All-SEC Football Players and Their Ratings out of High School

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Halliburton:

Suzanne Halliburton @suzhalliburton  ·  14 minutes ago

Rethinking t#statesman 2010 Fabulous 55: How fab were they?A look at all 55. http://shar.es/1o0be1

1. Jeffcoat, Plano West DE (Texas): All-American, Big 12 defensive player of the year, and Hendricks winner in 2013. On the Redskins' roster.

3. Jake Matthews, Fort Bend Elkins OL (Texas A&M): Was a two-time All-SEC selection at left tackle. Was taken with the No. 6 overall pick of the 2014 draft.

11. Lache Seastrunk, Temple RB (Oregon): Transferred to Baylor in 2011. Gained 2,189 yards in two seasons; drafted by Washington (6th) in 2014.

12. Luke Joeckel, Arlington OL (Texas A&M): Won the Outland Trophy in 2012 and was the second overall pick of the 2013 draft.

14. Evan Washington, DeSoto OL (LSU): Started the final two regular season games of his career, which was slowed by injuries, academic issues.

19. Shep Klinke, Katy OL (Texas A&M): Started three games in his Aggies career.

20. Adrian White, DeSoto CB (Texas A&M): Payed in 17 career games, then left the team in 2012.

23. DeAndrew White, Galena Park North Shore WR (Alabama): Caught 40 career passes; started 10 games as a senior in 2014.

27. Eddrick Loften, Irving Nimitz S (Tennessee): Failed to qualify academically. Landed at Southeastern Oklahoma.

28. James Franklin, Lake Dallas QB (Missouri): Led Mizzou to the SEC title game and a Cotton Bowl victory as a senior. Was briefly with the Detroit Lions.

34. Cedric Ogbuehi, Allen OL (Texas A&M): A four-year starter and a first-team All-American in 2014.

40. Ben Melena, Cedar Hill RB (Texas A&M): Was a two-year starter and the Aggies' top tailback in 2012, 2013.

41. Nehemiah Hicks, Hutto TE (Texas A&M): Started 18 games for the Aggies, with 32 career catches.

46. Chad Lindsay, The Woodlands OL (Alabama): Started 4 games as a senior, in 2013, then transferred to Ohio State. Ended up retiring, due to injury.

49. Zach Lee, McKinney QB (LSU): Ended up quitting football when he was drafted by the Dodgers in the first round of the MLB draft.

50. Cam Feldt, Pilot Point OL (Arkansas): Reshirted with the Razorbacks, then transferred to North Texas.

52. Jameill Showers, Killeen Shoemaker QB (Texas A&M): Was a backup for three seasons at A&M, then transferred to UTEP, where he started 19 games.

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n the 100 days leading up to signing day 2015, RecruitingNation will be looking back at our ESPN recruiting rankings from 2006 to the present and counting down the best player of the past 10 years at each ranking position, No. 100 to No. 1.

DeMarco Murray, No. 6 in 2006 class

Honorable mention: Trent Richardson, No. 6 in 2009 class

Richardson starred at Alabama with 3,130 rushing yards and 35 TDs in three seasons and 2011 All-American honors before heading to the NFL draft in 2012, when he was selected No. 3 overall by the Cleveland Browns... Landon Collins, No. 6 in the 2012 class, is projected to be a first-round selection in the 2015 draft after a stellar career as a safety at Alabama...

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In the 100 days leading up to signing day 2015, RecruitingNation will be looking back at our ESPN recruiting rankings from 2006 to the present and counting down the best player of the past 10 years at each ranking position, No. 100 to No. 1.

A.J. Green, No. 5 in 2008 class

Green came out of Summerville High as one of the top prospects the state of South Carolina has ever produced. While many of the nation's top programs recruited him, including Florida State, Notre Dame and Florida, the Under Armour All-America Game alumnus made his commitment to childhood favorite Georgia early in the process. Green was part of a 2008 Bulldogs top-10 class that featured Toby Jackson, Brandon Boykin, Ben Jones, Cornelius Washington and DeAngelo Tyson.

As a junior, Green was suspended for the first four games of the season [not certain if he got to play against Arkansas], but still made a team-leading 57 receptions for 848 yards and nine scores, earning All-SEC second-team honors.

Green had 166 receptions for 2,619 yards and 23 touchdowns in three seasons despite missing seven games to injury and NCAA suspension.

Green chose to forgo his final season of eligibility and was selected No. 4 overall in the 2011 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He has been named to the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons in the league.

Honorable mention: Matthew Stafford, No. 5 in 2006 class. Stafford also starred at Georgia and was selected No. 1 overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2009 NFL draft. Martez Wilson, No. 5 in 2007 class. Wilson played at Illinois and was a third-round selection (No. 72 overall) by the New Orleans Saints in the 2011 draft. Laremy Tunsil, No. 5 in 2013 class. has been a two-year starter at Ole Miss, and is a potential first-round NFL draft selection following the 2015 season.

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ESPN SEC @ESPN_SEC  ·  2 hours ago

SEC two-star standouts from 2010 http://es.pn/1wXmJK6

1. Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt: Ranking: two-star, No. 153 WR...

2. Brad Wing, P, LSU: Ranking: two-star, No. 24 K (usual top range P/PK rating)

3. Henry Josey, RB, Missouri: Ranking: two-star, No. 258 ATH...

4. Avery Williamson, LB, Kentucky: Ranking: two-star, No. 56 ILB...

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In the 100 days leading up to signing day 2015, RecruitingNation will be looking back at our ESPN recruiting rankings from 2006 to the present and count down the best player of the past 10 years at each ranking position, No. 100 to No. 1.

Eric Berry, No. 4 in 2007 class

Berry came out of Creekside High in Fairburn, Georgia,. as the most highly coveted cornerback prospect in the 2007 class. While he had offers from USC, Ohio State and many others nationally, he ultimately picked Tennessee over Georgia and Auburn due to a strong relationship with then-Volunteers coach Phil Fulmer and staff. Berry was a member of a top five class for the Volunteers.

As a junior, Berry made 83 tackles, seven tackles for loss and two INT's in 12 starts. He was once again tabbed All-SEC first team, unanimous All-American and took home the prestigious Jim Thorpe Award as well as being a finalist for the Lott Award and Bronko Nagurski Award.

Berry chose to forgo his final season of eligibility following the 2009 season. He left Tennessee with 38 starts in 38 games played, 241 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and 14 interceptions.

Berry was selected No. 5 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2010 NFL draft. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three of his first four years before being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in early December.

Honorable mention: Andre Smith, No. 4 in 2006 class. Smith was two-time first-team All-SEC and All-American at Alabama before being taken No. 6 overall in the 2009 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Dre Kirkpatrick, No. 4 in 2009 class. Kirkpatrick was a two-time All-SEC second-team pick at Alabama before being selected No. 17 overall in the 2012 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Mackensie Alexander, No. 4 in 2013 class, and Myles Garrett, No. 4 in 2014 class, are future NFL draft choices with high pick potential.

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Brent Zwerneman @BrentZwerneman  ·  3 hours ago

When Recruiting mixes with Twitter: A wild, weird new world of fan-athlete interaction: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/Twitter-blurs-boundaries-between-recruiting-6055730.php?t=f40ef8c69cb087cae0&cmpid=twitter-premium ... via @HoustonChron

Thanks to a wave of Internet enhancements and instant access via smartphones and tablets, those who follow recruiting have turned the practice into an interactive sport, with otherwise law-abiding citizens unknowingly becoming NCAA rule-breakers...

"It's a little bit creepy, especially when you've got 40-year-old men doing this," Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter  said. "Fans can look up these kids so easily, that's the scary part. I think back to that old 'Saturday Night Live' skit with William Shatner speaking at a 'Star Trek' convention. He tells all the people who are dressed up, 'Get a life!' Recruiting has become that for so many people - they live on Twitter to see what these kids are going to do.

"On the other side of it, that passion speaks to how popular the college game is year round. But you want to ask people to tap the brakes a little bit. I don't know how you do that."

Last week, DeRuyter visited a coach and a recruit at a California high school and later dropped in at a neighboring school for the same purpose.

A prospect approached him at the second school, with what had become news from DeRuyter's first visit, thanks to Twitter.

"He told me he knew I had been seeing so-and-so," a bemused DeRuyter said. "He had read it on social media - and it had only been 15 minutes since I'd been at the other place."

Secrets, for the most part, are few and far between when it comes to recruiting in 2015.

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ESPN SEC @ESPN_SEC  ·  1 hour ago
100 days, 100 players: No. 3 Vernon Hargreaves III http://es.pn/1LFsxCF

Hargreaves III was considered the top cornerback in the country in 2013 class coming out of Wharton High in Tampa. The son of Arkansas linebackers coach Vernon Hargreaves picked the Florida Gators in July 2012 over USC, Clemson, Miami and a host of others after considering more than 50 offers. He headlined a top 10 Florida 2013 class that included Kelvin Taylor, Keanu Neal, Daniel McMillan, Roderick Johnson, Marcell Harris Alex Anzalone, Demarcus Robinson and others.

Entering the 2015 season, the pure cover corner is expected to be named to almost every preseason All-American team, and he's very likely to enter the 2016 NFL Draft.

Honorable mention: Dominique Easley, No. 3 in 2010 class. Easley battled knee injuries at Florida, but was still dominant at times. He was selected No. 29 overall in the 2014 NFL draft by the New England Patriots.

Cyrus Kouandjio, No. 3 in 2011 class. After starting starting his last two seasons at Alabama, Kouandjio chose to forgo his final season in Tuscaloosa and was drafted in the second round (No. 44 overall) in the 2014 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.

Dorial Geen-Beckham, No. 3 in 2012 class. Green-Beckham played two seasons at Missouri before being dismissed from the program. Following a transfer season at Oklahoma, he decided to forgo remaining eligibility and enter the 2015 NFL Draft where he is expected to be drafted in the first two rounds.

Cam Robinson, No. 3 in 2014 class. Robinson started all season as a freshman at Alabama, and is considered a top-notch NFL prospect following the 2016 season.

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AL.com sports @aldotcomSports  ·  16 minutes ago

Alabama in line for 5th straight recruiting title, but Nick Saban's no fan of rankings. http://ow.ly/IpPZB

...for a second straight year, Alabama enters signing day atop all three rankings based on the known commitments. 247Sports says Alabama has six 5-stars, Scout has that number at five and Rivals says four. Of Scout's top 100 players, 10 are committed to Alabama.

The group includes the nation's No. 2 quarterback (Blake Barnett), No. 1 receiver (Calvin Ridley) and No. 2 safety (Deionte Thompson).

Saban isn't big on these rankings.

"I say this every year, but recruiting is not an exact science," he said on signing day 2012. "No one knows for sure how these players are going to develop in the future."

He illustrated that point with an example the year before that.

"Just because you pick the best puppy dog with the biggest feet that doesn't mean he's going to grow up to be the best hunting dog," Saban said in 2011 after signing the No. 1 class according to 247Sports and Rivals. "A lot of these young players are very good. They are very talented. They've had great success as high school players but they are going to make a tremendous amount of improvement, almost as much as the time they were freshmen in high school to the time they are a senior in high school, they're going to do the same thing in college.

"I think the challenge for us is to help these players develop so that they can have success not only on the field but in the classroom and to continue to develop personally, academically and athletically."

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SEC Network @SECNetwork  ·  16 minutes ago

#SigningDay will be dominated by the #SEC. The conference's 102 ESPN 300 commitments is more than twice as many as any other conference.

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John Talty @JTalty  ·  59 minutes ago

.@tomluginbill @jcshurburtt @rivalsmike @brandonhuffman explain how they put together recruiting rankings http://ow.ly/IpBSQ

Fans can see the end result in the recruiting rankings, but rarely get to find out the why. Intent on offering transparency, AL.com spoke with national recruiting experts at the four major services to find out what goes into the recruiting rankings process and why they all differentiate...

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Cecil Hurt @CecilHurt  ·  52 minutes ago

The great thing about National Signing Day is that, no matter what you want the narrative to be, you can make the "data" fit. #NoScoreboard

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In the 100 days leading up to signing day 2015, RecruitingNation will be looking back at our ESPN recruiting rankings from 2006 to the present and count down the best player of the past 10 years at each ranking position, No. 100 to No. 1.

Julio Jones, No. 2 in 2008 class

Jones came out of Foley High in Alabama as a near lock for the Crimson Tide, but Alabama received a battle from Florida, Florida State and Oklahoma before Jones announced for the home-state school on Feb. 6, 2008. Jones was part of a star-studded Alabama class that included Mark Barron, Terrence Cody, Marcell Dareus, Dont'a Hightower, Mark Ingram, Barrett Jones, Courtney Upshaw, Robert Lester, Michael Williams, Brad Smelley, Damion Square and Tyler Love.

As a freshman in 2008, Jones became the favorite target of quarterback John Parker Wilson. In 14 games, all starts, the Under Armour All-America Game alumnus caught 58 passes for 924 yards and four touchdowns, as well as totaling 956 all-purpose yards. He was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and All-SEC second team by the league coaches, and Freshman All-American by numerous publications...

Jones chose to forgo his final season of eligibility in Tuscaloosa and enter the 2011 NFL draft. In three seasons at Alabama, he caught 179 passes for 2,653 yards and 15 TDs, and totaled over 3,000 all-purpose yards.

Jones was drafted No. 6 overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2011 draft. He has been selected to a pair of Pro Bowls, including following the 2014 season.

Honorable mention: Percy Harvin, No. 2 in 2006 class. Harvin starred on a pair of Florida Gators BCS National Championship teams before he was selected No. 22 overall in the 2009 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Manti Te'o, No. in 2009 class (sic).

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Here's what the first ¶ begins with:

All the major recruiting services -- ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals.com and Scout.com -- have their own set of rankings. They are a good indicator of future success for college football programs

What can you glean from a contradiction like this ^?

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In the 100 days leading up to signing day 2015, RecruitingNation will be looking back at our ESPN recruiting rankings from 2006 to the present and counting down the best player of the past 10 years at each ranking position, No. 100 to No. 1.

Jadeveon Clowney, No. 1 in 2011 class

Clowney came out of in Rock Hill, South Carolina, as arguably the best prospect the state had ever produced...

Clowney chose to forgo his final season of eligibility in Columbia as everyone expected. He finished his three seasons at South Carolina with 47.0 tackles for loss, 24 sacks, and a school record nine forced fumbles.

Clowney was drafted No. 1-overall by the Houston Texans in the 2014 NFL draft. He again battled injury most of his rookie season, accounting for just seven tackles.

Honorable mention: All six prospects ranked No. 1-overall that are NFL draft eligible have been drafted. That list is: Myron Rolle, No. 1 in 2006 class. Joe McKnight, No. 1 in 2007 class. Da'Quan Bowers, No. 1 in 2008 class. Matt Barkley, No. 1 in 2009 class. Ronald Powell, No. 1 in 2010 class, and Clowney. Mario Edwards Jr., No. 1 in 2012 class will be selected in the 2015 NFL draft, and Robert Nkemdiche and Leonard Fournette are locks to be drafted high in future NFL drafts.

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New commits as of lunch time on NSD:



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SEC Network @SECNetwork  ·  1 hour ago

The #SEC currently has 12 schools in the top 22. No other conference has more than three. #SigningDay

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Top Pro Style QB's counting for SEC team rankings from '15

Ty Storey           5.9  92  Arkansas      Charleston
Drew Lock           5.8  95  Mizzou         Lee's Summit
Quinten Dormady  5.8  93  Tennessee    Boerne, TX
Kyle Shurmur       5.8  90  Vandy          Wyndmoor, PA La Salle
Nick Tiano           5.7  83  Miss. St.      Chattanooga Baylor School
Tyler Queen        5.6  89  Auburn         North Cobb

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Top Dual-Threat QB's counting for SEC team rankings from '15

Blake Barnett     6.0  98  Bama  Corona Santiago
Kyler Murray      5.9  98  A&M   Allen
Sheriron Jones   5.8  92  Vols    Moreno Valley Rancho Verde
Jauan Jennings   5.8  96  Vols   Murfreesboro Blackman
Lorenzo Nunez   5.8  89  SC      Kennesaw Harrison
Jason Pellerin     5.7  91  OM    New Iberia Catholic

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Top QB signed with the other SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Justin McMillan   5.4  80  LSU  Cedar Hill

Note: Georgia and Kentucky passed on QBs in the '15 class

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Top RB's counting for SEC team rankings from '15

Damien Harris     6.1  97  Bama  Madison Southern
Derrius Guice      6.1  96  LSU     Catholic
Kerryon Johnson  6.0  97  AU      Madison Academy
Eric Swinney       5.9  95  OM      Sandy Creek
Nick Gibson         5.9  90  MS      Pinson Valley
David Ducre        5.9  93  LSU     Mandeville Lakeshore
Jordan Scarlett    5.8  94  UF       St. Thomas Aquinas
Desherrius Flowers 5.8 94 Bama  Vigor
Jordan Kroncrite  5.8  91  UF       Westminster Christian
Natereace Strong 5.8       MU      Hinds CC
Marquise Doherty 5.8 90  MU      Winnetonka
Nicholas Brossette 5.7 92 LSU     University Lab
Jay Bradford        5.7  91 A&M     Splendora
Rawleigh Williams III 5.7 89  Ark  Bishop Lynch
AJ Turner             5.7  89  SC      Clifton Centreville
Mon Denson        5.7  87  SC       LaGrange
Alec Murphy        5.7  84  MS      Nixa R 2

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Free 247 article.

http://247sports.com/Article/Southeastern-Conference-Football-Recruiting-Game-Changers-2015-35519202

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Top RBs signed with the other SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Dare Odeyingbo  5.6  VU   Cistercian Prep
Josh Crawford    5.5  VU    Elmore Edgewood Academy
Siehiem King      5.5  UK    Colquitt County
Tae Crowder      5.3  UGa  Harris County

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Top All Purpose Backs counting for SEC team rankings from '15

Kendall Bussey       5.9  87  A&M  Isidore Newman
Keith Mixon           5.7  87   MS   Shades Valley


Top Fullbacks counting for SEC team rankings from '15

Chandler Cox         5.8  89  AU    Apopka
Bry'Kiethon Mouton 5.6 86 LSU  Lafayette Acadiana
Dare Odeyingbo     5.6  86  VU    Cistercian Prep

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ESPN SEC @ESPN_SEC  ·  27 minutes ago

SEC morning links http://es.pn/1KSiFnO

So how accurate are recruiting rankings and what can we do to improve them? Football Study Hall's Bill Connelly takes a look... -- but of course no subjective evaluation standard is perfect. It's an interesting subject to explore.

Thoughts on college football recruiting rankings, their imperfections, and how they could be improved in the future.

There's a difference between flawed and fatally flawed

If you use nothing but recruiting rankings as a guide, you can come up with a reasonably accurate assessment of who will and won't be good from year to year. Or at least, you'll have a nice starting point for such an assessment. Obviously using only recruiting rankings in 2014 would have left you aiming way too high on teams like Florida and Michigan and way too low on teams like TCU and Oregon. But generally speaking, it'll get you a certain distance down the road.

Where the two camps -- "recruiting rankings are lifeblood" vs. "recruiting rankings are overrated/flawed" -- differ is in the development angle, of course. There are, after all, three pieces to basically any team sport: talent acquisition, talent development, and talent deployment. The middle is the toughest to talk about because, among other things, it involves things we can't see.

Recruiting and recruiting rankings tell us about the acquisition portion, and stats and our own eyeballs tell us about deployment. But development allows for teams like those on the 538 list of overachievers to make up ground on those who acquire a higher level of talent through acquisition.

Whether it's the "find the big-boned Northern European types and get some excellent running backs to run behind them" approach of Wisconsin or the "find great athletes and teach them a position" approach of someone like Missouri, certain programs/coaches have been particularly solid at making up ground through development.

The question, then, becomes this: what should recruiting services do about that? ...

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/after-signing-day-wisconsin-makes-the-best-of-its-recruits

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Top WRs signed with the other SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Calvin Ridley       6.1  98  Bama  Coconut Creek Monarch
Tyron Johnson    6.1  97  LSU    NOLA Warren Easton
Christian Kirk      6.1  97  A&M   Scottsdale Saguaro
DeMarkus Lodge  6.0  97  OM    Cedar Hill
Ryan Davis         6.0  90  AU     St. Petersburg Lakewood
Daylon Charlot    5.9  95  Bama  Patterson
Van Jefferson     5.9  95  OM     Brentwood
Preston Williams  5.9  98  UT     Hampton Lovejoy
Dexter Neal        5.8  87  SC     Stone Mountain Stephenson
Antonio Callaway 5.8  93  UF     Miami Booker T Washington
Jalen Christian    5.8  95  SC     Damascus, MD
Derrick Dillon      5.7  96  LSU    Franklinton Pine
Brandon Martin   5.7  88  LSU    Prime Prep Academy
Kemah Siverand  5.7  88  A&M   Cypress Ridge
Jayson Stanley   5.7  92  UGa    Fairburn Creekside
Justin Johnson    5.7  84  MS     Hoover
Jabari Greenwood 5.7 88  UK     Gonzaga
Deddrick Thomas 5.7  89  MS     Memphis Central
Michael Chigbu    5.7  87  UGa   NOLA Holy Cross
Jazz Ferguson     5.7  90  LSU   St. Francisville West Feliciana
Dontea Jones      5.7  87  MS    Louisville
Jared Pinkney      5.6  83  VU    Norcross
LaMichael Pettway 5.6 87 Ark    Nashville
Ronnell Perkins     5.6  85  MU   St. Louis University City
Dominque Reed    5.5  90  Ark    Coffeyville CC
Deon Stewart     5.5  87  Ark    Hardy Highland
Justin Smith       5.5  91  MU    Dublin West Laurens
Richaud Floyd     5.5  88   MU   Gulfport
Emanuel Hall       5.5  87  MU    Franklin Centennial

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Top TEs signed with the other SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

CJ O'Grady      5.9  94  Ark  Fayetteville
Will Gragg       5.8  90  Ark  Dumas
CJ Conrad        5.8  91  UK  LaGrange Keystone
Jackson Harris  5.8  93 UGa Columbia Central 
Christian Owens 5.8 87  SC  Grffin
Jordan Davis    5.7  90  A&M Houston Clear Lake
Jalen Harris      5.7  86  AU  Montgomery St. James
Hale Hentges   5.7  94 Bama  Jefferson City Helias
Kyle Oliver       5.7  85  UT  Murfreesboro Oakland
Daniel Imatorbhebhe 5.7 87 UF  North Gwinnett
Tavin Richardson 5.7 80 UK  Duncan Byrnes
Josh Moore      5.6  85  MU  Olathe North
Camrin Knight  5.6  84  UF  Tallahassee Lincoln
Sam Dobbs      5.6  87  VU  Fairburn Landmark Christian
Austin Cantrell 5.5  92  Ark  Roland

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Top OGs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Maea Teuhema    6.1  97  LSU    Keller
Lester Cotton      6.0  97  Bama  Tuscaloosa Central
Richie Petitbon    6.0  96  Bama  Washington Gonzaga
Zack Bailey         5.9  92  SC      Summerville
Javon Patterson   5.9  98  OM     Pearl
Tyler Carr            5.9  88  AU     Gadsden Southside
Venzell Boulware  5.8  88  UT     Fairburn Creekside
Dallas Warmack   5.8  91  Bama Atlanta Mays
Jalen Merrick       5.8  91  Ark    New Smyrna Beach
Marquel Harrell    5.8  90  AU     Fairburn Creekside
Kaleb Kim           5.8  90  AU     Hoschton Mill Creek
Zach Stewart      5.8  87  UT      Coalfield
AJ Harris             5.8  87  MU    Stillwell Blue Valley
George Asafo-Adjei 5.7 93 UK    Westchester Lakota West
Adrian Magee      5.7  91  LSU   Franklinton
Darryl Williams    5.7  89  MS    Bessemer City

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Natalie Pierre @Natalie_Pierre  ·  6 minutes ago

32 former 5-star recruits are available in this year's draft. 12 of them are considered to be potential 1st-rounders: http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/02/landon_collins_1_of_a_dozen_5-.html ...

Twenty six players from the 2011 recruiting class earned five stars from Rivals.com. Nine of those players are available in this year's draft, but offensive tackle La'el Collins of LSU is the only one that is considered a potential first-rounder.   

Three of the five-star recruits from the 2011 class were first-round picks in the 2014 NFL Draft: Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina went No. 1 overall to the Houston Texans, Sammy Watkins of Clemson was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the No. 4 pick and the Green Bay Packers took Ha Ha Clinton-Dix of Alabama with the No. 21 overall pick in last year's draft.   

Four of the 26 were previously first-round picks: Alabama's Dee Milliner went No. 9 overall to the New York Jets in 2013, while Florida's Sharrif Floyd and Matt Elam went with the No. 23 pick to the Minnesota Vikings and No. 32 overall to the Baltimore Ravens respectively. The Gators' Dominique Easley was selected by the New England Patriots with the No. 29 overall pick in 2014.

SEC 5-stars (* denotes potential first-round pick):

2012 five-star recruits:
    Landon Collins, Alabama*
    Dante Fowler, Jr., Florida*
    Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri*
    D.J. Humphries, Florida* 
    Trey Williams, Texas A&M
    T.J. Yeldon, Alabama

2011 five-star recruits:
    La'el Collins, LSU*
    Ray Drew, Georgia
    Dee Hart, Colorado State (via Alabama)
   
2010 five-star recruits:
    Michael Dyer, Louisville (via Auburn)
   
2009 five-star recruit (of the 33 five-star recruits in this class, four were previously first-round picks):   
    Andre Debose, Florida (NCAA granted him sixth season after injuries)

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Top OCs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Brandon Kennedy  5.8  89  Bama  Wetumpka
Zach Rogers        5.7  88  Ark     Carrollton Hebron Hawks
Tyler Jordan        5.7  87  UF      Jacksonville Bishop Kenny

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Top OTs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Martez Ivey          6.1  100  UF  Apopka
Drew Richmond    6.1   95   UT  Memphis University School
Jack Jones            5.9   94  UT  Murfreesboro Oakland
Toby Weatherby    5.9  94  LSU  Houston Westfield
Pat Allen              5.8  90  UGa  Reisterstown, MD Franklin
George Brown      5.8  86  LSU  Winton Woods
Keaton Sutherland 5.8 96  A&M  Flower Mound Marcus
Trevor Elbert        5.8  91  A&M  Rockwall-Heath
Connor Lanfear    5.8  90  A&M  Buda Jack C. Hays
Chidi Valentine-Okeke 5.7 98 LSU  Ludowici, GA Faith Baptist Christian Academy 
Sage Hardin         5.7  88  UGa   Atlanta Marist
Christian Pellage   5.7  88  SC    Brooksville Nature Coast
Sam Madden        5.7  92  UGa  Barnegat, NJ
Colton Jackson     5.7  90  Ark   Conway
Logan Stenberg    5.7  88  UK   Madison James Clemens
Matt Womack       5.6  88  Bama  Senatobia Magnolia Heights
Jared Southers     5.6  86  VU   West Orange Seton Hall Prep
Bailey Sharp        5.6  89  AU   Marietta Sprayberry
Harrison Moon     5.6  85  MS   Signal Mountain
Alex Givens         5.6  91  OM   Nashville Christian
Blake Camper      5.6  86  SC   Virginia Beach Frank W. Cox
Tyler Howell        5.6  88  MU   Butler County CC
Malik Cuellar       5.5  93  MU   City College of San Francisco

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Top ATHs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Terry Godwin           6.1  97  UGa  Hogansville Callaway
Javarius Davis          5.8  92  AU   Jacksonville Ed White
D'Anfernee McGriff    5.8  90  UF   Tallahassee Leon
Darius Slayton         5.8  95  AU    Greater Atlanta Christian
Malik Dear               5.7  92  MS   Jackson Murrah
Shaquery Wilson       5.7  87  UGa  Coral Gables
Willie Hibbler            5.7  87  OM   North Panola
Jalen Julius              5.7  84  OM   Winter Garden West Orange
John Kelly                5.7  88  UT   Oak Park, MI
Cam Hilton               5.6  87  MU   Webster Groves
 

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Top Defensive Tackles signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Kahlil McKenzie       6.1  100  UT      Clayton Valley Charter
Trenton Thompson  6.1  101  UGa    Albany Westover
Daron Payne          6.1    97  Bama  Shades Valley
Terry Beckner, Jr.    6.0    99  MU     East St. Louis
Daylon Mack          6.0    98  A&M    Gladewater
Shy Tuttle              6.0    96  UT      Lexington North Davidson
Hjalte Froholdt       5.8    96  Ark     IMG Academy / Denmark
Kingsley Keke        5.7    90  A&M    George Ranch
Jauntavius Johnson 5.7   90  AU      Lincoln
Quay Picou            5.7    89  UT      Buford
TD Moton              5.7    87  MS      Shreveport Woodlawn
Ross Donelly         5.6    85  OM      Houston Cy-Fair
Andrew Ivie          5.6    83  UF       Dade City Pasco
DaQuan Hawkins   5.5    88  UGa    Atlanta Westlake
Javon Provitt         5.5    83  UK      Warren G. Harding

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Top WDEs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Natrez Patrick       6.0  94  UGa   Mays
D'Andre Walker     5.9  94  UGa   Langston Hughes
Andrew Butcher    5.8  89  UT     Alpharetta
Mekhi Brown        5.8  96  Bama Columbus Carver
Anfernee Jennings 5.8 95  Bama  Dadeville
Jamario Bell         5.8  91  Ark     Junction City
Darrell Taylor       5.8  92  UT      Hopewell, VA
Arden Key            5.8  97  LSU   Atlanta Hapeville Charter
Michael Barnett    5.8  93  UGa   Ridgeville
Rasool Clemons    5.7  90  OM    South Aiken
Christian Bell       5.7  88  Bama  Hoover
Keith Joseph, Jr.   5.7  88  MS     Pascagoula
Quandeski Whitlow 5.7 86 SC     Opelika
Caleb Peart          5.6  88  VU     Chandler Hamilton
Nate Howard        5.6  89  MU     Ladue Horton Watkins

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Top SDEs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Byron Cowart      6.1  99  AU    Seffner Armwood
CeCe Jefferson    6.1  98  UF     Baker County
Kyle Phillips         6.1  98  UT    Nashville Hillsboro
J Ledbetter          6.0  95  UGa  Tucker
Chauncey Rivers  5.9  91  UGa  Stone Mountain Stephenson
Prince Wanogha   5.9  96  AU    Elmore Edgewood Academy
James Lockhart   5.9  92  A&M  Ennis
Isa. Washington  5.8  87  LSU   NOLA Edna Karr
Fletcher Adama   5.8  94  MS    Brandon
Sh. Blackshear    5.8  95  SC    Bluffton
Justin Young       5.7  86  UGa  Grayson
Austrian Robinson 5.7 87 OM    Trinity Pawling
Daytrieon Dean   5.6  88  Ark   Northside
Kengera Daniel    5.6  86  UK   Raleigh Millbrook

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Top OLBs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Roquan Smith                5.9  96  UGa   Macon County Line
Jamal Peters                  5.9  95  MS     Bassfield
Darrell Williams              5.9  90  AU     Hoover
Josh Smith                    5.9  95  VU      Murfreesboro Oakland
Richard Moore               5.9  87  A&M    Cedar Hill
Quarte Sapp                  5.8  90  UT      Alpharetta Milton
Richard McBryde            5.8  95  AU      Troy Henderson
Jeffery Holland               5.8  95  AU     Jacksonville Trinity Christian
Adonis Thomas              5.8  93  Bama  North Gwinnett
Eli Brown                      5.8  90  UK      Warren East
Terez Hall                      5.7  88  MU     Lithonia MLK
Juwan Taylor                 5.7  86  UGa    Hallandale
Timothy Washington      5.7  87  MS      Yazoo City
Montavious Atkinson      5.7  91  AU      Fairburn Langston Hughes
Jordan Jones                 5.7  86  UK      Cardinal Mooney
Gary McCrae                 5.7  89  UGa    Randolph Clay
Austin Smith                 5.7  86  UT      Buford

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Top ILBs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Leo Lewis                    6.0  96  MS    Brookhaven
Sherrod Pittman           5.9  88  SC    Jacksonville First Coast
Darrin Kirkland, Jr.       5.8  93  UT     Lawrence Central
Joshua McMillon           5.8  89  Bama Whitehaven
Jordan Griffin               5.7  87  VU     Seffner Armwood
Landis Durham            5.7  87  A&M   Plano East
Keaton Anderson         5.7  86  Bama  Florence
Daniel Fennell             5.7  87  SC      Grayson

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Top kickers/punters signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Blake Johnson          5.5  72  Ark   Los Alamitos
Tommy Townsend     5.5  71  UT    Orlando Boone

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Top CBs signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Kevin Tolliver II           6.1  LSU   Jacksonville Trinity
Kendall Sheffield         6.0  Bama  Ft. Bend Marshall
Donte Jackson             6.0  LSU   Jefferson Riverdale
Roney Elam                5.9  A&M   Newton
Carlton Davis              5.8  AU     Miami Norland
Octavis Johnson          5.8  SC     Clinch County
Donovan Sheffield       5.8  VU     Ensworth
Juwuan Briscoe           5.8  UGa   Waldord, MD Thomas Stone
Chris Williamson         5.8  UF     Gainesville
Nate Dalton                5.7  Ark    Cypress Falls
Kei Beckham              5.7  UK     Trotwood-Madison
Deshawn Capers-Smith 5.7 A&M  NOLA Warren Easton
Maurice Smitherman   5.7  MS     Adamsville Minor
Darrell Miller              5.6  UT      Cedar Hill
Chris Stamps             5.6  MS      Vicksburg Warren Central
Deandre Baker           5.6  UGa   Miami Northwestern
Cameron Ordway       5.6  OM     Giles County
Chris Westry             5.6   UK      Orange Park Oakleaf
...
TJ Warren                 5.5  MU     Rockdale County

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Top Safeties signed with SEC teams counting for team rankings from '15

Minkah Fitzpatrick  6.1  Bama  St. Peter's Prep
Deionte Thompson  6.0 Bama  West Orange-Tony Stark
Rashad Roundtree  6.0  UGa    Evans Lakeside
Justin Dunning       5.9  A&M    Whitehouse
Larry Pryor            5.9  A&M    Sulphur Springs
Shawn Burgess-Becker 5.8 Bama  Coconut Creek Monarch
Ronnie Harrison     5.8  Bama  Tallahassee
Rico McGraw         5.8   UGa    Nashville Ensworth
Xavier Lewis          5.8  LSU     East St. John
Jordan Colbert       5.8  AU      Griffin
Tim Irvin               5.8  AU      Palmetto Bay Westminster Christian
Marcus Walker       5.7  UK      Lake Wales
Armani "Ronnie" Linton 5.7 OM  Walnut
Dre Greenlaw        5.7  Ark      Fayetteville
Stephen Griffin      5.7  UT       South Mecklenburg
Micah Abernathy    5.6  UT      Greater Atlanta Christian

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 John Talty @JTalty  ·  38m 38 minutes ago

Good read from @jcshurburtt on winning with 3-star talent http://ow.ly/LoDIr

Recruiting Moneyball: Optimizing 3-star talent

I am going to say something honest here that most of my peers in the recruiting industry will not tell you- it is a myth that you can't win at the Power 5 level in college football recruiting classes with up to 90 percent of your class rated three stars.

I mean, it's absolute hogwash. It's recruiting industry Pravda and anyone who says otherwise really hasn't looked at the facts. 






Not all three-stars are created equal

First and foremost, the recruiting industry is not as detailed when it comes to three-star rated prospects. Of all of the ratings given out to major college football prospects, none vary as much as the three-star. There are prospects with dozens of offers that have that rating. There are prospects with one offer that have that rating. Offers are not indicative of talent, but are an example of how the opinions of analysts and college coaches alike are not as in consensus with the three-star.

There are three-stars that are "value" threes who many really feel could end up being great at the college level and playing in the NFL, there are "in-between" threes who end up being role players in college (that should be two stars, which these days is wrongfully interpreted as being "bad" or "average" by prospects, parents and even the media) and there are "get you fired" three stars- guys that are good high school players that may have impressed someone somewhere at a camp or something, but who lack the ability to play college football...

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Recruiting Rankings for SEC Players on the 2014 AP All-American Teams

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE

Center — Reese Dismukes, senior, 6-3, 296, Auburn.  5.9   Spanish Fort #4 '11 AL

Wide receivers — Amari Cooper, junior, 6-1, 210, Bama  6.0  Miami NW  #8 '12 FL

DEFENSE

Cornerbacks — Senquez Golson, senior, 5-9, 176, Mississippi  5.7  Passagoula #12 '11 MS

Safeties — Landon Collins, junior, 6-0, 222, Bama  6.1  Geismar Dutchtown #1 LA '12

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE

Tackles — La'el Collins, senior, LSU  6.1  BR Redemptorist  #1 LA '11

Guards — Arie Kouandjio, senior, Bama   5.9  DeMatha #2 MD '10
               
               A.J. Cann, senior, South Carolina  5.8  Bamberg-Erhardt  #9 SC '10

DEFENSE

Ends — Shane Ray, junior, Missouri  5.7  Shawnee Mission Bishop Miege  #3 KS '11

Tackles — Robert Nkemdiche, sophomore, Mississippi  6.1  Grayson  #1 US and GA '13

Linebackers — Benardrick McKinney, junior, Miss. State  5.5  Tunica Rosa Ft   NR '11

Cornerbacks — Vernon Hargreaves III, sophomore, Florida 6.1 Tampa Wharton #2 US '13

Safeties — Cody Prewitt, senior, Mississippi  5.8  Sylva Bay Academy  #10 '11 MS

THIRD TEAM

OFFENSE

Tackles — Cedric Ogbuehi, senior, Texas A&M  5.9  Allen  #11 TX '10

Guards — Ben Beckwith, senior, Miss. State     NR  Benton Academy  NR MS '10

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Recruiting ratings for AP and Coaches All-SEC QBs for 2015

FIRST TEAM

QB — Dak Prescott, Miss. State, 6-2, 230, Jr.   5.6  .87  Haughton #33 from La in '11


SECOND TEAM

QB — Blake Sims, Alabama, 6-0, 208, Sr.        5.8  .8954  Gainesville #26 from Ga in '10

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Recruiting ratings for other SEC QBs who played the most in 2015

Hutson Mason        5.6  .8546  UGa  Lassiter '10 #27 Pro Style QB
Kenny Trill Hill       5.9  .909    A&M Southlake Carroll '13 #4-10 Dual Threat QB
Nick Marshall         5.8  .8809  AU   Wilcox Co. '10 #15 ATH to UG; Garden City CC to AU
Good Bo Wallace    5.6  .863    OM   East Miss. CC '12  #1 Juco Dual Threat QB
Dylan Thompson    5.4  .7944  SC    Boiling Springs '10  #64 Pro Style QB
Kyle Allen              6.1  .995    A&M Scottsdale Desert Mtn.'14  #1 PS QB, #7-10 Overall
Brandon Allen        5.8  .8766  Ark   Fayetteville '11  #5-7 Pro Style QB
Justin Worley         5.6  .8575  UT   Rock Hill Northwestern '11  #23-24 Pro Style QB
Patrick Towles        5.8  .8902  UK   Highlands '12  #9-15 Pro Style QB
Maty Mauk             5.7  .8964  MU   Kenton, OH '12  #7-20 Pro Style QB
Anthony Jennings   5.9  .9135  LSU  Marietta '13  #6 Dual Threat or #14 Pro Style QB
Jeff Driskel            6.0  .9915  UF -> LaTech  Oviedo Hagerty '11  #1 PS and DT QB
Joshua Dobbs        5.7  .9276  UT    Alpharetta '13  #10-20 Pro Style QB
Patton Robinette    5.6  .8716  VU    Maryville '12  #13-21 Dual Threat QB
Johnny McCrary     5.8  .8839  VU    Ellenwood Cedar Grove '13 #10-18 Dual Threat QB

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Recruiting ratings for some of the highest rated SEC P-S QBs who will not be there in 2015

Jeff Driskel            6.0  UF -> LaTech  Oviedo Hagerty '11  #1 PS and DT QB
Hayden Rettig       6.0  LSU -> Rutgers  Los Angeles Cathedral '13 #3 Pro-Style QB
Christian LeMay     5.9  UGa -> Jacksonville State  Matthews, NC '11 #4 Pro-Style QB
Nathan Peterman   5.8  UT -> Pitt  Fruit Grove Bartram Trail '12 #8 Pro-Style QB
Kohl Stewart          5.8  A&M -> Twins org. MiLB '13 Houston St. Pius X #15 Pro-Style QB
Zeke Pike              5.7  AU -> UL -> Murray St.  Dixie Hts. '12 #16 Pro-Style QB
Stephen Rivers      5.7  LSU -> Vandy -> ?  Athens, AL '11  #19 Pro-Style QB
Phillip Ely              5.7  Bama -> Toledo  Tampa Plant '11 #20 Pro-Style QB
Riley Ferguson      5.7  UT -> Charlotte  Matthews, NC '13 #23 Pro-Style QB
Chad Kanoff          5.7  VU -> North Hollywood Harvard Westlake '13 #29 Pro-Style QB

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Recruiting Ratings for 2014 AP All-SEC Running Backs

FIRST TEAM
RB — Cameron Artis-Payne, Auburn, 5-11, 210, Sr.  5.8  '13 Allan Hancock CC (Calif.)

RB — Nick Chubb, Georgia, 5-10, 228, Fr.  6.0  Cedartown '14 #6 RB; #3 Ga. #35 US
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SECOND TEAM

RB — Josh Robinson, Mississippi State, 5-9, 215, Jr.  5.6 Franklinton '11 #49 RB; #30 La.

RB — Jonathan Williams, Arkansas, 6-0, 223, Jr.  5.8  Allen '12 #17 RB; #26 Tx. #195 US

SECOND TEAM COACHES
RB —  T.J. Yeldon   Alabama   6.1  Daphne '12 #2 RB; #2 AL; #12 US

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Recruiting ratings for other SEC RBs who carried the most in 2015

Alex Collins              5.9  .9795  Ark   South Plantation '13 #1 RB, #10 FL, #41 US
Russell Hansbrough  5.6  .8721  MU    Bowie              '12 #30 RB, #86 TX, #545 US
Leonard Fournette    6.1  .9996  LSU  NOLA St. Augustine  '14 #1 RB, LA, US
Derrick Henry          6.0  .9928  Bama Yulee              '13 #1 ATH, #5 RB, #4 FL, #12 US
Mike Davis               5.9  .9762  SC    Stone Mtn Stephenson  '12 #5 RB, #3 GA, #48 US
Marcus Murphy        5.7  .8579  MU    DeSoto            '10 #51 RB, #89 TX, #577 US
Todd Gurley             6.0  .9626  UGa  Tarboro           '12 #7 RB, #5 NC, #74 US
Ralph Webb             5.5  .8256  VU    Gainesville (as Raphael Webb) '13 #86 RB,#177 FL
Jalen Hurd               6.1  .9793  UT Hendersonville Beech '14 #4 ATH,#5RB, #2TN, #40US
Matt Jones               5.8  .932   UF Seffner Armwood '12 #12ATH,#15 RB,#25FL,#156US
Jaylen Walton          5.7  .8736  OM   Memphis Ridgeway  '12 #12APB, #12 TN, #522 US
Tra Carson              5.6  Ore -> A&M Texarkana Liberty-Eylau '11 #55 RB
       

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Recruiting ratings for some of the highest rated SEC D-T QBs who will not be there in 2015

Jacoby Brissett         5.9  FL -> NC St. West Palm Beach Dwyer  '11 #3 DT QB, #18 FL
Kenny Trill Hill          5.9  A&M -> ?  Southlake Carroll  '13 #4 DT QB, #16 TX
Kiehl Frazier             5.9  AU -> OBU  Shiloh Christian  '11 #5 DT QB, #1 AR
Cord Sandberg         5.9  MS -> Phillies MiLB  Brandenton Manatee  '13 #8 DT QB, #24FL
Matt Davis               5.8  A&M -> SMU Houston Klein Forest  '12 #3 DT QB, #15 TX
Jerrard Randall         5.8  LSU -> AZ Hollywood Chaminade Madonna '11 #10DTQB,#47FL
Kendrick Doss          5.7  OM -> ?  Florence '14 #11 DT QB, #12 AL
Johnny Football        5.7  A&M -> Cleveland Browns  Kerrville Tivy  '11 #14 DT QB,#45TX
Jeremy Liggins         5.7  LSU -> CC -> OM OL  Lafayette  '12 #16 DT QB, #7 MS
Patton Robbinette     5.6  VU (retired)  Maryville '12 #21 DT QB, #18 TN
Brendan Nosovitch    5.6  SC -> ?  Allentown Central Catholic  '12 #22 DT QB, #20 PA
Lafonte Thourogood  5.6  VU -> Jm. Madison Va Beach Ocean Lakes '11 #25DTQB,#15VA
Bookie Cobbins         5.6  UK -> ?  NOLA McDonogh 35  '11 #26 DT QB, #35 LA

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Recruiting ratings for some of the highest rated SEC RBs who will not be there in 2015

Isaiah Crowell  6.1  UGa -> Bama St. -> Browns Columbus Carver '11 #4 RB,#3 GA,#23 US
Altee Tenpenny 6.0 Bama -> ?       NLR '13 #8 RB, #1 AR, #53 US
Mike Blakely    6.0  UF -> AU -> ?  Bradenton Manatee '11 #6 RB, #13 FL, #40 US
Tyren Jones     6.0  Bama -> ?       Marietta Walton '13 #11 RB, #8 GA, #79 US
I'Tavius Mathers 5.8 OM -> MTSU  Murfreesboro Blackman '12 #20 RB, #7 TN
Tom Smith      5.7  UT -> TennSt   Apopka '11 #29 RB, #58 FL

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Recruiting Ratings for 2014 AP All-SEC Wide Receivers

FIRST TEAM

Amari Cooper, Alabama, 6-1, 210, Jr.    6.0  Miami Northwestern '12 #6 WR, #8 FL, #45 US

Pharoh Cooper, So Car, 5-11, 201, So.  5.8  Havelock,NC  '13  #9 ATH

Bud Sasser, Missouri, 6-2, 220, Sr.       5.7  Denton Ryan '10 #67 WR, #71 TX
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SECOND TEAM

Josh Reynolds, A&M, 6-4, 190, So.       5.5  Tyler JC 

Sammie Coates, Auburn, 6-2, 201, Jr.   5.7  Leroy  '11 #71 WR, #12 AL

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