This will become a weekly feature for Saturdays henceforth. If there is no recruiting action during the week, I'll either skip it or do something else informative.
Action since
last rankings:
4-5 Northwestern gains commitment from Evan Watkins.
4-18 Michigan gains commitment from Fitzgerald Toussaint.
4-19 Ohio State gains commitment from Darrell Givens.
4-21 Ohio State gains commitment from Jordan Hall and Dorian Bell.
4-24 Michigan gains commitment from Kevin Newsome. Melvin Fellows switches commitment from Illinois to Ohio State.
New Rankings:
#1 Ohio State - 8 commits
|
DT
| *****
| Johnny Simon
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LB
| *****
| Dorian Bell
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RB
| ****
| Jordan Hall
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CB
| ****
| Darrell Givens
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WR
| ****
| Chris Fields
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CB
| ****
| CJ Barnett
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MLB
| ****
| Storm Klein
|
MLB
| ****
| Jordan Whiting
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OT
| ***
| Jack Mewhort
|
S
| ***
| Jamie Wood
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LB
| *
| Adam Homan
|
Ohio State has picked up three 4-star players and one 5-star player since the last rankings were given. They have a very strong start to their class. Adam Homan switched from FB to LB, where he will likely (not) play in college.
#2 Michigan - 6 commits
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DT
| *****
| William Campbell
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QB
| ****
| Kevin Newsome
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CB
| ****
| Justin Turner
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S
| *
| Isaiah Bell
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RB
| *
| Teric Jones
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RB
| *
| Fitzgerald Toussaint
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Michigan has continued a fairly strong (though not OSU-ian) start to the recruiting year. Kevin Newsome fills a huge need for the Wolverines, and is the right guy for this system. He will end up a very high 4-star or a 5-star (currently Scout's #41 player (they had 50 5-stars last year), and Rivals's #39 player (they had 30 5-stars last year)), though an early commitment to Michigan typically means death to a player's ranking. Fitzgerald Toussaint is another RB/slot hybrid, with impressive film. High 3 or low 4-star likely.
#2 Michigan State - 6 commits
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RB
| *****
| Edwin Baker
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RB
| ****
| Larry Caper
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SLB
| ****
| Chris Norman
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WR
| ***
| Donald Spencer
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DT
| *
| Blake Treadwell
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QB
| *
| Andrew Maxwell
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No movement since the last rankings. Passed by Michigan because the Wolverines' commitments will end more highly ranked, and fill positions of need effectively.
#4 Illinois - 2 commits
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DT
| ****
| Lendell Buckner
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OT
| ****
| Leon Hill
|
Losing Melvin Fellows wasn't enough to drop the Illini below a couple teams with fewer commits.
#5 Wisconsin - 3 commits
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OG
| *
| Ryan Groy
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DT
| *
| Jared Kohout
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DE
| *
| Shelby Harris
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No movement. Their guys aren't yet ranked, but Wisconsin develops linemen like it's their job (side note: it is, in fact, their job).
#6 Minnesota - 3 commits
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QB
| ***
| Moses Alipate
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C
| *
| Ed Olsen
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OT
| *
| Josh Campion
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Minnesota is going through a big scheme change, and needs to recruit players to the new system. After a huge (and pretty good) 2008 recruiting class, Minnesota is not off to a fast start in 2009. Once a new batch of rankings come out, they might sneak past Wisconsin.
#7 Penn State - 1 commit
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C
| *
| Ty Howle
|
JoePa is death to Penn State's ability to recruit.
#8 Northwestern - 1 commit
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QB
| ***
| Evan Watkins
|
A big QB. Curious to see whether he has the quicks to run Northwestern's scheme, which requires some mobility.
T-9th - Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue (0 commits)
Labels: football, recruiting
This entry was posted by Tim, on
Saturday, April 26, 2008.
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4/26/2008 06:32:00 PM
I tried scout...the free trial...your free stuff is better...scout seems like a waste.