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re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:03 am to Sebastian
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:03 am to Sebastian
Xavier Williams finished with 4 rec 80 yds & 2 TDs last night though his & Shaun Shivers team got beatdown by James Cook's Miami Central squad. Miami Central is 6A & Chaminade-Madonna is 3A so not a huge surprise
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Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:29 am to Bama3714
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The guy we're likely going to get Saturday has me as excited as anybody that has committed so far. Vernon Jackson is going to be a star.
Vernon Jackson has postponed his commitment.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:30 am to TideSaint
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Boling (Texas) athlete Vernon Jackson has postponed his commitment announcement until Saturday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. CT due to Hurricane Harvey, Bulldogs head coach Kevin Urbanek tells BamaOnLine.
The southeast Texas town is expecting a good amount of rain throughout the weekend from the storm, creating unsafe conditions for people traveling to Jackson's ceremony, which was originally planned for tomorrow.
Alabama, Texas A&M, and TCU are still the expected finalists for the three-star athlete, who the Tide is recruiting as a linebacker.
The 6-foot-3, 240-pounder is rated the No. 27 athlete, and the No. 465 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.
Alabama is the 100 percent favorite on the Crystal Ball.
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I still think we land him, but I thought it was funny.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:34 am to TideSaint
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Several Top247 prospects including players committed to — hold your breath — Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Stanford, Texas, UCLA and USC can be seen on national television as part of this weekend’s GEICO ESPN Football Kickoff.
Four of the top five ranked teams in the MaxPreps Xcellent Top25 headline three days of coverage.
Your viewer’s guide for the who, when and where (all kickoff times ET).
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Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:35 am to TideSaint
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Friday night at 7 p.m. (ESPNU) gets things rolling with No. 4 Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco traveling to No. 5 Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas.
Need To Know: Bosco is the CIF Southern Section Division I defending state champions while Aquinas is fresh off another 7-A title in Florida. Iowa State quarterback commit Re-al Mitchell leads the California powerhouse, where last fall he threw for 3,011 yards and 31 touchdowns with another 1,090 rushing yards and 16 more scores. In this one he’ll face perhaps the best secondary in the country as Aquinas runs out a pair of Top100 2018 cornerbacks in Miami commit Al Blades Jr. and Florida State-bound Asante Samuel Jr. along with one of the best in the 2019 class, Jaden Davis. Louisville-bound safety Trenell Troutman will also be roaming around the defensive backfield.
More Notables: Bosco has close to 30 players holding a Division-I scholarship led by Ohio State safety commit Jaiden Woodbey (No. 3 ranked safety). Woodbey's classmates include UCLA four-star safety commit Stephan Blaylock, Arizona State running back pledge Demetrious Flowers and Washington State-bound linebacker Kedron Williams. The junior class is loaded as well including cornerback Chris Steele, receiver Josh Delgado, defensive tackle Suaava Poti and offensive lineman Marist Talavou all checking in as Top247 recruits.
Florida’s defending state champion Aquinas isn’t hurting for big-time recruits as well. Four-star linebacker Nik Bonitto (Louisville is the 247Sports Crystal Ball favorite) and Louisville defensive tackle commit Dejmi Dumervil Jean are seniors in the front seven. They also have two more 2019s ranked inside the Top247 in running back Daniel Carter and linebacker Anthony Solomon.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:36 am to TideSaint
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Friday night at 9 p.m. (ESPN) No. 13 Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha at No. 2 Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman
Need To Know: Defending National Champions Bishop Gorman brings in a 54-game winning streak, while DeMatha has won four straight league championships on the other side of the country. UCLA Top247 quarterback commit Dorian Thompson-Robinson was highly recruited for the Gaels but makes his first start under center after waiting his turn and playing receiver as Ohio State freshman Tate Martell was leading the charge en route to National Gatorade Player of the Year honors. Meanwhile the Stags have a rookie starter of their own in senior Tyler Lenhart who replaces Air Force's Beau English. Lenhart has Division-I interest and hopes to land an offer with a strong final campaign.
More Notables: The nation’s No. 1 inside linebacker, USC commit Palaie Gaoteote, leads the Gorman defense, while Thompson-Robinson will certainly look for the America’s No. 3 tight end Brevin Jordan (committed to Miami) and Arizona State commit Jalen Nailor as his playmakers. Highly recruited offensive lineman Jacob Isaia anchors the hogmollies up front.
DeMatha has one of America’s top running backs regardless of grade in 2020 standout Marshawn Lloyd (247Sports ranks as the nation’s No. 1 RB and No. 9 player overall). Other key players include Maryland commits in Top247 defensive tackle Austin Fontaine and four-star offensive guard Evan Gregory. Two Pitt commits also take the field in defensive end John Morgan and cornerback Judson Tallandier. The Stags' most sought-after 2019 prospect is athlete DeMarcco Hellams.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:37 am to TideSaint
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Saturday at noon (ESPN) Tulsa (Okla.) Union at Broken Arrow (Okla.) High
Need To Know: Defending state champ Union ranks No. 1 in the state by MaxPreps while host Broken Arrow checks in at No. 15.
More Notables: Oklahoma State Top247 receiver commit CJ Moore along with Oklahoma pledges in defensive lineman Jordan Kelley and safety Patrick Fields lead state power Union while 2019 running back Darius Boone is another to keep an eye on. Broken Arrow’s big-name recruit is 2020 Andrew Raym who 247Sports ranks as the No. 2 offensive tackle in the country.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:37 am to TideSaint
At least it's a good reason. I was worried when I first saw the news. Weather is going to be pretty bad around Houston this weekend, so it makes sense to postpone.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:38 am to TideSaint
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Saturday at 7:30 (ESPN2) Jacksonville (Fla.) Bartram Trail at Cartersville (Ga.) High
Need To Know: Led by Clemson quarterback commit/No. 2 overall player in the country Trevor Lawrence, Cartersville is ranked by MaxPreps as the No. 3 team in Georgia and has won two straight state championships. Meanwhile Bartram Trail is billed by MaxPreps as the No. 19 team in Florida.
More Notables: Bartram Trail has two Division-I quarterbacks in the senior class led by the nation’s No. 3 athlete in Auburn commit Joey Gatewood along classmate Riley Smith, who has garnered a ton of mid-major and Ivy League interest. 2019 running back Devin Ellison has Power Five offers as well. For Cartersville, 2018 linebacker JaCorey Johns, 2019 tight end Jackson Lowe and 2019 defensive end Isaiah Chaney are a few other headliners.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:39 am to TideSaint
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Saturday at 10:30 (ESPNU) No. 3 Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy at No. 14 Chandler (Ariz.) High
Need To Know: A year ago IMG finished No. 2 nationally behind Bishop Gorman. They currently have 61 former players on FBS rosters and this looks like their most talented football team yet, led by the best defensive line in the country. Meanwhile Chandler is the defending 6-A state champs in Arizona.
More Notables: IMG's defense is special and it begins up front with the nation’s No. 1 defensive end (five-star Clemson commit Xavier Thomas) and top-ranked defensive tackle (five-star Ohio State commit Taron Vincent). That's the tip of the iceberg for a group that also includes Alabama Top247 defensive end commit Stephon Wynn, Georgia Tech-bound defensive tackle TK Chimedza and a top five player in the 2019 class in Georgia defensive end verbal Nolan Smith. The second level of the defense includes Texas' Top247 linebacker commit Ayodele Adeoye, Clemson commit Mike Jones Jr., Top247 2019 recruit Mikel Jones and 2019 Michigan verbal Charles Thomas. The secondary is paced by future Nebraska cornerback Brendan Radley-Hiles and cornerback/safety Houston Griffith.
On offense IMG also boasts the best backfield in America led by Oklahoma commit T.J. Pledger and a pair of ballyhooed 2019s — Noah Cain and Alabama commit Trey Sanders, who rank No. 1 and No. 3 nationally at the position, respectively. Miami quarterback commit Artur Sitkowski and future Hurricanes receiver Brian Hightower are also suited up while receiver Jalen Jordan is one of the program’s more intriguing lesser-known prospects. On the offensive line you’ll see Florida State commit Verdis Brown, Florida commit Curtis Dunlap, Top247 offensive tackle Reuben Unije, the No. 5 offensive guard in the country in 2019 in Evan Neal and Alabama 2019 verbal Deyavie Hammond.
And IMG actually has more guys than that.
Meanwhile for the home team, Chandler 2019 quarterback Jacob Conover is one of the West’s best and holds six early offers including Alabama. He threw for 3,715 yards and 32 touchdowns to just five interceptions last fall. His top target is BYU receiver commit Gunner Romney.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:40 am to TideSaint
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Saturday at 3:30 (ESPNU) Saraland (Ala.) High at Franklin (Ga.) Heard County
Need To Know: The quarterbacks are why this ballgame is on national television as neither team is ranked inside the Top50 of their respective states by MaxPreps. Saraland is led by 247Sports’s No. 8 ranked pro-style passer in Stanford commit Jack West while Ohio State bound signal-caller Emory Jones is the nation’s No. 3 dual-threat guy taking snaps for Heard County.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:40 am to TideSaint
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Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne plays at Gibsonia (Pa.) Pine-Richland.
Need To Know: The nation’s No. 4 athlete L'Christian Smith will make his college decision and Ohio State is the heavy 247Sports Crystal Ball favorite for the receiver target. Smith leads a Wayne team that MaxPreps bills No. 7 in Ohio while Pine-Richland checks in at No. 8 in Pennsylvania.
More Notables: Kentucky defensive end commit Alex Reigelsperger also suits up for Wayne while Pine-Richland’s star is the nation’s No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in Notre Dame commit Phil Jurkovec.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:43 am to CapstoneGrad06
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I was worried when I first saw the news.
My stomach dropped when I saw the headline on BOL.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:48 am to TideSaint
I'm excited to watch these HS games
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:50 am to Captain Crown
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I'm excited to watch these HS games
I wish IMG would play Bishop Gorman. They would have killed them last year, but somehow BG was named "National Champions."
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:56 am to TideSaint
One last note on Asa Martin that I've been pondering the last few minutes or so.
We heard both his coach and recruiting analysts say he hadn't tipped anyone off as to his commitment, yet everyone was leaning Auburn the last 24 hours before he announced.
How does that happen if he never talked to anyone about it?
We heard both his coach and recruiting analysts say he hadn't tipped anyone off as to his commitment, yet everyone was leaning Auburn the last 24 hours before he announced.
How does that happen if he never talked to anyone about it?
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:57 am to TideSaint
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The recent updates from the industry to the 2018 247Sports Composite rankings that resulted in a move up to No. 1 overall for Kennesaw (Ga.) Harrison quarterback Justin Fields also included moves into the five-star and four-star range for several prospects.
Ohio State doubled the number of five-star prospects it has committed as tight end Jeremy Ruckert and running back Jaelen Gill each added a fifth star. Ruckert moved up 23 spots from No. 45 to No. 22 in the updated rankings.
Lancaster (Calif.) Antelope Valley wide receiver Devon Williams is the third new five-star prospect after moving up 38 spots to No. 20 overall. There are currently seven 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions for Williams, all for the Oregon Ducks.
Florida quarterback commit Matt Corral fell out of the five-star range and now sits at No. 32 overall in the recruiting industry-generated ranking.
Miami offensive line commit Delone Scaife (No. 388 to No. 285) and Florida linebacker commit David Reese (No. 341 to No. 277) each added a fourth star, while Florida State linebacker commit Amari Gainer (No. 324 to No. 338) and Penn State linebacker commit Nick Tarburton (No. 314 to No. 368) fell outside the current four-star range.
Below is a look at many of the players making a move up and down in the updated 247Sports Composite rankings.
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Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:58 am to TideSaint
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MOVING UP
WR Devon Williams – 58 to 20 (new 5-star)
TE Jeremy Ruckert (Ohio State) – 45 to 22 (new 5-star)
RB Jaelen Gill (Ohio State) – 25 to same (new 5-star)
WR Justin Shorter (Penn State) – 17 to 12
CB Isaac Taylor-Stuart – 28 to 26
LB Teradja Mitchell (Ohio State) – 41 to 37
CB Jalen Green (Texas) – 53 to 40
WR Jacob Copeland (Florida) – 52 to 44
TE Luke Ford – 60 to 47
DE Tyreke Smith – 68 to 55
ATH Talanoa Hufanga – 77 to 58
WR JaMarr Chase (Florida) – 100 to 69
WR Jordyn Adams (North Carolina) – 90 to 80
ATH Bryan Addison – 124 to 81
OL Justin Dedich (USC) – 121 to 88
WR Kevin Austin (Notre Dame) – 113 to 91
DT Tommy Togiai – 119 to 97
WR Chase Cota – 125 to 104
OT Rasheed Walker – 118 to 108
DE Azeez Ojulari (Georgia) – 138 to 115
LB Channing Tindall – 130 to 121
QB Jack Tuttle (Utah) – 135 to 123
CB D'shawn Jamison – 146 to 133
LB Brandon Kaho (BYU) – 170 to 136
WR Isaah Crocker – 178 to 165
ATH Tre'Shaun Harrison (Oregon) – 198 to 179
LB Cameron McGrone (Michigan) – 210 to 205
RB Mychale Salahuddin (USC) – 216 to 208
DE Jeremiah Martin – 312 to 267
OG Delone Scaife (Miami) – 388 to 285 (new 4-star)
LB David Reese (Florida) – 341 to 277 (new 4-star)
CB Chris Smith (Georgia) – 327 to 313
QB Devin Leary (N.C. State) – 323 to 316
QB Jace Ruder (North Carolina) – 462 to 378
TE Spencer Webb (Oregon) – 445 to 405
S Aaron Brule – 506 to 439
OG Jarrett Bell (Alabama) – 507 to 454
Posted on 8/25/17 at 8:59 am to TideSaint
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MOVING DOWN
QB Matt Corral (Florida) – 23 to 32 (Lost 5th star)
WR Kamryn Babb – 39 to 56
S Derrik Allen (Notre Dame) – 64 to 71
WR Justin Watkins – 47 to 73
WR Joshua Moore (Nebraska) – 76 to 83
WR Xavier Williams (Alabama) – 96 to 117
LB Dax Hollifield – 104 to 125
WR Alontae Taylor (Tennessee) – 136 to 150
WR Anthony Schwartz – 147 to 170
QB Jack West (Stanford) – 123 to 177
TE Cameron Jurgens (Nebraska) – 132 to 180
WR Elijah Moore (Georgia) – 180 to 209
LB Zakoby McClain – 213 to 240
LB Salua Masina – 236 to 290
LB Amari Gainer (Florida State) – 324 to 338 (lost 4th star)
LB Nick Tarburton (Penn State) – 314 to 368 (lost 4th star)
RB Shaun Shivers (Auburn) – 364 to 397
ATH Armani Chatman (Virginia Tech) – 396 to 427
OT Daniel Faalele – 382 to 436
WR Demarcus Gregory (Ole Miss) – 431 to 498
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:13 am to TigerPaw1
From TigerPaw:
How anyone can have Ole Miss in their Top 3 right now is insane.
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KN has update on 4* WR Seth Williams. Williams continues to say coach he is closest to is Kodi Burns. Says the two talk most every day and calls him "like a brother". He plans on visiting for the first game next weekend and believes AU is going to throw the ball more this season. He just wants to see it. Plans to commit either near the end of the season or after. Claims no official leader but sounds like top 3 right now are Auburn, Alabama and Ole Miss. Auburn told him they want him as a big bodied guy they can throw the deep ball to
How anyone can have Ole Miss in their Top 3 right now is insane.
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