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Chris Wells
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Date: Jun 6, 2005
Here is the complete list of Ohio's top 105 seniors-to-be in football, led by No. 1 choice Chris Wells. This list is reprinted from the May 2005 edition of Ohio High magazine. It contains links to each player's bio page in the Scout.com database.
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Over the past several weeks, we unveiled the top 105 football prospects in the Class of 2006 as ranked by Duane Long in the May edition of Ohio High magazine.
Today, we will provide you the complete top 105 list.
First, though, are comments from Long on this class:
“The first thing I do when I look at a new class is look back. Every class seems to evolve and change as players progress; some come into their own and others just get left behind. None has undergone such a transformation as the Class of 2006.
“There were a larger number of players than usual in this class that made an impact on the varsity level as freshmen. We saw the most impressive receiver class I had ever seen as freshmen, and that continued as they went into their sophomore year. Last year, we saw that sparkling group of receivers start to come apart.
“First, David Lighty of Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph chose to concentrate on basketball. He had been the No. 1 overall player in the class at that point. His last football game was the state championship game after his sophomore year. He did not get a lot of balls thrown his way in that game, but what he did with the ones that he did get his hands on showed what a special athlete he was. I will always believe Lighty made a mistake – not just because I am a football guy, but because 6-6 basketball players are somewhat common, while as a receiver, he could have been unique.
“The 2003 state finals was also the last we saw of Cleveland Benedictine’s Lorenzo Hunter. He was taken from this world by the most senseless bit of violence. Sidney receiver JuJuan Jones was the one most people did not know about, but he may have been the most spectacular of the threesome. He is no longer living in Ohio, and he too gave up football. Cleveland Glenville’s Daven Jones, who recently committed to Wisconsin, is the only one of the foursome that remains. The receiver class is a shell of its once-spectacular self.
“You would think the class overall had been decimated. Wrong. It is better than ever. Of course, you would love to see all of those young receivers in this class too, but others have stepped up in such a way that the impact is muted.
“We started to see the quarterbacks relatively early. Anytime the name Schlichter comes up, football fans are going to perk up their ears. Miles Schlichter of Washington Court House Miami Trace was the first to emerge, but he was not the last. Springfield South’s Brennen Glass has been the most productive of the group. Last summer, with everyone looking for Canton GlenOak receiver Brian Hartline, the name that came out of the Ohio State camp was his younger brother, Mike Hartline.
“When you think of Cleveland St. Ignatius, you think quarterbacks, and the next in line is Rudy Kirbus. Most St. Ignatius quarterbacks do not start until later in their high school careers, so they mature later. He could top this class by November. Bellaire’s Nate Davis may be the most gifted of the lot, but it looks like he could play basketball in college. Newark has Aaron Huffman, while Xenia has Josh Cousins.
“All of these kids are Big Ten-caliber quarterbacks, but I would not be surprised to see most end up in the mighty MAC. Too many times, you see the big time programs pass over quality quarterbacks for a player with more raw physical tools. That is one reason why the MAC seems to be putting out more top quarterbacks than the Big Ten, the SEC or any of the leagues that we expect to see developing NFL talent. Long ago, football coaches learned that sprinters are sprinters, not receivers, and that they can’t play football. I wonder when they will realize they can’t make a quarterback out of a pitcher.
“We have seen the emergence of an offensive line class for the ages. I see at least six linemen in this class that are going to get national attention, and that does not include several others that will at least be regional recruits. There is no lineman like Alex Boone – the Lakewood St. Edward star who was last year’s No. 1 player – but as a group, Aaron Brown, Connor Smith, Justin Boren, Lee Tilley, Ryan Palmer, Jacob Ballard and Bryant Browning make this offensive line class for the year 2006 the best single position class I have ever seen in Ohio. Add Bill Nagy from Hudson to the class as an offensive lineman, although I think he is a better defensive lineman, and you have seven offensive linemen in the top 16.
“Overall, this is the best class since the 2002 class that featured – among many others – Bobby Carpenter, A.J. Hawk, E.J. Underwood, Quinn Pitcock, DeShawn Wynn, Justin Zwick, and Maurice Clarett. Speaking of Clarett, I have been saying for a couple of years that Chris Wells of Akron Garfield is the best back from Ohio since Maurice Clarett. If he improves as much from his junior year to his senior year as he did from his sophomore year to his junior year, I will be saying he is better than Clarett.”
With a number of combines and camps being conducted this spring and through late June, this list will be updated in the August edition of Ohio High. Subscription orders made between now and July 3 will start with that issue. Click this link for details on Ohio High:
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Here is the list of Ohio’s top 105 prospects from the May edition with links, where available, to each player’s bio page in the Scout.com database:
1. Chris Wells 6-2 225 RB/LB Akron Garfield (Ohio State verbal)
2. Aaron Brown 6-6 283 OL/DT Cincinnati Princeton
3. Thaddeus Gibson 6-3 205 LB Euclid
4. Connor Smith 6-5 270 OL Cincinnati Colerain
5. Justin Boren 6-4 300 OL Pickerington North (Michigan verbal)
6. Ray Small 6-0 170 WR/CB Cleveland Glenville
7. Robert Rose 6-5 238 DE/OLB Cleveland Glenville
8. Ross Homan 6-1 225 LB Coldwater (Ohio State verbal)
9. Mike Hartline 6-5 ½ 190 QB Canton GlenOak
10. Lee Tilley 6-7 292 OL Springfield South
11. Kurt Coleman 5-11 190 CB/WR Clayton Northmont
12. Jeff Cumberland 6-6 222 TE/DE Columbus Brookhaven
13. Josh Chichester 6-8 200 TE/WR West Chester Lakota West
14. Ryan Palmer 6-6 280 OL Canton GlenOak
15. Bill Nagy 6-5 295 DT/OL Hudson
16. Jacob Ballard 6-7 255 ATH Springboro (Ohio State verbal)
17. John Ryan 6-5 240 DE Cleveland St. Ignatius
18. Kallen Wade 6-5 210 DE Cincinnati Withrow (Notre Dame verbal)
19. Arvelle Nelson 6-4 190 QB Cleveland Glenville
20. Robert L. Williams 5-11 160 CB Cincinnati Withrow
21. Jovani Chappel 5-8 175 CB Trotwood-Madison
22. Daven Jones 6-1 175 WR Cleveland Glenville (Wisconsin verbal)
23. Nate Davis 6-3 220 QB/ATH Bellaire
24. Rudy Kirbus 6-4 190 QB Cleveland St. Ignatius
25. Brennen Glass 6-3 190 QB Springfield South
26. Miles Schlichter 6-1 ½ 185 QB Washington C.H. Miami Trace
27. Cody Blevins 6-2 197 S/LB/CB Miamisburg
28. Delone Carter 5-10 190 RB Copley
29. Lance Smith 5-11 190 RB Warren Howland
30. Bryant Browning 6-3 310 OL Cleveland Glenville
31. Rob Parris 6-4 175 WR Cleveland St. Ignatius
32. Torrence Nicholson 6-2 260 OL Columbus Marion-Franklin
33. Troy Pascley 6-1 180 WR Alliance Marlington
34. Jerome Jones 6-7 220 DE/TE Youngstown Ursuline
35. Royce Adams 6-1 175 DB Cleveland Glenville
36. Reilly Lauer 6-7 225 DE Cleveland St. Ignatius
37. Aaron Huffman 6-3 200 QB Newark
38. Martin Channels 6-1 300 DT Xenia
39. Anthony Echols 6-0 220 LB Cleveland Glenville
40. D. J. Burris 6-4 280 OL Kenton
41. Alex Stewart 6-1 270 DT Columbus DeSales
42. Anthony Elzy 5-10 195 RB Warren JFK
43. Mike McGee 6-1 190 QB/ATH Columbus Brookhaven
44. Josh Cousins 6-1 190 QB Xenia
45. James Allison 6-3 210 LB Lima Senior
46. Peris Edwards 6-3 190 S Toledo Rogers
47. Mark Jackson 6-6 310 OL Columbus Brookhaven
48. Antonio Reed 6-1 294 DT Warren Harding
49. Raymond Fisher 5-10 170 WR/CB Cleveland Glenville
50. Dominic Alford 6-3 310 OL Shaker Heights
51. Joe Underwood 6-2 230 LB Youngstown Ursuline
52. Scott Weber 6-1 215 FB Canal Fulton Northwest
53. Drew Kuhn 6-0 180 WR/CB Louisville
54. Shawn Redd 5-11 210 LB Cincinnati Withrow
55. Zack Pridemore 6-6 225 DT/OL/TE Carrollton
56. Myles Trempe 6-5 195 WR St. Paris Graham
57. Armand Robinson 6-1 190 WR Reynoldsburg
58. Paul Rice 6-2 215 ATH University School
59. Aaron Womack 5-11 170 WR/FS Warren Howland
60. Kris Luschinger 6-4 225 DE Columbus Watterson
61. Cobrani Mixon 6-2 210 LB Cincinnati Colerain
62. Allen V. Price 6-0 190 QB Tallmadge
63. Lamar Mapp 6-3 255 DE/LB Springfield South
64. Brandon Miller 5-11 190 CB Cincinnati Withrow
65. Terrence Sherrer 5-11 190 RB Cincinnati Colerain
66. Carlos Tipton 6-4 245 DE/DT Cincinnati Winton Woods
67. Chris Thomas 5-11 185 CB Columbus DeSales
68. Dustin Winters 6-0 230 FB/LB Gallia Academy
69. Quentin Paulik 6-3 225 ATH Massillon Washington
70. Derrell Johnson 6-2 185 WR Youngstown Mooney
71. Jerel Leak 5-11 180 ATH Trotwood-Madison
72. Joe Thomas 6-4 285 OL Lakewood St. Edward
73. Anton Robinson 6-1 205 RB/FB Gahanna Lincoln
74. Josh Ballard 6-3 225 LB Springboro
75. Mario Russell 6-2 188 ATH Columbus Mifflin
76. Jordan Gafford 6-1 195 ATH Worthington Kilbourne
77. Eric Jones 5-10 175 CB Cincinnati Winton Woods
78. Angelo Babbaro 5-10 180 WR/CB Canfield
79. Steve Allen 5-11 170 DB Trotwood-Madison
80. Jarrod Smith 6-5 255 OL Fairborn
81. Marcus Procter 6-2 285 DT Alliance
82. Jamar Howard 6-4 195 WR Cincinnati Withrow
83. Austin Power 5-10 220 LB Louisville
84. Corey Leggett 6-3 190 ATH Carrollton
85. Zach Haudenschild 6-2 175 QB Rocky River
86. Mike Bartos 6-2 270 DT/OG Youngstown Ursuline
87. Nate Cole 6-3 280 DT Trotwood-Madison
88. Bryant Milligan 6-1 190 WR/CB Cleveland Glenville
89. Brett Huffman 6-5 220 TE/DE Massillon Washington
90. Christen Haywood 5-7 180 RB Hilliard Davidson
91. Bryan Hartrick 6-2 220 FB Newark
92. David Lewis 6-2 185 WR Akron Buchtel
93. Vincent Rivers 6-3 285 OL Cincinnati Princeton
94. Brian Whaley 6-1 195 LB Louisville
95. Jacob Ramsey 5-11 215 RB Columbus Independence
96. Jamel Miller 5-10 185 RB Tallmadge (Miami, Ohio verbal)
97. Armani Johnson 6-0 190 WR Youngstown Boardman
98. Anthony Barkhurst 5-11 170 CB Canal Fulton Northwest
99. Will Armstrong 6-4 225 DE/TE/OL Toledo Rogers
100. Cameron Mobley 5-10 185 RB Trotwood-Madison
101. Seth Price 6-7 235 DE Grove City
102. John Dvoroznak 6-2 200 ATH Lakewood St Edward
103. Jonathan Clinton 6-2 228 FB/LB Akron Buchtel
104. Clark Crum 6-7 270 OL Dublin Scioto
105. C.J. Law 5-9 160 CB Canal Fulton Northwest
More Ohio Seniors To Watch
Name Ht. Wt. Pos. School
Chad Schofield 6-4 310 OL Strongsville
Eric Ornella 6-2 275 OL Cincinnati Colerain
Levi George 6-2 250 OL Youngstown Boardman
Cory Palmer 6-5 305 OL Wooster
Chris Carter 6-6 330 OL Chillicothe
Chris Meenan 6-7 320 OL Wooster
Jered DeWalt 6-5 300 OL Lyndhurst Brush
Yianni Karvounides 6-3 260 OL Tallmadge
Bob Gulley 6-5 275 OL Berea
Bob Fresch 6-5 270 OL Westerville Central
Eric Gohman 6-4 255 OL Dayton Carroll
Mike Armagno 6-2 272 OL Cleveland St. Ignatius
John Paul Makrai 6-3 260 OL Cleveland St. Ignatius
Derrick Jordan 6-3 285 OL Ashtabula Lakeside
Everett Logan 6-1 300 OL Columbus Walnut Ridge
Colton Shope 6-3 275 OL Chillicothe
Nate Durig 6-4 260 OL Warren Howland
Rick Stanzi 6-5 200 QB Mentor Lake Catholic
Matt Bruggeman 6-2 190 QB Dayton Chaminade-Julienne
Josh Cupps 6-0 170 QB St. Paris Graham
Alex Early 6-1 180 QB Huber Heights Wayne
Ryan Kerns 6-5 195 WR Springboro
Jon Dunn 6-3 165 WR Cleveland Benedictine
Anthony Gallas 6-2 200 WR Strongsville
Christian Livingston 6-3 180 WR Newark
Marc Krauss 6-2 200 WR Hamler Patrick Henry
Dartagnan Mitchell 5-10 175 WR Shaker Heights
Bryon Albonni 5-11 185 WR/DBWarren Howland
Keith Marshall 5-10 180 WR/DBSpringfield South
Sean Redwine 6-3 230 TE Cincinnati Moeller
Dominique Smith 6-0 180 RB WCH Miami Trace
Julian Johnson 5-9 165 RB Cincinnati Winton Woods
Cameron Campeau 5-11 200 RB Kettering Fairmont
Bruce Friesen 5-7 160 RB Cleveland Glenville
Alex Knipp 6-1 185 RB Amherst Steele
Houston Brown 5-9 205 RB Westerville Central
Darius Lewis 5-10 180 RB Ironton
Mike Kundla 6-0 202 RB Columbus Watterson
Ron Jordan 5-7 175 RB Westerville Central
Xylon Purkiss 6-1 260 FB Ravenna
Jamie Frasure 6-1 230 FB Ashtabula Lakeside
Ben Stoper 6-0 230 FB Medina
Chad Pepper 5-9 200 FB Westerville Central
Antonio James 6-4 240 DE Massillon Washington
Toby Boeckman 6-7 230 DE St. Henry
Deitrius Baker 6-1 235 DL Ashtabula Lakeside
Chris Harrison 6-3 245 DL Youngstown Liberty
Ralph Patrella 6-2 255 DT Steubenville
Marty Kern 6-0 260 DT Cleveland St. Ignatius
Brian Neff 6-3 230 DL Cleveland St. Ignatius
John Hokavar 6-5 225 DE/TE Perry
Mike Law 6-3 245 DT/OT Perry
Mike Palmer 6-0 210 LB Trotwood-Madison
Darius Smith 6-3 200 LB/DE Euclid
Brad Gossett 6-4 220 LB Perry
Andre Porter 6-3 235 LB/DE Lakewood
Jake Myers 6-3 230 LB Clayton Northmont
Karl Finkes 6-1 200 LB Xenia
Demitrious Toombs 6-1 205 LB/SS Cincinnati Roger Bacon
Donald Laster 6-1 215 LB Shaker Heights
Dan Dowd 6-0 215 LB Cleveland St. Ignatius
Brad Stetler 6-1 220 LB Dublin Scioto
Kenneth Lamendola 6-1 225 LB Lakewood St. Edward
A.J. Clair 6-4 210 LB/DE Shaker Heights
Zack Aloisio 6-2 215 LB Mentor
Keith Dillon 6-1 190 LB/SS Newark
Kenny Owens 6-1 210 LB/FB Shaker Heights
Matt Krystofik 6-3 200 LB Kettering Alter
Mike Palmer 6-0 210 LB Trotwood-Madison
Kelvin Primm 5-10 210 LB/SS Cleveland Glenville
Derrick Smith 6-0 205 LB/SS Cleveland Glenville
Ben Kelly 5-10 180 CB Bedford
Akwasi Owusus-Ansah 6-1 180 CB Columbus Whetstone
Anthony Harris 6-2 193 S Columbus Brookhaven
Chaz Jones 6-0 180 CB Cleveland Heights
Cortez Jones 6-0 190 S Akron Garfield
Nick Secue 5-10 185 DB Cleveland St. Ignatius
Chris Lewis 5-10 175 DB Strongsville
Brandon Stephens 5-10 175 DB Strongsville
Derek Beverly 6-0 170 ATH Chillicothe
Jason Ferrell 6-1 200 ATH Columbus Watterson
Ryan Kopina 6-2 220 ATH Wooster
Kevin Bass 5-7 170 ATH Chillicothe
Alex Math 5-10 180 ATH Shaker Heights
Mark Ison 6-0 190 P/ATH Olentangy
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