of May he had an offer from Tennessee.

10 Darren Mickell OL 6'2 295 5.10 Miami Booker T. Washington Florida

One of the better prospects in Dade County.......One of several talented prospects at Washington this year...........Projects as a guard in college due to his height, quick feet and strength............Being looked at by all of the top local schools.

11 Jeff Radek OL 6'6 275 Naperville Neuqua Valley Illinois

Radek is a nice-sized OT prospects who is one of the better OL prospects in Illinois.............Fine student...........Has a great frame that could easily add another 30 pounds.........As of April he had an offer from Northwestern.

12 Jake Current OL/DL 6'4 270 5.30 Troy Ohio

One of the better OL prospects in Ohio.....Honorable Mention All-Dayton Area as a junior.........Has started since his freshman season........Talented center/guard prospect who has won the best OL award at the Ohiop State camp a couple of years in a row. Especially effective as a run blocker. Needs to get quicker but has excellent technique...........As of April he had offers from Indiana, Cincinnati and Miami (Ohio).

13 Jimmy Miller OL 6'3 275 5.20 Denver Mullen Colorado

Miller is one of a troika of D-I OL prospects for powerful Denver Mullen this year and he ranks among the top OL prospects in Colorado............Sat out first five games of his sophomore season after transferring from Heritage......Solid test numbers (5.1 forty, 350 bench, 17 bench reps, 475 squat and 250 power clean)........Especially efective as a run blocker, he runs very well and plays low...............Looked solid at the 2006 Nebraska and Colorado State camps..........3.3 core GPA and 3.4 GPA..............As of April he had offers from San Dieo State, Colorado State and Air Force.

14 LeRoi Edwards OL/DL 6'4 288 5.58 Kent Kentridge Washington

A physical player known for finishing blocks by going full-speed until the whistle blows........Nice body and wide frame.......All-South Puget Sound League 4A North Division first team as both a center and defensive lineman ...........A Division I prospect

15 Blaec Walker OL 6'6 317 Middletown Ohio

16 Colin Lyons-Pena OL/DL 6'3 299 5.45 Fairf Oaks Del Campo California

17 Mike McIntyre OL/DL 6'5 278 5.50 Mattawan Michigan

One of the top OL prospects in Michigan and among the top overall prospects in southwestern Michigan.............Has played TE in high school but is filling out quickly and now projects on the OL........Transferred from Portage Northern to Mattawan before his junior year........Runs well and is very athletic. Has a nice frame..........Fine basketball player........3.8 GPA.............Being looked at by most of the local Big Ten schools.

18 Chip Robinson OL 6'6 370 6.41 Middletown Ohio

It's a deep year for OL talent in Ohio and Robinson is among the state's best. Also one of the top overall prospects in the Cincinnati area..............First Team All-Cincinnati Area and Southwest District for Division I as a junior.............A huge OT prospect who has been on my radar since his freshman season, when he was already starting....Second Team All-Conference as a sophomore.........Needs to firm up a bit and redistribute his body weight but is pretty athletic for his size and powerful...........Plays basketbal and participates in track...........His older brother was a OT at Miami (Ohio)........Benches 350, sqauts 415, a 5.6 40..........3.1 GPA.......As of March he had offers from Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green.

19 Anthony Woods OL/DL 6'3 281 5.44 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan

One of the top linemen in Detroit......A two-way talent who already was impressive as a freshman on the combine circuit (5.44 forty and 13 bench reps as a freshman)..............Runs well but needs to work on his technique and stay healthy.........Grades may be a concern.

20 Ryan Benzik OL 6'6 305 Louisville Fern Creek Kentucky

21 Marc Stevens OL/DL 6'5 298 5.59 Lexington Ohio

22 Kyle Burke OL 6'4 285 5.20 Stevensville-Lakeshore

Michigan One of the top linemen in Michigan and best overall prospects in southwestern Michigan............First Team Underclass All-State as a junior..........Projects as a guard in college.........Moves well and has good lower body strength. Plays with a mean streak.....Being looked at by major Big Ten programs.

23 Isaac Anderson OL 6'4 290 5.30 Upper Sandusky Ohio

24 Reggie Comeaux OL 6'4 320 Massillon Washington Ohio

25 Rick Schmeig OL 6'5 310 Cincinnati Oak Hills Ohio

26 Matt Armstrong OL 6'3 290 5.25 Lansing Sexton Michigan

27 Austin Holtz OL 6'5 265 5.20 Holt Michigan

28 Ethan Ruhland OL 6'6 257 5.51 Lake Orion Michigan

29 Donald Mathis OL/DL 6'2 317 5.10 Detroit Crockett Michigan

30 Kyle Pettit OL 6'3 275 Falmouth Pendleton County Kentucky

31 Brent Kryder OL 6'6 317 Linden Michigan

32 Lawrence Young OL/DL 6'3 270 Detroit Renaissance Michigan

33 Chad Stripling OL 6'4 270 Haslett Michigan

Sleepers Off The Radar

1 Peter Konz OL 6'6 290 Neenah Wisconsin

It's not a great year for talent in Wisconsin, but Konz ranks as one of the top 2-3 prospects in the state.............A First Team All-Stater as a junior........First Team Fox Valley Association as a sophomore.........Has played varsity ball since his freshman year and football sicne the fourth grade......A big kid with a nice frame who projects as a tackle in college. Very strong and has good technique. Has a high floor...........Athletic, he also plays basketball,baseball and throws th weights in track.....As of March he had an offer from Wisconsin.

2 Kevin Zeitler OL 6'4 288 Milwaukee Wisconsin Lutheran Wisconsin

Zeitler is one of the top overall prospects in Wisconsin and among the better offensive linemen in the Midwest............Honorable Mention All-Satte and Second Team All-Milwaukee Area as a junior..........Projects as a guard in college. Moves laterally very well for his size and is especialyl effective as a run blocker........Looked very good at the 2007 Purdue Nike Camp.....As of May he had offers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Air Force and Army.

Class of 2008: Top Offensive Linemen in Texas

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1 Stephen Good OL 6'5 265 5.06 Paris Texas Oklahoma
2 J.B. Shugarts OL 6'8 290 5.12 Klein Texas Ohio State
3 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas Texas
4 Daniel Campbell OL 6'5 326 5.44 Houston Aldine Texas
5 Ben Habern OL 6'3 260 4.90 Denton Liberty Christian Texas Oklahoma
6 Luke Poehlmann OL 6'7 260 4.98 Brenham Texas Texas
7 Mark Buchanan OL 6'5 265 4.90 Austin High Texas Texas
8 Leroy Chevalier OL 6'5 315 5.40 Houston Yates Texas
9 Britt Mitchell OL 6'8 300 5.05 Roscoe Texas Oklahoma
10 Jeffrey Hyde OL 6'7 275 4.90 Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy Texas Texas A&M
11 Deveric Gallington OL 6'4 330 5.22 North Richland Hills Richland Texas
12 Michael Yeck OL 6'8 253 5.90 Keller Texas
13 Trevius Jones OL 6'5 294 5.30 Tyler Lee Texas
14 Brian Thomas OL 6'4 270 5.00 Pearland Texas Texas A&M
15 Thomas Parsons OL 6'5 260 4.78 Spring Branch Smithson Valley Texas
16 Mario Benavides OL 6'4 275 4.90 Los Fresnos Texas Mississippi
17 Josh Ayers OL 6'5 282 5.00 Euless Trinity Texas Texas A&M
18 Joe Villavisencio OL 6'5 310 5.20 Jacksonville Texas Texas A&M
19 Brandon Garrett OL 6'7 280 5.40 La Marque Texas
20 Brandon Thompson OL 6'6 270 5.08 The Woodlands Texas
21 Troy Franklin OL 6'5 270 5.33 Celina Texas
22 Patrick Hoog OL 6'4 288 5.10 Castroville Medina Valley Texas
23 Lane Taylor OL 6'3 310 Arlington Martin Texas
24 Jake Jackson OL 6'5 275 5.00 Southlake Carroll Texas
25 David Grant OL 6'6 300 Killeen Texas
26 Sam Schwartzstein OL 6'3 257 4.90 Southlake Carroll Texas
27 Allan Brown OL 6'5 335 5.20 Carthage Texas
28 Emmanuel Aluko OL 6'3 270 Alief Elsik Texas
29 Trevor Marrongelli OL 6'4 288 5.10 Round Rock Westwood Texas
30 Isaac Watson OL 6'7 290 5.32 Waller Texas
31 Josh Emshoff OL 6'4 275 5.00 Lufkin Texas
32 Trevor Marongelli OL 6'4 270 5.10 Round Rock Westwood Texas
33 Robert Griffin OL 6'7 317 5.20 Euless Trinity Texas
34 Nick Leppo OL 6'3 250 Southlake Carroll Texas
35 Lee Almanza OL 6'5 295 5.00 Houston Madison Texas
36 Andrew Blackwell OL 6'5 280 5.10 Corsicana Texas
37 Richard Cagle OL 6'5 250 Houston St. Pius X Texas Vanderbilt
38 Luke Landers OL 6'4 285 Friendswood Texas
39 Mitch Kimberling OL 6'4 283 4.80 Bay City Texas
40 Chris Lathrop OL 6'5 270 Houston Cy-Fair Texas
41 Terry McDaniel OL 6'7 325 5.30 New Diana Texas
42 John Landes OL 6'1 288 5.40 Tyler Lee Texas
43 Korey Larkin OL 6'3 320 Dallas South Oak Cliff Texas
44 Robert Bogart OL 6'4 280 5.20 Dallas Highland Park Texas
45 Adrian Delgado OL 6'4 280 5.69 San Antonio Lee Texas
46 Jared Edwards OL 6'5 270 4.90 Mansfield Timberview Texas
47 Max Savedra OL 6'6 245 5.20 El Paso Del Valle Texas
48 Alejandro Vera OL 6'3 310 5.40 Mission Texas
49 Travis Veitenheimer OL 6'6 285 5.20 Windthorst Texas
50 Cameron Kaufhold OL 6'4 265 Friendswood Texas
51 Clay Hebert OL 6'3 273 5.51 Klein Texas Rice
52 Eric Ball OL 6'3 265 5.25 Katy Texas Rice
53 Clint Anderson OL 6'2 253 Allen Texas
54 Michael Green OL 6'4 285 5.50 Dallas Seagoville Texas
55 Xavier Swain OL 6'3 280 Fort Bend Hightower Texas
56 Chance Willard OL 6'2 285 5.40 Rockwall Texas
57 Wes Perryman OL 6'1 310 5.00 Plano Texas
58 Taylor Davis OL 6'4 255 5.70 Plano Prestonwood Texas Tulsa
59 Jake Morrow OL 6'3 240 Cedar Park Texas
60 Toryn Harmon OL 6'3 214 4.80 Mesquite North Mesquite Texas
61 Garrick Smitherman OL 6'2 297 5.43 Midlothian Texas
62 Ben Beam OL 6'3 295 Garland North Garland Texas
63 Keston Randle OL 6'4 232 Beaumont Ozen Texas
64 Evan Epstein OL 6'4 285 4.90 Dallas Bishop Lynch Texas
65 Michael Bergman OL 6'6 352 5.60 Katy Taylor Texas
66 Carl Whitworth OL 6'7 240 5.10 Junction Texas
67 Colton Blake OL 6'5 350 5.50 Fort Worth Wyatt Texas
68 James Fry OL 6'4 265 Smithson Valley Texas
69 Odell Pippins OL 6'3 290 Houston Madison Texas
70 Desmond Carr OL 6'9 370 5.80 Brenham Texas
71 Kevin Brown OL 6'3 350 Houston Madison Texas
72 Michael Concha OL 6'4 240 5.30 Bellaire Texas
73 Jesse Hernandez OL 6'3 265 5.08 Humble Texas
74 John Neill OL 6'3 275 The Woodlands Texas
75 Josh Goodlow OL 6'5 285 5.20 Austin McCallum Texas
76 Dan Morin OL 6'6 275 5.50 Georgetown Texas
77 David Hong OL 6'2 280 Allen Texas
78 Blake Gunderson OL 6'3 285 Rockwall Heath Texas
79 Ralston Dews OL 6'0 338 5.42 Tyler Lee Texas
80 Cody Lumpkin OL 6'3 290 5.10 Redwater Texas
81 Jared Reed OL 6'5 280 5.20 Garland Sachse Texas
82 Sam Chmlar OL 6'5 320 5.40 Ennis Texas
83 Billy Wright OL 6'4 260 5.20 Sanger Texas
84 Blake Davis OL 6'4 285 5.20 Dallas Highland Park Texas
85 Joe Villisencio OL 6'4 300 Jacksonville Texas
86 Carlos Estrella OL Dallas Hillcrest Texas
87 Patrick Dvoracek OL 6'5 300 5.10 Mansfield Timberview Texas
88 Kenny Onwubuya OL 6'3 255 5.30 Houston Cypress Creek Texas
89 Cameron Kaulfold OL 6'4 265 5.20 Friendswood Texas
90 Josh Corby OL 6'2 282 5.30 San Antonio Madison Texas
91 Aaron Jackson OL 6'2 265 4.90 Houston Strake Jesuit Texas
92 Daniel Jenkins OL 6'4 270 5.00 Gilmer Texas
93 Jason Hierholzer OL 6'3 315 5.40 Karnes City Texas
94 Andrew Krutsinger OL 6'3 260 5.80 Alief Taylor Texas
95 Adam Rivera OL 6'2 245 Baytown Lee Texas
96 Mitchell Kimberling OL 6'3 255 4.90 Bay City Texas
97 Joe Collvins OL 6'8 285 5.40 Queen City Texas
98 Kraig Bates OL 6'5 240 5.00 Centerville Texas
99 Nicholas Rhodes OL 6'2 260 5.25 Alvin Texas
100 Joel Hernandez OL 6'2 310 5.30 Hempstead Texas
101 Brad Boese OL 6'6 220 Richardson Berkner Texas
102 Drew Hummel OL 6'3 240 Weatherford Texas
103 Sammy Brodner OL 6'5 330 5.40 Arlington Pantego Christian Texas
104 Doug Levi OL 6'2 325 Arlington Lamar Texas
105 Daniel Poulas OL 6'4 315 Silsbee Texas
106 Kamron Black OL 6'4 270 Houston Sharpstown Texas
107 Josh Ford OL 6'4 260 5.25 Joshua Texas
108 Scott Lyles OL 6'1 275 5.40 San Antonio O'Connor Texas
109 Franklin Nduku OL 6'2 270 Fort Bend Bush Texas
110 Christopher Sims OL 6'4 228 La Porte Texas
111 Chris Davis OL Fort Worth Wyatt Texas
112 Alex Knutson OL 6'3 265 Houston Scarborough Texas
113 Freddy Garcia OL 6'3 240 5.10 Fort Worth Trimble Tech Texas
114 Sidney Nwangwu OL 6'4 291 5.30 Midland Texas
115 Ben Habean OL 6'3 270 5.30 Liberty Christian Texas
116 Ryan Pollard OL 6'3 295 5.20 Beaumont West Brook Texas
117 Matt Fitzpatrick OL 6'0 255 5.05 A&M Consolidated Texas
118 Eric Bell OL Katy Texas
119 Austin Wright OL 6'2 275 5.00 Henderson Texas
120 Dexter Prince OL 6'4 295 Houston Madison Texas
121 Jonathon Gill OL 6'2 290 Grand Prairie South Grand Prairie Texas
122 Derek Curtis OL 6'5 315 5.30 Cibolo Steele Texas
123 Quinnin Criss OL 6'0 248 5.40 Arlington Bowie Texas
124 Marques Smith OL 6'1 261 5.10 Dallas North Dallas Texas
125 Charles Reeves OL 6'3 285 5.20 Longview Pine Tree Texas
126 George Kacir OL 6'3 235 5.30 Killeen Ellison Texas
127 Jack Fernandez OL 6'3 285 Fort Bend Clements Texas
128 J.D. Ortiz OL 6'1 263 Baytown Lee Texas
129 Ryan Poston OL 6'4 250 New Caney Texas
130 Xavier Pete OL 6'2 270 5.20 Garland Lakeview Centennial Texas
131 Shawn Wyatt OL 6'4 295 Smithson Valley Texas
132 Keavon Milton OL 6'4 225 Canton Texas
133 Ryan Liscum OL 6'2 280 Fort Bend Kempner Texas
134 Tony Serda OL 6'3 280 5.20 San Antonio Holy Cross Texas
135 Alex Vera OL 6'3 330 5.50 Mission Texas
136 Justin Wolff OL 6'4 240 Carrolton Creekview Texas
137 Fred Donnell OL 6'1 275 5.32 Tyler Lee Texas
138 Courtland Cepak OL 6'2 278 Round Rock Stony Point Texas
139 Brandon Martin OL 6'2 290 Mineola Texas
140 Garrett Adkins OL 6'2 250 Gilmer Texas
141 Tim Matherne OL 6'2 260 West Orange-Stark Texas
142 Jason Torres OL 6'2 280 5.40 San Antonio Southside Texas
143 Canon Flynt OL 6'3 250 Ennis Texas
144 James Elliot OL 6'1 273 Houston Jones Texas
145 Zach Boyd OL 6'4 258 5.20 Dallas Highland Park Texas
146 Nate Adams OL 6'1 276 Euless Trinity Texas
147 Nathan Bryant OL 6'1 290 Katy Texas
148 Andy Santos OL 6'3 305 5.20 La Joya Texas
149 Josh Jagielo OL 6'3 290 Rockwall Texas
150 Dyland Blount OL 6'3 260 Fort Bend Willowridge Texas
151 C.J. Dunn OL 6'4 295 Aldine Eisenhower Texas
152 Charlie Cicack OL 6'3 250 Fort Bend Clements Texas
153 Hadley Mann OL 6'4 250 5.30 Seminole Texas
154 Michael Washington OL Cedar Hill Texas
155 Will Foster OL 6'2 262 Mesquite Poteet Texas
156 Gilbert Garza OL 6'5 295 5.40 Zapata Texas
157 Manny Medrano OL 6'1 331 5.20 Austin Johnson Texas
158 Max Korczynski OL 6'4 280 Devine Texas
159 Cody Lee OL 6'1 275 5.40 Gilmer Texas
160 Gage Crenshaw OL 6'3 275 4.90 Bryan Texas
161 Anthony Wilson OL 6'3 315 Flower Mound Texas
162 Dwight Mayes OL Dallas North Dallas Texas
163 Daniel Cardenas OL 6'3 260 Harlingen South Texas
164 Ken Van Huele OL 6'4 265 Hurst Bell Texas
165 Allonte Roberson OL 6'0 280 4.82 Dallas Kimball Texas
166 Jimmy Chase OL 6'3 235 Garland North Garland Texas
167 Nick Johnson OL 6'2 260 Waco Texas
168 Jared Ellis OL 6'3 310 San Antonio Warren Texas
169 Matt Unger OL 6'5 240 Irving Texas
170 Oscar Lopez OL 6'5 240 Irving Texas
171 Jose Quintana OL 6'1 299 A&M Consolidated Texas
172 Ruben Sanchez OL 6'2 270 5.30 Austin Travis Texas
173 Michael Silcox OL 6'3 253 5.50 Deer Park Texas
174 Matt Vilantti OL 6'3 280 5.10 Katy Seven Lakes Texas
175 Justin Lavati OL 6'0 285 5.20 Humble Texas
176 Sid Cheatham OL 6'4 290 Gregory-Portland Texas
177 Aaron Alvarado OL 6'3 280 Lewisville Texas
178 Nathan Grosch OL 6'3 295 5.20 San Marcos Baptist Academy Texas
179 Manuel Tijerina OL 6'2 285 Flower Mound Texas
180 John Skelton OL 6'4 280 5.30 Austin Bowie Texas
181 Blake Sargent OL 6'2 265 Friendswood Texas
182 John VanMatre OL La Porte Texas
183 Felix Rodriguez OL 6'0 274 5.30 Austin Johnson Texas
184 Ryan Dannewitz OL 6'3 210 San Antonio Warren Texas
185 Allen Hale OL 6'4 290 Midlothian Texas
186 John Bird OL 6'2 275 Marble Falls Texas
187 Dominque Limpscomb OL Dallas Lincoln Texas
188 Paco Trevino OL 6'1 275 Gregory-Portland Texas
189 Joey Allen OL 6'3 260 Cedar Park Vista Ridge Texas
190 Kyle Konieczny OL Houston St. Pius X Texas
191 ??? OL 6'4 255 Mansfield Texas
192 Blake Hodge OL 6'3 286 6.13 Midlothian Texas
193 Mike Seefeld OL 6'2 260 Southlake Carroll Texas
194 Chris Brent OL Kaufman Texas
195 Andrew Hahm OL 6'2 245 Southlake Carroll Texas
196 Ronald Brandyburg OL 6'4 275 5.10 Brookshire Royal Texas
197 Zach George OL 6'1 310 5.20 Humble Atascocita Texas
198 B.J. Barclay OL 6'1 275 5.40 Woodville Texas
199 Charles Phillips OL Arlington Texas
200 Anthony Alvarez OL 6'1 265 Spring Texas
201 Clarence Ward OL 6'2 245 Rosenberg Lamar Texas
202 J.J. Narajo OL 6'2 280 Amarillo Caprock Texas
203 Dejuan Davis OL Crowley Texas
204 Brice Whitney OL 6'5 290 Mansfield Timberview Texas
205 Mason Denny OL Crowley Texas
206 Quindarole King OL 6'5 290 La Marque Texas
207 Eric MacDonald OL Friendswood Texas
208 Colin Thompson OL 6'2 250 5.20 Fort Bend Willowridge Texas
209 T.J. McGriff OL 6'0 240 Spring Texas
210 Allen Woodum OL 6'3 245 Conroe Texas
211 Nathan Withers OL Fort Worth Southwest Texas
212 William Lochowsky OL 6'3 222 5.40 Texarkana Pleasant Grove Texas
213 Tori Phillips OL Dallas Lincoln Texas
214 Cahill Hooker OL 6'4 230 Dallas Bishop Lynch Texas
215 Triston Woodus OL 6'4 230 4.90 San Antonio Warren Texas
216 Reid Curry OL 6'0 235 Fort Bend Clements Texas
217 Scott McPherson OL 6'3 270 Houston Lamar Texas
218 Carlos Salas OL McAllen Texas
219 Zach Hollis OL 6'2 280 Childress Texas
220 Josh Salazar OL Burleson Texas
221 Mitchell Tackett OL 6'1 293 Mount Pleasant Texas
222 Lee Alamanza OL 6'3 295 Houston Madison Texas
223 Scott Fritz OL 6'2 250 5.20 Houston Clear Lake Texas
224 John Arthur OL Clute Brazoswood Texas
225 Darren Smith OL 6'2 275 Spring Texas
226 Ryan Marshall OL 6'4 245 El Paso Chapin Texas
227 Jeff Brooks OL 6'1 265 5.20 Bogata Rivercrest Texas
228 Andrew Boyce OL 6'0 275 Livingston Texas
229 Nick Minni OL 6'2 240 Katy Mayde Creek Texas
230 Thomas Adgate OL La Marque Texas
231 Adam Danberry OL 6'3 280 El Paso Parkland Texas
232 Jordan Worde OL 6'2 245 5.20 Carrollton Newman Smith Texas
233 Chris Collins OL Keller Fossil Ridge Texas
234 Aaron Mullane OL 6'4 240 Amarillo Tascosa Texas
235 Ben Butler OL 6'1 255 5.20 Graham Texas
236 Jaime Cano OL 6'1 255 5.10 Woodsboro Texas
237 Thomas Mertink OL 6'5 280 5.80 Jarrell Texas
238 Jamarious Reynolds OL 6'3 250 Mount Pleasant Texas
239 Casey Hudson OL 6'3 220 Ranger Texas
240 Dustin Jones OL 6'7 220 Blooming Grove Texas
241 Kendrick Spencer OL 5'11 270 5.30 Tyler Lee Texas
242 Wyatt Martinez OL 6'1 245 Abilene Texas
243 Mark Henderson OL 6'0 280 5.40 Flower Mound Texas
244 Ryan Anderson OL 6'1 240 Tomball Texas
245 Zach Weiberg OL 6'1 215 4.93 Paris Chisum Texas
246 Drake Correa OL 6'1 260 5.31 Houston Lutheran South Texas
247 Kenneth Warmke OL 6'2 285 New Bruanfels Canyon Texas
248 T.J. Smith OL 6'5 270 5.40 Dallas Greenhill Texas
249 Colton Jenkins OL 6'1 310 6.00 Crowley North Crowley Texas
250 Christopher Dalton OL 6'2 215 Wolfforth Frenship Texas
251 Pedro Tello OL 6'0 300 5.50 Huffman-Hargrave Texas
252 Chris Samuel OL 6'1 285 Kirbyville Texas
253 David Rodriguez OL 6'3 5.20 Raymondville Texas
254 Ryan Arrington OL 6'2 245 Jacksonville Texas
255 Andrew Swinhoe OL 6'2 235 Archer City Texas
256 Nick Lee OL 6'3 270 Bandera Texas
257 Steven Morris OL 6'2 240 Memphis Texas
258 Steven Cue OL Lake Dallas Texas
259 J.R. Hudson OL Mabank Texas
260 Emmitt Baty OL 6'0 235 Dickinson Texas
261 Sean Robertson OL 6'1 234 Copperas Cove Texas
262 Tyler Hooker OL 6'2 260 Manor Texas
263 Ruben Rodriguez OL 6'1 270 5.50 Monahans Texas
264 Matt Cruz OL San Antonio Harlandale Texas
265 Aston Love OL 6'2 220 Waco Connally Texas
266 Corey Cook OL 6'3 275 5.60 Comfort Texas
267 Ryan Bean OL Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Texas
268 Josh Penton OL Splendora Texas
269 Adrian Williams OL 6'1 290 Texarkana Texas High Texas
270 Art Shade OL 6'3 230 Blanco Texas
271 Lukas Thompson OL 6'0 245 Houston Cypress Creek Texas
272 Jonah Lavatai OL 260 Humble Texas
273 Ryan Reed OL 6'2 245 5.20 Garland Sachse Texas
274 Kenny Trotter OL 6'1 290 5.80 Rusk Texas
275 Frankie Lopez OL 5'11 250 5.00 Arlington Seguin Texas
276 Brian Bates OL 6'0 25 5.35 Alvin Texas
277 Jared Trimm OL 6'1 235 Houston Spring Woods Texas
278 Michael Clore OL Houston Memorial Texas
279 Steven Jeter OL 6'0 255 5.50 Godley Texas
280 Blake Kruse OL 6'1 240 Amarillo Palo Duro Texas
281 Joshua Jones OL 6'0 290 Houston Worthing Texas
282 Josh Knudson OL 6'0 240 New Braunfels Texas
283 Jake Johnson OL 6'0 230 New Braunfels Texas
284 Alex Ortega OL 6'1 250 5.30 New Braunfels Canyon Texas
285 Karl Koether OL Shepherd Texas
286 Jorge Mata OL Harlingen South Texas
287 C.J. Arellano OL Harlingen South Texas
288 Rolando Salinas OL Brownsville Porter Texas
289 Justin Turner OL 6'0 228 Round Rock Stony Point Texas
290 Dean Smith OL 5'10 305 5.30 Midland Greenwood Texas
291 Mark Pena OL Katy Mayde Creek Texas
292 Anthony Dominguez OL 6'4 286 Paducah Texas
293 Arik Franke OL 6'1 260 Brenham Texas
294 Doug Peak OL 6'1 255 Caney Creek Texas
295 Colby Hasty OL 6'2 265 5.60 Sterling City Texas
296 Spencer Koch OL 6'2 225 Round Rock Westwood Texas
297 Brandon Hahn OL Saginaw Texas
298 Ryan Dudney OL 6'0 240 Houston Bellaire Texas
299 Matt Stewart OL Katy Cinco Ranch Texas
300 Troy Balzer OL 6'0 260 The Woodlands College Park Texas
301 Oscar Orozco OL 5'11 275 Dallas Molina Texas
302 Michael Stephens OL 6'0 250 San Antonio Jay Texas
303 Mitchell Fischer OL 6'2 240 Bandera Texas
304 Trenton Smith OL 6'0 225 Caney Creek Texas
305 Zach Belrose OL 6'2 265 5.30 Joaquin Texas
306 Michael Anderson OL 6'0 250 Llano Texas
307 Robert Billings OL 5'10 215 Dayton Texas
308 Anthony Rodriguez OL 5'11 235 Leander Texas
309 Quentin Tasby OL Marlin Texas
310 Tony Hall OL 6'1 235 4.80 Dallas Kimball Texas
311 Jordan Humphries OL 6'1 230 5.40 Taylor Texas
312 John Aguilar OL 260 Pasadena South Houston Texas
313 Sean Doherty OL 5'10 250 Copperas Cove Texas

Class of 2008: Top Prospects in Michigan

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Top 25 Overall Prospects in Michigan

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan Michigan verbal
2 Dan O'Neill OL 6'8 291 5.10 Grand Haven Michigan Michigan verbal
3 Jonas Gray RB 5'10 214 4.53 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
4 Fred Smith WR 6'3 195 4.40 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
5 Nick Perry LB 6'3 211 4.51 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
6 Michael Martin DL 6'1 290 4.89 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
7 Tyler Hoover TE 6'7 244 4.57 Novi Michigan
8 Corey Johnson WR 6'1 180 4.60 Muskegon Michigan Michigan State verbal
9 Charles Burrell WR 6'1 199 4.65 Detroit Southeastern Michigan Michigan State verbal
10 Kenny Demens LB 6'1 211 4.60 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
11 Mark Ingram RB 5'11 180 4.40 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan
12 Carlin Landingham OL 6'2 275 5.69 Muskegon Michigan
13 Rocko Khoury OL 6'6 282 Traverse City West Michigan
14 Deontee Pannell OL 6'6 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan
15 Brendon Kay QB 6'4 218 4.77 Marine City Michigan
16 Caulton Ray RB 5'9 195 4.47 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
17 Jason Harvey DL 6'2 270 4.75 Grand Rapids Catholic Central Michigan
18 Chris Groth OL 6'4 295 South Lyon Michigan
19 Mohamad Moukdad OL 6'2 315 5.47 Dearborn Fordson Michigan
20 Sean Hooey OL 6'8 245 4.90 Hillsdale Michigan
21 Anthony Hollis DB 5'10 175 4.40 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
22 Rickie Crosby LB 6'0 222 4.94 Muskegon Michigan
23 Scott Kovanda P 6'2 185 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
24 Cortez Smith DB 5'11 196 4.54 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
25 Samuel Gaymon WR 6'3 182 4.60 Detroit Renaissance Michigan

Top Quarterbacks

1 Brendon Kay QB 6'4 218 4.77 Marine City Michigan
2 Adam Follett QB 6'6 210 4.78 Alma Michigan
3 Chris Lum QB 6'3 205 Lake Orion Michigan
4 Craig Sacha QB 6'2 186 4.90 Farmington Hills Harrison Michigan
5 Anthony Mifsud QB 6'4 184 Dearborn Michigan
6 Robert Banaszak QB 6'4 195 4.72 Rockford Michigan
7 Aaron Shavers QB 6'0 175 Inkster Michigan
8 Jared Cowan QB 6'0 190 Davison Michigan
9 Ben Vaughn QB 6'1 205 Canton Michigan
10 Kirk Deering QB 6'0 180 4.60 Grand Rapids West Catholic Michigan
11 Joe Bitterman QB 6'3 180 Chesaning Michigan
12 William Arnold QB 6'3 180 Mount Pleasant Michigan
13 Jon Sykes QB 6'1 170 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer Michigan
14 Doug Counterman QB Union City Michigan
15 Vinnie Papsidero QB Okemos Michigan
16 Nick Jones QB 6'3 190 Hopkins Michigan
17 Michael Hollern QB 5'10 170 Holt Michigan
18 Jesse Martin QB Lakewood Michigan
19 Rick Powell QB 5'9 160 Warren Cousino Michigan
20 Robb Topp QB 5'10 180 Jenison Michigan
21 Branko Hamilton QB 6'0 170 Troy Michigan
22 D.J. Freeman QB 5'9 170 Wayne Memorial Michigan
23 Chris Cook QB 6'2 185 Hartford Michigan
24 Dan VanDreumel QB 5'11 181 DeWitt Michigan
25 Chance Garner QB 5'11 167 Flint Central Michigan

Top Running Backs

1 Jonas Gray RB 5'10 214 4.53 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
2 Mark Ingram RB 5'11 180 4.40 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan
3 Caulton Ray RB 5'9 195 4.47 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
4 Ronnie Lark RB 5'10 180 Flint Powers Catholic Michigan
5 DeAndre Johnson RB 5'9 180 4.50 Madison Heights Madison Michigan
6 George Winn RB 5'11 190 4.65 Detroit U-D Jesuit Michigan
7 Darrin Williams RB 5'6 163 4.34 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan
8 Mario Crawford RB 5'8 157 4.40 Romulus Michigan
9 Martez Dykes RB 5'8 205 Ypsilanti Michigan
10 Jamie Simpson RB 6'1 225 4.58 Dowagiac Michigan
11 Dominique White RB 5'7 171 4.70 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan
12 DeShawn Hayes RB 5'11 190 Saginaw Heritage Michigan
13 Norman Shufford RB 5'9 170 4.40 Farmington Hills Harrison Michigan
14 Jezrel White RB 5'11 190 Kalamazoo Hackett Michigan
15 Jessie Johnson RB 5'11 207 4.52 Monroe Michigan
16 Phillip Mayberry RB 5'10 210 4.70 Grand Rapids Catholic Central Michigan
17 Cameron Cheatham RB 5'8 165 4.50 Kalamazoo Central Michigan
18 Issac Harper RB 6'0 185 East Lansing Michigan
19 Charles Hollowell RB 5'9 171 4.40 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
20 Luther Ware RB 6'0 185 Bay City Central Michigan
21 D.J. Robinson RB 6'0 190 4.50 Baldwin Michigan
22 Ian McGee RB 5'11 185 South Lyon Michigan
23 Jared Sherrod RB 5'8 170 Portage Central Michigan
24 Trevor Stapleton RB 6'1 200 Birmingham Seaholm Michigan
25 Mike Cuddeback RB 5'10 184 4.72 Sterling Heights Stevenson Michigan
26 Andy Plaska RB 6'0 175 Zeeland West Michigan
27 Cole Kelly RB 5'11 175 Livonia Franklin Michigan
28 Bryan Horn RB 5'10 170 Lansing Waverly Michigan
29 Joe Fleming RB 5'11 210 Southfield-Lathrup Michigan
30 Steve Robinson RB 6'0 190 Walled Lake Central Michigan
31 Ben Brandstatter RB Niles Michigan
32 Jerry Claxton-Peoples RB 5'10 180 Grosse Pointe North Michigan
33 Joe Wesley RB 5'9 170 Marine City Michigan
34 Marc Walker RB 5'11 170 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern Michigan
35 Tyler Thomas RB 5'9 185 Jackson Michigan
36 Jerren Harrison RB 5'9 175 Ferndale Michigan
37 Griffin Gibson RB 5'8 190 Stevensville-Lakeshore Michigan
38 Drew Mixter RB 6'0 200 Hartland Michigan
39 Cortez McKinley RB Lake Orion Michigan
40 Adam Powell RB 5'10 185 Fowlerville Michigan
41 Teddy Frommann RB 6'1 245 Portage Northern Michigan
42 Ethan Shaver RB 5'11 181 Menominee Michigan
43 Antoine Smith-Guise RB 5'7 162 Flint Hamady Michigan
44 Kenyatta Johnson RB 6'0 180 Flint Beecher Michigan
45 Aaron Mitchell RB Inkster Michigan
46 Trevor Laubengayer RB 6'1 200 Battle Creek Lakeview Michigan
47 Mitchell Wagoner RB 5'9 177 4.70 Hemlock Michigan
48 Maurice Ansley RB 5'5 Marshall Michigan
49 Travis Smith RB 5'10 170 Portland Michigan
50 Zach Priest RB Sparta Michigan
51 Bill Young RB 5'11 175 Battle Creek Central Michigan
52 Dan Durham RB Fremont Michigan
53 Reuben Salinas RB 5'9 170 Hamilton Michigan
54 Mike Finley RB 5'9 190 Gibraltar Carlson Michigan
55 Clevelyn Jefferson RB Fulton Michigan
56 Ronald Spears RB 5'5 Milan Michigan
57 Dalton Walser RB 5'11 185 Canton Michigan
58 Marcus Morris RB 5'10 150 Saginaw Michigan
59 Mike Duke RB 5'11 165 Zeeland East Michigan

Top Wide Receivers

1 Fred Smith WR 6'3 195 4.40 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
2 Corey Johnson WR 6'1 180 4.60 Muskegon Michigan Michigan State
3 Charles Burrell WR 6'1 199 4.65 Detroit Southeastern Michigan Michigan State
4 Samuel Gaymon WR 6'3 182 4.60 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
5 James Saros WR 6'3 180 4.55 Grosse Pointe South Michigan
6 Daryl Gooden WR 6'1 180 4.60 Ann Arbor Huron Michigan
7 Elias Kos WR 6'6 195 4.70 Holland Christian Michigan
8 Anthony Anchrum WR 6'0 161 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
9 Marvon Sanders WR 5'8 170 4.40 Ypsilanti Michigan
10 Nate Hardy WR 5'9 158 4.50 New Haven Michigan
11 Tony Fountain WR 6'0 160 Whitehall Michigan
12 Derrick Coker WR 5'11 175 Inkster Michigan
13 Nate White WR 6'3 190 Kalamazoo Comstock Michigan
14 Jeriel Whitfield WR 6'2 185 Oak Park Michigan
15 Kason Dickerson WR 6'2 175 4.53 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
16 Randy Blackwell WR Detroit Central Michigan
17 Tyler Mills WR 6'3 180 Mount Pleasant Michigan
18 Cody Rezeznik WR 6'3 170 Walled Lake Central Michigan
19 Cody Nash-Kniffen WR 6'2 180 Holt Michigan
20 Clifton Powell WR 6'0 160 Madison Heights Bishop Foley Michigan
21 Gerry Hammonds WR St. Clair Shores South Lake Michigan
22 Morris Brooks WR Kalamazoo Central Michigan
23 Israel Woolfork WR 6'3 181 Livonia Franklin Michigan
24 Cam Moore WR 6'3 170 4.70 Stevensville Lakeshore Michigan
25 Patrick Collins WR Detroit Kettering Michigan
26 John Orlando WR 6'1 175 Utica Eisenhower Michigan
27 David Sawyers WR Troy Athens Michigan
28 Quinton Jones WR 6'4 190 ex-Harper Woods Trinity Michigan
29 Demetreus Capito WR Detroit Central Michigan
30 Eric Marchall WR 6'4 198 Detroit Cody Michigan
31 Alexander Minor WR 5'7 162 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
32 Jack Scanlon WR 6'1 175 Jenison Michigan
33 Joe Feraco WR 5'9 155 East Lansing Michigan
34 Brent Ohrman WR Adrian Michigan
35 Jesse Pointer WR 6'0 180 Plymouth Salem Michigan
36 Jerome Baker WR 6'3 165 Warren Mott Michigan
37 Johnathon Walker WR Leslie Michigan
38 Trevor Cousineau WR 6'3 180 Davison Michigan
39 Sam Celentino WR 6'4 185 DeWitt Michigan
40 Matt Sanders WR 6'3 185 Farmington Michigan
41 Cameron Nabors WR 5'10 160 Rochester Michigan
42 R.J. Kelly WR 6'5 Haslett Michigan
43 Kory Stevens WR 5'10 175 Lowell Michigan
44 Austin Lipowski WR 6'2 191 Erie Mason Michigan
45 Jared Strait WR 6'2 170 Wyandotte Roosevelt Michigan
46 Jerome Rucker WR 6'0 170 Sterling Heights Stevenson Michigan
47 George Dallas WR 5'11 150 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
48 Chris Bracken WR 6'1 165 East Lansing Michigan
49 Braden Conner WR 6'1 185 Rochester Adams Michigan
50 John Hart WR 5'11 155 Milan Michigan

Top Tight Ends

1 Tyler Hoover TE 6'7 244 4.57 Novi Michigan
2 Jonathon Lamb TE 6'4 215 Southfield Michigan
3 David Blackburn TE 6'3 220 Warren De La Salle Michigan
4 Kevin Tabone TE 6'3 225 Livonia Churchill Michigan
5 Dorian Collier TE 6'2 215 Grand Rapids Creston Michigan
6 Eric Gromacki TE 6'5 221 Monroe Jefferson Michigan
7 Kyle Lienesch TE 6'2 215 Rockford Michigan
8 Greg Lamety TE 6'2 205 West Bloomfield Michigan
9 Matt Taggart TE 6'3 200 Fremont Michigan
10 Logan White TE 6'2 200 Muskegon Mona Shores Michigan
11 Patrick Leary TE 6'3 215 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
12 Brad Guinane TE 6'5 208 St. Joseph's Michigan
13 Brett Amo TE 6'5 225 Marquette Michigan
14 Danny Johnston TE 6'2 220 Oxford Michigan
15 Matt Darge TE 6'4 206 Fruitport Michigan
16 Mather Fotunato TE 6'0 180 Dertoit Henry Ford Michigan
17 Nate Williams TE 6'1 230 New Haven Michigan
18 Chris Kangas TE 6'1 190 Westland John Glenn Michigan
19 Jeff McCullough TE 6'4 213 Livonia Franklin Michigan
20 Joey Bloxsom TE 6'1 185 Berkley Michigan
21 Marcus Olsen TE 6'1 215 Battle Creek Central Michigan
22 D'Andre Jackson TE 6'5 240 Detroit Osborn Michigan
23 Drew Rodriguez TE 6'1 182 Dearborn Michigan
24 Danny Sherman TE 6'4 202 Berkley Michigan
25 Bob Schmitz TE 6'1 190 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan

Top Offensive Linemen

1 Dan O'Neill OL 6'8 291 Grand Haven Michigan Michigan
2 Carlin Landingham OL 6'2 275 5.69 Muskegon Michigan
3 Rocko Khoury OL 6'6 282 Traverse City West Michigan
4 Deontee Pannell OL 6'& 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan
5 Chris Groth OL 6'4 295 South Lyon Michigan
6 Mohamad Moukdad OL 6'2 315 5.47 Dearborn Fordson Michigan
7 Sean Hooey OL 6'8 245 4.90 Hillsdale Michigan
8 Mike McIntyre OL 6'5 278 5.50 Mattawan Michigan
9 Anthony Woods OL 6'3 281 5.44 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
10 Kyle Burke OL 6'4 285 5.20 Stevensville-Lakeshore Michigan
11 Matt Armstrong OL 6'3 290 5.25 Lansing Sexton Michigan
12 Austin Holtz OL 6'5 265 5.20 Holt Michigan
13 Ethan Ruhland OL 6'6 257 5.51 Lake Orion Michigan
14 Donald Mathis OL 6'2 317 5.10 Detroit Crockett Michigan
15 Brent Kryder OL 6'6 317 Linden Michigan
16 Chad Stripling OL 6'4 270 Haslett Michigan
17 Jack Raymond OL 6'4 280 Macomb Dakota Michigan
18 Justin Scott OL 6'4 275 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
19 Rick Abraham OL 6'4 240 Sterling Heights Stevenson Michigan
20 Jeremy Snook OL 6'4 289 Highland Milford Michigan
21 Adam Austhof OL 6'5 230 Jenison Michigan
22 Earnest Brown OL 6'2 260 Detroit Crockett Michigan
23 Aaron Wainright OL 6'3 290 Newaygo Michigan
24 DeKarlos Martin OL 6'3 350 Detroit Frederick Douglass Michigan
25 Darren Keyton OL 6'4 260 Traverse City West Michigan
26 Nathaniel Justice OL 6'4 315 Detroit Crockett Michigan
27 Johnathan Randall OL 6'4 280 Dertoit Pershing Michigan
28 Lawrence Young OL 6'3 270 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
29 Eric Radzilowski OL 6'3 300 Birmingham Groves Michigan
30 Zac Hueter OL 6'6 270 North Branch Michigan
31 David Bellomy OL 6'0 280 5.10 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
32 Mac Parker OL 6'2 235 Muskegon Michigan
33 Scott MacLeod OL 6'6 250 Warren De La Salle Michigan
34 Bruce Watson OL 6'8 260 4.90 Detroit Southwestern Michigan
35 Nick Reynolds OL 6'2 282 Kalamazoo Central Michigan
36 Allen Rodriguez OL 6'3 290 Ypsilanti Willow Run Michigan
37 Jacob Doan OL 6'2 265 Macomb Dakota Michigan
38 Derek Allen OL 6'3 315 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills Michigan
39 Andrew Tighe OL 6'4 295 Manistee Michigan
40 Tom Medick OL 6'7 260 Grosse Ile Michigan
41 John Deyo OL 6'6 245 Richland Gull Lake Michigan
42 Kenneth Hamilton OL 6'5 345 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
43 Dominic Dundrari OL 6'5 280 Traverse City West Michigan
44 John Farrier OL 6'4 225 Comstock Park Michigan
45 Darrin Stephens OL 6'4 270 Oak Park Michigan
46 Nicholas Cherry OL 6'3 295 Davison Michigan
47 Matt Sargent OL 6'2 235 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan
48 Sam Holton OL 6'1 275 Howell Michigan
49 Emmanuel Clark OL 6'1 240 Benton Harbor Michigan
50 Robb Coleman OL 6'5 265 Fulton Middleton Michigan
51 Mark Tucker OL 6'6 280 Redford Thurston Michigan
52 Tommy Laymon OL 6'3 250 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
53 Sam Birgy OL 6'2 270 Chelsea Michigan
54 Darius Reynolds OL 6'3 260 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
55 Ernie Jones OL 6'3 240 Flint Powers Catholic Michigan
56 Lucas Bowman OL 6'4 240 Jackson Lumen Christi Michigan
57 Jermere Nickerson OL 6'0 301 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
58 Mike Viviano OL 6'2 280 Marine City Cardinal Mooney Michigan
59 Mike Davis OL 6'2 280 Wayne Memorial Michigan
60 Tom Magoon OL 6'4 220 Portage Central Michigan
61 Austin Davis OL 6'3 280 Highland Milford Michigan
62 Keith Brooks OL 6'2 250 ex-Harper Woods Trinity Michigan
63 Terrell Travier OL 260 Kalamazoo Central Michigan
64 Andre Stockdale OL 6'2 235 ex-Harper Woods Trinity Michigan
65 Tarek Hakkani OL Dearborn Divine Child Michigan
66 Jeremy Bass OL 6'5 210 Detroit U-D Jesuit Michigan
67 Art Johnson OL Pontiac Northern Michigan
68 Nick Bertolino OL 6'5 270 Southgate Anderson Michigan
69 Joseph Johnson OL 6'7 270 Midland Michigan
70 Travis Ferris OL 6'4 250 Middleville Thornapple Kellogg Michigan
71 John Deyo OL 6'6 245 Richland Gull Lake Michigan
72 Raymus Pargo OL 6'4 300 Berrien Springs Michigan
73 Jason VanNess OL 6'4 300 Gibraltar Carlson Michigan
74 Blakely Hargrave OL 6'2 272 Belleville Michigan
75 Chad Van Epps OL 6'4 321 Jackson East Jackson Michigan
76 Curtis Ferguson OL 6'4 270 Holt Michigan
77 Darrly Daniels OL 6'1 300 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
78 Paul Darnell OL 6'0 300 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
79 Taylor Phillips OL 6'2 225 Lake Orion Michigan
80 Brad Iskow OL 6'3 225 Bad Axe Michigan
81 Darryl Jackson OL 6'3 271 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
82 David Jones OL 6'4 325 Jackson Michigan
83 Jim Morasso OL 6'2 255 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
84 Mike Krajewski OL 6'3 245 Macomb Dakota Michigan
85 Brian McLnerney OL 6'4 249 Brighton Michigan
86 Matt Collins OL 6'0 275 Mendon Michigan
87 Allan Arnold OL 6'2 210 Troy Athens Michigan
88 Larry Skippergosh OL 6'5 265 Charlevoix Michigan
89 Nick Hibma OL Zeeland West Michigan
90 Ryan Renbarger OL 6'1 260 Davison Michigan
91 Kyle Dibble OL 6'5 260 Romeo Michigan
92 Bill Walbelk OL 6'4 270 Tekonsha Michigan
93 Noah Pelto OL 6'6 240 Pinckney Michigan
94 Ben Broumand OL 6'1 240 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
95 William Grove OL 6'3 250 Ionia Michigan
96 Jeremy Stough OL 6'1 260 Romeo Michigan
97 Douglas Putnam OL 6'5 288 Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Michigan
98 Adam Iler OL 6'2 230 Battle Creek Lakeview Michigan
99 Robert Thomas OL 6'2 300 Macomb Dakota Michigan
100 Kyle Jackson OL 6'2 285 Muskegon Heights Michigan

Top Defensive Linemen

1 Michael Martin DL 6'1 290 4.89 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
2 Jason Harvey DL 6'2 270 4.75 Grand Rapids Catholic Central Michigan
3 Chris McDonald DL 6'5 245 4.65 Utica Ford Michigan
4 Lonnie Pugh DL 6'5 235 Grosse Ile Michigan
5 Dean Roberts DL 6'4 265 Chelsea Michigan
6 Steve Winston DL 6'3 240 Muskegon Heights Michigan
7 Nevin Shearer DL 6'2 275 Dearborn Michigan
8 Chinedum Umachi DL 6'6 235 4.70 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
9 Matt Kanitz DL 6'6 220 Cadillac Michigan
10 Markeise Powell DL 6'4 320 Jackson Michigan
11 Mike Hinkle DL 6'2 265 5.00 Dearborn Divine Child Michigan
12 Darryl Stinson DL 6'5 230 Jackson Michigan
13 Al Soltis DL 6'4 280 Warren Cousino Michigan
14 Mason Duke DL 6'5 240 Imlay City Michigan
15 Mark Brostman DL 6'4 220 South Lyon Michigan
16 Matt Forward DL 6'0 285 Zeeland West Michigan
17 DeAndra Savage DL 6'4 280 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan
18 Carl Goeckel DL 6'1 230 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan
19 Barry Prichard DL 6'3 250 Lansing Catholic Central Michigan
20 Jordan Harvey DL 6'2 250 Sterling Heights Stevenson Michigan
21 Rickey Spertt DL 6'4 236 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
22 Carnel Giles DL 6'3 260 New Haven Michigan
23 James Carson DL 6'4 225 ex-Harper Woods Trinity Michigan
24 Tracy Jackson DL 6'0 240 Macomb L'Anse Creuse North Michigan
25 Zach Anderson DL 6'3 270 Sault Ste. Marie Michigan
26 Grady Ward DL 6'3 255 Inkster Michigan
27 Logan Augustine DL 6'3 250 Ithaca Michigan
28 Tyler Kuehl DL 6'4 285 Rapid River Michigan
29 Josh Leighty DL 6'2 220 Rockford Michigan
30 Chris McCarthy DL 6'1 250 Crystal Falls Forest Park Michigan
31 Jason Semmes DL 6'3 207 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan
32 Kevin Kelly DL 6'3 220 Lake Orion Michigan
33 Sean Roschival DL 6'0 246 Flint Carman-Ainsworth Michigan
34 Alex Debniak DL 6'2 215 Hudsonville Michigan
35 Darryl Jamison DL 6'0 310 Holton Michigan
36 Shane McCleary DL 6'2 250 Richmond Michigan
37 Jimmy Plaskey DL 6'4 235 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
38 Zack Kyle DL 6'2 240 Wayne Memorial Michigan
39 Jon Wright DL 6'2 275 Clarkston Michigan
40 Zach Williams DL 6'4 200 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
41 Nicholas Risinger DL 6'4 255 Oxford Michigan
42 Matt Broome DL 6'3 216 Livonia Stevenson Michigan
43 Carson Zamarron DL 6'3 220 Fulton Middleton Michigan
44 Carson Curran DL Flint Powers Catholic Michigan
45 Kyle Karas DL 6'1 269 Garden City Michigan
46 Ben Etherly DL 6'0 320 Flint Carman-Ainsworth Michigan
47 Cameron Whitthorne DL 6'0 350 Flint Carman-Ainsworth Michigan
48 Freddie Bishop DL 6'3 235 Carleton Airport Michigan
49 Steve Kowalski DL 6'0 260 Farmington Michigan
50 Matt Carter DL 6'4 200 Allendale Michigan
51 Damarreo Wyrick DL Muskegon Michigan
52 Frank King DL 6'3 255 Central Lake Michigan
53 Nathan Bule DL 6'2 270 Saline Michigan
54 Trevor Cole DL 6'2 265 Charlevoix Michigan
55 Marquis Williams DL 6'5 250 Detroit Osborn Michigan
56 Landon Hughes DL 6'2 225 Muskegon Michgan
57 Mohamed Cherif DL 6'2 250 Ypsilanti Michigan
58 Tyler Kramer DL St. Johns Michigan
59 Harrison Diskin DL 6'2 245 North Farmington Michigan
60 Tyler Rosema DL 6'2 230 Muskegon Oakridge Michigan
61 Matt Cowling DL 6'0 250 L'Anse Michigan
62 Jordan Rivers DL 6'2 259 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
63 Josh McCarthy DL Mount Morris Michigan
64 Brett Correll DL 6'1 220 Utica Eisenhower Michigan
65 Darwyn Fair DL Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
66 Trevor Brown DL 6'2 225 Madison Heights Lamphere Michigan
67 Cameron Reid DL 5'11 208 Rockford Michigan
68 Mike Repovz DL Lansing Catholic Michigan
69 Andrew Wilson DL 6'2 225 Southfield Michigan
70 David Winters DL 6'2 270 5.00 Detroit Southwestern Michigan

Top Linebackers

1 Nick Perry LB 6'3 211 4.51 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
2 Kenny Demens LB 6'1 211 4.60 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
3 Rickie Crosby LB 6'0 222 4.94 Muskegon Michigan
4 Grant Caserta LB 6'2 216 4.71 Holland West Ottawa Michigan
5 Shelton Gaines LB 6'0 220 Detroit Crockett Michigan
6 Paul Gyarmati LB 6'0 218 4.65 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
7 Philepae Phillips LB 6'3 198 5.28 Detroit Central Michigan
8 Mitch Zajac LB 6'1 245 4.80 Holt Michigan
9 Charles Fobbs LB 6'1 209 4.89 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
10 Zach Fortier LB 6'2 215 Spring Lake Michigan
11 Edgar Pouncey LB 6'3 218 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
12 James King LB 6'2 225 Saginaw Arthur Hill Michigan
13 Armond Staten LB 6'2 210 Inkster Michigan
14 Marcel DuBose LB 5'11 215 Highland Park Michigan
15 Jerrell Noland LB 6'1 235 4.90 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan
16 Chris Reeves LB 6'1 250 Ferndale Michigan
17 Aaron Brooks LB 6'1 195 Battle Creek Central Michigan
18 Grant Bushong LB Ionia Michigan
19 Matt Eisenzoph LB 6'0 202 Menominee Michigan
20 Andrew Hall LB 6'2 235 4.60 Detroit Cooley Michigan
21 Joe Powers LB 6'2 225 Holt Michigan
22 Eric McDowell LB 6'3 195 East Lansing Michigan
23 Amery Allen LB 6'0 210 4.90 Detroit Crockett Michigan
24 Tony Iacovoni LB 6'2 220 Grand Rapids West Catholic Michigan
25 Zach Line LB 6'1 205 Oxford Michigan
26 Mario Brown LB 6'3 215 Ypsilanti Michigan
27 Mike Elias LB 6'2 200 4.83 Ann Arbor Huron Michigan
28 Jordan Kelly LB 6'1 195 4.70 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
29 Andrew DeFelice LB 6'0 212 Dearborn Michigan
30 Andy Wilburn LB 6'2 195 Rockford Michigan
31 Pat Cecile LB 6'3 226 Livonia Franklin Michigan
32 Matt Sebert LB 6'1 210 Marshall Michigan
33 DaQuante Caviness LB 6'2 240 Muskegon Heights Michigan
34 Vick Almondo LB 6'2 245 Southfield-Lathrup Michigan
35 Donald Coleman LB 6'0 210 Orchard Lake St. Mary's Michigan
36 Mohamad Bazzi LB 6'2 200 Dearborn Fordson Michigan
37 Yourye Wilson LB 6'1 190 Redford Union Michigan
38 Chris Fischer LB 5'11 215 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
39 Jermichael Naves LB 6'1 190 Allendale Michigan
40 Mike Hahn LB 5'11 220 Farmington Hills Harrison Michigan
41 Marquis Davis LB 6'1 190 Lansing Sexton Michigan
42 Ryan Egnatuk LB 5'11 180 Rockford Michigan
43 Durwin Bateman LB 5'11 228 4.80 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
44 Matt Foster LB 6'2 225 Gaylord St. Mary Michigan
45 Jack Roe LB 5'10 195 Jenison Michigan
46 Joe Kinville LB 6'2 210 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
47 Omer Sharp LB 6'2 195 Taylor Truman Michigan
48 Jesse Wright LB 6'2 200 East Kentwood Michigan
49 Nathan Schott LB 6'0 195 Cheboygan Michigan
50 Todd Culling LB 6'1 220 Warren De La Salle Michigan
51 Steve Carlson LB 5'11 205 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
52 Greg Hasse LB 6'1 215 Northville Michigan
53 Spencer Krauss LB 6'2 225 Clinton Michigan
54 Joe Bliesener LB 6'1 220 DeWitt Michigan
55 Carlo Mollicone LB 6'1 210 Clarkston Michigan
56 Nate Wind LB 6'2 195 Hamilton Michigan
57 Cody Reneski LB 6'3 205 New Baltimore Anchor Bay Michigan
58 David Sokolowski LB 6'2 185 Holland Michigan
59 Seth Duvall LB 6'0 195 Muskegon Mona Shores Michigan
60 Joe Borowicz LB 6'0 180 Flushing Michigan
61 Mike Griggs LB 5'9 205 Farmington Hills Harrison Michigan
62 Brendon Bringham LB 6'2 195 Dearborn Fordson Michigan
63 Kyle Caulkins LB 6'2 190 Hillsdale Michigan
64 Jeremy Gainer LB 6'2 195 Livonia Clarenceville Michigan
65 Michael Neveux LB 5'11 215 Grosse Pointe North Michigan
66 Larry Warren LB 6'1 235 Wyandotte Roosevelt Michigan
67 Brandon Bradford LB Detroit Kettering Michigan
68 Jacob Santure LB 6'2 215 Saline Michigan
69 Matt Gildersleeve LB 6'3 200 Byron Center Michigan
70 Zach Franzoni LB 6'0 210 Detroit U-D Jesuit Michigan
71 Brandin Jackson LB 6'0 220 Flushing Michigan
72 Justin Saunders LB 6'1 230 St. Clair Michigan
73 Brandt Thomas LB 5'10 200 Plymouth Salem Michigan
74 Nathaniel Hinken LB 6'2 230 Greenville Michigan
75 Adonis Adonakis LB 6'0 213 Walled Lake Central Michigan
76 Chad Archer LB 5'11 190 Midland Dow Michigan
77 Kyle Gasgon LB 6'2 190 Detroit Finney Michigan
78 Brad Seidl LB 6'1 190 Croswell-Lexington Michigan
79 Michael Rooker LB 6'4 200 Flint Carman-Ainsworth Michigan
80 William Benson LB 6'3 195 Wyoming Lee Michigan
81 Khaldji Sina LB 6'2 205 Troy Michigan
82 Raylen Davis LB 6'0 205 Royal Oak Michigan
83 Camrahm Redding LB 6'0 220 Detroit Crockett Michigan
84 Jamal Cabell LB 6'2 230 Eaton Rapids Michigan
85 Chris Marsh LB 6'3 218 Dexter Michigan
86 Jake Mulder LB Grand Rapids South Christian Michigan
87 Steve Jolly LB 6'1 205 Melvindale Michigan
88 Torin Taylor LB 6'1 195 Berkley Michigan
89 Nick Roeder LB 6'2 205 Waterford Mott Michigan
90 Eric Baldwin LB 6'0 195 Wyoming Kelloggsville Michigan
91 Nick Villareal LB 6'0 190 Mount Pleasant Michigan
92 Demetrius Brook LB 5'11 220 Detroit Urban Lutheran Michigan
93 Andrew Duba LB 6'0 195 Comstock Park Michigan
94 Joe Schmidt LB Riverview Gabriel Richard Michigan
95 Lance Vanhoost LB Unionville-Sebewaing Michigan
96 Craig Williams LB 5'10 263 Alma Michigan
97 Mitch Ruimveld LB Kalamazoo Christian Michigan
98 Sam Fata LB 6'0 220 Lansing Catholic Central Michigan
99 A.J. Palko LB Holly Michigan
100 Dan Wanshon LB 5'11 195 Canton Michigan

Top Defensive Backs

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan Michigan
2 Anthony Hollis DB 5'10 175 4.40 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
3 Cortez Smith DB 5'11 196 4.54 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
4 Troy Tidwell DB 5'10 176 4.85 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
5 James Wade DB 6'3 175 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
6 Aaron Archie DB 6'1 205 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
7 Bruce Horner DB 6'1 170 Birmingham Groves Michigan
8 Dezmond Hart DB 5'11 170 4.43 Detroit Crockett Michigan
9 Donovan Dickerson DB 6'0 180 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan
10 Jeray Carraway DB 5'11 179 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
11 Floyd Simmons DB 6'0 185 4.50 Detroit Crockett Michigan
12 Brandon Wilkerson DB 5'8 160 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
13 Trenton Robinson DB 5'11 185 Bay City Central Michigan
14 Montel Nix-Fleming DB 5'10 180 Walled Lake Western Michigan
15 Raynard Jackson DB 6'1 184 Detroit MacKenzie Michigan
16 Kevin Smith DB 6'0 195 Detroit Central Michigan
17 Bobby Miller DB 5'11 175 Muskegon Michigan
18 Ethan Schweir DB 6'1 185 St. Joseph's Michigan
19 Derek Kingshott DB 6'4 200 Zeeland West Michigan
20 Chris Crawford DB 5'11 165 Muskegon Michigan
21 Quinn Parnell DB 5'9 168 4.40 Detroit Renaissance Michigan
22 Joe Carter DB 5'9 185 Detroit Finney Michigan
23 Chris Holton DB 5'11 175 Detroit Finney Michigan
24 Jon Tanis DB 6'0 165 Hudsonville Michigan
25 Martez James DB 6'1 185 4.60 Detroit Norhwestern Michigan
26 Jon Craven DB 6'1 170 4.46 Farmington Michigan
27 Ryan Houska DB 6'1 200 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
28 Nick Thomas DB 5'10 185 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
29 Jordan Kidd DB 5'11 180 4.50 Milford Michigan
30 Phil Rice DB 6'1 190 Brownstown Woodhaven Michigan
31 Aaron Pugh DB 6'1 200 4.60 Birmingham Detroit Country Day Michigan
32 Andy Lentz DB 5'10 166 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
33 Willie Mullens DB 5'10 173 Gibraltar Carlson Michigan
34 LeRonn Wilson DB 5'10 190 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
35 Kent Wiening DB 6'1 180 Grand Haven Michigan
36 Evan Ankney DB 6'0 175 East Grand Rapids Michigan
37 B.J. McNorton DB 5'9 155 Auburn Hills Avondale Michigan
38 Tom Rice DB 6'0 175 Brighton Michigan
39 Eric Thompson DB Macomb L'Anse Creuse North Michigan
40 Nolan Wellman DB 5'8 158 Trenton Michigan
41 Jake Newton DB 6'2 185 Gobles Michigan
42 Zac Brown DB 6'1 185 West Bloomfield Michigan
43 Steven Heard DB 6'2 175 4.49 Ferndale Michigan
44 Brandyn Harris DB 6'0 187 4.49 Monroe Michigan
45 Patrick Lefere DB 6'0 190 Jackson Lumen Christi Michigan
46 Darrius Brady DB Flint Northern Michigan
47 Tevin Kellum DB 5'10 165 4.50 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
48 Ryan Newsome DB 6'2 165 Wyandotte Roosevelt Michigan
49 Josh Howard DB 6'1 180 Inkster Michigan
50 Joshua Winston DB 5'10 175 4.50 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
51 Derek Bahir DB 6'2 185 Walled Lake Central Michigan
52 David Pardun DB 5'9 165 Troy Michigan
53 James Williams DB 5'10 155 Battle Creek Central Michigan
54 Paul Koviak DB 6'4 165 Holton Michigan
55 Joe Vezina DB 6'2 170 Allen Park Cabrini Michigan
56 Javonte Wells DB 6'0 170 Lansing Sexton Michigan
57 Chris Mattson DB 6'0 165 Muskegon Mona Shores Michigan
58 Julian Easterly DB 6'0 162 4.50 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
59 Tony Phillips DB 6'1 175 Lansing Waverly Michigan
60 Robby Jensen DB 5'10 160 Boyne City Michigan
61 David Burton DB 5'8 155 4.53 Flint Central Michigan
62 Jimmy Clifford DB Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Michigan
63 Will Marlow DB 6'1 190 Saginaw Michigan
64 Jonathan Dandridge DB 6'1 175 Highland Park Michigan
65 Peonte Milton DB 5'10 170 Pontiac Central Michigan
66 Ramal Roby DB 5'10 165 4.55 Muskegon Heights Michigan
67 C.J. Maszal DB Allen Park Michigan
68 Kyle DeMaster DB 6'1 180 Macomb Dakota Michigan
69 Trymal Phillips DB 5'10 170 Detroit Murray-Wright Michigan
70 Lester Bridges DB 5'11 185 Detroit Pershing Michigan
71 Garrick Fisher DB 6'0 195 Escanaba Michigan
72 Kent Veining DB Grand Haven Michigan
73 Adam Powers DB 5'11 180 Canton Michigan
74 Charles Smith DB 6'2 190 Detroit Finney Michigan
75 Chad Calhoun DB 5'8 175 Melvindale Michigan
76 Jeff Adams DB 5'9 160 Chelsea Michigan
77 Valtorrey Showers DB 5'10 170 Detroit Crockett Michigan
78 Jordan Langs DB 6'0 190 Climax Scotts Michigan
79 Glen Ray DB 5'11 170 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley Michigan
80 Matt Stewart DB 6'2 205 Owosso Michigan
81 Jake Sexton DB 6'0 170 South Lyon Michigan
82 Brad Harper DB 5'9 170 Holland West Ottawa Michigan
83 Donzell Carter DB 5'8 165 Romulus Michigan
84 Willie Brown DB Detroit Frederick Douglass Michigan
85 Casey Smagala DB Constantine Michigan
86 Kevin Alcott DB 5'11 175 Midland Michigan
87 Joel Parsons DB 5'8 160 Midland Michigan
88 Ronald Dorsey-Austin DB 5'11 160 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
89 L'Shane Bynum DB 6'2 180 Taylor Truman Michigan
90 A.J. Ballard DB Cassopolis Michigan
91 Tyler Moreland DB 6'3 180 Flint Powers Catholic Michigan
92 Dominique Endline DB 5'11 170 Midland Dow Michigan
93 Joey Rojek DB 5'9 155 Owosso Michigan
94 Marquise Williams DB 5'11 185 Oak Park Michigan
95 Matt Deletka DB 6'2 175 Sterling Heights Stevenson Michigan
96 Tom Brandenburg DB 6'3 185 Holt Michigan
97 Kevin Turner DB 5'11 160 Muskegon Michgan
98 Jerry Wade DB 6'0 160 East Lansing Michigan
99 Hassan Abdullah DB 6'0 175 Dearborn Fordson Michigan
100 Derek Beemer DB 5'11 180 Rockford Michigan
101 Dennis Fortson DB 5'10 150 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
102 Durant Crum DB 5'9 155 Albion Michigan
103 Demetrius Robinson DB 5'10 175 Baldwin Michigan
104 Will Danko DB 5'8 170 Birmingham Brother Rice Michigan
105 Stephon Bateman DB Wyoming Kelloggsville Michigan
106 Matt Drew DB 6'1 190 Temperance Bedford Michigan
107 Tyler Gill DB 6'1 187 Temperance Bedford Michigan
108 John Smith DB 5'10 175 Detroit Crockett Michigan
109 Justin Keller DB 5'11 180 Lakewood Lake Odessa Michigan
110 Darius Wells-Hayes DB 5'10 180 Ferndale Michigan
111 Mel Farr DB 5'10 170 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
112 Blaine Stormer DB 6'0 175 Lake Orion Michigan
113 Mike Murray DB 5'10 185 Royal Oak Michigan

Top Kickers

1 Michael Wilson PK East Grand Rapids Michigan
2 Max Bojovic PK 5'8 150 Northville Michigan
3 Will Conklin PK 5'10 160 Traverse City West Michigan
4 Kyle Brown PK 5'10 185 5.06 Saline Michigan
5 Mike Zureikat PK 6'3 185 Flint Powers Catholic Michigan
6 J.P. Theriault PK 5'7 150 Sault Ste. Marie Michigan
7 Luke McMurray PK 6'1 200 Davison Michigan
8 Matt Watko PK 5'8 162 Walled Lake Western Michigan
9 Ethan Dalach PK 5'10 150 Utica Eisenhower Michigan
10 John Potter PK Grand Haven Michigan
11 Ryan Root PK 6'3 175 Hemlock Michigan
12 Chris Burtley PK 5'11 180 Flint Southwestern Academy Michigan
13 Hector Solis PK 5'7 140 Adrian Madison Michigan

Top Punters

1 Scott Kovanda P 6'2 185 Novi Detroit Catholic Central Michigan
2 Calix Sholander P 5'8 128 5.31 Crystal Falls Forest Park Michigan
3 Sean Hartman P 6'1 190 Midland Dow Michigan

Updated Top Twenty Recruiting Classes

2007-04-25T09:38:00.000-04:00

There has been a lot of big news since our last update. The biggest news has been the reemergence of the major Midwest powers as recruiting forces after average campaigns last year. Both Ohio State and Notre Dame picked up multiple verbals in the past week from blue-chippers and are positioning themselves to have national top five classes when all is said and done. The group of offensive linemen that Ohio State is bringing in is truly remarkable. Notre Dame, meanwhile, pulled off the miracle of landing Crist a year after landing JC Superstar. Who says God isn't Catholic?

The other big news has been the run of decommitments that has hit Texas A&M. A few weeks ago they lost Britt Mitchell to Oklahoma. The past couple of weeks, however, they have lost Aundre Dean to UCLA and Dravantti Johnson to Texas. In addition, blue-chippers Damian Square and Leroy Chevalier have also reneged on their earlier verbals. We aren't just talking about another four losses. We are talking about losing possibly their top three verbals and another top eight verbal. Heavy duty damage that drops A&M down substantially in the rankings.

One other development has been the continued early push by Florida State to land early verbals, something new under Bobby Bowden. They have picked up three new prospects since our last update, including highly touted 'backer Vincent Williams. The Seminoles are doing a great job of recruiting linebackers this year.

Please note one new addition to my listing. I have highlighted in blue all new text that I have written in the school summaries since my last update.

Below are my latest rankings. You should note that the rankings are only based on actual high school verbals and do not reflect the status schools may have with uncomitted prospects. Moreover, I do not include junior college prospects in my rankings (I know that Arkansas already has a JUCO commitment):

1. Texas

The Longhorns are up to nineteen verbals after poaching talented linebacker Dravannti Johnson away from the Aggies. Double the Longhorns pleasure as Johnson is a very good get and is another blow to A&M's recruiting efforts.

Jarvis Humphrey is this year's top prospect out of talent-laden Cedar Hill and among the better DL prospects in the nation. Nolan Brewster is the first out-of-state verbal and possibly the top prospect in Colorado. His dad is the new head coach at Minnesota and is a close friend of Mack Brown. Brewster may have been the first prospect in the nation offered by the Longhorns this year.

Southlake Carroll products Tre' Newton and Riley Dodge are two of the most high profile verbals. They have helped lead their team to consecutive state 5A titles and have great bloodlines with Dodge's father being a former Texas QB (Todd Dodge) who just accepted the head coaching job at North Texas and Newton's dad being former NFL player Nate Newton. Dodge is perhaps the most impressive prep QB in the nation and if he were a couple of inches taller he would have had the entire universe after him. Even with his lack of stature he could still wind up starring at the position in college, he's that good. And if things don't work out at QB he has the athleticism and quicks to play another position, such as WR.

Antoine Hicks and Kheeston Randall are the other two underrated verbals. They aren't as highly touted as most of the other signees but Texas does a great job of evaluating top in-state talent before everyopne else and both of these kids have great feet for their size and fine athleticism. Randall plays fo a small private school so has been under the radar. Hicks is a prep QB but will likely move to another position in college.

Snow is one of three national elite offensive linemen in the state. Buckner is probably the state's top WR and among the nation's best. Monroe is a national-caliber DB. Hills is the RB they wanted and the younger brother of Longhorn Tony Hills. Buchanan has been quickly moving up the charts and ranks just below the elite 3 OLs in the state. Tucker is arguably the nation's top kicker. The others are also all very good, Acho being a small school star and the younger brother of Longhorn signee Sam Acho and Williams looking very, very good at the U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio. Fitzhenry is a star prep QB who will play DB in college.

1 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas
2 Dan Buckner WR 6'5 200 4.47 Allen Texas
3 Nolan Brewster DB 6'2 195 4.60 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 D.J. Monroe DB/WR/RB 5'10 160 4.40 Angleton Texas
5 Jeremy Hills RB 6'0 186 4.40 Alief Elsik Texas
6 Jarvis Humphrey DL 6'2 290 5.00 Cedar Hill Texas
7 Aaron Williams DB 6'0 175 4.40 Round Rock McNeil Texas
8 Riley Dodge QB/WR/DB 5'11 170 4.59 Southlake Carroll Texas
9 Tre' Newton RB 6'0 194 4.60 Southlake Carroll Texas
10 Dravannti Johnson LB/DL 6'2 218 4.68 Nederland Texas
11 Mark Buchanan OL 6'5 265 4.90 Austin High Texas
12 Ryan Roberson LB/RB 5'10 210 4.52 Brenham Texas
13 Justin Tucker PK 6'0 165 4.65 Austin Westlake Texas
14 Brock Fitzhenry DB/RB/QB/ATH 5'10 180 4.42 Giddings Texas
15 Luke Poehlmann OL 6'7 260 4.98 Brenham Texas
16 Emmanuel Acho LB 6'2 210 4.60 Dallas St. Mark's Texas
17 Antoine Hicks WR/QB/ATH 6'2 190 4.50 Mansfield Timberview Texas
18 Kheeston Randall DL 6'4 270 4.97 Beaumont Monsignor Kelly Texas
19 Blake Gideon DB/WR 6'1 187 4.50 Leander Texas

2. Oklahoma

The Sooners are back with a roar. They don't have the quantity of early verbals that Texas and A&M have received, but their top quality is as good as anybody. In fact, some feel that they may have landed four of the top seven prospects in Texas in Washington, Good, Calhoun and Johnson. One UT service had Good as the states top prospect. I wonder if that will hold?

QB Landry Jones is among the nation's best at his position. OL prospect Ben Habern is one of the top offensive linemen in Texas.

Bobby Stoops has built a foundation of early verbals that could help Oklahoma challenge for the national recruiitng title this year.

1 Stephen Good OL 6'5 265 5.06 Paris Texas
2 R.J. Washington DL/LB 6'3 234 4.62 Keller Fossil Ridge Texas
3 Jermie Calhoun RB/DB 6'0 195 4.49 Van Texas
4 Justin Johnson RB/LB 6'3 210 4.50 Gilmer Texas
5 Landry Jones QB 6'5 215 4.75 Artesia New Mexico
6 Ben Habern OL 6'3 260 4.90 Denton Liberty Christian Texas
7 Daniel Franklin LB 6'3 215 4.60 Mount Airy Habersham Central Georgia
8 Britt Mitchell OL/DL 6'8 300 5.05 Roscoe Texas

3. Notre Dame

Notre Dame continues to roll along and has picked up three high quality verbals since our last update. Dayne Crist, one of the top three signal-callers in the nation, leads the charge. Darius Fleming is yet another talented LB prospect who is among the top overall players in Illinois. Landing talented California TE Joseph Fauria was a bit of a surprise with Kyle Rudolph already on board, but landing him gives the Irish two tall, rangy and athletic tight ends who are among the nation's best.

Other verbals includes two talented linebackers in McDonald and Posluszny. Posluszny is the brother of Penn State all-american 'backer Paul Posluszny.

Notre Dame picked up a huge verbal last month in talented TE Kyle Rudolph, perhaps the nation's best at his position. He has a high ceiling. The other four verbals are all prospects with "high floors" and decent ceilings, typical Notre Dame Catholic school kids. The only non-Catholic school prospect, Cave, plays just down the road for state power Penn (same program as Mike Rosenthal a few years back).

The Irish have done a good job in locking-up local talent, landing two of the top three prospects in Indiana along with Cwymar, who is one of the top top linemen in the midwest. Golic, the son of the former ND star and current ESPN broadcaster of the same name, called in from his vacation in Italy to commit to the Irish. He is one of the top linemen in the east. By the way, he
has a younger brother to keep an eye out for next year! Goodman will remind Irish fans of Jeff Smardzja.

1 Kyle Rudolph TE 6'7 220 4.70 Cincinnati Elder Ohio
2 Dayne Crist QB/LB 6'5 228 4.66 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
3 Darius Fleming LB/DL 6'2 220 4.57 Chicago St. Rita Illinois
4 Joseph Fauria TE 6'8 242 4.75 Encino Crespi California
5 Sean Cwynar DL/OL 6'4 280 Woodstock Marian Central Catholic Illinois
6 John Goodman WR/QB/ATH 6'3 187 4.71 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Indiana
7 Anthony McDonald LB/RB 6'3 220 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
8 David Posluszny LB/DB/RB 6'1 206 4.75 Aliquippa Hopewell Pennsylvania
9 Mike Golic OL 6'5 260 5.10 West Hartford Northwest Catholic Connecticut
10 Braxston Cave OL 6'3 292 5.38 Mishawaka Penn Indiana

4. Ohio State

A great, great week for Ohio State with super offensive linemen Mike Brewster and J.B. Shugarts deciding to join buddy Mike Adams as a Buckeye. In addition, Nathan Williams also just committed to Ohio State. He's one of the top DE prospects in the Midwest.

Ohio State is positioning themselves to have one of their best classes in recent history. It'a good year for talent in Ohio and everybody is talking about the offensive linemen the Buckeyes have landed, but what has most impressed me is that Jim Tressell has been successful early on in going outside of Ohio and atttracting top talent. Shugarts is from Texas and Brewster from Florida. If he can continue to poach top talent from around the nation while keeping the top in-staters at home the future could be downright scary for Buckeye opponents.

Suburban Columbus teammates Adams and Stoneburner are outstanding prospects. Adams has drawn comparisons to the late Korey Stringer and is near the top of the list of a strong group of OLs in the nation this year. Stoneburner has the speed to split wide and frame to become an exceptional receiving TE.

Torrence has the skills to play on either side of the ball but will probably be a LB in Columbus. He's also a standout prospect and possibly even more talented than his older brother Devon, who signed with Ohio State in February. Posey may be a bit under the radar at WR as it's such a great year nationally, but the Buckeyes offered early and really, really like him. They do a great job of evaluating in-state WR talent (think Anthony Gonzales) so don't be surprised to see DeVier develop in to an elite Big Ten receiver.

It's a great year for kickers in the state, and Buchanan probably has the strongest leg and definitely is the most versatile as both a kicker and punter.

1 Michael Brewster OL 6'5 294 5.25 Orlando Edgewater Florida
2 J.B. Shugarts OL/DL 6'8 290 5.12 Klein Texas
3 Mike Adams OL 6'7 300 5.47 Dublin Coffman Ohio
4 Jake Stoneburner TE/WR 6'5 218 4.54 Dublin Coffman Ohio
5 Devoe Torrence LB/RB 6'2 215 4.50 Canton South Ohio
6 DeVier Posey WR 6'1 179 4.65 Cincinnati La Salle Ohio
7 Nathan Williams DL/LB/RB 6'4 240 5.00 Washington Courthouse Miami Trace Ohio
8 Ben Buchanan P/PK/WR 6'0 185 Westerville Central Ohio

5. USC

The Trojans are holding steady at seven verbals since our last update.

Verbals include stud LB/SS Maurice Simmons, likely the top 'backer in California and an elite national recruit, and RB Curtis McNeal, an undersized back who will likely specialize as a return man for the Trojans.

Their first two verbals, Shoemate and Kalil, are national top 100 types and among the nation's best at their respective positions. They also happen to be from the same school! Other verbals are headed by talented DE Wes Horton, a high-ceiling type with a great frame. Chris Polk and Matt Meyer are both solid gets and similar in ways to Shoemate and Kalil, respectively, although not quite at their elite level. The beat goes on......

1 Dennis "D.J." Shoemate WR/DB 6'1 212 4.50 Anaheim Servite California
2 Matt Kalil OL 6'7 262 5.34 Anaheim Servite California
3 Maurice Simmons LB/DB 6'1 202 4.66 Compton Dominguez California
4 Wes Horton DL/TE 6'6 230 4.80 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
5 Chris Polk WR/RB/DB 5'11 191 4.50 Redlands East Valley California
6 Matt Meyer OL 6'8 285 Stockton Lincoln California
7 Curtis McNeal RB/WR/DB 5'6 171 4.62 Los Angeles Venice California

6. Georgia

The Bulldogs are putting together the top class in the SEC and currently have four national top caliber verbals.

DeAngelo Tyson is a national top 100-type and one of the nation's top DT prospects. He's a huge get for Georgia. Boykin is a quick CB and the cousin of fellow Georgia verbal Martin Ward. He's a bit more of a sleeper type.

Blair Walsh is probably the top kicker in Florida. . Green is a super, arguably the top WR in the nation in a year absolutely loaded at the position. RB will be a position of strength in the future with Samuel and Ward on board. Many feel that Samuel is the top back in the state while Ward looked very good at the U.S. Army combine. Washington is a terror off the edge who has run the 100-meters in the 10.7s (electronic). Once he fills out he could be scary. Allen is a fine TE prospect.

1 A.J. Green WR 6'4 184 4.56 Summerville South Carolina
2 DeAngelo Tyson DL 6'2 276 5.10 Statesboro Georgia
3 Richard Samuel RB 6'0 197 4.47 Cartersville Cass Georgia
4 Cornelius Washington DL/LB 6'4 220 4.51 Waynesboro Burke County Georgia
5 Martin Ward RB 5'9 188 4.65 Jonesboro Mt. Zion Georgia
6 Dwayne Allen TE/DL 6'3 217 4.92 Fayetteville Terry Sanford North Carolina
7 B.J. Brand OL 6'4 324 5.47 Douglas Coffee County Georgia
8 Blair Walsh PK 5'10 170 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Florida
9 Brandon Boykin DB 5'11 171 4.45 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia
10 Bacarri Rambo DB/QB/ATH 6'1 195 4.46 Donalsonville Seminole County Georgia

7. UCLA

UCLA picked up one of the better RBs in Texas when Aundre Dean switched over from Texas A&M.

The Bruins enjoyed a Texas-caliber junior day in March, landing about ten prospects in just a couple of days. This is a talented group. They won't challenge USC for Pac-10 recruiting supremacy this year, but there is a good chance they will finish number two.

Rahim Moore is the class headliner and among the top DBs in the nation. He and rising bullet Datone Jones had also received offers from USC, and it hasn't been too often in recent history that the Bruins have been able to out recruit the Trojans for a prospect.

E.J. Woods is one of the top DBs in the West.

Holmes is another DL I like a lot and he, along with a couple of others, may have eventually received Trojan offers. Note that all the verbals are from Southern California, especially urban areas such as L.A. and Compton.

1 Rahim Moore DB 6'2 190 4.45 Los Angeles Dorsey California
2 Datone Jones DL/OL 6'4 235 4.80 Compton California
3 E.J. Woods DB/RB 6'0 195 4.50 Encino Crespi California
4 Damien Holmes DL/TE/RB 6'3 245 4.94 Colton California
5 Kemonte Bateman WR 6'0 175 4.40 Los Angeles Crenshaw California
6 Aundre Dean RB 6'1 190 4.48 Katy Texas
7 Uonga Kaveinga LB 6'0 228 4.76 Lawndale Leuzinger California
8 Antwon Moutra WR/DB 6'2 175 4.45 Culver City California
9 Johnathan Franklin RB/LB 5'11 185 4.40 Los Angeles Dorsey California
10 Jerry Johnson WR 6'2 186 4.60 Los Angeles Venice California
11 Anthony Dye DB 5'11 182 4.48 Corona Santiago California
12 Aaron Hester DB/WR 6'0 180 4.79 Compton Dominguez California

8. Nebraska

Wht a great start for the Cornhuskers. They are putting together an OL class second only to Ohio State landing the likes of in-state supers Trevor Robinson and Baker Steinkuhler, Iowa star Dan Hoch and Colorado OL Bryce Givens out of powerful Denver Mullen High.

Sleeper DB David Whitmore also recently committed.

Nebraska jumped on first-year player Okafor as soon as he started to make a name for himself and before other programs could get wind of this fine talent.

1 Baker Steinkuhler OL/DL 6'6 270 4.93 Lincoln Southwest Nebraska
2 Trevor Robinson OL/DL 6'5 300 5.53 Elkhorn Nebraska
3 Bryce Givens OL 6'6 240 5.20 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 Dan Hoch OL 6'7 273 Harlan Iowa
5 Collins Okafor RB 6'1 205 4.50 Omaha Westside Nebraska
6 David Whitmore DB 6'1 180 Port Arthur Memorial Texas

9. Florida State

Florida State continues a nice April run by landing three more verbals, including two more linebackers in talented Vincent Williams and athletic Nick Moody. Jermaine Thomas is a tall and fast RB who runs with good vision and does a nice job of catching the ball out of the backfield.

Early in April the Seminoles landed Carr and talented teammates Bradham and Holton. Bradham is among the nation's elite recruits while Holton is one of the top DBs in Florida. Carr is also a national caliber LB who had many, many early offers.

Anthony Hill is another talented early verbal and among the very best from the panhandle. He has excellent speed and athleticsim.

1 Nigel Bradham LB 6'2 220 4.60 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
2 Vincent Williams LB/TE 6'1 226 4.68 Davenport Ridge Florida
3 Nigel Carr LB 6'3 225 4.55 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida
4 Cedrick "C.J." Holton DB/LB 6'2 190 4.50 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
5 Nick Moody LB/DB/RB/WR 6'1 215 4.74 Philadelphia Roman Catholic Pennsylvania
6 Anthony Hill DL 6'4 285 4.90 Pensacola Florida
7 Jermaine Thomas RB 6'1 190 4.40 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida

10. Miami

The Hurricanes need to have a huge recruiting year in 2007-2008 after the recent coaching changeover. They have gotten off to an excellent start and have added talented safety Joseph Wylie since our last update. Randy Shannon is doing a fine job of identifying and landing top prospects in southeastern Florida.

Patrick Johnson, is one of the nation's elite DBs and a future all-american and DT Jeremy Lewis is raw but talented.

At their junior day they received verbals from two of the state's elite linemen. Both Regis and Washington have the size and athleticism that one associates with Miami linemen of years past who went on to play on Sundays.

Just recruiting their fair share of the talent in southeastern Florida should be enough to return Miami to the elite echelon of college football.

1 Patrick Johnson DB 6'1 193 4.44 Pompano Beach Ely Florida
2 Micanor Regis DL 6'3 310 5.19 Pahokee Florida
3 Brandon Washington OL 6'4 305 5.47 Miami Edison Florida
4 Jeremy Lewis DL 6'4 271 5.01 West Palm Beach Lakes Florida
5 Joseph Wylie DB/QB 6'2 185 4.60 Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson Florida

11. Tennessee

The Vols is looking to put together back-to-back outstanding classes and are on the road to succeeding in so doing. The latest prospect to verbal is sleeper OL Carlos Anderson out of Alabama.

Douglas has great bloodlines and leads a talented early group. Adding Bartholomew gives them a nice start in wrapping up in-state talent. They are also doing a nice job of raiding neighboring states early for blue-chip talent. Johnson, Poole (a soft verbal) and Floyd would have all been very heavily recruited.

1 Aaron Douglas TE 6'7 240 4.90 Maryville Tennessee
2 Austin Johnson LB 6'3 235 4.65 Hickory North Carolina
3 Tauren Poole RB 5'10 194 4.65 Toccoa Stephens County Georgia
4 J.T. Floyd DB 5'11 176 4.73 Greenville J.L. Mann South Carolina
5 Ben Bartholomew LB/TE/P 6'3 225 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy Tennessee
6 Carlos Anderson OL 6'2 275 Florence Alabama Tennessee

12. Texas A&M

The past couple of weeks have been terrible for A&M's recruiting efforts. Four decommitments, that's right, FOUR. They have lost Aundre Dean to UCLA and Dravantti Johnson to Texas. In addition, blue-chippers Damian Square and Leroy Chevalier have also reneged on their earlier verbals. We aren't just talking about another four losses. We are talking about losing possibly their top three verbals and another top eight verbal. Heavy duty damage that drops A&M down substantially in the rankings.

There are, however, still some quality prospects committed to the Aggies (at least for now).

Lamar Harris is another talented prospect from Gilmer who could play on either side of the ball. The three top Gilmer kids have decided to go their separate ways with Justin Johnson headed to Oklahoma and David Snow to Texas.

Keon Furtch and Derrick Hall (one of the fastest players in the state) were being heavily recruited by such programs as LSU and Nebraska and are real good gets. Tony Jerod is another highly regarded verbal. Tommy Dorman was the QB they wanted.

Davis is a very athletic and huge linemen who I really like. He is a "high ceiling" type who could really surprise. Hyde is almost as good.

1 Lamar Harris DB/WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas
2 Derrick Hall WR/DB/RB 5'11 190 4.30 Beaumont Central Texas
3 Keon Furtch WR/DB 6'2 190 4.50 Paris Texas
4 Tony Jerod DL/TE 6'5 252 4.60 De Soto Texas
5 Roderick Davis DL 6'4 307 4.95 Aldine Eisenhower Texas
6 Jeffrey Hyde OL 6'4 270 4.90 Colleyville Covenant Christian Texas
7 Tommy Dorman QB 6'3 204 4.80 North Richland Hills Birdville Texas
8 Markell Martin DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Wichita Falls Rider Texas
9 Kendall Wright WR/DB/ATH 6'0 170 4.40 Pittsburg Texas
10 Blake Chavis DL 6'5 240 Beaumont West Brook Texas
11 Kyle Mangan LB 6'2 225 4.85 Brenham Texas
12 Jordan Fields DB/WR 6'0 185 4.55 Paris Texas
13 Brian Thomas OL 6'4 270 5.00 Pearland Texas
14 Joe Villavisencio OL 6'5 310 5.20 Jacksonville Texas
15 Josh Ayers OL 6'5 282 5.00 Euless Trinity Texas

13. Clemson

The latest Clemson verbal is Ohio TE Nic DiLillo, who has been overshadowed a bit by a talented group of Ohio TE prospects this year.

Bowers is an elite national prospect and a huge get for the Tigers. They are already set at QB with ahtletic Kyle Parker and Jon Richt, the son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt. Jones is a nice receiver and Skinner a fine long-snapper.

1 DaQuan Bowers DL/TE 6'6 265 4.70 Bamberg-Ehrhardt South Carolina
2 Kyle Parker QB 6'0 190 4.55 Jacksonville Bartram Trail Florida
3 Marquan Jones WR 6'0 175 Blythewood South Carolina
4 Nic DiLillo TE/DL 6'4 215 5.06 Madison Ohio Clemson
5 Matt Skinner OL/LSN 6'6 220 Jacksonville Bolles Florida
6 Jon Richt QB 6'1 185 5.48 Athens Prince Avenue Christian Georgia

14. Michigan

Michigan recently landed one of the top linemen in the Midwest in Elliot Mealer, an athletic OT who wanted to attend Ohio State but was squeezed out of receiving an offer when the Buckeyes landed three of the nation's top eight OL prospects. Mealer has a high ceiling and could be a steal for the Wolverines.

Cissiko is probably the best pure cover corner in the class and was the overall MVP at the U.S. Army Combine. He helps alleviate the sting of losing RoJo to USC.

O'Neill is the top lineman in the state and is, quite literally, a huge get. He helps fill a crucial need as the Wolverines will be recruiting the OL hard this year.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
2 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'8 295 Grand Haven Michigan
3 Elliott Mealer OL/DL/TE 6'6 280 5.20 Wauseon Ohio

15. Alabama

Nick Saban is taking an interesting approach in his first recruiting season at Alabama. It's similar to what new coaches at Nebraska and Mississippi have done in recent years. That is, sending out many early offers, some to not so-elite kids, in order to get the ball rolling and some momentum building.

The most recent verbal is OL John Michael Boswell.

Other verbals include in-staters Ivan Matchett and Wesley Neighbors. Matchett is a talented and versatile fullback who is a real nice get. Neighbors has 'Bama bloodlines as his father of he same name was a fine player for Alabama way back when.

The three DLs are all very athletic and quick (note that thy are all TEs on offense). I especially like Williams with his great frame and quickness. Smith is also an outstanding get as he is one of the top overall kickers in the nation.

1 Michael Williams DL/TE 6'6 240 4.70 Reform Pickens County Alabama
2 Undra Billingsley DL/TE 6'4 265 4.70 Birmingham Woodlawn Alabama
3 Brandon Lewis DL/TE 6'4 260 Pleasant Grove Alabama
4 Ivan Matchett RB/LB 5'11 220 4.62 Mobile St. Paul's Episcopal Alabama
5 Wesley Neighbors DB 6'1 187 4.50 Huntsville Alabama
6 Corey Smith PK/P 6'0 190 Bunker Hill Musselman West Virginia
7 John Michael Boswell OL 6'6 290 Northport Tuscaloosa County Alabama
8 Jermaine Preyear RB 5'11 198 4.40 Mobile Davidson Alabama

16. BYU

The latest verbal for BYU is sleeper Oregon RB Jerry Bruner, a nice-sized back who was injured for much of his junior season.

Holt, one of the nation's elite TE prospects, tops the list. The Sorensen cousins are also very good prospects.

1 Austin Holt TE/LB 6'6 220 4.90 South Jordan Bingham Utah
2 Daniel Sorensen DB/WR/PK 6'0 175 Colton California
3 Justin Sorensen PK/LB 6'2 215 South Jordan Bingham Utah
4 Cameron Comer DB/WR 6'1 170 4.56 Springville Utah
5 Jerry Bruner RB 6'2 225 Vancouver Evergreen Oregon

17. West Virginia

The most recent verbals for West Virginia are Addae, Smith and Robinson. I like Addae the best of the trio as he is an instinctive runner with great moves. His older brother played at WVU.

Jenkins is among the nation's elite prospects and Rich Rodriguez is going to have to hold off the rest of world in keeping him a Mountaineer.

1 Josh Jenkins OL/DL 6'3 282 5.20 Parkersburg West Virginia
2 Jeff Braun DL/OL 6'5 315 5.50 Winters Mill Maryland
3 Jahleel Addae RB 5'11 170 4.87 Riverview Florida
4 Chris Smith WR/QB/ATH 5'11 175 4.63 Boothwyn Chichester Pennsylvania
5 Jermaine Robinson DB/LB/QB/ATH 6'3 180 Pittsburgh Brashear Pennsylvania

18. LSU

LSU has pickd up four talented in-staters and a former Louisiana native in Theriot, a real a,thlete who stars at QB in high school but could play several positions at the next level. The Taylor brothers recently committed and are vastly underrated. Spencer and Lonergan are solid linemen.

A nice early start, but most of the elite in-state talent is still open.

1 Kellen Theriot RB/LB/QB/TE/ATH 6'2 225 4.50 Bellaire Episcopal Texas
2 Brandon Taylor WR/DB 5'11 176 4.49 Franklinton Louisiana
3 Jyryn Taylor WR 6'0 175 4.50 Franklinton Louisiana
4 Clay Spencer OL 6'5 285 Baton Rouge Parkview Baptist Louisiana
5 Pat "P.J." Lonergan OL 6'4 288 5.93 Metairie Archbishop Rummel Louisiana

19. Minnesota

1 Sam Maresh LB/DL/TE 6'3 257 4.70 Champlin Park Minnesota
2 Brendan Kelly DL 6'6 222 Richfield Academy of Holy Angels Minnesota
3 John Nance QB/WR/ATH 6'3 165 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota
4 Shady Salamon RB/DB 5'10 180 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota
5 Kevan Walker WR/DB/RB 6'1 189 4.50 Arcadia California
6 Ryan Grant QB/DB/LB 6'2 215 Eden Prairie Minnesota
7 Roszell Gayden DL/OL 6'7 240 Cooper Minnesota

20. Virginia Tech

Taylor is a monster and among the nation's elite linebackers. McCoy is a nice-sized receiver with good ball skills. Fuller is another pretty decent possession receiver.

1 Bruce Taylor LB/DL 6'3 230 4.65 Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2 Derrick McCoy WR/LB/DB 6'3 210 4.55 Amherst County Virginia
3 Austin Fuller WR 6'3 200 4.69 Richlands Virginia

Class of 2008 Top Rated Recruiting Classes

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Since our last update the biggest moves have been made by Nebraska, Miami and Florida State. Oklahoma has also continued its early run by landing another couple of blue-chippers.

Below are my latest rankings. You should note that the rankings are only based on actual high school verbals and do not reflect the status schools may have with uncomitted prospects. Moreover, I do not include junior college prospects in my rankings (I know that Arkansas already has a JUCO commitment):

1. Texas

The Longhorns just keep on rolling and have added another verbal since our last update. This time, it's a sleeper DB in Blake Gideon.

Jarvis Humphrey is this year's top prospect out of talent-laden Cedar Hill and among the better DL prospects in the nation. Nolan Brewster is the first out-of-state verbal and possibly the top prospect in Colorado. His dad is the new head coach at Minnesota and is a close friend of Mack Brown. Brewster may have been the first prospect in the nation offered by the Longhorns this year.

Southlake Carroll products Tre' Newton and Riley Dodge are two of the most high profile verbals. They have helped lead their team to consecutive state 5A titles and have great bloodlines with Dodge's father being a former Texas QB (Todd Dodge) who just accepted the head coaching job at North Texas and Newton's dad being former NFL player Nate Newton. Dodge is perhaps the most impressive prep QB in the nation and if he were a couple of inches taller he would have had the entire universe after him. Even with his lack of stature he could still wind up starring at the position in college, he's that good. And if things don't work out at QB he has the athleticism and quicks to play another position, such as WR.

Antoine Hicks and Kheeston Randall are the other two underrated verbals. They aren't as highly touted as most of the other signees but Texas does a great job of evaluating top in-state talent before everyopne else and both of these kids have great feet for their size and fine athleticism. Randall plays fo a small private school so has been under the radar. Hicks is a prep QB but will likely move to another position in college.

Snow is one of three national elite offensive linemen in the state. Buckner is probably the state's top WR and among the nation's best. Monroe is a national-caliber DB. Hills is the RB they wanted and the younger brother of Longhorn Tony Hills. Buchanan has been quickly moving up the charts and ranks just below the elite 3 OLs in the state. Tucker is arguably the nation's top kicker. The others are also all very good, Acho being a small school star and the younger brother of Longhorn signee Sam Acho and Williams looking very, very good at the U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio. Fitzhenry is a star prep QB who will play DB in college.

1 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas
2 Dan Buckner WR 6'5 200 4.47 Allen Texas
3 Nolan Brewster DB 6'2 195 4.60 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 D.J. Monroe DB/WR/RB 5'10 160 4.40 Angleton Texas
5 Jeremy Hills RB 6'0 186 4.40 Alief Elsik Texas
6 Jarvis Humphrey DL 6'2 290 5.00 Cedar Hill Texas
7 Aaron Williams DB 6'0 175 4.40 Round Rock McNeil Texas
8 Riley Dodge QB/WR/DB 5'11 170 4.59 Southlake Carroll Texas
9 Tre' Newton RB 6'0 194 4.60 Southlake Carroll Texas
10 Mark Buchanan OL 6'5 265 4.90 Austin High Texas
11 Ryan Roberson LB/RB 5'10 210 4.52 Brenham Texas
12 Justin Tucker PK 6'0 165 4.65 Austin Westlake Texas
13 Brock Fitzhenry DB/RB/QB/ATH 5'10 180 4.42 Giddings Texas
14 Luke Poehlmann OL 6'7 260 4.98 Brenham Texas
15 Emmanuel Acho LB 6'2 210 4.60 Dallas St. Mark's Texas
16 Antoine Hicks WR/QB/ATH 6'2 190 4.50 Mansfield Timberview Texas
17 Kheeston Randall DL 6'4 270 4.97 Beaumont Monsignor Kelly Texas
18 Blake Gideon DB/WR 6'1 187 4.50 Leander Texas

2. Texas A&M

Remarkable early numbers for the Aggies. They are down from our last update from 19 to 18 as Aundre Dean, the talented RB, has decommitted and deciding between UCLA and A&M.

Make no mistake, this class lacks the elite top talent of Texas and it will drop down in the rankings once other programs such as USC and Oklahoma start to catch up in numbers, but for the time being with the great quantity in early verbals coupled with several very fine prospects they most definitely merit the number two spot.

The most recent ten commitments include several of the very best prospects in the class. Aundre Dean is one of the better backs in Texas and played for one of the state's top teams. Lamar Harris is another talented prospect from Gilmer who could play on either side of the ball. The three top Gilmer kids have decided to go their separate ways with Justin Johnson headed to Oklahoma and David Snow to Texas.

Keon Furtch and Derrick Hall (one of the fastest players in the state) were being heavily recruited by such programs as LSU and Nebraska and are real good gets. Tony Jerod is another highly regarded verbal. Tommy Dorman was the QB they wanted.

Of the earlier verbals, Square and Johnson could play for anybody and are potential national top 100 types (not quite there yet). Chevalier and Davis are two very athletic and huge linemen who I really like. These are "high ceiling" types who could really surprise. Hyde is almost as good. Lots of very good linemen.

1 Damian Square LB/DL 6'3 230 4.74 Houston Yates Texas
2 Dravannti Johnson LB/DL 6'2 218 4.68 Nederland Texas
3 Lamar Harris DB/WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas
4 Derrick Hall WR/DB/RB 5'11 190 4.30 Beaumont Central Texas
5 Keon Furtch WR/DB 6'2 190 4.50 Paris Texas
6 Tony Jerod DL/TE 6'5 252 4.60 De Soto Texas
7 Leroy Chevalier OL 6'5 315 5.40 Houston Yates Texas
8 Roderick Davis DL 6'4 307 4.95 Aldine Eisenhower Texas
9 Jeffrey Hyde OL 6'4 270 4.90 Colleyville Covenant Christian Texas
10 Tommy Dorman QB 6'3 204 4.80 North Richland Hills Birdville Texas
11 Markell Martin DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Wichita Falls Rider Texas
12 Kendall Wright WR/DB/ATH 6'0 170 4.40 Pittsburg Texas
13 Blake Chavis DL 6'5 240 Beaumont West Brook Texas
14 Kyle Mangan LB 6'2 225 4.85 Brenham Texas
15 Jordan Fields DB/WR 6'0 185 4.55 Paris Texas
16 Brian Thomas OL 6'4 270 5.00 Pearland Texas
17 Joe Villavisencio OL 6'5 310 5.20 Jacksonville Texas
18 Josh Ayers OL 6'5 282 5.00 Euless Trinity Texas

3. Oklahoma

The Sooners are back with a roar. They don't have the quantity of early verbals that Texas and A&M have received, but their top quality is as good as anybody. In fact, some feel that they may have landed four of the top seven prospects in Texas in Washington, Good, Calhoun and Johnson. One UT service had Good as the states top prospect. I wonder if that will hold?

The most recent additions include star QB Landry Jones, among the nation's best and OL prospect Ben Habern, one of the top offensive linemen in Texas.

Bobby Stoops has built a foundation of early verbals that could help Oklahoma challenge for the national recruiitng title this year.

1 Stephen Good OL 6'5 265 5.06 Paris Texas
2 R.J. Washington DL/LB 6'3 234 4.62 Keller Fossil Ridge Texas
3 Jermie Calhoun RB/DB 6'0 195 4.49 Van Texas
4 Justin Johnson RB/LB 6'3 210 4.50 Gilmer Texas
5 Landry Jones QB 6'5 215 4.75 Artesia New Mexico
6 Ben Habern OL 6'3 260 4.90 Denton Liberty Christian Texas
7 Daniel Franklin LB 6'3 215 4.60 Mount Airy Habersham Central Georgia
8 Britt Mitchell OL/DL 6'8 300 5.05 Roscoe Texas

4. USC

The Trojans are holding steady at seven verbals since our last update.

Verbals include stud LB/SS Maurice Simmons, likely the top 'backer in California and an elite national recruit, and RB Curtis McNeal, an undersized back who will likely specialize as a return man for the Trojans.

Their first two verbals, Shoemate and Kalil, are national top 100 types and among the nation's best at their respective positions. They also happen to be from the same school! Other verbals are headed by talented DE Wes Horton, a high-ceiling type with a great frame. Chris Polk and Matt Meyer are both solid gets and similar in ways to Shoemate and Kalil, respectively, although not quite at their elite level. The beat goes on......

1 Dennis "D.J." Shoemate WR/DB 6'1 212 4.50 Anaheim Servite California
2 Matt Kalil OL 6'7 262 5.34 Anaheim Servite California
3 Maurice Simmons LB/DB 6'1 202 4.66 Compton Dominguez California
4 Wes Horton DL/TE 6'6 230 4.80 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
5 Chris Polk WR/RB/DB 5'11 191 4.50 Redlands East Valley California
6 Matt Meyer OL 6'8 285 Stockton Lincoln California
7 Curtis McNeal RB/WR/DB 5'6 171 4.62 Los Angeles Venice California

5. Georgia

One more addition for the Bulldogs since in our last update, with all-name safety Baccari Rambo committing recently.

The Bulldogs are putting together the top class in the SEC and currently have four national top caliber verbals.

DeAngelo Tyson is a national top 100-type and one of the nation's top DT prospects. He's a huge get for Georgia. Boykin is a quick CB and the cousin of fellow Georgia verbal Martin Ward. He's a bit more of a sleeper type.

Blair Walsh is probably the top kicker in Florida. . Green is a super, arguably the top WR in the nation in a year absolutely loaded at the position. RB will be a position of strength in the future with Samuel and Ward on board. Many feel that Samuel is the top back in the state while Ward looked very good at the U.S. Army combine. Washington is a terror off the edge who has run the 100-meters in the 10.7s (electronic). Once he fills out he could be scary. Allen is a fine TE prospect.

1 A.J. Green WR 6'4 184 4.56 Summerville South Carolina
2 DeAngelo Tyson DL 6'2 276 5.10 Statesboro Georgia
3 Richard Samuel RB 6'0 197 4.47 Cartersville Cass Georgia
4 Cornelius Washington DL/LB 6'4 220 4.51 Waynesboro Burke County Georgia
5 Martin Ward RB 5'9 188 4.65 Jonesboro Mt. Zion Georgia
6 Dwayne Allen TE/DL 6'3 217 4.92 Fayetteville Terry Sanford North Carolina
7 B.J. Brand OL 6'4 324 5.47 Douglas Coffee County Georgia
8 Blair Walsh PK 5'10 170 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Florida
9 Brandon Boykin DB 5'11 171 4.45 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia
10 Bacarri Rambo DB/QB/ATH 6'1 195 4.46 Donalsonville Seminole County Georgia

6. Notre Dame

Notre Dame has picked up verbals from two of the better linebakers in the nation in McDonald and Posluszny since our last update. Posluszny is the brother of Penn State all-american 'backer Paul Posluszny. Don't be surprised to see McDonald's teammate, star QB Dayne Crist, commit to the Irish later this week. Add Crist to the equation and you are starting to have the makings of a very strong class.

Notre Dame picked up a huge verbal last month in talented TE Kyle Rudolph, perhaps the nation's best at his position. He has a high ceiling. The other four verbals are all prospects with "high floors" and decent ceilings, typical Notre Dame Catholic school kids. The only non-Catholic school prospect, Cave, plays just down the road for state power Penn (same program as Mike Rosenthal a few years back).

The Irish have done a good job in locking-up local talent, landing two of the top three prospects in Indiana along with Cwymar, who is one of the top top linemen in the midwest. Golic, the son of the former ND star and current ESPN broadcaster of the same name, called in from his vacation in Italy to commit to the Irish. He is one of the top linemen in the east. By the way, he
has a younger brother to keep an eye out for next year! Goodman will remind Irish fans of Jeff Smardzja.

1 Kyle Rudolph TE 6'7 220 4.70 Cincinnati Elder Ohio
2 Sean Cwynar DL/OL 6'4 280 Woodstock Marian Central Catholic Illinois
3 John Goodman WR/QB/ATH 6'3 187 4.71 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Indiana
4 Anthony McDonald LB/RB 6'3 220 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
5 David Posluszny LB/DB/RB 6'1 206 4.75 Aliquippa Hopewell Pennsylvania
6 Mike Golic OL 6'5 260 5.10 West Hartford Northwest Catholic Connecticut
7 Braxston Cave OL 6'3 292 5.38 Mishawaka Penn Indiana

7. UCLA

E.J. Woods is the latest verbal for UCLA. He had actually committed back on their junior day but reneged a couple of days later. He's now back in the fold. He's one of the top DBs in the west.

The Bruins enjoyed a Texas-caliber junior day in March, landing about ten prospects in just a couple of days. This is a talented group. They won't challenge USC for Pac-10 recruiting supremacy this year, but there is a good chance they will finish number two.

Rahim Moore is the class headliner and among the top DBs in the nation. He and rising bullet Datone Jones had also received offers from USC, and it hasn't been too often in recent history that the Bruins have been able to out recruit the Trojans for a prospect.

Holmes is another DL I like a lot and he, along with a couple of others, may have eventually received Trojan offers. Note that all the verbals are from Southern California, especially urban areas such as L.A. and Compton.

1 Rahim Moore DB 6'2 190 4.45 Los Angeles Dorsey California
2 Datone Jones DL/OL 6'4 235 4.80 Compton California
3 E.J. Woods DB/RB 6'0 195 4.50 Encino Crespi California
4 Damien Holmes DL/TE/RB 6'3 245 4.94 Colton California
5 Kemonte Bateman WR 6'0 175 4.40 Los Angeles Crenshaw California
6 Uonga Kaveinga LB 6'0 228 4.76 Lawndale Leuzinger California
7 Antwon Moutra WR/DB 6'2 175 4.45 Culver City California
8 Johnathan Franklin RB/LB 5'11 185 4.40 Los Angeles Dorsey California
9 Jerry Johnson WR 6'2 186 4.60 Los Angeles Venice California
10 Anthony Dye DB 5'11 182 4.48 Corona Santiago California
11 Aaron Hester DB/WR 6'0 180 4.79 Compton Dominguez California

8. Nebraska

Wht a great start for the Cornhuskers. They are putting together the top OL class in the nation and have pickd up two additional studs in in-state super Trevor Robinson and Colorado OL Bryce Givens out of powerful Denver Mullen High. Sleeper DB David Whitmore also recently committed

Steinkuhler is the top prospect in the state (a good year in Nebraska) and among the nation's top linemen. Hoch is probably the top prospect in Iowa and a great early get away from the Hawkeyes. Nebraska jumped on first-year player Okafor as soon as he started to make a name for himself and before other programs could get wind of this fine talent.

1 Baker Steinkuhler OL/DL 6'6 270 4.93 Lincoln Southwest Nebraska
2 Trevor Robinson OL/DL 6'5 300 5.53 Elkhorn Nebraska
3 Bryce Givens OL 6'6 240 5.20 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 Dan Hoch OL 6'7 273 Harlan Iowa
5 Collins Okafor RB 6'1 205 4.50 Omaha Westside Nebraska
6 David Whitmore DB 6'1 180 Port Arthur Memorial Texas

9. Ohio State

The Big Ten recently had a down year in recruiting, but the Buckeyes are doing more than their fair share in ensuring there won't be a repeat. It'a good year for talent in Ohio and a great year for TEs. Suburban Columbus teammates Adams and Stoneburner lare outstanding prospects. Adams has drawn comparisons to the late Korey Stringer and is near the top of the list of a strong group of OLs in the nation this year. Stoneburner has the speed to split wide and frame to become an exceptional receiving TE.

Torrence has the skills to play on either side of the ball but will probably be a LB in Columbus. He's also a standout prospect and possibly even more talented than his older brother Devon, who signed with Ohio State in February. Posey may be a bit under the radar at WR as it's such a great year nationally, but the Buckeyes offered early and really, really like him. They do a great job of evaluating in-state WR talent (think Anthony Gonzales) so don't be surprised to see DeVier develop in to an elite Big Ten receiver.

It's a great year for kickers in the state, and Buchanan probably has the strongest leg and definitely is the most versatile as both a kicker and punter.

The Buckeyes have taken an early lead in the Big Ten recruiting race.

1 Mike Adams OL 6'7 300 5.47 Dublin Coffman Ohio
2 Jake Stoneburner TE/WR 6'5 218 4.54 Dublin Coffman Ohio
3 Devoe Torrence LB/RB 6'2 215 4.50 Canton South Ohio
4 DeVier Posey WR 6'1 179 4.65 Cincinnati La Salle Ohio
5 Ben Buchanan P/PK/WR 6'0 185 Westerville Central Ohio

10. Miami

The Hurricanes need to have a huge recruiting year in 2007-2008 after the recent coaching changover. They have gotten off to an excellent start and added two top verbals since our last update: Patrick Johnson, one of the nation'S lite DBs and a future all-american and talnted DT Jeremy Lewis.

At their junior day they received verbals from two of the state's elite linemen. Both Regis and Washington have the size and athleticism that one associates with Miami linemen of years past who went on to play on Sundays.

Just recruiting their fair share of the talent in southeastern Florida should be enough to return Miami to the elite echelon of college football.

1 Patrick Johnson DB 6'1 193 4.44 Pompano Beach Ely Florida
2 Micanor Regis DL 6'3 310 5.19 Pahokee Florida
3 Brandon Washington OL 6'4 305 5.47 Miami Edison Florida
4 Jeremy Lewis DL 6'4 271 5.01 West Palm Beach Lakes Florida

11. Tennessee

The Vols is looking to put together back-to-back outstanding classes and are on the road to succeeding in so doing. The latest prospect to verbal is sleeper OL Carlos Anderson out of Alabama.

Douglas has great bloodlines and leads a talented early group. Adding Bartholomew gives them a nice start in wrapping up in-state talent. They are also doing a nice job of raiding neighboring states early for blue-chip talent. Johnson, Poole (a soft verbal) and Floyd would have all been very heavily recruited.

1 Aaron Douglas TE 6'7 240 4.90 Maryville Tennessee
2 Austin Johnson LB 6'3 235 4.65 Hickory North Carolina
3 Tauren Poole RB 5'10 194 4.65 Toccoa Stephens County Georgia
4 J.T. Floyd DB 5'11 176 4.73 Greenville J.L. Mann South Carolina
5 Ben Bartholomew LB/TE/P 6'3 225 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy Tennessee
6 Carlos Anderson OL 6'2 275 Florence Alabama Tennessee

12. Clemson

The latest Clemson vrbal is Ohio TE Nic DiLillo, who has ben overshadowed a bit by a talented group of Ohio TE prospects this year.

Bowers is an elite national prospect and a huge get for the Tigers. They are already set at QB with ahtletic Kyle Parker and Jon Richt, the son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt. Jones is a nice receiver and Skinner a fine long-snapper.

1 DaQuan Bowers DL/TE 6'6 265 4.70 Bamberg-Ehrhardt South Carolina
2 Kyle Parker QB 6'0 190 4.55 Jacksonville Bartram Trail Florida
3 Marquan Jones WR 6'0 175 Blythewood South Carolina
4 Nic DiLillo TE/DL 6'4 215 5.06 Madison Ohio Clemson
5 Matt Skinner OL/LSN 6'6 220 Jacksonville Bolles Florida
6 Jon Richt QB 6'1 185 5.48 Athens Prince Avenue Christian Georgia

13. Florida State

Florida State enters the ranking for the first time after landing Carr and talented teammates Bradham and Holton this past weekend. Bradham is among the nation's elite recruits while Holton is one of the top DBs in Florida. Carr is also a national caliber LB who had many, many early offers.

Anthony Hill is another talented early verbal and among the very best from the panhandle. He has excellent speed and athleticsim.

1 Nigel Bradham LB 6'2 220 4.60 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
2 Nigel Carr LB 6'3 225 4.55 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida
3 Cedrick "C.J." Holton DB/LB 6'2 190 4.50 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida
4 Anthony Hill DL 6'4 285 4.90 Pensacola Florida

14. Michigan

Cissiko is probably the best pure cover corner in the class and was the overall MVP at the U.S. Army Combine. He helps alleviate the sting of losing RoJo to USC.

O'Neill is the top lineman in the state and is, quite literally, a huge get. He helps fill a crucial need as the Wolverines will be recruiting the OL hard this year.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
2 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'8 295 Grand Haven Michigan

15. Alabama

Nick Saban is taking an interesting approach in his first recruiting season at Alabama. It's similar to what new coaches at Nebraska and Mississippi have done in recent years. That is, sending out many early offers, some to not so-elite kids, in order to get the ball rolling and some momentum building.

The latest verbals are in-staters Ivan Matchett and Wesley Neighbors. Matchett is a talented and versatile fullback who is a real nice get. Neighbors has 'Bama bloodlines as his father of he same name was a fine player for Alabama way back when.

The three DLs are all very athletic and quick (note that thy are all TEs on offense). I especially like Williams with his great frame and quickness. Smith is also an outstanding get as he is one of the top overall kickers in the nation.

1 Michael Williams DL/TE 6'6 240 4.70 Reform Pickens County Alabama
2 Undra Billingsley DL/TE 6'4 265 4.70 Birmingham Woodlawn Alabama
3 Brandon Lewis DL/TE 6'4 260 Pleasant Grove Alabama
4 Ivan Matchett RB/LB 5'11 220 4.62 Mobile St. Paul's Episcopal Alabama
5 Wesley Neighbors DB 6'1 187 4.50 Huntsville Alabama
6 Corey Smith PK/P 6'0 190 Bunker Hill Musselman West Virginia
7 Jermaine Preyear RB 5'11 198 4.40 Mobile Davidson Alabama

16. BYU

The latest verbal for BYU is sleeper Oregon RB Jerry Bruner, a nice-sized back who was injured for much of his junior season.

Holt, one of the nation's elite TE prospects, tops the list. The Sorensen cousins are also very good prospects.

1 Austin Holt TE/LB 6'6 220 4.90 South Jordan Bingham Utah
2 Daniel Sorensen DB/WR/PK 6'0 175 Colton California
3 Justin Sorensen PK/LB 6'2 215 South Jordan Bingham Utah
4 Cameron Comer DB/WR 6'1 170 4.56 Springville Utah
5 Jerry Bruner RB 6'2 225 Vancouver Evergreen Oregon

17. West Virginia

Three new verbals for West Virginia since our last update in Addae, Smith and Robinson. I like Addae the best of the trio as he is an instinctive runner with great moves. His older brother played at WVU.

Jenkins is among the nation's elite prospects and Rich Rodriguez is going to have to hold off the rest of world in keeping him a Mountaineer.

1 Josh Jenkins OL/DL 6'3 282 5.20 Parkersburg West Virginia
2 Jeff Braun DL/OL 6'5 315 5.50 Winters Mill Maryland
3 Jahleel Addae RB 5'11 170 4.87 Riverview Florida
4 Chris Smith WR/QB/ATH 5'11 175 4.63 Boothwyn Chichester Pennsylvania
5 Jermaine Robinson DB/LB/QB/ATH 6'3 180 Pittsburgh Brashear Pennsylvania

18. LSU

LSU has pickd up four talentd in-staters and a former Louisiana native in Theriot, a real a,thlete who stars at QB in high school but could play several positions at the next level. The Taylor brothers recently committed and are vastly underrated. Spencer and Lonergan are solid linemen.

A nice early start, but most of the elite in-state talent is still open.

1 Kellen Theriot RB/LB/QB/TE/ATH 6'2 225 4.50 Bellaire Episcopal Texas
2 Brandon Taylor WR/DB 5'11 176 4.49 Franklinton Louisiana
3 Jyryn Taylor WR 6'0 175 4.50 Franklinton Louisiana
4 Clay Spencer OL 6'5 285 Baton Rouge Parkview Baptist Louisiana
5 Pat "P.J." Lonergan OL 6'4 288 5.93 Metairie Archbishop Rummel Louisiana

19. Minnesota

New head coach Tim Brewster is making an early statement by trying to lock up the in-state talent in an up year for talent in Minnesota. Maresh is the best of the bunch and among the top prospects in the midwest. Kelly has a great frame and runs well. Once he fills out he could be special. Grant is the gandson of former Viking head man Bud Grant.

Landing Maresh was huge, but there are a couple of other huge in-state targets out there in Michael Floyd and Willie Mobley.

1 Sam Maresh LB/DL/TE 6'3 257 4.70 Champlin Park Minnesota
2 Brendan Kelly DL 6'6 222 Richfield Academy of Holy Angels Minnesota
3 John Nance QB/WR/ATH 6'3 165 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota
4 Shady Salamon RB/DB 5'10 180 St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall Minnesota
5 Kevan Walker WR/DB/RB 6'1 189 4.50 Arcadia California
6 Ryan Grant QB/DB/LB 6'2 215 Eden Prairie Minnesota
7 Roszell Gayden DL/OL 6'7 240 Cooper Minnesota

20. Oklahoma State

Gillespie is a great pick-up from local power Jenks and i among the top DL prospects in the nation. Same goes with kicker Sharp. Spano ranks among the top QBs in Texas. Nice start for th Cowboys as they join th Big 12's early rush of verbals.

1 Tony Gillespie DL/RB/TE 6'2 295 4.90 Jenks Oklahoma Oklahoma State
2 Quinn Sharp PK/P 6'0 180 4.60 Mansfield Summit Texas Oklahoma State
3 Kody Spano QB 6'3 200 4.75 Stephenville Texas Oklahoma State

21. Virginia Tech

Taylor is a monster and among the nation's elite linebackers. McCoy is a nice-sized receiver with good ball skills. Fuller is another pretty decent possession receiver.

1 Bruce Taylor LB/DL 6'3 230 4.65 Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2 Derrick McCoy WR/LB/DB 6'3 210 4.55 Amherst County Virginia
3 Austin Fuller WR 6'3 200 4.69 Richlands Virginia

22. Arkansas

Hall is among the nation's largest prospects and is a true blue-chiipper. Still a bit raw as he grows into his body, but has a very, very high ceiling. Youngblood is the top QB in the state and was just starting to receive national attention when he committed to Arkansas.

1 Matt Hall OL 6'9 312 5.60 Dardanelle Arkansas
2 Jim Youngblood QB 6'3 212 4.69 Camden Fairview Arkansas

23. Missouri

Missouri landed one of the nation's top TE prospects in Andrew Jones, one of the top 3 prospects in the state. Ruth and Madison are more sleeper types. Madison plays for a small school but has a great frame that should fill out nicely in college.

1 Andrew Jones TE/DL 6'5 225 5.06 Smithville Missouri
2 Travis Ruth OL 6'3 280 Jefferson City Missouri
3 Brad Madison OL/DL 6'5 235 South Harrison Missouri

Class of 2008 Top Rated Recruiting Classes: Revenge of the Second Bananas

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Since our last update the biggest moves have been made by UCLA and Ohio State. The Bruins picked up an amazing ten verbals (they actually received 11 but one player reneged a couple of days later) during their recent junior day weekend. Meanwhile, Ohio State has picked up some serious in-state talent led by Dublin Coffman teammates Mike Adams and Jake Stoneburner.

Texas, USC, Georgia and Oklahoma have continued their fine recruiting efforts by each picking up at least one additional national top 100 caliber prospect since our last update.

Miami makes its first appearance in the rankings after picking up a couple of highly touted linemen at their recent junior day. It will be interesting to follow the recruiting battles among the Florida big three now that Miami has a new coach. Interestingly, defending national champ Florida has yet to receive its first verbal.

One interesting trend this year is what I call the "Second Banana" strategy that is being followed by Texas A&M and UCLA in putting together relatively large and talented early commitment listings.

What do I mean by the "Second Banana" strategy? What I mean is that in their respective home states Texas A&M and UCLA have been playing second banana to local rivals and national superpowers Texas and USC. This means that when it comes to recruiting it is very, very hard for them to win head-to-head battles. So they have decided to push for early verbals from prospects who have yet to be offered by their powerful rivals and lock them in at an early date. It also helps them when their rivals already have several verbals (or, in the case of Texas, more than several) as they then become the "top banana" for many of these prospects, some of whom may have received offers down the road from Texas or USC.

The advantage of this "Second Banana" strategy is three-fold: 1) Texas A&M and UCLA lock into several Texas or USC caliber prospects early before Texas or USC have the chance to offer (e.g. Damien Holmes, Dravantti Johnson, Roderick Davis); 2) They build recruiting momentum which will even result in some of the elite local talent choosing them over Texas or USC (e.g. Damian Square, Rahim Moore, Daton Jones); 3 ) By being the second choice for many local prospects they benefit from the domino effect of having Texas and USC land top-tier talent early. They become the school of choice for the remaining uncommitted talent vis-a-vis the rest of the conference/in-state schools (although A&M, of course, also has to deal with the likes of Oklahoma).

Below are my latest rankings. You should note that the rankings are only based on actual high school verbals and do not reflect the status schools may have with uncomitted prospects. Moreover, I do not include junior college prospects in my rankings (I know that Arkansas already has a JUCO commitment):

1. Texas

The Longhorns just keep on rolling and have added two verbals since our last update. Jarvis Humphrey is this year's top prospect out of talent-laden Cedar Hill and among the better DL prospects in the nation. Nolan Brewster is the first out-of-state verbal and possibly the top prospect in Colorado. His dad is the new head coach at Minnesota and is a close friend of Mack Brown. Brewster may have been the first prospect in the nation offered by the Longhorns this year.

Southlake Carroll products Tre' Newton and Riley Dodge are two of the most high profile verbals. They have helped lead their team to consecutive state 5A titles and have great bloodlines with Dodge's father being a former Texas QB (Todd Dodge) who just accepted the head coaching job at North Texas and Newton's dad being former NFL player Nate Newton. Dodge is perhaps the most impressive prep QB in the nation and if he were a couple of inches taller he would have had the entire universe after him. Even with his lack of stature he could still wind up starring at the position in college, he's that good. And if things don't work out at QB he has the athleticism and quicks to play another position, such as WR.

Antoine Hicks and Kheeston Randall are the other two underrated verbals. They aren't as highly touted as most of the other signees but Texas does a great job of evaluating top in-state talent before everyopne else and both of these kids have great feet for their size and fine athleticism. Randall plays fo a small private school so has been under the radar. Hicks is a prep QB but will likely move to another position in college.

Snow is one of three national elite offensive linemen in the state. Buckner is probably the state's top WR and among the nation's best. Monroe is a national-caliber DB. Hills is the RB they wanted and the younger brother of Longhorn Tony Hills. Buchanan has been quickly moving up the charts and ranks just below the elite 3 OLs in the state. Tucker is arguably the nation's top kicker. The others are also all very good, Acho being a small school star and the younger brother of Longhorn signee Sam Acho and Williams looking very, very good at the U.S. Army Combine in San Antonio. Fitzhenry is a star prep QB who will play DB in college.

1 David Snow OL 6'4 280 5.10 Gilmer Texas
2 Dan Buckner WR 6'5 200 4.47 Allen Texas
3 Nolan Brewster DB 6'2 195 4.60 Denver Mullen Colorado
4 D.J. Monroe DB/WR/RB 5'10 160 4.40 Angleton Texas
5 Jeremy Hills RB 6'0 186 4.40 Alief Elsik Texas
6 Jarvis Humphrey DL 6'2 290 5.00 Cedar Hill Texas
7 Riley Dodge QB/WR/DB 5'11 170 4.59 Southlake Carroll Texas
8 Tre' Newton RB 6'0 194 4.60 Southlake Carroll Texas
9 Aaron Williams DB 6'0 175 4.40 Round Rock McNeil Texas
10 Mark Buchanan OL 6'5 265 4.90 Austin High Texas
11 Ryan Roberson LB/RB 5'10 210 4.52 Brenham Texas
12 Justin Tucker PK 6'0 165 4.65 Austin Westlake Texas
13 Brock Fitzhenry DB/RB/QB/ATH 5'10 180 4.42 Giddings Texas
14 Luke Poehlmann OL 6'7 260 4.98 Brenham Texas
15 Emmanuel Acho LB 6'2 210 4.60 Dallas St. Mark's Texas
16 Antoine Hicks WR/QB/ATH 6'2 190 4.50 Mansfield Timberview Texas
17 Kheeston Randall DL 6'4 270 4.97 Beaumont Monsignor Kelly Texas

2. Texas A&M

Remarkable early numbers for the Aggies. They are holding steady since our last update at 19 verbals .

Make no mistake, this class lacks the elite top talent of Texas and it will drop down in the rankings once other programs such as USC and Oklahoma start to catch up in numbers, but for the time being with the great quantity in early verbals coupled with several very fine prospects they most definitely merit the number two spot.

The most recent ten commitments include several of the very best prospects in the class. Aundre Dean is one of the better backs in Texas and played for one of the state's top teams. Lamar Harris is another talented prospect from Gilmer who could play on either side of the ball. The three top Gilmer kids have decided to go their separate ways with Justin Johnson headed to Oklahoma and David Snow to Texas.

Keon Furtch and Derrick Hall (one of the fastest players in the state) were being heavily recruited by such programs as LSU and Nebraska and are real good gets. Tony Jerod is another highly regarded verbal. Tommy Dorman was the QB they wanted.

Of the earlier verbals, Square and Johnson could play for anybody and are potential national top 100 types (not quite there yet). Chevalier and Davis are two very athletic and huge linemen who I really like. These are "high ceiling" types who could really surprise. Hyde is almost as good. Lots of very good linemen.

1 Damian Square LB/DL 6'3 230 4.74 Houston Yates Texas
2 Dravannti Johnson LB/DL 6'2 218 4.68 Nederland Texas
3 Lamar Harris DB/WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas
4 Derrick Hall WR/DB/RB 5'11 190 4.30 Beaumont Central Texas
5 Keon Furtch WR/DB 6'2 190 4.50 Paris Texas
6 Tony Jerod DL/TE 6'5 252 4.60 De Soto Texas
7 Leroy Chevalier OL 6'5 315 5.40 Houston Yates Texas
8 Roderick Davis DL 6'4 307 4.95 Aldine Eisenhower Texas
9 Aundre Dean RB 6'1 190 4.48 Katy Texas
10 Jeffrey Hyde OL 6'4 270 4.90 Colleyville Covenant Christian Texas
11 Tommy Dorman QB 6'3 204 4.80 North Richland Hills Birdville Texas
12 Markell Martin DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Wichita Falls Rider Texas
13 Kendall Wright WR/DB/ATH 6'0 170 4.40 Pittsburg Texas
14 Blake Chavis DL 6'5 240 Beaumont West Brook Texas
15 Kyle Mangan LB 6'2 225 4.85 Brenham Texas
16 Jordan Fields DB/WR 6'0 185 4.55 Paris Texas
17 Brian Thomas OL 6'4 270 5.00 Pearland Texas
18 Joe Villavisencio OL 6'5 310 5.20 Jacksonville Texas
19 Josh Ayers OL 6'5 282 5.00 Euless Trinity Texas

3. Oklahoma

The Sooners are back with a roar. They don't have the quantity of early verbals that Texas and A&M have received, but their top quality is as good as anybody. In fact, some feel that they may have landed four of the top seven prospects in Texas in Washington, Good, Calhoun and Johnson. One UT service had Good as the states top prospect. I wonder if that will hold?

The most recent additioins include stud RB Jermie Calhoun, giving the Sooners possibly the top two backs in Texas in Calhoun and Johnson, and big OT Britt Mitchell, who committed to Oklahom soon afer decommitting from A&M.

1 Stephen Good OL 6'5 265 5.06 Paris Texas
2 R.J. Washington DL/LB 6'3 234 4.62 Keller Fossil Ridge Texas
3 Jermie Calhoun RB/DB 6'0 195 4.49 Van Texas
4 Justin Johnson RB/LB 6'3 210 4.50 Gilmer Texas
5 Daniel Franklin LB 6'3 215 4.60 Mount Airy Habersham Central Georgia
6 Britt Mitchell OL/DL 6'8 300 5.05 Roscoe Texas

4. USC

The Trojans continue to roll along, as the recruiting juggernaut has picked up an additional two verbals since our last update. The most recent additions include stud LB/SS Maurice Simmons, likely the top 'backer in California and an elite national recruit, and RB Curtis McNeal, an undersized back who will likely specialize as a return man for the Trojans.

Their first two verbals, Shoemate and Kalil, are national top 100 types and among the nation's best at their respective positions. They also happen to be from the same school! Other verbals are headed by talented DE Wes Horton, a high-ceiling type with a great frame. Chris Polk and Matt Meyer are both solid gets and similar in ways to Shoemate and Kalil, respectively, although not quite at their elite level. The beat goes on......

1 Dennis "D.J." Shoemate WR/DB 6'1 212 4.50 Anaheim Servite California
2 Matt Kalil OL 6'7 262 5.34 Anaheim Servite California
3 Maurice Simmons LB/DB 6'1 202 4.66 Compton Dominguez California
4 Wes Horton DL/TE 6'6 230 4.80 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame California
5 Chris Polk WR/RB/DB 5'11 191 4.50 Redlands East Valley California
6 Matt Meyer OL 6'8 285 Stockton Lincoln California
7 Curtis McNeal RB/WR/DB 5'6 171 4.62 Los Angeles Venice California

5. Georgia

Two more additions for the Bulldogs, who are putting togethr th top class in the SEC. DeAngelo Tyson is a national top 100-type and one of the nation's top DT prospects. He's a huge get for Georgia. Boykin is a quick CB and th cousin of fellow Georgia verbal Martin Ward. He's a bit more of a sleeper type.

Blair Walsh is probably the top kicker in Florida. . Green is a super, arguably the top WR in the nation in a year absolutely loaded at the position. RB will be a position of strength in the future with Samuel and Ward on board. Many feel that Samuel is the top back in the state while Ward looked very good at the U.S. Army combine. Washington is a terror off the edge who has run the 100-meters in the 10.7s (electronic). Once he fills out he could be scary. Allen is a fine TE prospect.

1 A.J. Green WR 6'4 184 4.56 Summerville South Carolina
2 Richard Samuel RB 6'0 197 4.47 Cartersville Cass Georgia
3 Cornelius Washington DL/LB 6'4 220 4.51 Waynesboro Burke County Georgia
4 DeAngelo Tyson DL 6'2 276 5.10 Statesboro Georgia
5 Martin Ward RB 5'9 188 4.65 Jonesboro Mt. Zion Georgia
6 Dwayne Allen TE/DL 6'3 217 4.92 Fayetteville Terry Sanford North Carolina
7 B.J. Brand OL 6'4 324 5.47 Douglas Coffee County Georgia
8 Blair Walsh PK 5'10 170 Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons Florida
9 Brandon Boykin DB 5'11 171 4.45 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia

6. UCLA

The Bruins enjoyed a Texas-calibver junior day a few weeks ago, landing about ten prospects in just a coupe of days. This is a talented group. They won't challenge USC for Pac-10 recruiting supremacy this year, but there is a good chance they wil finish number two.

Rahim Moore is the class headliner and among the top DBs in the nation. He and rising bullet Datone Jones had also received offers from USC, and it hasn't been too often in recent history that the Bruins have been able to out recruit the Trojans for a prospect.

Holmes is another DL I like a lot and he, along with a couple of others, may have eventually received Trojan offers. Note that all the verbals are from Southern California, especially urban areas such as L.A. and Compton.

1 Rahim Moore DB 6'2 190 4.45 Los Angeles Dorsey California
2 Datone Jones DL/OL 6'4 235 4.80 Compton California
3 Damien Holmes DL/TE/RB 6'3 245 4.94 Colton California
4 Kemonte Bateman WR 6'0 175 4.40 Los Angeles Crenshaw California
5 Uonga Kaveinga LB 6'0 228 4.76 Lawndale Leuzinger California
6 Antwon Moutra WR/DB 6'2 175 4.45 Culver City California
7 Johnathan Franklin RB/LB 5'11 185 4.40 Los Angeles Dorsey California
8 Jerry Johnson WR 6'2 186 4.60 Los Angeles Venice California
9 Anthony Dye DB 5'11 182 4.48 Corona Santiago California
10 Aaron Hester DB/WR 6'0 180 4.79 Compton Dominguez California

7. Ohio State

The Big Ten recently had a down year in recruiting, but the Buckeyes are doing more than their fair share in ensuring there won't be a repeat. It'a good year for talent in Ohio and a great year for TEs. Since our last update the Buckeyes have pulled in five verbals, with suburban Columbus teammates Adams and Stoneburner leading the way. Adams has drawn comparisons to the late Korey Stringer and is near the top of the list of a strong group of OLs in the nation this year. Stoneburner has the speed to split wide and frame to become an exceptional receiving TE.

Torrence has the skills to play on either side of the ball but will probably be a LB in Columbus. He's also a standout prospect and possibly even more talented than his older brother Devon, who signed with Ohio State in February. Posey may be a bit under the radar at WR as it's such a great year nationally, but the Buckeyes offered early and really, really like him. They do a great job of evaluating in-state WR talent (think Anthony Gonzales) so don't be surprised to see DeVier develop in to an elite Big Ten receiver.

It's a great year for kickers in the state, and Buchanan probably has the strongest leg and definitely is the most versatile as both a kicker and punter.

The Buckeyes have taken an early lead in the Big Ten recruiting race.

1 Mike Adams OL 6'7 300 5.47 Dublin Coffman Ohio
2 Jake Stoneburner TE/WR 6'5 218 4.54 Dublin Coffman Ohio
3 Devoe Torrence LB/RB 6'2 215 4.50 Canton South Ohio
4 DeVier Posey WR 6'1 179 4.65 Cincinnati La Salle Ohio
5 Ben Buchanan P/PK/WR 6'0 185 Westerville Central Ohio

8. Notre Dame

Notre Dame picked up a huge verbal the other day in talented TE Kyle Rudolph, perhaps the nation's best at his position. He has a high ceiling. The other four verbals are all prospects with "high floors" and decent ceilings, typical Notre Dame Catholic school kids. The only non-Catholic school prospect, Cave, plays just down the road for state power Penn (same program as Mike Rosenthal a few years back).

The Irish have done a good job in locking-up local talent, landing two of the top three prospects in Indiana along with Cwymar, who is one of the top top linemen in the midwest. Golic, the son of the former ND star and current ESPN broadcaster of the same name, called in from his vacation in Italy to commit to the Irish. He is one of the top linemen in the east. By the way, he has a younger brother to keep an eye out for next year! Goodman will remind Irish fans of Jeff Smardzja.

1 Kyle Rudolph TE 6'7 220 4.70 Cincinnati Elder Ohio
2 Sean Cwynar DL/OL 6'4 280 Woodstock Marian Central Catholic Illinois
3 John Goodman WR/QB/ATH 6'3 187 4.71 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Indiana
4 Mike Golic OL 6'5 260 5.10 West Hartford Northwest Catholic Connecticut
5 Braxston Cave OL 6'3 292 5.38 Mishawaka Penn Indiana

9. Tennessee

The Vols is looking to put together back-to-back outstanding classes and are on the road to succeeding in so doing. They have not received any new commitments since our last update. Douglas has great bloodlines and leads a talented early group. Adding Bartholomew gives them a nice start in wrapping up in-state talent. They are also doing a nice job of raiding neighboring states early for blue-chip talent. Johnson, Poole (a soft verbal) and Floyd would have all been very heavily recruited.

1 Aaron Douglas TE 6'7 240 4.90 Maryville Tennessee
2 Austin Johnson LB 6'3 235 4.65 Hickory North Carolina
3 Tauren Poole RB 5'10 194 4.65 Toccoa Stephens County Georgia
4 J.T. Floyd DB 5'11 176 4.73 Greenville J.L. Mann South Carolina
5 Ben Bartholomew LB/TE/P 6'3 225 Nashville Montgomery Bell Academy Tennessee

10. Nebraska

Steinkuhler is the top prospect in the state (a good year in Nebraska) and among the nation's top linemen. Hoch is probably the top prospect in Iowa and a great early get away from the Hawkeyes. Nebraska jumped on first-year player Okafor as soon as he started to make a name for himself and before other programs could get wind of this fine talent. Watch for talented in-state lineman Trevor Robinson to be the next prospect to fall the Cornhuskers way.

1 Baker Steinkuhler OL/DL 6'6 270 4.93 Lincoln Southwest Nebraska
2 Dan Hoch OL 6'7 273 Harlan Iowa
3 Collins Okafor RB 6'1 205 4.50 Omaha Westside Nebraska

11. Clemson

There are no new verbals for Clemson since our last update.

Bowers is an elite national prospect and a huge get for the Tigers. They are already set at QB with ahtletic Kyle Parker and Jon Richt, the son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt. Jones is a nice receiver and Skinner a fine long-snapper.

1 DaQuan Bowers DL/TE 6'6 265 4.70 Bamberg-Ehrhardt South Carolina
2 Kyle Parker QB 6'0 190 4.55 Jacksonville Bartram Trail Florida
3 Marquan Jones WR 6'0 175 Blythewood South Carolina
4 Matt Skinner OL/LSN 6'6 220 Jacksonville Bolles Florida
5 Jon Richt QB 6'1 185 5.48 Athens Prince Avenue Christian Georgia

12. Michigan

Cissiko is probably the best pure cover corner in the class and was the overall MVP at the U.S. Army Combine. He helps alleviate the sting of losing RoJo to USC.

O'Neill verballed just recently and is the top lineman int he state. He helps fill a crucial need as the Wolverines will be recruiting the OL hard this year.

1 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
2 Dan O'Neill OL/DL 6'7 295 Grand Haven Michigan

13. Miami

The Hurricanes need to have a huge recruiting year in 2007-2008 after the recent coaching changover. They have gotten off to a very good start by pickingup two verbals at their recent junioir day from two of the state's elite linemen. Both Regis and Washington have the size and athleticism that one associates with Miami linemen of years past who went on to play on Sundays. Also, there are rumors that stud DB Patrick Johnson is a silent verbal to Miami.

Just recruiting their fair share of the talent in southeastern Florida should be enough to return Miami to the elite echelon of college football.

1 Micanor Regis DL 6'3 310 5.19 Pahokee Florida
2 Brandon Washington OL 6'4 305 5.47 Miami Edison Florida

14. BYU

There are no new verbals for BYU since our last update. Holt, one of the nation's elite TE prospects, tops the list. The Sorensen cousins are also very good prospects.

1 Austin Holt TE/LB 6'6 220 4.90 South Jordan Bingham Utah
2 Daniel Sorensen DB/WR/PK 6'0 175 Colton California
3 Justin Sorensen PK/LB 6'2 215 South Jordan Bingham Utah
4 Cameron Comer DB/WR 6'1 170 4.56 Springville Utah

15. Alabama

Nick Saban is taking an interesting approach in his irst recruiting season at Alabama. It's similar to what new coaches at Nebraska and Mississippi have done in recent years. That is, sending out many early offers, some to not so-elite kids, in order o get the ball rolling and some momentum building.

The three DLs are all very athletic and quick (note that thy are all TEs on offense). I especially like Williams with his great frame and quickness. Smith is also an outstanding get as he is one of the top overall kickers in the nation.

1 Michael Williams DL/TE 6'6 240 4.70 Reform Pickens County Alabama
2 Undra Billingsley DL/TE 6'4 265 4.70 Birmingham Woodlawn Alabama
3 Brandon Lewis DL/TE 6'4 260 Pleasant Grove Alabama
4 Corey Smith PK/P 6'0 190 Bunker Hill Musselman West Virginia
5 Jermaine Preyear RB 5'11 198 4.40 Mobile Davidson Alabama

16. West Virginia

Jenkins is among the nation's elite prospects and Rich Rodriguez is going to have to hold off the rest of world in keeping him a Mountaineer.

1 Josh Jenkins OL/DL 6'3 282 5.20 Parkersburg West Virginia
2 Jeff Braun DL/OL 6'5 315 5.50 Winters Mill Maryland

17. Oklahoma State

Gillespie is a great pick-up from local power Jenks and i among the top DL prospects in the nation. Same goes with kicker Sharp. Spano ranks among the top QBs in Texas. Nice start for th Cowboys as they join th Big 12's early rush of verbals.

1 Tony Gillespie DL/RB/TE 6'2 295 4.90 Jenks Oklahoma Oklahoma State
2 Quinn Sharp PK/P 6'0 180 4.60 Mansfield Summit Texas Oklahoma State
3 Kody Spano QB 6'3 200 4.75 Stephenville Texas Oklahoma State

18. Virginia Tech

Taylor is a monster and among the nation's elite linebackers. McCoy is a nice-sized receiver with good ball skills. Fuller is another pretty decent possession receiver.

1 Bruce Taylor LB/DL 6'3 230 4.65 Myrtle Beach South Carolina
2 Derrick McCoy WR/LB/DB 6'3 210 4.55 Amherst County Virginia
3 Austin Fuller WR 6'3 200 4.69 Richlands Virginia

19. Arkansas

Hall is among the nation's largest prospects and is a true blue-chiipper. Still a bit raw as he grows into his body, but has a very, very high ceiling. Youngblood is the top QB in the state and was just starting to receive national attention when he committed to Arkansas.

1 Matt Hall OL 6'9 312 5.60 Dardanelle Arkansas
2 Jim Youngblood QB 6'3 212 4.69 Camden Fairview Arkansas

20. Missouri

Missouri landed one of the nation's top TE prospects in Andrew Jones, one of the top 3 prospects in the state. Ruth and Madison are more sleeper types. Madison plays for a small school but has a great frame that should fill out nicely in college.

1 Andrew Jones TE/DL 6'5 225 5.06 Smithville Missouri
2 Travis Ruth OL 6'3 280 Jefferson City Missouri
3 Brad Madison OL/DL 6'5 235 South Harrison Missouri

Class of 2008: Top Defensive Backs

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Schools that have offered are listed in caps at the end of each player listing. Schools with verbal commitments are highlighted in blue.

Top 68

1 Will Hill DB/QB 6'2 195 4.40 Jersey City St. Peter's Prep New Jersey MICH, OHST, FLA, FSU, WVU, MD, ND, PITT, RUT, USC, UCLA

2 Boubacar Cissoko DB/WR 5'9 175 4.40 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan Michigan MICH, MICHST, PSU, IA, TEN

3 T.J. Bryant DB 6'2 180 4.40 Tallahassee Lincoln Florida FLA, FSU, GA, ILL, MIA, LSU, AL, AUB, ND, TEN, ORE, OREST, USC, CAL, WASH, WASHST, AZ, AZST, CLEM

4 Patrick Johnson DB 6'1 193 4.44 Pompano Beach Ely Florida FLA, FSU, GA, SCAR, MIA, MS, OHST, TEN, CLEM

5 Rahim Moore DB 6'2 190 4.45 Los Angeles Dorsey California UCLA UCLA, WASH, WASHST, NEB, GA, ORE, USC, AUB

6 Darius Barksdale DB/RB 6'1 190 Batesville South Panola Mississippi

7 A.J. Alexander DB/WR/QB/ATH 5'11 197 4.31 Altoona Pennsylvania PITT, TEMP, LOU, PSU, ILL, MD, MICH, IA, GA, FSU, BC, UVA, ND, VT, RUT, FLA

8 Janoris Jenkins DB/RB 5'11 167 4.69 Pahokee Florida MIA, TEN, FSU, CLEM, SCAR, FLA

9 Brandon Harris DB/WR 5'11 182 4.62 Miami Booker T. Washington Florida MIA, FSU, TEN, RUT, MD, UVA, MS, AUB, SFLA, BAY, FLAINTL, WVU, DUKE

10 Nolan Brewster DB 6'2 195 4.60 Denver Mullen Colorado Texas TEX, ORE, IL, MIN, UCLA, LSU, COL, COLST, FLA, WASH, USC

11 Xavier Brewer DB 5'11 170 4.33 Jacksonville Bartram Trail Florida 17 March Offers: ILL, CFLA, SFLA, GT, CLEM, WAKE, CIN, MSST, MIA, FLA, UCLA, ARK, AL, LSU, GA, USC

12 D.J. Monroe DB/WR/RB 5'10 160 4.40 Angleton Texas Texas TEX

13 Daniel McCarthy DB 6'2 190 4.50 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Ohio 13 March Offers: OHST, AKRON, IN, MICH, LSU, OK, ND, MIA (OH), STAN, IA

14 Robert Golden DB 5'11 182 4.80 Fresno Edison California MICH, AZ, NEV, MIN, SDST, OREST, FRESST, WASH, WASHST

15 Jarred Holley DB/RB 5'9 162 4.66 Easton Pennsylvania UVA, PITT, NW, PSU, NCST, RUT, WVU, TOL, MD, MIN, ILL, TEMP, FLA

16 Burton Scott DB/WR/ATH 5'11 194 4.62 Prichard Vigor Alabama MS, LOU, AL, AUB, CLEM, MSST, FLA

17 Robert Blanton DB 6'1 163 4.78 Charlotte Butler North Carolina 15+ March Offers: MICH, NCAR, SCAR, LOU, VT, NCST, DUKE, CLEM, WAKE, UVA, ND

18 Brandon Barnes DB/RB/WR 6'0 185 4.40 Bunn North Carolina NCAR, NCST, ECAR, VT, AUB, CLEM, FLA

19 Lamaar Thomas DB/RB/WR 5'11 171 4.36 Fort Washington Friendly Maryland MD, ILL, OHST, SYR, BC

20 Terrance Parks DB 6'1 181 4.53 Fairburn Creekside Georgia OHST, GA, FLA, TEN, VT, AL, AUB, CLEM

21 J.T. Floyd DB 6'0 184 4.73 Greenville J.L. Mann South Carolina Tennessee SCAR, TEN

22 Darrell Simmons DB/WR 6'3 201 4.50 College Park Banneker Georgia AUB, VT, FLA, MD, DUKE, AL, MS, GA, PUR, CLEM

23 Brandon Smith DB/QB/WR/ATH 6'2 210 4.50 New Brunswick New Jersey RUT, COL, SYR, MICH, MD

24 Karnell Hatcher DB 6'1 180 4.79 Delray Beach Atlantic Florida AZST, MS, TEN, GA, GT, LSU, WISC, AUB, AL

25 Lerentee McCray DB/LB 6'3 194 4.53 Dunnellon Florida 20+ March Offers: ARK, SMS, SFLA, FLA AT, SCAR, VT, KY, WVU, AUB, FLA, FSU, MIA

26 Rotell Jenkins DB/WR 6'1 175 4.49 Richmond Huguenot Virginia MICH, NCAR, OHST, PSU, TEN, FLA, UVA

27 John Adams DB 6'1 185 4.37 Akron Buchtel Ohio AKRON

28 Dee Finley DB 6'3 190 4.50 Auburn Alabama LOU, MS, AUB, LSU, AL, VANDY

29 E.J. Woods DB/RB 6'0 195 4.50 Encino Crespi California ORE, MS, UCLA

30 Aaron Williams DB 6'0 167 4.40 Round Rock McNeil Texas Texas BAY, OK, A&M, TEX

31 Charles Whitlock DB/WR/QB 5'11 180 Chester South Carolina MARSH, KY, SCAR, NCAR, CLEM, GA, AL, VT, GT, MD, LSU, MARSH

32 Cedrick "C.J." Holton DB/LB 6'2 190 4.50 Crawfordville Wakulla Florida LSU, FSU, MIA, MS, CLEM, AL, AUB

33 Jeremy Brown DB/WR 5'11 152 4.43 Orlando Boone Florida TEN, AUB, NW, CFLA, DUKE, KY, FLA

34 Victor Johnson DB/WR 6'1 174 4.55 Waco Texas BAY, TT, OKST, KANST

35 Tony Morgan DB/RB 6'1 189 4.49 Garner North Carolina SCAR, NCAR

36 Spencer Adams DB 6'2 185 4.40 Charlotte Butler North Carolina LOU, WAKE, SCAR, NCAR, NCST, MICH, CLEM, DUKE, MARSH, UVA, VT

37 Lamar Harris DB/WR 6'1 180 4.60 Gilmer Texas Texas A&M BAY, A&M, TULSA OK

38 Kyle Staley DB/WR/QB 6'1 210 4.50 Guthrie Oklahoma TT, OKST, OK, TULSA, COLST, KAN

39 Ralph Bolden DB/RB 5'10 185 4.43 Folkston Charlton County Georgia GT, WAKE, CLEM, FLA

40 Jarious Wright DB/WR/QB/ATH 5'10 175 4.45 Warren Arkansas ARK, MS, LSU, TEN, TT, TULSA, MINN, OKST, OK

41 Joseph Ibiloye DB/LB 6'4 200 4.60 Garland South Garland Texas OK, A&M, WISC, OKST

42 Vaughn Carraway DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Laureldale Muhlenberg Pennsylvania UCON, MICH, PSU

43 Brandon Leslie DB 6'0 195 4.87 Fresno Edison California NEB, STAN, WASH

44 T.J. Lawrence DB/WR 6'0 177 4.75 Lakeland Kathleen Florida VT, AZST, MS, MSST, BOISEST, UCONN, CLEM

45 Jamoris Slaughter DB 6'1 185 4.50 Stone Mountain Tucker Georgia FURM, ECAR, VANDY, MS, MD, GA, UVA, AL, LOU, CLEM

46 Brock Fitzhenry DB/RB/QB/ATH 5'10 180 4.42 Giddings Texas Texas TEX

47 Eddie Whitley DB 6'0 175 4.50 Charlotte Butler North Carolina LOU, DUKE, NCAR, UVA, NCST, KY

48 Keanon Cooper DB/LB 6'1 195 4.45 Dallas Skyline Texas KANST, MIN, AL, TT, WISC, PUR, DUKE, LSU

49 P.J. Smith DB/WR 6'2 180 4.50 River Ridge John Curtis Louisiana TULANE, AL

50 Cameron Chism DB 6'0 175 4.50 Forestville Bishop McNamara Maryland UCONN, MD, SYR, PITT, NEB

51 Robert Sands DB/WR/LB 6'5 196 4.59 Miami Carol City Florida

52 Sanders Commings DB 6'2 195 4.50 Augusta Westside Georgia AUB, GA

53 Dyrell Roberts DB/WR/RB 6'2 190 4.50 Smithfield Virginia UVA, VT, ECAR

54 Tommie Thomas DB/QB/ATH 6'0 165 4.40 Oak Lawn Richards Illinois PUR

55 Ronnell Grixby DB/RB 5'10 200 4.50 Omaha Central Nebraska NEB

56 Leon Green DB/QB/ATH 5'11 194 4.69 West Mifflin Pennsylvania PITT, UCONN, WVU

57 Cameron Saddler DB/WR 5'8 160 4.45 Monroeville Gateway Pennsylvania TEMP, UVA, PITT, NCAR, SYR

58 Anthony Dye DB 5'11 182 4.48 Corona Santiago California UCLA UCLA

59 Jaron Brown DB/WR 6'2 187 4.77 Cheraw South Carolina CLEM, SCAR, TEN, KY

60 Kendrick Presley DB/QB 6'1 180 4.66 Kosciusko Mississippi MS, MSST

61 Todd Harrelson DB/WR 6'2 181 4.74 Chesapeake Oscar Smith Virginia NCST, UVA, VT, UCONN, NCAR, MD

62 Markell Martin DB/WR 6'3 180 4.50 Wichita Falls Rider Texas Texas A&M A&M

63 Xavier Boyce DB/QB 6'4 200 4.50 Virginia Beach Landstown Virginia VT, UCONN, CLEM

64 Gahn McGaffie DB/WR/QB 5'11 170 4.50 Galena Park Texas NEB, BAY

65 Joseph Wylie DB/QB 6'2 185 4.60 Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson Florida MS, KANST, AUB, SCAR, COL

66 Tyrone McBride DB/WR 6'2 208 4.55 Atco Winslow Township New Jersey TEN, UCONN

67 Christian Thompson DB 6'1 180 4.60 Fort Lauderdale St, Thomas Aquinas Florida MIA

68 A.J Grant DB/LB 6'1 190 4.45 Jacksonville Sandalwood Florida SCAR

Honorable Mention

Matthew Gordon DB/WR 6'1 189 4.56 Birmingham Briarwood Christian Alabama
Jonas Randolph DB/ATH 5'10 185 Daleville Alabama
Chad Dewitt DB/QB/ATH 6'0 194 4.71 East Limestone Alabama
Robert Lester DB 6'2 205 4.58 Foley Alabama
Chaz Rogers DB/QB/ATH 6'2 200 4.80 Guntersville Alabama JACKSONVILLE ST
Wesley Neighbors DB 6'1 187 4.50 Huntsville Alabama VANDY, GT
Ernest Duren DB/LB 6'0 225 4.58 Huntsville Lee Alabama
LaFrazier Forest DB 5'10 175 4.43 Mobile B.C. Rain Alabama
Louis Watson DB 5'11 166 4.47 Mobile St. Paul's Alabama MSST, COL
Terrell Corbit DB 5'10 195 4.58 New Market Buckhorn Alabama
Mike Love DB 5'10 185 4.60 Opelika Alabama
Marcal Robinson DB 6'0 164 4.65 Prichard Vigor Alabama LOU
Caleb Mitchell DB/WR 6'0 175 4.40 Russellville Alabama
Marc Anthony DB/WR 6'0 175 4.75 Chandler Arizona
Jarrell Barbour DB/WR 6'2 190 Peoria Centennial Arizona AZ
Jeff Hughes DB/RB 5'9 180 4.70 Peoria Centennial Arizona
James Morrison DB/RB/WR 5'10 185 4.45 Phoenix St. Mary's Arizona
Mike Cummings DB/WR 6'2 200 4.50 Scottsdale Chaparral Arizona
DeWayne Watts DB/WR/QB/ATH 6'1 177 4.52 Bearden Arkansas
Marquis McFadden DB 5'9 172 4.59 Little Rock Pulaski Robinson Arkansas
Anthony Davis DB 5'11 185 Warren Arkansas
Sean Westgate DB/LB/RB 5'11 190 4.55 Agoura Hills Oak Park California
Travion Smith DB 5'10 165 Bellflower St. John Bosco California
Vince Ewing DB/WR 6'1 180 Carlsbad California
Niko Auga Niko DB 5'11 175 Carson California
A.J. Pickens DB/WR/RB 6'0 175 4.40 Chino Hills Don Lugo California
Dison Waddles DB 5'10 180 Chula Vista Eastlake California
Daniel Sorensen DB/WR/PK 6'2 201 4.94 Colton California BYU MS, BYU
Aaron Hester DB/WR 6'0 180 4.79 Compton Dominguez California UCLA SDST, UCLA
Charles Barnes DB/RB 6'1 185 Concord De La Salle California
Graylon Sanders DB/WR 5'10 180 Concord De La Salle California
Tony Gobern DB/RB 6'0 177 4.61 Fair Oaks Del Campo California
Kevin Bonilla DB 5'10 165 La Puente Bishop Amat California
Jonathan Warzeka DB 5'10 170 4.53 Lake Elsinore Temescal Canyon California
Vaughn Telemaque DB 6'2 170 Long Beach Poly California
Naeem Forrester DB 6'0 170 4.50 Los Angeles Venice California
Louis Bland DB/RB 5'10 185 Modesto Central Catholic California
John Bovett DB 6'0 190 Napa California
Joshua Foley DB/QB/ATH 5'9 162 4.44 Norco California
Joseph Gray DB/WR 6'0 185 Oakland McClymonds California
Justin Williams DB/WR 5'11 175 Oceanside El Camino California
Jerell Thomas DB 5'9 175 4.59 Oxnard Rio Mesa California
Anthony Biasi DB 5'10 180 5.06 Petaluma Casa Grande California
Austin Day DB/RB 5'10 170 4.79 Pleasanton Foothill California
Lamar Hughes DB 5'7 140 4.54 Pomona Diamond Ranch California COL
Jared Relyea DB/WR 6'3 180 Poway California
James Calhoun DB/WR 5'11 165 Riverside North California
Steven Christian DB/WR/RB 6'0 164 4.52 Sacramento Christian Brothers California SDST
Daniel Cannon DB 6'1 170 San Francisco Riordan California WASH, AZ
Darius Bell DB/QB 5'10 188 5.25 San Francisco Riordan California
Tiuke Tuipulotu DB/RB/LB 5'9 175 San Mateo Serra California
Justin Webber DB/RB 5'8 185 4.57 Sanger California
Max Pond DB/WR 6'1 185 4.54 Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman California
Raleigh Sevier DB/RB/WR 5'9 165 Santee West Hills California
Tommy Cogburn DB/WR 5'9 167 4.62 South Elmonte California
Chris Owusu DB/WR 6'1 177 4.50 Westlake Village Oaks Christian California
Eli Biakabatuka DB 6'2 200 Montreal Lynx Canada
Tyler Jackson DB 6'1 180 4.50 Castle Rock Douglas County Colorado WASHST
Mike Easley DB/WR 6'2 192 Bunnell Connecticut
Jharron Armstrong DB/ATH 6'1 181 4.55 Washington Dunbar D.C. SYR
Isaiah Fleming DB/LB 5'11 206 4.55 New Castle William Penn Delaware
Mitch McGrath DB 6'3 185 Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley Florida
Ryan Baker DB/LB/RB 6'0 206 4.63 Blountstown Florida MS
Jon Lockhart DB/WR 6'0 184 4.53 Blountstown Florida
Mark Jones DB/QB 6'1 205 4.50 Bunnell Flagler Palm Coast Florida
Albert Gary DB/RB 5'10 176 4.50 Citra North Marion Florida
David Rowe DB 6'1 185 4.49 Cocoa Florida
A.J. Land DB/WR Cross City Dixie County Florida
John Theodore DB 6'0 175 4.56 Daytona Beach Mainland Florida
Ricky Schwarz DB 6'1 172 4.66 Daytona Beach Seabreeze Florida
Jonathan Dinu DB 5'8 150 4.50 Deerfield Beach Florida
Dominique Battle DB/WR 6'0 165 4.50 Delray American Heritage Florida
Justin Feagin DB/QB 6'2 197 Delray Beach American Heritage Florida
John Lejiste DB 6'0 180 4.44 Delray Beach Atlantic Florida UCONN, ILL, WISC
Lorenzo White, Jr. DB Fort Lauderdale Dillard Florida
Phillip Pierre-Louise DB 5'10 175 4.42 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Florida
Dorian Graham DB/RB 5'10 168 4.49 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas Florida CFLA, DUKE
Matthew Jean-Baptiste DB 5'10 170 Fort Lauderdale Stranahan Florida
C.J. Odom DB/RB/LB 5'10 190 Fort Myers Florida
Hakeem Johnson DB/WR 5'10 163 4.40 Jacksonville Andrew Jackson Florida
Patrick Nixon DB 5'11 175 Jacksonville Ed White Florida
Trey Mallory DB 6'0 180 Jacksonville First Coast Academy Florida
Joshua Price DB 6'0 186 4.40 Jacksonville Terry Parker Florida CFLA, MSST, ILL
Chris Jones DB 5'8 144 4.47 Jacksonville Wolfson Florida
T'Sharvan Bell DB/WR/QB 6'1 175 4.47 Kissimmee Osceola Florida KANST, MICHST
Lemar Griffin DB/WR 5'9 162 4.38 Lakeland George Jenkins Florida
Terrell Colston DB 5'10 180 4.40 Lakeland Kathleen Florida TROY, SMS
Kevin Claxton DB 6'1 181 5.00 Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson Florida
George Baker DB/RB 5'11 168 4.38 Miami Archbishop Carroll Florida MS
Shawn Abuhoff DB/WR/RB 5'11 180 Miami Dade Christian Florida
Judah Linder DB 6'1 180 Miami Edison Florida
Donovan Varner DB/WR/RB 5'9 175 4.50 Miami Gulliver Prep Florida UVA, WISC
Donovan Warner DB/RB 5'9 175 Miami Gulliver Prep Florida
Gibril Phillips DB 6'4 200 4.50 Miami MacArthur North Florida
Anthony Gaitor DB 5'10 165 4.40 Miami Northwestern Florida
Jack Swanson DB 5'11 175 4.64 Naples Florida FLAINTL
Marcell Rose DB/RB 5'10 176 4.40 Orlando Cypress Creek Florida
Leonard Smith DB 5'10 165 Orlando Edgewater Florida
D'Maci Williams DB/WR/ATH 6'0 170 4.50 Orlando Jones Florida UVA, AUB
Jordon Byas DB/RB 6'2 180 4.70 Panama City Bay Florida MS
Hunter Bates DB 5'10 175 Ponte Vedra Nease Florida
Travis Cox DB South Plantation Florida
Donald Warren DB 5'9 173 4.66 St. Petersburg Boca Ciega Florida
Anthony Speed DB 6'5 Tallahassee Lincoln Florida
Dayne Read DB/WR 5'11 178 4.54 Tallahassee North Florida Christian Florida
Deven Persaud DB/RB 6'0 180 Tampa Chamberlain Florida
Justin Bell DB 5'11 170 Tampa Chamberlain Florida
Cooper Taylor DB/WR/QB 6'3 173 4.49 Atlanta Marist Georgia DUKE, MSST
Roy Mangrum DB 6'2 190 4.55 Brunswick Glynn Academy Georgia
Robert Burnett DB 4.69 Buford Georgia
Bryan Willis DB 6'0 180 Columbus Shaw Georgia
DeMarkus Carracter DB 6'2 180 4.54 Decatur Southwest Dekalb Georgia
Bacarri Rambo DB/QB/ATH 6'1 195 4.46 Donalsonville Seminole County Georgia GA
Brandon Boykin DB 5'11 171 4.45 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia MS, DUKE, GA
Matt Daniels DB/RB 6'1 195 4.50 Fayetteville Fayette County Georgia DUKE
Jamal Austin DB 6'2 185 Kennesaw Harrison Georgia
Brynden Trawick DB/WR/LB 6'2 207 4.51 Marietta Sprayberry Georgia
Khiry Battle DB/RB 6'1 205 4.62 Norcross Greater Atlantic Christian Georgia
Garrett Embry DB/WR 6'2 196 4.79 Roswell Georgia CFLA, BAY
Vance King DB/WR 6'1 190 4.38 Stockbridge Georgia
Ahmed Shakoor DB 5'11 185 4.50 Stone Mountain Stephenson Georgia VT
Amed Shakoor DB 5'11 195 Stone Mountain Stephenson Georgia VT
Cameron Demps DB/WR 5'10 167 4.35 Suwanee Peachtree Ridge Georgia
Kavoskee Simpson DB Suwanee Peachtree Ridge Georgia
Blake Reddick DB Tifton Tift County Georgia
Martez King DB/ATH 5'10 180 4.50 Warner Robins Houston County Georgia
Victor Daniels DB/QB/RB/ATH 5'8 181 4.47 Waycross Ware County Georgia
Darryl Hendricks DB/RB 6'0 175 Edwardsville Illinois
Russell Ellington DB/WR 6'3 205 Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor Illinois
Supo Sanni DB/WR 6'4 190 Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor Illinois ILL
Miles Smith DB/LB 6'0 205 Lake Forest Illinois
Austin Davis DB/RB 6'0 201 Normal Community Illinois
Colin Tobin DB 5'10 185 Oak Park Fenwick Illinois
Houston Hobbs DB 6'0 190 Evansville Reitz Indiana
JuJuan Harris DB 5'9 157 4.56 Indianapolis Warren Central Indiana
Terrance Thomas DB 5'11 170 4.37 Shawnee Mission East Kansas
Tyheem Lawton DB/WR/QB 5'11 170 Louisville Fern Creek Kentucky
Tim Payne DB 5'10 170 Louisville Male Kentucky
Brian Winklepleck DB 6'1 195 4.60 Owensboro Catholic Kentucky
Kyle Nelson DB/QB 6'2 182 Pineville Bell County Kentucky
Rocky Duplessis DB/WR 6'2 185 Belle Chasse Louisiana
Prentiss Wagner DB/WR 6'2 185 4.40 Clinton Louisiana
Matt Jones DB/RB 6'2 185 4.50 Jennings Louisiana
Alfred Franklin DB 6'4 190 4.50 Kentwood Louisiana
Beau Boudreaux DB 5'11 170 Marrero Archbishop Shaw Louisiana
Codera Drew DB 6'1 175 4.50 Minden Louisiana
Teddy Holley DB 6'0 165 Monroe Neville Louisiana
Ryan St. Julien DB 6'1 160 4.58 New Iberia Catholic Louisiana LA-LAF
Michael Robinson DB 5'10 185 New Orleans O.P Walker Louisiana
Damien Jackson DB 6'2 180 Pineville Louisiana
Rodarrick Jones DB/LB/ATH 6'0 190 Plaquemine St. John Louisiana
Robby Green DB 6'0 180 4.50 River Ridge John Curtis Louisiana TULANE, CLEM, AL
Tripp George DB/LB 6'0 185 4.61 Shreveport Loyola College Louisiana
Jordan Miller DB 6'1 180 4.50 Teurlings Catholic Louisiana
Isiah Wiley DB 6'1 180 4.50 West Monroe Louisiana
Bradley Martz DB/RB 6'0 181 Annapolis Francis Scott Key Maryland
Ronald Hobby DB/WR 5'10 169 4.56 Brandywine Gwynn Park Maryland
Zach Martin DB/LB/RB 5'11 175 Clarksville River Hill Maryland
Josh Francis DB/LB 6'0 185 4.50 Damascus Maryland KENT
Dan Atwood DB/RB 6'0 185 4.50 Gaithersburg Maryland
Ernest Cooper DB/RB 5'10 170 Greenbelt Eleanor Roosevelt Maryland
Jonathan Mason DB/WR 6'2 204 4.50 Hyattsville DeMatha Maryland
James Wade DB/WR 6'3 175 Ann Arbor Pioneer Michigan
Aaron Archie DB/LB/RB 6'1 205 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
Dezmond Hart DB/WR 5'11 170 4.43 Detroit Crockett Michigan
Donovan Dickerson DB/QB/ATH 6'0 180 Detroit Martin Luther King Michigan
Anthony Hollis DB/WR 5'10 175 4.40 Detroit Northwestern Michigan
Troy Tidwell DB 5'10 176 4.85 Detroit Southeastern Michigan
Corey Johnson DB/WR 6'1 180 4.90 Muskegon Michigan Michigan State MICHST
Sean Burns DB/LB/WR/RB 6'3 195 Minneapolis Blake Minnesota
Jeremy Randle DB/RB 5'10 190 4.40 Minneapolis DeLaSalle Minnesota
Dominique Davenport DB 5'11 175 4.50 Baldwyn Mississippi MSST
Bud Barksdale DB 5'11 185 Batesville South Panola Mississippi
Charles Mitchell DB/RB/WR 5'11 185 Clarksdale Mississippi MSST, MS
Rico Jernighan DB/WR 5'10 175 4.49 Emory Mississippi
James Dooley DB 6'3 190 Macon Noxubee County Mississippi
Tanarus Robinson DB Meridian Mississippi
Curtis Spann DB/RB/LB 6'0 195 4.55 Pearl Mississippi
Drew Cole DB/WR/RB 6'0 180 4.41 Picayune Mississippi AUB, MSST
Rashun Dixon DB/WR/RB 6'0 200 Terry Mississippi x
Michael Holt DB/RB 5'11 190 Warren Central Mississippi x
Rashad Fields DB/WR 5'11 196 Caruthersville Missouri Mississippi MS
Conner Mack DB 6'1 190 Parkway West Missouri
Pierre Desir DB/WR/RB 6'3 190 4.40 St. Charles Francis Howell Central Missouri
Robert Steeples DB/WR/QB 6'0 190 4.40 St. Louis DeSmet Missouri
DeMarco Paine DB/WR 5'10 173 4.50 St. Louis Hazelwood East Missouri MO
Denodus O'Bryant DB/RB 5'9 180 4.40 Washington Missouri
Jordan Makovicka DB/RB 5'10 170 4.63 Brainard East Butler Nebraska
John Levorson DB/QB 6'3 180 Crete Nebraska
Nick Anderson DB/WR 6'1 185 4.50 Omaha Skutt Nebraska
Josh Jordan DB/RB 5'9 164 4.57 Las Vegas Bishop Gorman Nevada
Corbin Brown DB/WR 6'0 161 4.62 Las Vegas Spring Valley Nevada
Reuben Johnson DB/RB 5'10 175 4.45 Atco Winslow Township New Jersey
Steve Pease DB 6'0 180 4.50 Atco Winslow Township New Jersey
Ashton Jackson DB/RB 5'9 185 4.50 Colts Neck New Jersey
Simon Smith DB/QB 6'4 200 Cranford New Jersey
Terrence Mumford DB/WR 5'10 160 4.45 Montclair New Jersey
Patrick Kivlehan DB/WR 6'2 200 Montvale St. Joseph Regional New Jersey
Clavon Radcliffe DB/WR/PK/P 6'1 165 Paterson Catholic New Jersey
Mike Kuhn DB/RB 5'11 167 4.44 Somerville Immaculata New Jersey
Brian King DB/RB 5'10 172 4.50 Swedesboro Kingsboro New Jersey
Grant Mayes DB 6'0 185 4.40 West Orange Seton Hall Prep New Jersey
Willie Burnett DB/ATH Buffalo McKinley New York
Lamar Monger DB/WR 5'11 185 4.50 Ahoskie Hertford County North Carolina
Darius Spencer DB/RB 6'0 174 4.38 Asheville A.C. Reynolds North Carolina NCST
Eric Breitenstein DB/RB 5'11 205 4.55 Boone Watauga County North Carolina
Travis Leggett DB/WR/QB 5'11 192 4.79 Cerro Gordo West Columbus North Carolina
Derek Overholt DB/WR/QB 6'3 180 4.60 Columbus Polk County North Carolina
Lorenzo Williams DB 6'2 179 4.67 Fayetteville Westover North Carolina DUKE, WAKE
Darrius Little DB/QB/WR 5'11 170 4.47 High Point Southwest Guilford North Carolina
Vince Jordan DB/LB/RB 5'10 200 4.43 Mount Gilead West Montgomery North Carolina
Savion Hudson DB/QB/ATH 6'2 185 4.48 Roanoke North Carolina
Jacobi Jenkins DB/RB 6'1 175 4.50 Rocky Mount North Carolina
Jay Hollingsworth DB/RB 5'11 180 4.60 Sanford Lee County North Carolina DUKE, ECAR
William Marion DB 6'0 175 4.56 Statesville South Iredell North Carolina
Bobby Morrison DB/RB 5'10 180 4.40 Statesville West Iredell North Carolina
Jimmy Crumel DB/WR/RB 5'11 180 4.40 Wendell East Wake North Carolina
Josh Grizzard DB/QB 6'3 190 4.70 Wendell East Wake North Carolina
Ed Gainey DB 6'2 195 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor North Carolina
Will Flemming DB/TE/WR 6'3 190 4.52 Akron Hoban Ohio
Brandon Mingo DB/QB 5'10 172 Canton McKinley Ohio
Ravelle Sadler DB/RB 5'10 175 4.50 Cincinnati Colerain Ohio
Daren Youngberg DB/WR 6'1 177 Clayton Northmont Ohio
Berchard Hines DB 5'9 175 Cleveland Glenville Ohio
Donnie Fletcher DB/WR 5'11 166 Cleveland Glenville Ohio BG, CIN
Steve Gardiner DB/LB/RB 6'1 200 4.52 Dublin Coffman Ohio
Travis Smith DB/WR/RB 5'9 190 4.53 Euclid Ohio
Devon Jennings DB/WR/QB 6'0 185 Euclid Ohio
Darius Reeves DB/RB/WR 6'1 170 4.50 Gahanna Lincoln Ohio
Branden Williams DB/WR 5'10 165 4.46 Lakewood St. Edward Ohio
Aaron Eanes DB 5'9 170 Lakewood St. Edward Ohio
Todd Ruggley DB/RB 6'1 179 4.66 Lima Bath Ohio
Isaiah Ballard DB/RB 5'10 188 Toledo Rogers Ohio
D.J. Brown DB 5'11 175 West Chester Lakota West Ohio
Aston Jackson DB/RB 5'11 190 Xenia Ohio
Gary Thornton DB/RB/LB 5'9 205 4.78 Youngstown Rayen Ohio
Michael Roberts DB/QB/ATH 6'0 165 Ada Oklahoma
Cornelius Douglas DB/QB/ATH 5'10 185 4.45 Lawton Oklahoma KANST, OKST
John Flanders DB 5'10 175 4.40 Midwest City Oklahoma
Hezekiah Robinson DB 6'0 175 4.40 Midwest City Oklahoma
Joe Stoner DB/QB/RB 6'0 200 Midwest City Carl Albert Oklahoma
Chika Madu DB/WR 5'9 150 Norman Oklahoma
Bobby Smith DB 5'9 158 4.78 Oklahoma City Putnam City Oklahoma
Forrest Reed DB 5'11 187 Shawnee Oklahoma
Durell Parker DB/QB/LB 6'0 205 Wagoner Oklahoma
Andre Broadus DB/QB/ATH 5'11 185 4.50 Portland Grant Oregon
Paul McCoy DB/WR 6'0 175 4.50 Portland Grant Oregon
Nate Jackson DB/WR 6'1 200 Sisters Oregon
Lance Straughters DB/RB 5'11 161 4.59 Connellsville Pennsylvania
Matt Fitz DB/RB 6'3 190 4.62 Doylestown Central Bucks West Pennsylvania
Mike Jones DB/RB 5'11 176 4.50 Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt Pennsylvania
Mike Comasco DB/PK/WR 5'11 180 4.50 Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt Pennsylvania
C.J. Townes DB 6'0 170 Joppatowne Pennsylvania
Jimmy Kelly DB/WR 6'1 195 4.55 Lansdale Catholic Pennsylvania
Jamir Livingston DB/RB 5'7 157 4.30 Philadelphia St. Joseph's Prep Pennsylvania
J.D. Mason DB/WR 6'5 200 4.70 Philipsburg-Osceola Pennsylvania
Ian Wild DB 6'0 178 4.60 Pittsburgh Baldwin Pennsylvania
Akeem Moore DB/WR 6'0 170 4.59 Pittsburgh Brentwood Pennsylvania
Geoffrey Prather DB/LB 6'2 190 4.72 Radnor Archbishop Carroll Pennsylvania
Lee Butler DB/RB 6'1 182 4.40 Anderson Westside South Carolina
Terrell Springs DB/RB/WR 5'8 170 Chester South Carolina DUKE
Yari King DB 5'9 156 4.56 Columbia Irmo South Carolina
Calvin Fuller DB/QB/ATH 6'2 200 South Aiken South Carolina
Brandon Isaac DB 5'10 170 4.50 Wagener-Salley South Carolina
Terrence Cobb DB/RB/WR 6'0 200 4.50 Fulton Tennessee
Eric Lindsay DB/QB/ATH 6'0 185 4.50 Knoxville Catholic Tennessee
Jeremy Rickaway DB/RB 5'9 168 4.54 Lebanon Friendship Christian Tennessee
Gene Robinson DB Memphis Whitehaven Tennessee
Mauricio Wallace DB/RB 6'0 190 Murfreesboro Blackman Tennessee
Jordan Harris DB 6'1 178 4.59 Abilene Texas
Donte Elliott DB/WR 6'1 185 4.68 Alief Taylor Texas OKST
Reggie Butler DB 6'0 170 4.50 Baytown Lee Texas
Michael Williams DB 6'1 175 4.50 Beaumont West Brook Texas Baylor BAY, HOU
Rodney Chadwick DB/LB 6'2 189 4.48 Carthage Texas
Dominick Maddox DB/LB 5'10 189 4.46 Converse Judson Texas UTEP
Devin Smith DB 5'10 177 4.50 Coppell Texas
Robert Griffin DB/WR/QB 6'3 190 4.40 Copperas Cove Texas
Lubbock Smith DB 5'11 180 4.50 Dallas Carter Texas
Greg Jordan DB 6'0 175 4.40 Dallas Madison Texas
Gerald Frazier DB 6'0 170 4.50 Dallas Pinkston Texas
Vincent McNeal DB/QB/ATH 6'2 185 4.50 Dallas Roosevelt Texas
Kevin Spikes DB/WR 5'8 174 4.50 Dallas Samuell Texas
DaWaylon Cook DB/QB 6'0 170 4.70 Dallas Samuell Texas
Kelvin Turner DB/WR/ATH 5'10 175 4.40 Dallas Skyline Texas
Kydarian Wilkins DB 5'10 180 4.40 Dallas South Oak Cliff Texas BAY, KANST
Damien Washington DB/RB/LB 5'10 185 4.50 Dallas Wilson Texas
Mike Littleton DB 6'0 175 4.50 Galveston Ball Texas
Corrigan Powell DB 5'11 175 4.50 Garland Lakeview Centennial Texas
Xavier Smith DB/RB/WR 5'11 170 4.50 Hempstead Texas
Xavier Witchett DB 6'1 175 4.60 Houston Cypress Falls Texas
Royce Hill DB/WR 5'11 170 4.52 Houston Cypress Ridge Texas
Kris Ryans DB 6'1 190 Houston Lamar Texas
Josh Ogbonwan DB/QB 6'0 190 4.60 Houston Milby Texas
Trent Hunter DB 5'10 175 4.52 Katy Texas
Drew Martin DB/WR 5'10 170 4.60 Keller Texas
Demitri Goodson DB/RB 5'10 170 4.50 Klein Collins Texas
Darrius Terry DB 6'0 180 4.55 Lufkin Texas
Kenji Jackson DB 6'3 190 4.56 Mansfield Texas
Kyle Logsdon DB 6'1 190 4.70 Midland Lee Texas
Kris Rhymes DB/RB 6'1 200 4.50 Missouri City Fort Bend Marshall Texas BAY, TT
Xavier Webb DB/QB 5'11 200 4.50 Montgomery Texas
Jordan Fields DB/WR 6'0 185 4.55 Paris Texas Texas A&M BAY, TULSA, A&M
Nick Saenz DB 6'0 170 4.60 Pearland Texas
Zaviar Gooden DB 6'1 195 4.40 Pflugerville Texas BAY
Darius Darks DB/WR 6'1 180 4.50 Pflugerville Connally Texas
Eric Redman DB 6'2 184 4.54 Richardson Berkner Texas
Anthony Brown DB/RB 6'2 196 4.50 Rosenberg Terry Texas
Nick Sampson DB 6'0 200 4.50 Spring Westfield Texas
Brodrick Brown DB 5'9 165 4.50 Spring Westfield Texas
Cody Davis DB/LB/WR/RB 6'2 210 4.54 Stephenville Texas HOU, BAY, MS, TT, SMU
Ugo Okpara DB 6'1 175 4.50 Sugarland Fort Bend Dulles Texas BAY, UVA, OKST
Bryce Beall DB/LB 6'0 200 4.50 Tatum Texas KAN
Brashard Booker DB/ATH 6'3 185 4.60 Terrell Texas
Kris Johnston DB/WR/ATH 6'1 186 4.40 Texas City Texas
Johnny Thomas DB 6'0 173 Texas City Texas
Travis Keating DB/QB 6'2 185 4.68 The Woodlands College Park Texas
Tramain Thomas DB/QB 6'2 175 4.50 Winnie East Chambers Texas
Lewis Walker DB 5'11 160 Salt Lake City Judge Memorial Utah UTAH
Cameron Comer DB/WR 6'1 170 4.56 Springville Utah BYU BYU
Peter Rose DB/QB/ATH 6'1 185 4.58 Amherst County Virginia
Jeron Gouveia DB 6'1 167 4.87 Ashburn Stone Bridge Virginia
Darryl Hamilton DB/WR 5'9 165 4.52 Clifton Centreville Virginia UVA
Edward Hamlin DB/RB 5'10 190 Fork Uniuon Military Academy Virginia
Reid Evans DB/WR 6'0 175 Hampton Phoebus Virginia
Leonard Smith DB/RB 5'10 175 Midlothian Manchester Virginia
Ju-Ju Clayton DB/QB 6'1 205 4.50 Richmond Hermitage Virginia
Justin Thorpe DB/WR/ATH 6'2 200 4.52 Richmond Varina Virginia
Marquel Thomas DB 6'3 170 4.50 Virginia Beach Bayside Virginia MARSH
Leons Kabongo DB/LB 5'11 190 4.40 Woodbridge Gar-Field Virginia
Abdul Kanneh DB/WR 5'11 175 Woodbridge Potomac Virginia
Mulku Kalokah DB Woodbridge Potomac Virginia
Johnny Jackson DB/WR 6'1 180 Burien Evergreen Washington
Rashad Peniston DB/WR 5'11 170 4.55 Graham-Kapowsin Washington
Brandon Turner DB/QB/WR 6'3 188 4.50 Kent Kentridge Washington
Jermaine Kearse DB/WR 6'1 195 4.55 Lakewood Lakes Washington WASHST
Justin Glenn DB/RB 5'11 185 4.50 Mukilteo Kamiak Washington
Taylor Lapano DB/RB 5'11 188 4.60 Redmond Eastlake Washington
Johri Fogerson DB/RB 6'2 190 4.55 Seattle O'Dea Washington
Chad Walker DB/WR 5'10 180 Tacoma Lincoln Washington
Brandon Jimenez DB/QB 5'9 179 Tacoma Mount Tahoma Washington
Marquel Ali DB/RB 5'8 177 4.63 Beckley Woodrow Wilson West Virginia
Blaine Woodfin DB/QB 6'1 180 4.60 Jackson Hole Blaine Wyoming