Varsity Blue: Big Ten 2009 Recruiting Class Rankings 6-14-08

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Big Ten 2009 Recruiting Class Rankings 6-14-08

Purdue is officially last to the party, as Indiana picks up their first commit.

Action since last rankings:
6-8-08 Ohio State gains commitment from Dominic Clarke. Michigan State gains commitment from Patrick White.
6-9-08 Indiana gain commitment from Josh Keyt.
6-10-08 Ohio State gains commitment from Adam Bellamy. Wisconsin gains commitment from Zac Matthias.
6-11-08 Penn State gains commitment from Curtis Drake.
6-12-08 Notre Dame gains commitment from Ben Turk.

New Rankings:

#1 Ohio State - 16 commits
DT	*****	Johnny Simon
LB	*****	Dorian Bell
RB	****	Jordan Hall
CB	****	CJ Barnett
WR	****	James Jackson
MLB	****	Storm Klein
MLB	****	Jordan Whiting
DE	****	Melvin Fellows
OG	****	Corey Linsley
OT	****	Jack Mewhort
S	****	Jamie Wood
TE	***	Reid Fragel
DT	***	Adam Bellamy
WR	***	Chris Fields
FB	***	Adam Homan
LB	*	Zach Boren
CB	*	Dominic Clarke

Dominic Clarke is lightly-regarded at this point, but it seems like the Bucks really know what they're doing when evaluating DBs. He'll be in the high three-star range. Boren will be a three-star whose commitment is more celebrated for bringing in his brother.

#2 Michigan - 9 commits
DT	*****	William Campbell
QB	*****	Kevin Newsome
CB	****	Justin Turner
QB	****	Shavodrick Beaver
WR	****	Bryce McNeal
RB	****	Teric Jones
RB	***	Fitzgerald Toussaint
S	*	Isaiah Bell
WR	*	Jeremy Gallon

Bell will likely end up a high 3-star or low 4-star (ESPN loves him). Gallon

#3 Penn State - 12 commits
OT	*****	Eric Shrive
CB	****	Darrell Givens
DE	****	Sean Stanley
S	***	Derrick Thomas
S	***	Stephen Obeng-Agyapong
S	***	Malcolm Willis
OT	***	Mark Arcidiacono
QB	***	Curtis Drake
C	*	Ty Howle
OG	*	Frank Figueroa
WR	*	Brandon Felder
CB	*	Stephon Morris

Arcidiacono is underrated, Howle will end up as a high-three star, Figueroa a low three-star, and Felder somewhere in between. New commit Curtis Drake is being brought in as a QB unless the Nittany Lions get a top-notch signal caller in this calss (in which case he will likely be a WR). Penn State has a quantity-over-quality class right now.

#4 Notre Dame - 6 commits
RB	*****	Cierre Wood
MLB	****	Carlo Calabrese
RB	****	Theo Riddick
DT	****	Tyler Stockton
OL	***	Alex Bullard
TE	****	Jake Golic
LB	*	Dan Fox
P	*	Ben Turk

Michigan and Ohio State didn't seem to be pursuing Fox at all, and he wasn't exactly a sleeper, so I doubt he is much better than a high three-star (with requisite ND-rounding to four). New punter commit! Notre Dame will rule the world!

#5 Michigan State - 7 commits
RB	****	Edwin Baker
RB	****	Larry Caper
SLB	****	Chris Norman
WR	***	Donald Spencer
DT	***	Blake Treadwell
QB	***	Andrew Maxwell
WR	***	Patrick White

MSU has started losing coveted in-state guys to other schools.

#6 Minnesota - 5 commits
QB	****	Moses Alipate
RB	***	Hasan Lipscomb
C	***	Ed Olsen
OT	***	Josh Campion
WR	*	Victor Keise

Keise will probably end up a mid 3-star.

#7 Wisconsin - 4 commits
DT	****	Jared Kohout
OG	***	Ryan Groy
DE	***	Shelby Harris
QB	***	Jon Budmayr
OT	***	Zac Matthias

Zac Matthias brings the Badgers past Illinois. His ranking is bumped in my mind by the Wisconsin seal of approval.

#8 Illinois - 2 commits
DT	****	Lendell Buckner
OT	****	Leon Hill

Illinois started fast, but has since stagnated (and lost Melvin Fellows to the Bucks).

#9 Iowa - 2 commits
OT	****	David Barrent
FB	*	Brad Rogers

Ferentz's glory days in recruiting seem to be over.

#10 Northwestern - 2 commits
QB	***	Evan Watkins
RB	*	Mike Trumpy

At least they have some commits.

#11 Indiana - 1 commit
DE	***	Josh Keyt

Keyt is a long snapper/DE who will greyshirt, according to IUFootball (who deserves props: writing about Indiana football has to be among the most thankless jobs out there).

12th - Purdue (0 commits)

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