2008 Rivals/Scout/etc. National & Regional Rankings

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by OSUBuckeye4Life

Why does Rivals give kickers such low ratings?

Ben, the 3rd best kicker in the country, is a 5.4 on their scale.

Here is what they say about a 5.4:

5.4-5.0 Division I prospect; considered a mid-major prospect; deemed to have limited pro potential but definite Division I prospect; may be more of a role player

It's because of the hidden "kickers aren't really football players" mentality. If a kid is the in the top three of kickers in the entire country, he definitely doesn't have "limited pro potential"...

[BuckTwenty]

Role players don't play more than one position for a team. I fully expect Ben to come in and be a difference maker.

[wadc45]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

It's because of the hidden "kickers aren't really football players" mentality. If a kid is the in the top three of kickers in the entire country, he definitely doesn't have "limited pro potential"...

Kickers don't sell memberships to Scout and Rivals...

[Buckskin86]

Plain Dealer Top 40

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[wadc45]

AJC.com Recruiting |AJC ranking of South's top players ajc.com

Players listed with interest in OSU:

QB

6. Orhian Johnson

WR

5. Josh Jarboe

OG/C

1. Michael Brewster

DT

8. Benjamin Jones

DE

3. Quinton Coples

MLB

1. Etienne Sabino

S

10. Darrell Simmons

CB

3. Charles Whitlock
4. Brandon Harris

[Buckskin86]

PA Top 25

1) Pryor
4) Hale
5) Sweat

Pennsylvania's Top 25 Players

[cheetah]

Talk about a crappy job from Pittsburgh's top newspaper. They don't have Chris Burns in the top 25, and everybody else has him 5-7, and they misspelled the name of Brandon Beal.

[cheetah]

Like I've said many times before, this is the best one in PA and their update just came out today. This guy LOVES Sweat and Pryor, by the way. I heard him on a radio interview saying Mike Farrell should be fired for rating Yancich over Sweat. He said you can't always determine who is better by their offers but when they play at the same school and at the position, everything is even, so then you can. Then he said only one of the two had offers from Ohio State, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and ND, and it wasn't Yancich. He said Yancich only got his offers in camps when they saw what a good athlete he was, but that Sweat is a much better football player.

http://www.pghsports.com/PSR-News/sh...plate=Keystone

[BuckTwenty]

Originally Posted by cheetah

Talk about a crappy job from Pittsburgh's top newspaper. They don't have Chris Burns in the top 25, and everybody else has him 5-7, and they misspelled the name of Brandon Beal.

I agree. And Hale at #4?? He's a 5* prospect talent wise and the top combo LB/DE in the nation. The only way you could argue Hale being #3 is that Baldwin is a freak physically, and I don't think that's much of an argument. #4? Gimme a break.

By the way, I thought Beal was from NJ (which was a big tie-in to USC & Brian Cushing). Did he transfer to a PA high school?

[ant80]

Originally Posted by BuckTwenty

By the way, I thought Beal was from NJ (which was a big tie-in to USC & Brian Cushing). Did he transfer to a PA high school?

Yes.

[cheetah]

Baldwin is a freak on paper but if you watch the film of him, he isn't as good on the field as you would think. And Beal transferred to Bethlehem Liberty, one of the best teams in PA. He did it supposedly so he could graduate early and he couldn't do that at his NJ school.

[B-town Buckeye]

wow...the AJC really likes Orhian Johnson apparently. Very interested in seeing him play in person is a couple of weeks.

[schwab]

Originally Posted by cheetah

and they misspelled the name of Brandon Beal.

Not to be funny, but so did you....

[cheetah]

Yeah, but I'm not a newspaper!!!..lol

[holybuckeye33]

SI/TAKKLE Top 100

SI/Takkle Top 100

The player rankings powered by Offense-Defense

Who are the nation's top football players?

To find out TAKKLE teamed up with Offense-Defense, which for years has run camps across the country and scouted top athletes, to power the SI/TAKKLE Top 100. The O-D team, made up of former NFL players, coaches and scouts, compiled the most thorough evaluation of high school players around.

Of note:
1. Terrelle Pryor
14. Mike Brewster
31. Michael Floyd
38. Mike Adams
41. J.B. Shugarts
42. Devoe Torrence
45. Devier Posey
64. Josh Jenkins
65. Etienne Sabinon
66. Lamaar Thomas
80. Andrew Sweat
85. Jake Stoneburner
89. Garrett Goebel