2009 Recruiting Thread

[MassNole]

Here is a look at the list of participants for the 2008 EA Sports Elite 11:

Matt Barkley, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei (Southern Cal commit)

Richard Brehaut, Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Los Osos (UCLA commit)

Allan Bridgford, Mission Viejo, Calif. (California commit)

AJ McCarron, Mobile (Ala.) St. Paul's (Alabama commit)

Zach Mettenberger, Watkinsville (Ga.) Oconee County (Georgia commit)

Aaron Murray, Tampa (Fla.) Plant (Georgia commit)

Tom Savage, Springfield (Pa.) Cardinal O'Hara (Rutgers commit)

Eugene Smith, Miramar, Fla.

Tajh Boyd, Hampton (Va.) Phoebus (West Virginia commit)

Raymond Cotton, Fort Meade (Md.) Meade HS (Auburn commit)

Andrew Maxwell, Midland, Mich. (Michigan State commit)

Bryn Renner, Lorton (Va.) West Springfield (North Carolina commit)

[CardsFan27]

Illinois picked up a big commitment today, 4 star QB Nathan Scheelhaase (#7 dual threat QB in the country) chose the Illini over Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa.

Scheelhaase is from Kansas City so I figured it'd be tough to pry him away from Oklahoma (figured we'd stand a good chance against Mizzou due to they got Gabbert last year) but beating out Oklahoma I thought would be nearly impossible. Scheelhaase father played at Iowa with Bob Stoops back in the day so thats a big tie there, even Iowa I thought might give us problems being as a few coaches are still there from when Scheelhaase dad played there, but Scheelhaase just loved the school and the coaching staff at Illinois.

Anyway big pickup for us and hopefully it really gets the ball rolling for this class. It'd be great to lockup the star WR's from East St. Louis now Kraig Appleton and Terry Hawthorne (both 4 stars), then add in a RB like Ronnie Wingo (4 star) or David Oku (4 star) and that is the start of an awesome class. Scheelhaase is close friends with Appleton and Wingo so this should definitely help us there and Hawthorne is an Illinois lean for now anyway.

[kgx2thez]

Quote: Originally Posted by Psyblast

Rivals has released their first rankings for 2009 recruiting classes. http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...asp?CID=823591 Top 10: 1. Ohio State 2. USC 3. Texas 4. Michigan 5. LSU 6. Florida State 7. Georgia 8. Clemson 9. Oklahoma 10. Michigan State

according the Rivals USC has 10 recruits from the Top 25...thats ridiculous altho the majoirty of them are from Cali

[bgeno]

Nice to see Penn State making some headway in the recruiting game early in the recruiting season. Eric Shrive is a 4-star on Rivals (and number 5 at his position) and a 5-star on Scout. Absolutely need to get a RB though, it seems. I like the guy they got (Curtis Dukes), but he's only a 2-star on rivals, so we'll see.

[Psyblast]

Florida landed 2010 offensive lineman Ian Silberman.

Oh, and he's planning on recruiting for Florida...guess what he had to say to one of the guys he's starting with...

Quote:

"I talked to Trent Richardson. He's unreal. He said he's a soft commitment to Alabama. I was telling him that Nick Saban won't be there that long. He needs go ahead and commit to the Gators."

And boom goes the dynamite.

[fightingillini]

Quote: Originally Posted by CardsFan27

Illinois picked up a big commitment today, 4 star QB Nathan Scheelhaase (#7 dual threat QB in the country) chose the Illini over Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. Scheelhaase is from Kansas City so I figured it'd be tough to pry him away from Oklahoma (figured we'd stand a good chance against Mizzou due to they got Gabbert last year) but beating out Oklahoma I thought would be nearly impossible. Scheelhaase father played at Iowa with Bob Stoops back in the day so thats a big tie there, even Iowa I thought might give us problems being as a few coaches are still there from when Scheelhaase dad played there, but Scheelhaase just loved the school and the coaching staff at Illinois. Anyway big pickup for us and hopefully it really gets the ball rolling for this class. It'd be great to lockup the star WR's from East St. Louis now Kraig Appleton and Terry Hawthorne (both 4 stars), then add in a RB like Ronnie Wingo (4 star) or David Oku (4 star) and that is the start of an awesome class. Scheelhaase is close friends with Appleton and Wingo so this should definitely help us there and Hawthorne is an Illinois lean for now anyway.

Yeah that's huge. I hear he's definitely ahead of where Juice was going into his senior year in high school. Some comparisons say he's kind of a cross between Chris Leak and Dennis Dixon. Big, strong, and fast. I guess he went to Iowa and watched their practices/camps/etc and wasn't all too impressed by their skill players and their line around him, then he came to Illinois and saw the difference. Deciding factor right there. I also hear that Hawthorne and Appleton might make a decision as early as this week, but likely before the start of their senior seasons. Both have Illinois leans. Like you said those would be huge. And Wingo is good, don't get me wrong, but I REALLY want Oku. Even though he's not really a between-the-tackles kind of runner, he's more of an outsider, I still think he is a special talent. But yeah like you said I hope Scheelhaase gets the ball rolling for other big time recruits

[MassNole]

Florida State picked up commitment #13 from 4* DT Demonte McAllister and commitment #14 from 3* OL John Prior out of Ohio. This is could kick of a run of commitments in the next couple of weeks.

[Psyblast]

And in Part 75,546,678-I-just-made-up-a-number-because-I-lost-freaking-count of the "Notre Dame gets an OL commit that Michigan really wanted", Zach Martin is now Irish.

[Hawaii_Stars]

Great.....

[P2K]

Georgia...Georrrrrgiiiaaaaaaaa...


Miami gets a commit from 4* ATH Prince Kent from Norcross HS (GA).