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2008 Rivals/Scout/etc. National & Regional Rankings

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OSUBuckeye4Life;902370; said:
Why does Rivals give kickers such low ratings?

Ben, the 3rd best kicker in the country, is a 5.4 on their scale.

Here is what they say about a 5.4:

5.4-5.0 Division I prospect; considered a mid-major prospect; deemed to have limited pro potential but definite Division I prospect; may be more of a role player

:moo::moo::moo:
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It's because of the hidden "kickers aren't really football players" mentality. If a kid is the in the top three of kickers in the entire country, he definitely doesn't have "limited pro potential"...
 
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MililaniBuckeye;902641; said:
It's because of the hidden "kickers aren't really football players" mentality. If a kid is the in the top three of kickers in the entire country, he definitely doesn't have "limited pro potential"...
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Kickers don't sell memberships to Scout and Rivals...
 
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Like I've said many times before, this is the best one in PA and their update just came out today. This guy LOVES Sweat and Pryor, by the way. I heard him on a radio interview saying Mike Farrell should be fired for rating Yancich over Sweat. He said you can't always determine who is better by their offers but when they play at the same school and at the position, everything is even, so then you can. Then he said only one of the two had offers from Ohio State, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and ND, and it wasn't Yancich. He said Yancich only got his offers in camps when they saw what a good athlete he was, but that Sweat is a much better football player.

http://www.pghsports.com/PSR-News/s...full&id=1188402553&archive=&template=Keystone
 
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cheetah;914792; said:
Talk about a crappy job from Pittsburgh's top newspaper. They don't have Chris Burns in the top 25, and everybody else has him 5-7, and they misspelled the name of Brandon Beal.
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I agree. And Hale at #4?? He's a 5* prospect talent wise and the top combo LB/DE in the nation. The only way you could argue Hale being #3 is that Baldwin is a freak physically, and I don't think that's much of an argument. #4? Gimme a break.

By the way, I thought Beal was from NJ (which was a big tie-in to USC & Brian Cushing). Did he transfer to a PA high school?
 
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Baldwin is a freak on paper but if you watch the film of him, he isn't as good on the field as you would think. And Beal transferred to Bethlehem Liberty, one of the best teams in PA. He did it supposedly so he could graduate early and he couldn't do that at his NJ school.
 
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SI/TAKKLE Top 100

SI/Takkle Top 100

The player rankings powered by Offense-Defense

Who are the nation's top football players?

To find out TAKKLE teamed up with Offense-Defense, which for years has run camps across the country and scouted top athletes, to power the SI/TAKKLE Top 100. The O-D team, made up of former NFL players, coaches and scouts, compiled the most thorough evaluation of high school players around.

Of note:
1. Terrelle Pryor
14. Mike Brewster
31. Michael Floyd
38. Mike Adams
41. J.B. Shugarts
42. Devoe Torrence
45. Devier Posey
64. Josh Jenkins
65. Etienne Sabinon
66. Lamaar Thomas
80. Andrew Sweat
85. Jake Stoneburner
89. Garrett Goebel
 
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