2011 Rivals/Scout/etc. National & Regional Rankings

[GeorgiaBuck2]

Wouldn't expect anything else from rivals.

 

[y0yoyoin]

Rivals will be updating their Rivals250 list tomorrow or wednesday for those who care

 

[Joe6809]

Scout's rankings changed today. I gotta say, some of the changes baffle me. Doran Grant shuts down everyone he covers at the Under Armor AA game, and he loses a star? Bennett shows what a beast he is at the Army AA game and drops in the rankings? That makes about as much sense as Ohio State falling 3 spots in Kirk Herbstreit's final poll after beating the #2 SEC team in a BCS game. Oh wait, that happened too...

 

[BuckNut65]

Who gives a [Mark May] what these guys think... just ask players like AJ Hawk, James Laurinaitis and Malcolm Jenkins and their 2/3 star rankings. I think I value the judgment of our coaching staff over Rivals, Scout and the all-knowing ESPN.

 

[wadc45]

Scout $ - Final Rankings: Southern Update

By Chad Simmons
South Recruiting Manager
Posted Jan 18, 2011

There are seven new five-star prospects in the South, so with six new names in there, that means a number of old ones had to fall out. Find out the changes that were made in the top 100 here.

Shazier and Vaughters moved into the Top 100. Gorman into the Top 300.

Scout $ - Ranking changes in the East Region

By Bob Lichtenfels
Regional Recruiting Manager
Posted Jan 18, 2011

After countless hours of evaluations in the film room, combines, camp, games, all-star games the final rankings for the class of 2011 are upon us. The has been a lot of movement with players in the East Region, let's take a look.

No OSU targets of note.

Free Scout - Making Moves - Scout 300

Scout 300

Of note:

#1 Jadeveon Clowney - 5 stars
#11 Braxton Miller - 5
#19 Curtis Grant - 5
#23 Doran Grant -5
#32 Steve Miller - 5
#42 Anthony Wallace - 5
#55 Michael Bennett - 4
#76 Damian Swan - 4
#84 Kenny Hayes - 4
#90 Darius Jennings
#104 Chase Farris - 4
#128 Evan Spencer - 4
#158 Brian Bobek
#160 Ejuan Price - 4
#167 Ron Tanner - 4
#182 Devin Smith - 4
#246 DerJuan Gambrell - 4
#272 Aundrey Walker -4
#291 Jeremy Cash - 4

Updated - Scout 300

#19 Curtis Grant - 5 stars
#36 Braxton Miller - 5
#42 Steve Miller - 5
#57 Michael Bennett - 4
#70 Doran Grant - 4
#81 Ryan Shazier - 4
#87 Kenny Hayes - 4
#97 James Vaughters - 4
#98 Brian Bobek - 4
#107 Chase Farris - 4
#139 Evan Spencer - 4
#169 Ron Tanner - 4
#187 Devin Smith - 4
#204 Aundrey Walker - 4
#210 JaJuan Story - 4
#243 DerJuan Gambrell - 4
#251 Ejuan Price - 4
#291 Nick Vannett - 4

Dropped out:

Darius Jennings
Jeremy Cash

DePriest is up to the #6 player in the nation...

 

[stkoran]

No. 6 in the USA; No. 6 in Ohio. So it goes.

 

[bassbuckeye07]

I never really payed attention really but wow what a desparity between scout and rivals.... Scout has us at 2 and rivals 10 in over all class for 2011

 

[y0yoyoin]

rivals new 100

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2640

#2 - Curtis Grant - 5
#34 - Braxton Miller - 4
#41 - Micheal Bennett - 4
#54 - James Vaughters - 4
#64 - Audrey Walker - 4
#68 - Kenny Hayes - 4

and we also dropped down to #10 in team recruiting rankings...down from 6 or 7 last i checked

 

[SweetBuckeye]

rivals new 100

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2640

#2 - Curtis Grant - 5
#34 - Braxton Miller - 4
#41 - Micheal Bennett - 4
#54 - James Vaughters - 4
#64 - Audrey Walker - 4
#68 - Kenny Hayes - 4

Doran Grant not even in the top 100. He was #33 previously.

Huge jump by Walker (almost too big of a jump)

Depriest is #97

Braxton dropped from 24 to 34

I think Bennet moved up as well.

C Grant in at #2. Wouldn't that be a great late get.

 

[Taosman]

Big picture.....if a kid gets mentioned at all he is a fine talent and fills a need. I don't worry about Doran at all and neither should anyone here.

 

[Diego-Bucks]

Doran Grant not even in the top 100. He was #33 previously.

Huge jump by Walker (almost too big of a jump)

Depriest is #97

Braxton dropped from 24 to 34

I think Bennet moved up as well.

C Grant in at #2. Wouldn't that be a great late get.

Doran Grant is still rated as a 6.0 (same as Bennett and B. Miller), but I think he was just over-looked by Rivals on their top 100.

Pull up the Rivals top 100 rankings in their map-mode and you can see their clear regional bias.

 

[Buckeye513]

 

[y0yoyoin]

from the rivals chat today with the "experts"

[Comment From RyanRyan: ]
Any reason, other than the fact that D. Grant committed to tOSU, that he fell from 33 to completely out of the latest Rivals100....I kniw you guys here at Rivals have an extreme southern bias, but this seems a little absurd

Brian Perroni:
Ryan- Doran Grant is a smaller corner that lacks great speed. It's not the best combination. He was picked on in practice and in the game because a lot of the WRs had an easy time getting behind him. He fell victim to Blackmon twice on long passes when Blackmon told his QB that he could easily beat Grant

[Comment From Rick richardsonRick richardson: ]
Were you impressed with Aundrey Walker or not?

adamgorney:
Rick - Loved Walker at Army. Big kid but can move.

so basically Grant dropped from 33 out of the top 100 because Blackmon told his QB he can beat Doran Grant in a UA all star game

 

[wadc45]

Free Rivals - Three new five-stars in updated Rivals100

The Rivals100

Of note:

#1 Jadeveon Clowney (5)
#3 Curtis Grant (5)
#24 Braxton Miller (4)
#33 Doran Grant (4)
#37 Michael Bennett (4)
#56 Damian Swann (4)
#68 Kenny Hayes (4)

Rivals is now giving 5-stars to the top 16...everyone else on the list is 4-stars...Braxton Miller made a big jump up and is now Rivals' #2 rated QB (behind Jeff Driskel)...

Free Rivals - Rivals250 has nine new names

Free Rivals - Some big moves in the Rivals250

Rivals.com Rivals250 2011

Of note:

#113 Anthony Wallace (4)
#127 Aundrey Walker (4)
#174 Jabari Gorman (4)
#180 Darius Jenning (4)
#181 Nick Vannett (4)
#192 Chase Farris (4)
#222 Austin Traylor (4)
#231 Kevin McReynolds (4)
#235 Brian Bobek (4)

Steve Miller dropped out...

rivals new 100

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2640

#2 - Curtis Grant - 5
#34 - Braxton Miller - 4
#41 - Micheal Bennett - 4
#54 - James Vaughters - 4
#64 - Audrey Walker - 4
#68 - Kenny Hayes - 4

and we also dropped down to #10 in team recruiting rankings...down from 6 or 7 last i checked

By comparison from the last update...will update the Rivals250 when it comes out tomorrow...

 

[wadc45]

Free Rivals - Final Rivals100: The moves explained

In addition to the new five stars, there was some shuffling amongst the top 26 players in the county (all the five stars). It's no surprise that Rock Hill (S.C.) South Pointe defensive end Jadeveon Clowney remains as the No. 1 player in the country, but Richmond (Va.) Hermitage linebacker Curtis Grant made a move up to No. 2 after a strong Army week.

"Grant has an NFL body now, he led his team in tackles during the game itself and he is simply a terror at middle linebacker," said Farrell. "No one was going to pull ahead of Clowney but I can guarantee you that Grant won't simply be the answer to a trivia question. He's going to be a college and NFL standout."

Two other defenders at Under Armour, Griffin, Ga, defensive end Xzavier Dickson and Tucker, Ga. linebacker James Vaughters, also made big jumps after strong performances. Both went from Rivals250 performers to Rivals100 this time around.

"Vaughters has a combination of a great physical skillset that is combined with an advanced mental approach to the game. Vaughters is a very talented defender who is versatile. While he likely starts his career at inside linebacker or even defensive end, he is athletic enough to move around in the front seven," said Nee. "He is excellent against the run doing a good job of quickly attacking and filling gaps and making a play on the ball. When forced to move away from the line of scrimmage he is comfortable in space and capable of reading and reacting to the play. When making the tackle, Vaughters is explosive and punishing making every hit count."

Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville offensive guard Aundrey Walker is another prospect who moved into the Rivals100 from the Rivals250. He impressed everyone at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

"Walker may be the widest, thickest, strongest offensive lineman I have ever seen," said Every. "On top of that he can move his feet after he's engaged with a defender. Interior defensive linemen are going to find it hard to move this mammoth off the line of scrimmage. Walker's skill set makes him ideal for a power running game because he is a natural knee bender that can uncoil knocking defenders off balance."