2008 Rivals/Scout/etc. National & Regional Rankings

[wadc45]

Scout.com: The New National 300

Of note:

#4 Terrelle Pryor
#11 Mike Adams
#22 Mike Brewster
#25 Shayne Hale
#32 J.B. Shugarts
#37 Josh Jenkins
#39 Michael Floyd
#42 Devier Posey
#57 Devoe Torrence
#71 Jake Stoneburner
#74 Etienne Sabino
#77 Kenny Tate
#82 Garrett Goebel
#88 Andrew Sweat
#90 Charles Whitlock
#114 Brandon Harris
#120 Josh Jarboe
#212 Nathan Williams
#238 Willie Mobley
#241 Lamar Thomas
#251 Quinton Coples

Players from Ohio who are uncommitted/committed to other schools:

#18 Kyle Rudolph (ND)
#123 Kevin Koger (UM)
#128 Dan McCarthy (ND)
#130 Michael Shaw (PSU)
#136 Mike Zordich (PSU)
#188 Brandon Moore (UM)
#221 Elliot Mealer (UM)
#245 Brandon Beachum (PSU)
#260 Zebrie Sanders
#272 Steve Gardiner

[crazybuckfan40]

Thomas is way too low...

Scott nor DiLillo not in the top 300 players in the country??

[pnuts34]

These rankings are just as funny as the recruitment rankings of teams! It's funny that people have been talking about the recruiting dominance of USC, yet they've appeared in the same of National Championship games as the Buckeyes, and won the the same amount of championships!!! And this year we look a lot better than them at this juncture of the year.

[SNIPER26]

Originally Posted by tsteele316

mcguffie's been hurt for most of the season and has been less than impressive as a result.

....until he came back and put up almost 600 yards in the past 2 games. His first game back he went for 18-272-6. Tyron Smith a little on the smallish side for an OT, but I suppose he'll grow into it. I honestly think Mike Brewster is the #1 OT in the country in the year and you guys are lucky to have him. He's so good. McGuffie not being in the top 100 is a little weird, but I assume his injury had something do with that.

I don't know if Terrelle Pryor is the clear-cut #1 everyone says he is (No, not because he's an OSU lean). I'd probably put him at #2, but that Julio Jones kid is unreal. Great size, speed, unreal leaping ability. Can't go wrong with either player, just my opinion. Jones is a much more polished player but Pryor's upside is ridiculous.

[wadc45]

Originally Posted by SNIPER26

....until he came back and put up almost 600 yards in the past 2 games. His first game back he went for 18-272-6. Tyron Smith a little on the smallish side for an OT, but I suppose he'll grow into it. I honestly think Mike Brewster is the #1 OT in the country in the year and you guys are lucky to have him. He's so good. McGuffie not being in the top 100 is a little weird, but I assume his injury had something do with that.

I don't know if Terrelle Pryor is the clear-cut #1 everyone says he is (No, not because he's an OSU lean). I'd probably put him at #2, but that Julio Jones kid is unreal. Great size, speed, unreal leaping ability. Can't go wrong with either player, just my opinion. Jones is a much more polished player but Pryor's upside is ridiculous.

Obviously Scout agrees with you...

#1 Arthur Brown
#2 Julio Jones
#3 Darrell Scott
#4 Terrelle Pryor
#5 DaQuan Bowers

I personally don't agree with Brown being #1...he is an incredible talent but I don't think he is the best player in the country nor is he likely to have the greatest impact over the course of his college career. I have watched film of several of the top rated LBs and while you could make a case that he is the best LB in the country over guys like Major, Bradham, Katoa, Beal, Filer, etc. but I just don't think he is going to be the game-changer that a guy like Julio Jones will be. I don't see enough to seperate him from the rest of the pack enough to call him the #1 recruit in the nation. I think Jones, Pryor and Bowers are the clear top 3 players in the country based on their ability to have an impact during their careers in college. Brown, Will Hill, Patrick Johnson, EJ Manuel, AJ Green, Brewster, Cissoko, Kalil, Mike Adams, Darrell Scott and TJ Bryant are other players I would have up for consideration at 4-10.

['BusNative]

The Sports Illustrated TAKKLE Top 100 High School Football Players on Takkle - High School Sports

Another set of rankings for the class of 2008... parts of this list are @ss-backward, but it has good film...

[SNIPER26]

Originally Posted by wadc45

Brown, Will Hill, Patrick Johnson, EJ Manuel, AJ Green, Brewster, Cissoko, Kalil, Mike Adams, Darrell Scott and TJ Bryant are other players I would have up for consideration at 4-10.

Yeah, if only Cissoko would grow 3-4 inches and add 20 pounds, he'd be top 10. He's got great man coverage skills though. #67 in the country is wayyyyyyyyyy too low IMO, and not because he's a UM commit. Obviously you rate him very highly as well, so maybe I'm not crazy.

Brown at 25 on Rivals is quite the contrast from his Scout ranking, don't know why.

[wadc45]

I don't hold Cissoko's height against him...he is a top 20 player in my eyes, if not top 10.

Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Several make moves in position rankings

Furthering their ineptitude this year...

Pryor is still the #1 dual-threat QB.

Posey is the #3 WR.
Floyd is the #11 WR.
Jarboe is the #18 WR.
Tate is the #19 WR.
Scott is the #28 WR.

Stoneburner is the #5 TE.
DiLillo is the #27 TE.

Brewster is the #2 OT.
Shugarts is the #10 OT.
Adams is the #12 OT.

Jenkins is the #4 OG.

Defense coming tomorrow...I thought the Rivals250 and Rivals100 were awful but these position rankings are just deplorable...and not just when it comes to OSU recruits. Rodriguez Wilks as the #75 WR in the country? With offers from OSU, Tennessee, Florida, etc.? C'mon. Brewster rated as a tackle? Shaw rated as a tackle? Fauria rated as a tackle? Koehler rated as a guard? Just awful. Looking at the rankings for RBs vs. all-purpose backs just goes to show that I think most of the time they just throw a kid in a category based on his measurables. If he is under 5-9 or under 180 lbs. they put him in the APB category.

I am thisclose to not posting anymore Rivals rankings this year...that's how bad they are...now on to some rankings by some people who aren't certifiably crazy.

Scout.com: Updated East 100

By Lichtenfels...of note:

#1 Terrelle Pryor
#5 Shayne Hale
#7 Josh Jenkins
#12 Kenny Tate
#14 Andrew Sweat (Yancich at #28)
#32 Cam Saddler
#33 Lamar Thomas (maybe the only one I think is way too low)
#61 Kyle Long

[SweetBuckeye]

Are there really 60 other players, just in the East, that are better players than Long?

Or is he ranked lower because he is taking the baseball route?

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by SweetBuckeye

Are there really 60 other players, just in the East, that are better players than Long?

Or is he ranked lower because he is taking the baseball route?

My guess is the low ranking b/c he is going the baseball route...

[westbuck04]

Originally Posted by wadc45

Defense coming tomorrow...I thought the Rivals250 and Rivals100 were awful but these position rankings are just deplorable...and not just when it comes to OSU recruits. Rodriguez Wilks as the #75 WR in the country? With offers from OSU, Tennessee, Florida, etc.? C'mon. Brewster rated as a tackle? Shaw rated as a tackle? Fauria rated as a tackle? Koehler rated as a guard? Just awful. Looking at the rankings for RBs vs. all-purpose backs just goes to show that I think most of the time they just throw a kid in a category based on his measurables. If he is under 5-9 or under 180 lbs. they put him in the APB category.

I am thisclose to not posting anymore Rivals rankings this year...that's how bad they are...now on to some rankings by some people who aren't certifiably crazy.

They also have Lamaar Thomas rated as a CORNER (?). Absolutely baffling, considering that of the 3 positions he's projected at, no schools are even talking corner with him.

-EDIT-

Rivals has Thomas rated as an ATH again. Last week when they put out there new top 100, he was ranked as a corner.

[lilnape26]

They have Mike Adams ranked ahead of Dan O'Neill in the tackle rankings, yet O'Neill is in the Top100 and Mike is not...

[wadc45]

Scout.com: Updated Southeast 150

By Miller Safrit...of note:

#10 Michael Brewster (#1 OL in the whole SE...that is saying something)
#24 Eitenne Sabino
#28 Charles Whitlock
#30 Robert Quinn
#35 Brandon Harris (way too low, IMO)
#37 Josh Jarboe

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by wadc45

#10 Michael Brewster (#1 OL in the whole SE...that is saying something)

You missed Matt Patchan, but you are right when saying he is the best OL in the SE, Scout just doesn't agree with you I guess...

#35 Brandon Harris (way too low, IMO)

Agreed...

[wadc45]

You are right, they have Patchan above Brewster...