Monday, November 29, 2010

Big B's top recruiting classes to date

Big B, Brian Jones provided another top ten list which will debut tonight on Score Atlanta's The Official Visit on 790 The Zone 7-9pm. (New time!) Here is his top ten recruiting classes as of Sunday, November 28, 2010. Scott Janovitz and I will break it down tonight! Tune in!

10) Nebraska: The Huskers have an impressive 17 commitments and tremendous quality with 11 four-star guys. Two great QBs in Bubba Starling – baseball – and Jamal Turner. Also, recently stole back Aaron Green out of Texas and has three top OLinemen in Tyler Moore, Ryne Reeves and Zach Sterup (Janovitz weighs in with the comments)

9) UNC: A bigger class than Nebraska’s with 20 already on board, but not quite the quality. Will it stay together? The class is led by QB Marquise Williams, DE/LB Norkeithus Otis, offensive linemen Jarrod James and Landon Turner, and North Carolina athlete T.J. Thorpe;

8) Stanford: 21 guys, but again probably not the quality Nebraska has. Defensive end Charlie Hopkins is a stud, Ty Montgomery is a top wideout from Texas, James Vaughters and Anthony Sarao are top linebackers, and Stanford has three top running backs in Kelsey Young, Remound Wright and Amir Carlisle;

7) LSU: 17 guys with great talent at the top, but lacks balance with I think more stretches than usual. Still, loaded with stars in OLinemen Corey White, Trai Turner, and La’El Collins, top backs in Jeremy Hill and Kenny Hilliard, DT Anthony Johnson and WR Jarvis Landry;

6) Ohio St.: 18 guys in the bag. I really like its defensive line haul, with ends Chase Farris, Kenny Hayes, and Steve Miller, and then throw in possibly the best DT in the land in Michael Bennett and I think Joel Hale is underrated. Of course, we have to mention OG Brian Bobek and QB Braxton Miller;

5) Florida: 18 guys and another top-quality class. Stars everywhere, but Jeff Driskel and Mike Blakely are the two best. Great class in the secondary with Louchiez Purifoy, Nick Waisome, Valdez Showers, Chris Johnson and Pop Saunders, and offensive pass catchers in A.C. Leonard, Ja’Juan Story and Javares McCroy. Will Jeoffrey Pagan stick?;

4) Oklahoma: 17 guys and great quality. Another great defensive line haul with DTs Jordan Phillips, Jordan Wade and Marquis Anderson, and DE Nathan Hughes. Still the class is led by two offensive stars with five-star running back Brandon Williams and five-star receiver Trey Metoyer;

3) FSU: 19 guys, I haven’t quite as high on this class as others because of Wilder, but I love WR Rashad Greene, and Giorgio Newberry is a top DE, and they recently added Jordan Prestwood from ND and a big-time defensive end in Aaron Lynch. Karlos Williams is also a top-ten prospect. I have them behind Ohio State, though;

2) Alabama: The class is big with 19, and very high quality and deep. Two five-star guys in Brent Calloway and Hasean Clinton-Dix, Shannon Brown is a beast, I love Danny Woodson and Marvin Shinn and Phillip Ely could be a very productive college player;

1) Texas: It’s hard not to have the Longhorns ranked No. 1. 23 guys of high quality, though I still think they sell themselves short. Malcolm Brown is a beast, great LBs in Steve Edmond, Chet Moss, and Kendall Thompson, and a tremendous OL group with Sedrick Flowers, Garrett Greenlea, and Christian Westerman.

I dropped Georgia out and move FSU up. I also added Nebraska and UNC to the list.

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