NSD 2012-Davonte Neal to Notre Dame

[FirstTimer]

Dustin Adams, a 6-foot- 4, 285-pound offensive lineman from Minot (N.D.) High School.

Sal Arceo, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound offensive lineman from Chicago Mt. Carmel High School.

Baltimore, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive end from Olathe East High School in Overland Park, Kan.

Ken Bishop, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound defensive tackle from Sunrise, Fla, Piper High School and Ellsworth Community College.

Anthony Brooks, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound cornerback from Warren Mott High School in Detroit.

Daron Brown, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound offensive lineman from Mumford High School in Detroit.

Brian Canoy, a 6-foot-5, 280-pound defensive tackle from Chicago St. Patrick High School.

Mike Cotton, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound linebacker from O’Fallon (Ill.) Township High School.

Johnny Eagan, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound quarterback from Wautoma (Wisc.) High School.

Ladell Fleming, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Chicago Julian High School.

Perez Ford, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound running back from Romeoville High School.

Conner Gavin, a 6-foot, 190-pound safety from Chicago Notre Dame High School.

Clayton Glasper, a 6-foot-4, 197-pound wide receiver from Peoria Richwoods High School.

Drew Hare, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound quarterback from Fort Zumwalt (Mo.) High School.

Keith Harris Jr., a 5-foot-9, 175-pound running back from Chicago Leo High School.

Cody Hazelett, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound linebacker from Simley (Minn.) High School.

Lincoln Howard, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound tight end from Osceola (WIs.) High School.

Michael Ippolito, a 6-foot-4, 256-pound defensive end from Neuqua Valley High School.

Charles Ivory, a 6-foot, 170-pound cornerback from Vero Beach (Fla.) High School.

Mario Jones, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound defensive tackle from Chicago Hubbard High School.

Desroy Maxwell, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound tight end from Amundsen High School.

Marlon Moore, a 5-foot-9, 180-pound cornerback from C.F. Vigor High School in Mobile, Ala.

Levon Myers, a 6-foot,6, 270-pound offensive lineman from Franklin (Wis.) High School.

Josh Ruka, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive lineman from Greenfield (Wis.) High School.

Austin Smaha, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker/running back from Belvidere (Il.) North High School.

Brad Steger, a 6-foot-7, 305-pound offensive lineman from Rock Island High School.

Mark Strbjak, a 6-oot-4, 200-pound punter from Munster (Ind.) High School.

Scott Taylor, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound offensive lineman from Marian Central Catholic High School.

Corey Thomas, s 6-foot-3, 294-pound defensive tackle from Lindblom Math & Science Academy

Matt Williams, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound quarterback from Geneva (Il.) High School.

[Sharkweather]

So Kyle Murphy and Peat both to Stanford. Those are some nice building blocks to a good offensive line.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

National Signing Day 2012: College Football Recruiting Rankings Update link

LSU has been a bit of a disappointment, as the Tigers have are 10th on the list, despite coming off an appearance in the BCS National Championship game, and taking 22 players. The loss of defensive end Torshiro Davis to Texas was particularly painful.

Florida's class is excellent overall, but the Gators failed to close strong, as UF lost out on linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons, offensive tackle Avery Young, defensive end Leonard Williams and receiver Nelson Agholor. Players who commit on signing day aren't better than those who commit on any other day, but signing day is a way to build momentum and excitement for a program. The Gators did not do that today.

Auburn started quite slow and were on the verge of having a disappointing day, but picked up the pace, signing receiver Ricardo Louis and offensive tackle Avery Young.

The winner of the "team that made the top ten because it took a ridiculous amount of players" award is Miami, with an amazing 33 commitments. Still, Al Golden brought in several quality players and has a plan for The U.

There is some serious disagreement in some of the rankings, as Scout, the clear oddball, chooses to focus more on quantity than quality. This is nothing new, however.

Rankings really don't work like that, as rivals and scout (not sure of 247) only rate the top X recruits (no more than 25).

Miami's class includes 26 (!!!) from the State of Florida and 15 from Dade/Broward/Palm Beach. That's impressive. Other than that, Miami basically cherry picked...QB from Texas, 3 players from Georgia, camp kid from PA, JUCO kid from Alabama, DT from Louisiana.

Basically, stayed in the south east.

If you're Miami, you don't have to recruit much more than that.

Also, kudos to Golden and the staff that were in it, to win it, with a lot of kids down the stretch...Hamilton, JHC, Ed Goldman, Leonard Williams, Avery Young, Reggie Northrup, etc. and despite some late drama with a few (Northrup, Young, Hamilton) had backup plans for everyone...

Northrup bolts...gets Blue.
Scholly opens up...miss out on the other tackles...gets Dequan Ivery.

And lands a big fish in local boy Tracy Howard.

Was a good class for Miami.

Lets hope the evaluations are on the money and these kids work hard and play up to their potential.

[KnightNoles]

Yea, no doubt.. any one at VSD could run between those two

@LiquidLarry

I think you need to read, I think they know the rankings don't work like that..

Miami had to grab a lot of players, debacle of Randy and a lot of attrition through the last 2 years.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

So Kyle Murphy and Peat both to Stanford. Those are some nice building blocks to a good offensive line.

Murphy, Peat to go with Josh Garnett, Graham Shuler. Big time OL class for Stanford. Also got some Barry Sanders Jr., Noor Davis, and some big defensive linemen like Aziz Shittu, Jordan Watkins, Luke Kaumatule...

That's how you build an offensive and defensive line through recruiting.

[Sportsbuck]

Davonte Neal apparently tried to commit to OSU but couldn't... not sure what to make of it here.

Has to mean good things on the Diggs front.

[Irish]

I knew Neal was all OSU. Wonder why he couldn't.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Josh Harvey-Clemons' Letter Of Intent Yet To Arrive At Georgia




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his grandfather wants him to be a Nole I believe

Nole or Gator, they don't care...but Valdosta is ~1h from both while Athens is 4h from Valdosta...plus, I'd bank his grandpa is on the take from one of those schools...he's been the holdup so far in getting that LOI out.

[Sportsbuck]

Taylor Decker is trying to enroll early for spring quarter so that he can go through spring ball...

[cynismus]

Fuck recruiting rankings. Texas has pulled in top 5 classes for years and it doesn't really amount to much. Save the talk about 10+ win seasons.

[KnightNoles]

Fuck recruiting rankings. Texas has pulled in top 5 classes for years and it doesn't really amount to much. Save the talk about 10+ win seasons.

yay and nay...

[ryne candy]

Fuck recruiting rankings. Texas has pulled in top 5 classes for years and it doesn't really amount to much. Save the talk about 10+ win seasons.

but they rank the class NOT what they will bring to the University. Just like the draft, a kid could be a bust, injured, have all the talent but not coached to potential. I enjoy watching it and looking online for news on SD but I also know that after today, the kids need to prove it on the field. That doesn't diminish today as a day that is used for exciting College Football fans.

[sraczk2011]

Stanford cleaned the fuck up today. There's hope for the post-Luck era after all!

[Atlas]

lol at Landon Collins gf getting this shit today:

[Realist]

lol at Landon Collins gf getting this shit today:

Did they say where it came from?