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Underclassmen prospects in the St Louis metro area

Posted on 8/26/13 at 2:32 pm
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 8/26/13 at 2:32 pm
I've been reading the St Louis newspaper articles on the top ten large school teams in the metro area and in just about every article, they mention a sophomore or junior that will be critical to the success of the team. This thread is meant to highlight some of those players that may end up being on the recruiting radar for some SEC teams in the future. If the players have a recruiting site profile, I'll link it, but I haven't found many of them yet.

Xavier Sneed - WR - 2016 Hazelwood Central
Team Profile
quote:

Vanatta is particularly high on his group of receivers. In addition to Quarells, sophomore Xavier Sneed (6-4, 190) and senior tight ends Charles Smith and Jordan Ritchie (both 6-2, 250) show a lot of promise.

Sneed is a highly thought of basketball prospect playing forward for Hazelwood Central. I haven't seen much in the way of football news on him, but he's got size at the WR position and high level athletic ability. He is teammates with Roderick Johnson, who is being recruited by several SEC schools for 2014, so he should be seen by a lot of coaches this season.

Robert Taylor - G - 2015 Kirkwood
Team Profile
quote:

Junior Robert Taylor (6-2, 285) will be at guard.

No info on him other than his size. Starting on the OL for defending state champions.

AJ Paul-Torres - LB - 2016 O'Fallon, IL
Team Profile
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The linebacking unit is keyed by Marques Cooper (6-0, 210) and sophomore A.J. Paul-Torres (6-0, 205), a transfer from St. Louis U. High.

Plays on a team with a couple high level 2014 recruits, so he'll be on the radar early if he shows some talent this season.

Michael Slater - RB/DL - 2015 Parkway Central
Team Profile
quote:

Running back Augie Brooks rushed for 1,584 yards, and 270-pound junior running back Michael Slater added 455 yards rushing and a team-high 11 touchdowns.

Scout Profile
Scout lists him as a DE, newspaper lists rushing stats. Big athletic kid. Plays on the same team as a current Notre Dame commit, will get seen this year.

There are more guys that I will list later as more articles come out. I will try to update this thread periodically also. I know there is at least one very highly rated 2015 from East St Louis I haven't listed yet.

And none of this is scientific, I know very little about these players. Just an informational thing to give people some players to look out for in the future.
Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 8/26/13 at 2:48 pm to
Thanks for the names and info. Here's one I'll add from an article I just read. Plays for East St. Louis, who has 2 of the top 5 players in Illinois in Beckner and Strong, so this kid should get plenty of looks from scouts as well. Freshman WR Jeff Thomas. At 5' 11", I'd imagine he still has a couple/few more inches to grow too as he's going into his freshman year.

quote:

The Next Big Thing

The East St. Louis football program is as tradition-rich as any school in the state, turning out several championship teams and many, many scholarship players.

As this year’s team looks to bring home another title, they’ll need freshman receiver Jeff Thomas to come up big and Sunkett is figuring he will.

“We have an incoming freshman that’s going to really turn some heads this year,” Sunkett started. “A fleet-footed wide receiver. The kid is 5-10, 5-11, one of the fastest kids on the team right there with Nate.

“This will be the first freshman receiver we’ve had start. That’s saying something right there. Just very explosive. Out of our four wide outs he’s head and shoulders above everyone else right now.”

Missouri is already recruiting Thomas.


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Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
25485 posts
Posted on 8/26/13 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

There are more guys that I will list later as more articles come out. I will try to update this thread periodically also. I know there is at least one very highly rated 2015 from East St Louis I haven't listed yet.



As for 2015 class, East St. Louis has 2 kids that are very highly rated.

Terry Beckner Jr. is a 5* DE who I believe is the #2 ranked player in the country for 2015.

LINK

Natereace Strong is a 4* RB who is ranked 3rd in the state of Illinois.

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Posted by sarc
Member since Mar 2011
9997 posts
Posted on 8/26/13 at 5:48 pm to
I know he's not an underclassman, but anyone know where Brian Wallace is leaning?
Posted by Garfield
Kew Gardens
Member since Dec 2011
7785 posts
Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:54 pm to
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ProjectP2294




We could use you on the Mizzou board!!

I would start a thread for you on the Mizzou board but the last one I started didn't go so well.

Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
139865 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:16 pm to
Project do you coach in the Metro?
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