#1 Class on Rivals

[Dwinstitles]

I trust Richt and his staff to evaluate players better than Rivals and the other scouting agencies. J Jackson and Garvin for example ... but it is nice to get the recognition.

With our current score of 2538, we would have ended up #9 last year, #6 in 2016 and tied at #8 in 2015, virtually identical to where LSU fell out each of those years. Not a bad spot to be with 6 months remaining, and 10+ kids to still add to the class.

everyone knew Garvin was a beast but some sites miss these guys.........If Clemson was hard on him thats a good sign to me

garvin slipped through the cracks because he skipped the camp circuits. Unlikely that the "experts" ever did more than watch his highlight tape one time before ranking him a 3* and then never looking again.

He got the offer he wanted andtook it, a good sign he isnt an attention *****

 

[Dwinstitles]

WOW @ Jobe falling out of the Rivals 250... that had to be an oversight, especially since he wasn't listed as a "Big Slider" in the write-up.

Thats a missed eval on there part

 

[DusseDez]

Rivals100 update: QBs fighting for top spot, new five-stars - 8/21/17 (Pope)
Rivals100 update: Risers and Sliders (Scaife)

CANES:
8 Lorenzo Lingard (16>>10>>8) +2
26 Mark Pope (30>>25>>26) -1 (Gets 5th Star)
39 Al Blades Jr. (31>>35>>39) -4
52 Delone Scaife (3*>>4*>>52)+199
66 Camron Davis (49>>54>>66) -12
89 Artur Sitkowski (66>>64>>89) -25

Since last Rivals 100 Update (5/30/17):
2 up and 4 down...
1 new 5* (Pope)
1 new Top 100 (Scaife)
1 new commit (Blades)
0 dropped out of top 100

updated Rivals Top 250 8/22/17:
107 Brevin Jordan (106>>106>>107) -1
129 John Campbell (120>>124 >>129) -5
183 Gurvan Hall (167>>188>>183) +5
214 Brian Hightower (92>>109>>214) -105
219 Gilbert Frierson (213>>215>>219) -4
250 Will Mallory (4*>>4*>>250) Back in 250

4* Josh Jobe (166>>179>>4*) -71 Dropped out of 250
4* Cleveland Reed (183>>4*>>4*) --
4* Gregory Rousseau (233>>4*>>4*) --
4* Nesta Silvera (4*>>4*) --
3* Daquris Wiggins (3*>>3*) --
3* DJ Ivey (3*>>3*>>3*) --
3* Bubba Baxa (NR>>NR>>3*) Upgraded to 3*

Decommits:
3* Randy Russell (3*>>3*) --
3* Jalen Patterson (NR>>3*) --
3* Billy Josephs (NR>>3*) --
2* Thomas Burns (NR>>2*) --

How the **** is Hightower in the 200's and Jobe dropped out the top 250?? Yeah those are jokes

 

[Dy-lan]

I think Jobe is not ranked because he is at a prep school now. I could be wrong.

 

[Juancane]

"Top 2 Class!", "Top 3 Class!", Number 1 Class!". Listen, a top 5 class filled with top south florida talent (with some out of state flavor - you can just go to IMG for that) = #1 Class. Same Logic applies to Texas and Southern Cal.

And yet somehow Bama and OSU win championships with core talent that is from outside south florida. Last year bama had 7 5 stars and OSU had like 5. At the end of the day you need the top end talent as evaluated by people who see the players. You can debate that all you want but go back the last 10 years, look at our classes and see how many of the bottom of the lists (the 3 stars and some 2s), actually had an impact. You'll find maybe 1-2 a class, the outliers. The rest is the top of the class, for the most part.

 

[Hurricane Warrior]

Rivals100 update: QBs fighting for top spot, new five-stars - 8/21/17 (Pope)
Rivals100 update: Risers and Sliders (Scaife)

CANES:
8 Lorenzo Lingard (16>>10>>8) +2
26 Mark Pope (30>>25>>26) -1 (Gets 5th Star)
39 Al Blades Jr. (31>>35>>39) -4
52 Delone Scaife (3*>>4*>>52)+199
66 Camron Davis (49>>54>>66) -12
89 Artur Sitkowski (66>>64>>89) -25

Since last Rivals 100 Update (5/30/17):
2 up and 4 down...
1 new 5* (Pope)
1 new Top 100 (Scaife)
1 new commit (Blades)
0 dropped out of top 100

updated Rivals Top 250 8/22/17:
Class of 2018 Rivals250 rankings update: Biggest movers

107 Brevin Jordan (106>>106>>107) -1
129 John Campbell (120>>124 >>129) -5
183 Gurvan Hall (167>>188>>183) +5
214 Brian Hightower (92>>109>>214) -105
219 Gilbert Frierson (213>>215>>219) -4
250 Will Mallory (4*>>4*>>250) Back in 250

4* Cleveland Reed (183>>4*>>4*) --
4* Gregory Rousseau (233>>4*>>4*) --
4* Nesta Silvera (4*>>4*) --
4* Josh Jobe (166>>179>>4*) -71 Dropped out of 250
3* Daquris Wiggins (3*>>3*) --
3* DJ Ivey (3*>>3*>>3*) --
3* Bubba Baxa (NR>>NR>>3*) Upgraded to 3*

Decommits:
3* Randy Russell (3*>>3*) --
3* Jalen Patterson (NR>>3*) --
3* Billy Josephs (NR>>3*) --
2* Thomas Burns (NR>>2*) --

Others:
3 Patrick Surtain Jr. (2>>2>>3) -1
6 Micah Parsons (5>>5>>6) -1
12 Tyreke Johnson (10>>12>>12) --
16 James Cook (13>>16>>!6) --
20 Terrace Marshall Jr. (22>>20>>20) --
21 Taron Vincent (18>>18>>21) -3
32 Rick Sandidge (87>>48>>32) +16
33 Asante Samuel Jr. (24>>26>>33) -7
62 Amari Gainer (32>>33>>62) -29
67 Warren Thompson (46>>55>>67) -12
69 Kevin Austin (129>>141>>69) +72
70 William Barnes (58>>60>>70) -10
74 Adam Anderson (243>>76>>74) +2
78 Tyson Campbell (69>>63>>78) -15
101 Richard Gouraige (78>>96>>101) -5
105 Joe Milton (113>>102>>105) -3
108 Jacob Copeland (178>>147>>108) +39
109 David Reese (NR>>NR>>109) +141+
142 Josh Moore (119>>139>>142) -3
147 Xavier Williams (73>>99>>147) -48
152 Elijah Moore (74>>88>>152) -64
155 Keondre Coburn (195>>183>>155) +28
163 Anthony Schwartz (NR>>87>>163) -76
167 Amari Burney (154>>165>>167) -2
175 Nick Petit-Frere (153>>171>>175) -4
200 Jamien Sherwood (NR>>181>>200) -19
216 Andrew Chatfield (198>>210>>216) -6
223 Jordan Davis (NR>>NR>>223) +27+
239 Nikolas Bonitto (200>>233>>239) -6
248 Miguel Edwards (221>>243>>248) -5

4* Shaun Shivers (191>>203>>NR) -47+
4* Dominick Watt (175>>218>>NR) -32+
4* Divaad Wilson (239>>249>>NR) -1+
4* Trenell Troutman (50>>NR>>NR) --
4* Curtis Dunlap Jr. (161>>NR>>NR) --
4* Casey Thompson (244>>NR>>NR) --
4* Dennis Briggs II (3*>>4*>>NR) --
4* Kayode Oladele (3*>>4*>>NR) --
3* Rosendo Louis (NR>>NR>>NR) --
3* Chris Curry (NR>>NR>>NR) --
3* Jamarcus Chatman (NR>>NR>>NR) --
3* Robert Hicks (NR>>NR>>NR) --

 

[deeznuts]

Surprised Jobe dropped with all the Bama love hes been getting

 

[SW2Cane]

I think Jobe is not ranked because he is at a prep school now. I could be wrong.

Only logical explanation.

 

[ILCane2011]

I think Jobe is not ranked because he is at a prep school now. I could be wrong.

Only logical explanation.

Yep.

Rivals said Jobe is just being moved to prep school rankings.

His composite 247 ranking is messed up right now because their algorithm doesn't know how to handle that switch

 

[RattlerCane305]

15 DB's ranked ahead of Tyson Cambell is laughable, BUT Asante Samuel being ranked the #2 DB in South Florida is border line special needs.

This too shall pass. TC is a top 5 CB in the country.

Numero Uno in my book....

 

[TriStarCane]

15 DB's ranked ahead of Tyson Cambell is laughable, BUT Asante Samuel being ranked the #2 DB in South Florida is border line special needs.

This too shall pass. TC is a top 5 CB in the

Numero Uno in my book....

Ty working with Chad Wilson on his recruitment now?

 

[RVACane]

247 dropped us to 4 just behind Ped State. If we get all of this local talent I won't even care.

 

[Marcus4989]

I think Jobe is not ranked because he is at a prep school now. I could be wrong.

Only logical explanation.

Yep.

Rivals said Jobe is just being moved to prep school rankings.

His composite 247 ranking is messed up right now because their algorithm doesn't know how to handle that switch

That makes sense... I'm willing to bet that he ends up a 5 star in the final rankings (prep school)... any takers?

 

[jhtheking]

will be surpassed by penn state and OSU eventually, but may hang on to a top5 depending on how bama clemson and FSU closes

Not Penn State, they are already at 23 and we are only at 19. The suckeyes though, have a monster class.

How many are we taking?

 

[BeastMode]

will be surpassed by penn state and OSU eventually, but may hang on to a top5 depending on how bama clemson and FSU closes

Not Penn State, they are already at 23 and we are only at 19. The suckeyes though, have a monster class.

How many are we taking?

I haven't done the math because the numbers always work out, but I would say around 25 this year. So say we take 6 more without losing anyone. I still think we may see a decommit or two because it always happens every year. That would mean 8 more.

My thoughts on positions not players.

WR-1
OL-2
DT-2
DE-1
CB/S-2

 

[marshallrc13]

will be surpassed by penn state and OSU eventually, but may hang on to a top5 depending on how bama clemson and FSU closes

Not Penn State, they are already at 23 and we are only at 19. The suckeyes though, have a monster class.

How many are we taking?

I haven't done the math because the numbers always work out, but I would say around 25 this year. So say we take 6 more without losing anyone. I still think we may see a decommit or two because it always happens every year. That would mean 8 more.

My thoughts on positions not players.

WR-1
OL-2
DT-2
DE-1
CB/S-2

Gotta have at least 1 LB.

 

[BeastMode]

will be surpassed by penn state and OSU eventually, but may hang on to a top5 depending on how bama clemson and FSU closes

Not Penn State, they are already at 23 and we are only at 19. The suckeyes though, have a monster class.

How many are we taking?

I haven't done the math because the numbers always work out, but I would say around 25 this year. So say we take 6 more without losing anyone. I still think we may see a decommit or two because it always happens every year. That would mean 8 more.

My thoughts on positions not players.

WR-1
OL-2
DT-2
DE-1
CB/S-2

Gotta have at least 1 LB.

Complete oversight by me. 1LB. I wouldn't mind seeing them take 2 LB if we somehow have room. We probably only take 1 more OL.

 

[CaliforniaCanes]

Anybody else confused by all the Tyreke Johnson love?

Saw him in camps and he seemed EXTREMELY overrated.