EPSNU Class of 2007 where are they now

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Yeah, compare #47 to #58. What a difference a few years can make.

Actually, do you mean #45?
 


So many did not make it in the long run academically, socially, and were benched for other players. Rankings have a lot to be desired.


Keep you enemies close and your friends closer.
 

That is cool to look through. Supports what a crapshoot recruiting and rankings are.

Possibly the best of the class is the RT starting for the Packers this week. Started in games as a true freshman and was drafted after his junior year. Now starting in the superbowl. That's a good run and still only 21 years old.
 


Look at #53.. What do you suppose got to him? lol
 

Formo said:
Look at #53.. What do you suppose got to him? lol
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Found this on a Sparty board.

He was supposed to go to a prep school and try to get eligible, but apparently left the school after a semester or something. Then he just dropped off the radar.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Possibly the best of the class is the RT starting for the Packers this week. Started in games as a true freshman and was drafted after his junior year. Now starting in the superbowl. That's a good run and still only 21 years old.
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Eric Berry
 




After the top 25 or so they are really all over the board...interesting article.
 

If I had enough money I would start out a major junior football program for kids of the ages of 17 to 20. Mirror it just like hockey. It would clean up all the bs in college football. ;)
 

MaxyJR1 said:
It's amazing that of 150 about 5 are slam dunks.
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What? Out of just the top 25, 16 or 17 are/were very good college players depending on what you think of John Brantley at Florida. 6 of the top 25 are already in the NFL. Unless I am missing the sarcasm, I don't get how you could draw that conclusion.
 

Just browsing through it, it did show me that "stars" or whatever is used to demarcate the talent of a prospective player do matter. There will always be under-performers and over-performers, but with the increased attention being paid to kids and the visibility they receive at summer camps, these services tend to be able to identify who the top kids are. But in football, unlike basketball, it's nigh on impossible for one or two kids to ensure a team's success. Hence, you need to build from the bottom with a strong five-year and walk-on programs and sprinkle your playmakers in on top of a solid foundation of players.
 





MaxyJR1 said:
That is cool to look through. Supports what a crapshoot recruiting and rankings are.

Possibly the best of the class is the RT starting for the Packers this week. Started in games as a true freshman and was drafted after his junior year. Now starting in the superbowl. That's a good run and still only 21 years old.
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I didn't get that at all. Granted, I only looked at the top 25, but was surprised at how many are in the NFL or projected to be early draft picks.
 

What people fail to realize about recruiting rankings is this:

They rank prospects in terms of talent. They do not try to project injury problems, personal problems, legal trouble, academic trouble, ect.
Of the 150, how many failed because of a lack of talent? I would guess less than 20 without looking at the list.How many of them didn't play because they were behind a different player who was highly ranked (think USC QBs and RBs)?

Also keep in mind ESPN was still relatively new to the recruiting game in 2007, they have gotten a lot better since then. In 2007 it was really the Big 2, ESPN has definitely moved onto nearly equal footing with rivals and scout over the past few years.
 

Here's rankings in a nutshell:

In 2007 Clint Brewster was rated 13 spots higher than Cam Newton.......:eek::D
 

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