Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Rivals 100 - Revisited

I was looking at this year's top 100 on Rivals and started goofing around looking back on previous years.  Interesting how things work out.  Check out a few of these that will make you smile or cringe:

2011
#5 - DeAnthony Thomas - Oregon (slow by J's standards)
#10 - Malcolm Brown - Texas (oh yeah)
#17 - Anthony Johnson - LSU
#18 - Jarvis Landry - LSU
#32 - Jeff Driskel - FL
#34 - Braxton Miller - Ohio St.
#36 - Marquise Lee - USC
#43 - Odell Beckham - LSU
#63 - Kenny Hilliard - LSU
#86 - JW Walsh - OK St.

2010
#10 - Marcus Lattimore - SC
#12 - Jackson Jeffcoat - TX
#19 - Spencer Ware - LSU (5-star baby!)
#34 - Mike Davis - TX (Skyline)
#82 - Cedric Ogbuehi - A&M (Allen, TX!)
#90 - Eric Reid - LSU

2009
#2 - Rueben Randle - LSU
#5 - Matt Barkley - USC
#6 - Trent Richardson - AL
#7 - Russell Shepherd - LSU
#11 - Dre Kirkpatrick - AL
#12 - Manti Te'o - Notre Dame
#18 - Garrett Gilbert - TX
#20 - Craig Loston - LSU
#46 - Aaron Murray - GA
#59 - Michael Ford - LSU

2008
#1 - Terrelle Pryor - Ohio St.
#4 - Julio Jones - AL
#5 - Patrick Peterson - LSU
#9 - A.J. Green - GA
#14 - Blaine Gabbert - Missouri
#15 - Tyron Smith - USC
#55 - Mark Barron - AL
#68 - Andrew Luck - Stanford (that one kind of jumps out)

2007
#2 - Joe McKnight (traitor)
#3 - Eric Berry - TN
#4 - Ryan Mallett - Michigan
#13 - Terrence Tolliver - LSU
#14 - Chad Jones - LSU
#28 - Cameron Newton - FL (or Cam for short!)
#54 - Dez Bryant - OK St.

2006
#1 - Percy Harvin - FL (Meyer says best player he ever coached)
#5 - Sergio Kindle - TX
#6 - Mathew Stafford - GA
#8 - C.J. Spiller - Clemson
#10 - Mitch Mustain - Arkansas
#22 - Tim Tebow - FL
#35 - Demarco Murray - OK
#43 - LeSean McCoy - Pitt
#50 - Charles Scott - LSU
#61 - Jevan Snead - TX-

2005
#7 - Mark Sanchez - USC
#8 - Martellus Bennett - A&M
#16 - Ryan Perriloux - LSU (cringe)
#18 - DeSean Jackson - Cal
#23 - Darren McFadden - Arkansas
#48 - Michael Oher - Ole Miss (Blindside fame)
#51 - Ndamukong Suh - Nebraska
#57 - Jamaal Charles - TX
#90 - Rashard Mendenhall - Illinois

2004
#1 - Adrian Peterson - OK
#2 - Tedd Ginn Jr. - Ohio St.
#3 - Early Doucet - LSU
#4 - Rhett Bomar - OK
#13 - Chad Henne - Michigan
#28 - Marshawn Lynch - Cal
#37 - Calvin Johnson - GA Tech
#47 - Glenn Dorsey - LSU

2003
#2 - Reggie Bush - USC
#26 - Chris Leak - FL
#42 - Alley Broussard - LSU
#79 - Jamarcus Russell - LSU
#87 - LeRon Landry - LSU

2002
#1 - Vince Young - TX
#28 - Devin Hester - Miami
#37 - Maurice Clarett - Ohio St.
#50 - Justin Vincent - LSU
#81 - Chase Pittman - TX (Evangel)
#83 - Jonathan Wade - TN (Evangel)

Pretty fun to look back.

S

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