2009 Rivals/Scout/etc. Rankings

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Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Category rankings: Defensive tackles (free)

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Top 5 DTs rated by Quickest, Strongest, Best Athlete, Best Run Stuffer and Best Pass Rusher.

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Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Spring evals bring changes to Rivals100

Rivals.com Prospect Rankings

I would imagine the Michigan contingent has something to say about these new rankings...

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Rivals: 2009 250

The top 250 has been updated as well.

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Scout Team Recruiting Rankings - The Top 15 (FREE)

Team Recruiting Rankings - The Top 15 By Scott Kennedy
Director of Scouting
Posted Jul 14, 2008



The recruiting process has always been a 12 month endeavor, but now more than ever, colleges are taking commitments from teams earlier and earlier in the process. Scott Kennedy, Director of Scouting for Scout.com, runs down the Top recruiting classes as they stand in July.
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ESPN - Five prospects vie for No. 1 spot in ESPN 150 - Football Recruiting

The initial ESPN 150 for football's Class of 2009 will be released in one week (on Aug. 5). And while the Scouts Inc. crew -- Craig Haubert, Billy Tucker, Bill Conley and I -- bunker down in Charlotte to review, debate and compile the rankings, we thought we would whet your appetite with the five outstanding prospects who could be No. 1.

Keep in mind that of the players we have graded and written reports on so far -- almost 2,000 prospects -- those who have graded out the highest to this point are all candidates. We are performing the final analysis as to who is going to make the cut for the entire ESPN 150, and it is safe to say the following not only have a case for the top 10 or top five but also for the No. 1 slot.

Based on junior film and the spring and summer evaluation period, we've made a case for and against each prospect's claim to the top spot. As always, grades and evaluations will certainly change between now and Aug. 5. The players below are in no particular order (other than alphabetical), so try not to read anything into the order in which they are presented.

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The five are Matt Barkley, Dre Kirkpatrick, Aaron Murray, Russell Shepard and Manti Te'o...

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ESPN seems to be awfully high on Aaron Murray. Not saying he's not good, but there are certainly other QBs that may merit being the 2nd best QB in the country over him.

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ESPN always seems to have some.....questionable....rankings.

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ESPN - Two QBs, Shepard top ESPNU 150 - Football Recruiting

It's that time of year again! The first edition of the ESPNU 150 for 2009 has been revealed. It's sure to hold some surprises, maybe even some shockers, but also some reality checks in terms of hype, overhype or even a lack of hype for some prospects.

If you have kept up with our content over the past three months or so, you know we have closely scrutinized the quarterback position -- including guys who are considered dual threats who may move to another position. With ESPN's acquisition of the Nike Football Training Camps and the Elite 11, we have been more "up close and personal" in our spring evaluation period than ever before. Based on the gathered information, it became clear to us that QB Matt Barkley (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei), ATH/QB Russell Shepard (Houston/Cy-Ridge) and QB Aaron Murray (Tampa, Fla./Plant Senior) are a cut above and thus captured the top three spots of the first edition of the 2009 ESPNU 150.

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The ESPNU 150

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I've been posting a composite rankings list over on BP using the various national recruiting sites. The idea being to create a consensus list that minimizes the oddball choices from any single source.

Since the last of the big ones has released their rankings (ESPN) I figured it was time to go ahead and post it over here as well.


I've been using the following criteria:

Each player who is ranked gets points based upon his ranking and the total number of players ranked by that service. For a player ranked #1 overall would receive 250 pts (Rivals' ranks players out to #250) while a player ranked #250 would receive 1pt. Likewise players ranked #1 & #150 on ESPN (which ranks to 150) would receive 150 & 1 pt respectively.

I also give a bonus to each ranked player equal to 20% of the total numbers of players by said service. So a player ranked on Rivals receives 50 (20% of 250) bonus pts while one ranked on ESPN receives 30 (20% of 150) bonus pts.

The bonus points are to help keep a player who is ranked very highly by only a single service (and not at all by the others) from being ranked over a player who is ranked by every service but near the bottom of their list. Essentially the bonus pts reward consistency and help eliminate flyers.


Sources used (numbers in parenthesis are number of players ranked):
Scout (300)
Emfinger (270 or so - Max has some duplicates I had to clean up)
Rivals (250)
N2FL (250)
ESPN (150)
FVSports (100)
CSTV - Lemming/Hodges (100)
Offense-Defense (100)
PrepStar (100)
Rise (25)

(FVSports should be expanding their list out to 250 soon, likewise Rise Magazine will expand theirs to 100. TAKKLE/Sports Illustrated will also be releasing a Top 100 list. I will include them once they are updated)


Current Composite Top 250 list (Big 10 Commitments highlighted):

1 Matt Barkley QB 6'3” 226 USC
2 Devon Kennard DE 6'3” 257
3 Manti Te'o LB 6'2” 230
4 Russell Shepard QB 6'1” 179 LSU
5 Bryce Brown RB 6'0” 215 Miami
6 Jamarkus McFarland DT 6'3” 280
7 Reuben Randle WR 6'3” 195
8 Jaccobi McDaniel DT 6'0” 267 FSU
9 Dorian Bell LB 6'0” 226 Ohio State
10 Dre Kirkpatrick CB 6'2” 180
11 Cierre Wood RB 6'0” 192 Notre Dame
12 Craig Loston S 6'2” 193 Clemson
13 Garrett Gilbert QB 6'3” 186 Texas
14 Marlon Brown WR 6'5” 205
15 Chris Davenport DT 6'4” 318 LSU
16 Vontaze Burfict LB 6'2” 244 USC
17 Xavier Nixon OT 6'6” 263
18 William Campbell DT 6'5” 317 TSUN
19 Jelani Jenkins LB 6'1” 212
20 Randall Carroll WR 5'10” 175 USC
21 Darius Winston CB 6'0” 180
22 Mason Walters OC 6'6” 290 Texas
23 Shaquelle Evans WR 6'0” 203
24 Gabe Lynn CB 6'0” 185
25 Aaron Murray QB 6'0” 198 Georgia
26 Devonte Holloman S 6'2” 214 Clemson
27 Nico Johnson LB 6'3” 226
28 Lamar Miller RB 5'11” 205
29 Jarvis Jones LB 6'3” 205
30 Jaamal Berry RB 5'10” 185
31 Patrick Hall Ath 6'1” 181 USC
32 Marcus Hall OL 6'5” 290
33 Andre Debose WR 6'0” 170
34 Chris Whaley RB 6'3” 220 Texas
35 Logan Heastie WR 6'2” 225 WVU
36 Tana Patrick LB 6'3” 215
37 Craig Drummond DE 6'5” 260
38 Morgan Moses OT 6'7” 347
39 Johnny Simon DL 6'3” 274 Ohio State
40 Donte Moss DE 6'4” 235 North Carolina
41 Corey Adams DT 6'3” 277
42 Je'Ron Stokes WR 6'1” 178 Tennessee
43 Eric Shrive OL 6'7” 285 Penn State
44 John Martinez OG 6'4” 265
45 Trent Richardson RB 5'11” 210 Alabama
46 Kevin Graf OT 6'6” 301 USC
47 Sam Montgomery DE 6'4” 230
48 Melvin Fellows DE 6'5” 245 Ohio State
49 Nick Alajajian OG 6'4” 280 Florida
50 Kevin Newsome QB 6'3” 217 TSUN (Soft)
51 Alex Okafor DE 6'4” 232 Texas
52 Branden Smith CB 5'11” 171
53 Jheranie Boyd WR 6'2” 184
54 David Oku RB 5'10” 186
55 D.J. Fluker DT 6'7” 325 Alabama
56 Dexter Pratt RB 6'2” 227 LSU
57 Kevin Brent S 5'11” 196
58 Logan Thomas Ath 6'6” 233
59 Chris Watt OG 6'3” 280 Notre Dame
60 Tom Savage QB 6'4” 217 Rutgers
61 Willie Downs WR 6'2” 192 FSU
62 Morrell Presley TE 6'4” 215 USC
63 Kendall Kelly WR 6'4” 210
64 Cliff Harris CB 6'0” 165
65 Jamie Wood DB 6'2” 190 Ohio State
66 Damario Jeffery Ath 6'3” 215
67 Eddie Lacy RB 5'11” 200
68 Rolando Jefferson WR 6'2” 190
69 Frankie Telfort LB 5'11” 205
70 Christine Michael RB 5'11” 195
71 Tyrik Rollison QB 6'2' 186
72 Ronnie Wingo Jr. Ath 6'3” 212
73 Ray Ray Armstrong Ath 6'4” 218
74 Edwin Baker RB 5'10” 204 MSU
75 Brandon McGee CB 5'11” 186
76 Nick Kasa DE 6'7” 245
77 Thomas Ashcraft OT 6'5” 275 Texas
78 Kraig Appleton WR 6'3” 190
79 Michael Ford RB 5'10” 200 LSU
80 Michael Philipp OT 6'3” 320
81 Gary Brown DT 6'3” 275 Florida
82 Washaun Ealey RB 5'11” 205 Georgia
83 C.J. Barnett CB 6'1” 181 Ohio State
84 Xavier Su'a Filo OT 6'4” 285
85 A.J. McCarron QB 6'3.5” 180 Alabama
86 Marcus Davis CB 6'0” 193 Texas
87 Chris Bonds DT 6'4” 262
88 Justin Chaisson DE 6'5” 265 Oklahoma
89 Orson Charles TE 6'2” 216
90 Chris Burnette OG 6'2” 300 Georgia
91 Donavan Tate Ath 6'2” 195
92 Bryce McNeal WR 6'2” 170 TSUN
93 Janzen Jackson CB 6'0” 174 LSU
94 T.J. McDonald S 6'2” 182 USC
95 Eugene Smith QB 6'3” 182
96 Ryne Giddins DE 6'4” 235
97 Malliciah Goodman DE 6'4” 255 Clemson
98 Anthony LaLota DE 6'6” 260
99 Ronnell Lewis LB 6'3” 220 Oklahoma
100 Cody Green QB 6'4” 220
101 Eric Fields LB 6'1” 200 Clemson
102 Abry Jones DT 6'3” 250 Georgia
103 Marquis Simmons LB 6'0.5” 220 USC
104 Darrell Givens CB 6'0' 170 Penn State
105 Tajh Boyd QB 6'0” 208 WVU
106 Tom Wort LB 6'1” 210 Oklahoma
107 Chad Bumphis WR 5'10” 180
108 Justin “J.T.” Turner DB 6'2” 186 TSUN
109 Sheldon Richardson TE 6'4” 281 Missouri
110 Lonnie Pryor RB 6'0” 195 Florida State
111 Zach Mettenberger QB 6'4” 229 Georgia
112 Deandre Coleman DT 6'4” 295
113 Patrick Patterson WR 6'3” 215
114 Tate Forcier QB 6'1” 190
115 Fletcher Cox DE 6'4” 240 Mississippi State
116 Austin Long OT 6'5” 268 Georgia
117 Corey Brown Ath 6'0” 180 Ohio State
118 Mike Brockers DE 6'6” 255 LSU
119 Chris Norman LB 6'2” 207 MSU
120 Kendrick Hardy RB 6'0” 210
121 Chris Fields WR 6'0” 181 Ohio State
122 Tyler Stockton DT 6'1” 290 Notre Dame
123 Jordan Whiting LB 6'0” 230 Ohio State
124 Nathan Scheelhaase QB 6'2” 190Illinois
125 Jon Bostic LB 6'1” 218
126 Garrett Porter OT 6'6” 308 Texas
127 Demonte McAllister DE 6'3” 245
128 Richard Brehaut QB 6'2” 220 UCLA
129 Desmond Scott RB 5'9” 185 Duke
130 Montrell Conner RB 6'2” 210
131 Barkevious Mingo LB 6'5” 210
132 Stephon Gilmore S 6'1” 180
133 David Wilson Ath 5'9” 192
134 Alshon Jeffrey WR 6'4” 200 USC
135 Jawanza Starling S 6'2” 190
136 Josh Boyd DT 6'3” 275 Mississippi State
137 Olivier Vernon DE 6'2” 237 Miami
138 Marlon Pollard CB 6'1” 160 UCLA
139 Josh Nunes QB 6'4” 205 Tennessee
140 Ryan Mossakowski QB 6'4” 201
141 Antwan Lowery DT 6'3” 300
142 Morgan Newton QB 6'4” 205
143 Craig Roh DE 6'5” 230
144 Theo Riddick RB 5'10” 185 Notre Dame
145 Calvin Howell DT 6'4” 280 Texas
146 Michael Carter CB 5'11” 165
147 Nu'keese Richardson WR 5'9” 165 Florida
148 Levine Toilolo TE 6'8” 239 Stanford
149 Justin Green DB 5'10” 180 Ohio State
150 Keenan Davis WR 6'3” 195
151 Knile Davis RB 6'1” 210
152 Allan Bridgford QB 6'4.5” 215 Cal
153 Shayne Skov LB 6'2” 225 Stanford
154 Pete White OG 6'4” 340
155 Brennan Williams OT 6'6” 260
156 C.J. Mizell LB 6'2” 212 FSU
157 Stavion Lowe OT 6'5” 294 LSU
158 De'Von Flournoy WR 6'2” 180 USC
159 Chris Thompson RB 5'7” 178 FSU
160 David Barrent OT 6'8” 290 MSU
161 Jarvis Giles RB 6'0” 180 Tennessee
162 Justin Brown WR 6'3.5” 210
163 Darren Myles Jr. Ath 6'0” 175
164 Dyron Dye DE 6'5” 225
165 Byron Moore Ath 6'1” 200 UCLA
166 Kevin Minter LB 6'1” 240 LSU
167 J.K. Jay OT 6'7” 275 Clemson
168 Tariq Allen LB 6'2” 231 Texas
169 Brandon Wegher Ath 5'11” 187
170 Moses Alipate QB 6'6” 210 Minnesota
171 Lendell Buckner DT 6'3” 325 Illinois
172 Greg Timmons WR 6'3” 185 Texas
173 Darrington Sentimore DT 6'2” 265
174 Jemari Roberts WR 6'3” 200
175 Shavodrick Beaver QB 6'2” 179 TSUN
176 Steve Williams CB 5'9” 165 Oklahoma
177 Greg Reid CB 5'8” 168 Florida
178 Stan Hasiak OT 6'6” 340
179 Jeremy Smith RB 5'10” 206 Oklahoma State
180 Storm Klein LB 6'3” 220 Ohio State
181 Tavon Austin RB 5'9” 156
182 Charles Siddoway OT 6'7” 310
183 Jordan Kohout DT 6'4” 265 Wisconsin
184 Drayton Calhoun CB 6'0” 175 LSU
185 Larry Caper RB 5'10” 216 MSU
186 Todd Golper LB 6'1” 225 UCLA
187 Jerod Askew LB 6'1” 230
188 Arthur Fontaine TE 6'5” 235
189 Todd Thomas WR 6'2” 202
190 Travis Hawkins CB 5'10” 181
191 Craig Bills S 6'2” 210 BYU
192 Tevin McCaskill S 6'2” 179
193 Daytawion Lowe S 6'1” 180
194 Brandon Webb OG 6'4” 320 Oklahoma State
195 Jamil Merrell LB 6'4” 210
196 Justin Dixon LB 6'0” 228 North Carolina
197 Prince Kent Ath 6'3” 195
198 Colby Berna OG 6'3” 275 Arkansas
199 Gerald Hodges LB 6'3” 211 Rutgers
200 Johnnie Farms OG 6'2” 280
201 Aaron Hayward RB 6'0.5” 194 Rutgers
202 Dion Sims TE 6'5” 235
203 Jajuan Harley S 6'0” 193 Florida
204 Corey Linsley OG 6'4” 285 Ohio State
205 Terry Hawthorne WR 6'0” 168 Illinois
206 Montez Robinson DE 6'4” 230
207 Jamal Patterson WR 6'2” 203
208 Alex Bullard OG 6'3” 275 Notre Dame
209 Eric Gordon CB 5'10” 187
210 Jacob Karam QB 6'2” 201 Texas Tech
211 Petey Smith LB 6'0.5” 248
212 Chris Metcalf S 6'2” 183 USC
213 Brandon Jenkins DE 6'2” 218 FSU
214 Jams Boyd DE 6'4” 211 USC
215 Jack Mewhort OT 6'6” 293 Ohio State
216 Jonathan Davis LB 5'7” 186
217 Keenan Graham DE 6'3” 220
218 Stephen Barrera DT 6'5” 260 Texas
219 Joshua Adams WR 6'4” 200 North Carolina
220 Jared McAdoo DT 6'2” 285 North Carolina
221 Damien Thigpen Ath 5'9” 170 Tennessee
222 Chris Williams LB 6'0” 230
223 Stepfan Taylor RB 6'0” 205
224 Kenny Bell WR 6'1” 160
225 A.J. Dugat S 6'1” 205 TCU
226 James Jackson WR 6'0” 175 Ohio State
227 Brandal Jackson Ath 6'2” 180 Texas A&M
228 Kenny Vaccaro CB 6'1” 190 Texas
229 Rodney Smith WR 6'4” 201
230 Blaine Dalton QB 6'1.5” 190 Missouri
231 Terdema Ussery WR 6'4.5” 192
232 William Ming DE 6'4” 250 Alabama
233 Rhontae Scales OT 6'5” 285 Texas
234 Mike Gillislee RB 6'0” 190 Florida
235 Latu Heimuli DT 6'4” 305
236 Jamal Reid CB 6'0” 175
237 Dan Mason LB 6'0” 220
238 Drew Allen QB 6'5” 198
239 Eryon Barnett S 6'3” 180 Texas
240 Chris Freeman OT 6'7” 325
241 Jeremy Gallon Ath 5'8” 165
242 Rod Woodson S 5'11” 205 Alabama
243 Zack Martin OG 6'5” 275
244 Paden Kelly OT 6'6” 265
245 Emory Blake WR 6'1” 194
246 Clayton Moore QB 6'1” 210
247 Chris Faulk OT 6'6” 280 LSU
248 Terry Shankle CB 5'11” 170
249 De'Antwan “Rocket” Williams RB 5'7” 190
250 Carlos Hyde RB 6'0” 225 Ohio State


Buckeyes:
9 Dorian Bell *(+/-0)
39 Johnny Simon (-17)
48 Melvin Fellows (-5)
65 Jamie Wood (+3)
83 C.J. Barnett (+1)
117 Corey Brown (-5)
121 Chris Fields (-4)
123 Jordan Whiting (-4)
149 Justin Green (-8)
180 Storm Klein (-9)
204 Corey Linsley (-1)
215 Jack Mewhort (+17)
226 James Jackson (-4)
250 Carlos Hyde (-5)

330 Duron Carter (+33)
399 Dominic Clark (-5)
427 Bradley McDougald (-6)

Targets:
14 Marlon Brown (+2)
32 Marcus Hall (+2)
30 Jaamal Berry (+8)
41 Corey Adams (+1)
44 John Martinez (+5)
69 Frankie Telfort (+6)
202 Dion Sims (-1)


TSUN:
18 William Campbell (-3)
50 Kevin Newsome (-6)
92 Bryce McNeal (+10)
108 Justin “J.T.” Turner (-5)
175 Shavodrick Beaver (-9)

266 Patrick Ward OL 6'6” 295 (-5)
407 Michael Schofield OL 6'6” 272 (-5)


Penn State:
43 Eric Shrive (+2)
104 Darrell Givens (+11)
252 Sean Stanley (-6)

289 Mark Arcidiacono OG 6'4” 295 (-4)
346 Nate Cadogan OL 6'6” 250 (-6)
406 Ty Howle OC 6'2” 290
413 Frank Figueroa OC 6'4” 275 (-7)
436 Curtis Dukes RB 6'2” 235 (-7)

MSU:
119 Chris Norman (-5)
160 David Barrent (+16)
185 Larry Caper (-7)

463 Andrew Maxwell QB 6'3” 192 (-6)
480 Blake Treadwell OL 6'2” 270 (-6)

Illinois:
124 Nathan Scheelhaase (-4)
171 Lendell Buckner (-9)
205 Terry Hawthorne (+24)

270 Leon Hill OL 6'4” 320 (-5)
453 Andrew Carter OT 6'5” 265 (-7)


Minnesota:
170 Moses Alipate (+5)

451 Hasan Lipscomb RB 5'10” 201 (-6)

Wisconsin:
183 Jordan Kohout (-6)

Northwestern:
380 Evan Watkins QB 6'6” 230 (-6)

Ohio:
240 Chris Freeman (-4)
255 Bud Golden (-6)
268 D.J. Hunter Tennessee
309 Cornelius “Tank” Carradine (-5)

*(Numbers in parenthesis are move up/down caused by adding ESPN rankings)

The raw data can be found HERE.

---Any comments, critiques, corrections or suggestions are certainly welcome.

If you know if any other national rankings list please don't hesitate to let me know!

If you would like to redistribute the list feel free, just please be sure to credit/link Buckeye Planet as the original source.

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Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Several moves in the 2009 team rankings

1. Ohio State
2. USC
3. Texas
4. Florida State
5. LSU
6. Michigan
7. Michigan State
8. Georgia
9. Clemson
10. Notre Dame
11. Texas A&M
12. Oklahoma
13. Mississippi State
14. Tennessee
15. Alabama
16. Auburn
17. Miami (FL)
18. Florida
19. Rutgers
20. Stanford
21. Penn State
22. Virginia
23. West Virginia
24. North Carolina
25. USF

Just missed:

Duke, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Georgia Tech and Texas Tech

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