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Shakeups in the updated ESPNU 150
CB Joyner, ATH Elam, DE Miller climb, while RB Lattimore slips from five-star
By JC Shurburtt
Scouts Inc.
The jump of one of the most explosive players in the country into the top 5, the slide of an elite running back, an elite athlete climbing into the top 15 and some jockeying among the defensive line prospects highlight the updated ESPNU 150 rankings.
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After watching countless game tapes as well as making in-person scouting trips to see many of the nation's top players, Scouts Inc. updated the ESPNU 150 rankings for the Class of 2010. Check out who moved, who slid down, who debuted and if they have committed to a college yet. ESPNU 150
Under Armour All-American and five-star CB Lamarcus Joyner (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas) climbed from No. 12 to No. 5 in the latest rankings. Joyner has been the best player on the nation's best team and proved it twice on the big stage, the first during top-ranked Saint Thomas Aquinas' season-opening 52-7 victory against Arlington Heights (Ohio) and then again in a 42-34 win against Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.). Both games were nationally-televised. The opener was on ESPN, while the game against then-No. 2 Byrnes was on ESPNU.
In the Arlington game, Joyner caught a momentum-wiping 31-yard touchdown pass in the first half. Against Byrnes, he had Aquinas' first score, a 52-yarder in the first quarter, and then had another momentum-killing play in the fourth quarter when he returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown after the Rebels had pulled within seven.
"There were some guys on our staff who felt he may be in the top three and he could still end up there," said ESPN Scouts Inc's national recruiting director Tom Luginbill. "As a pure athlete he may be the closest thing to Percy Harvin (Minnesota Vikings) we have seen and could be a legit two-way candidate at the next level."
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Lamarcus Joyner, CB/ATH
Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas
Rank: No. 5
Most have believed for some time that Joyner is ticketed for Florida State and he has said that some of the coaching issues that came up a few weeks back had no impact on his decision. But, other schools are still coming after him. Ohio State has always been strong. Notre Dame received an official visit. Florida continues to recruit him, too. Still, most believe when all is said and done Joyner will be a Nole.
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Lamarcus Joyner makes big jump in updated ESPNU 150 - ESPN
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