Interesting Perspective on Recruiting

[Champ]

Was looking over the blogs for National Signing day and seeing how NC State was looking recuitwise, and I got to looking at some of the stuff ESPN has about past recruiting classes. It kinda put things in perspective for my one how little the 3, 4 and 5 star ratings mean for this years class. check out the top 20 ESPN top 150 list for 2006. What ever happened to some of these guys?

1 Myron Rolle 94 Florida State S 6'3" 210 The Hun School Of Princeton (NJ)

2 Percy Harvin 93 Florida WR 6'1" 188 Landstown H.S. (VA)


3 Vidal Hazelton 93 USC WR 6'2" 195 Hargrave Military Academy (VA)

4 Andre Smith 93 Alabama OT 6'5" 302 Huffman H.S. (AL)

5 Matthew Stafford 93 Georgia QB 6'3" 210 Highland Park H.S. (TX)

6 DeMarco Murray 92 Oklahoma RB 6'1" 190 Bishop Gorman H.S. (NV)

7 Sergio Kindle 92 Texas OLB 6'3" 220 Woodrow Wilson H.S. (TX)

8 Taylor Mays 92 USC S 6'4" 225 O'Dea H.S. (WA)

9 Micah Johnson 91 Kentucky ILB 6'2" 249 Fort Campbell H.S. (KY)

10 Antwine Perez 91 USC S 6'2" 200 Woodrow Wilson High (NJ)

11 Maurice Evans 91 Penn State DE 6'3" 250 Christ the King H.S. (NY)

12 Mitch Mustain 91 Arkansas QB 6'3" 205 Springdale H.S. (AR)

13 Jevan Snead 91 Texas QB 6'4" 210 Stephenville H.S. (TX)

14 Stafon Johnson 90 USC RB 6'1" 210 Dorsey H.S. (CA)

15 Tim Tebow 90 Florida QB 6'3" 225 Nease H.S. (FL)

16 Jai Eugene 89 LSU CB 5'11" 175 Destrehan H.S. (LA)

17 Al Woods 89 LSU DT 6'4" 315 Elton H.S. (LA)

18 Marcus Ball 89 Florida State OLB 6'1" 210 Stephenson H.S. (GA)

19 Sam Young 89 Notre Dame OT 6'8" 295 Saint Thomas Aquinas School (FL)

20 Brandon Warren 89 Florida State TE 6'3" 230 Alcoa H.S. (TN)


Full List here

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/espnu150?&season=2006&action=upsell&appRedirect=http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/espnu150%3f%26season%3d2006

[Sportsbuck]

ESPN is a joke recruiting wise.

Tom Luginbill still thinks Terrelle Pryor is going to Oregon.

[Nash]

agreed, ESPN is a joke at recruiting

[Bmore]

I love how the people that follow schools like NC State try to throw out that stars mean nothing.

Myron Rolle- 3 year starter should be a 3-4th round pick
Percy Harvin- LOL
Vidal Hazelton- Bust but still has a shot at starting at Cinnci this season.
Andre Smith- top 10 pick
Stafford- #1 Overall
Murray- Would have been a 1 or 2 this year but is returning for his senior season.
Kindle- Should be a 1 or 2 this year.
Taylor Mays- 1st round pick probably top 15 this year.
Micah Johnson- Went to kentucky and was first team all sec last season
Antwine Perez- went to SC then transferred back home to Maryland. BUST

A) ESPN rankings were absolute garbage in 2006 as they very loosely covered recruiting and have just recently stepped up to an adequate level.
B) In the top 10 your looking at 8 sure fire NFL players with two misses.
C) I'm 2 lazy to go through the rest.

USC and Perez will start this year.

[Leftwich]

I'm a personal fan of Rivals recruiting but I also like Scouts.

Just like in The NFL, some prospects never live up to their potential.

[Bmore]

SC is Southern California. I'm guessing your a Maryland fan? Has he done anything there?

oh?

Thought SC was South Carolina Gamecocks.


Anywho, Antwine played SS for us, saw some time at FS and OLB.

He'll be a starter this year with the departure of Terrell Skinner.

[St. Francisco]

oh?

Thought SC was South Carolina Gamecocks.

In South Carolina, they're known as USC.

The civilized world knows them as the team that sounds like a dick.

[Sharkweather]

In South Carolina, they're known as USC.

The civilized world knows them as the team that sounds like a dick.

University of South Carolina was a college before California was a state.

USC is located in Columbia.

[Sportsbuck]

University of South Carolina was a college before California was a state.

USC is located in Columbia.

South Carolina = USCe

[NAHSTE]

University of South Carolina was a college before California was a state.

USC is located in Columbia.

Not according to the US Courts.

[Leftwich]

God damn it!

University of South Carolina was founded in 1801

The State of California was made part of the union in 1850

End of discussion.

[Sportsbuck]

God damn it!

University of South Carolina was founded in 1801

The State of California was made part of the union in 1850

End of discussion.

Outside of South Carolina, no one refers to the University of South Carolina as USC.

If I say USC, I'm referring to the University of Southern California.

[Deviant]

God damn it!

University of South Carolina was founded in 1801

The State of California was made part of the union in 1850

End of discussion.

Hahaha... your avatar is a seal.

[Leftwich]

Outside of South Carolina, no one refers to the University of South Carolina as USC.

If I say USC, I'm referring to the University of Southern California.

Fuck ohio state

[St. Francisco]

University of South Carolina was a college before California was a state.

I'm aware of this...doesn't change the fact that USC is located in California.

::shrug:: That's just the way it is. Ask anyone in the country what USC's team name is, and I promise that 99% will respond with the Trojans.