In most southern states (and every major university around the country) Feb. sixth is Christmas morning. It's the most important day on the calendar; national signing day, where coaches' futures ride in the hands of 17 year old kids. The south was very rich in recruiting soil once again, owning 120 ESPN top 150 prospects. Let's take a look at the winners of the 2008 class:
Highly touted, WR Julio Jones makes his commit on ESPN U.
1. Miami: 12 ESPN top 150 prospects, including No. 1-rated defensive tackle Marcus Fortson and No. 1-rated OLB Arthur Browne. Good to see Randy Shannon not letting the south Florida kids escape anymore.
2. Clemosn: 10 ESPN top 150 prospects, including No1. rated- defensive end DaQuan Bower, No. 3-rated tight end Dwayne Allen, and No. 3-rated running back Jamie Harper. I mean, enough can't be said about their class, but it sucks they still won't be able to beat Virginia Tech.
3. Alabama: Six ESPN top 150 prospects, including (much heralded) No.1-rated player wide reciever Julio Jones. Nick Saban finally gets his first full year to recruit all his own players. But I don't feel like Florida is intimidated one bit.
4. Florida: 11 ESPN top 150 prospects (no surprise), including No. 1 and 2- rated safeties Will Hill andDee Finely. Florida doesn't rebuild, they reload.
5. Georgia: Seven ESPN top 150 prospects, including No. 2-rated wide receiver A.J. Green. Last years thwarting of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl was only the beginning for this young, talented Bulldogs squads.
Honorable Mentions:
USC (eight ESPN top 150 prospects)
Notre Dame (10 ESPN top 150 prospects)
Oklahoma (eight 10 ESPN top 150 prospects)
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2 comments:
Good post AJ. I'm always interested in looking at college football prospects. Although, I admittedly don't follow as many schools as I should.
In reply to your Osi U note: I believe they resigned him last year to a multi-year deal. Like something huge like 6+ years. So he can lobby for more money if he wants but the guy's under contract as far as I'm aware of.
About Tynes:
I wouldn't be dissapointed if he stayed but come on. To be nervous that he's going to miss yet another extra point can get frusterating to any fan watching. Giants fan or not. I have non-giants fan friends that don't like him either because he just can't be trusted. But that's the kicking game in a nutshell anyway.
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