This will become a weekly feature for Saturdays henceforth. If there is no recruiting action during the week, I’ll either skip it or do something else informative.
Action since last rankings:
4-5 Northwestern gains commitment from Evan Watkins.
4-18 Michigan gains commitment from Fitzgerald Toussaint.
4-19 Ohio State gains commitment from Darrell Givens.
4-21 Ohio State gains commitment from Jordan Hall and Dorian Bell.
4-24 Michigan gains commitment from Kevin Newsome. Melvin Fellows switches commitment from Illinois to Ohio State.
New Rankings:
| #1 Ohio State – 8 commits | ||
| DT | ***** | Johnny Simon |
| LB | ***** | Dorian Bell |
| RB | **** | Jordan Hall |
| CB | **** | Darrell Givens |
| WR | **** | Chris Fields |
| CB | **** | CJ Barnett |
| MLB | **** | Storm Klein |
| MLB | **** | Jordan Whiting |
| OT | *** | Jack Mewhort |
| S | *** | Jamie Wood |
| LB | * | Adam Homan |
Ohio State has picked up three 4-star players and one 5-star player since the last rankings were given. They have a very strong start to their class. Adam Homan switched from FB to LB, where he will likely (not) play in college.
| #2 Michigan – 6 commits | ||
| DT | ***** | William Campbell |
| QB | **** | Kevin Newsome |
| CB | **** | Justin Turner |
| S | * | Isaiah Bell |
| RB | * | Teric Jones |
| RB | * | Fitzgerald Toussaint |
Michigan has continued a fairly strong (though not OSU-ian) start to the recruiting year. Kevin Newsome fills a huge need for the Wolverines, and is the right guy for this system. He will end up a very high 4-star or a 5-star (currently Scout’s #41 player (they had 50 5-stars last year), and Rivals’s #39 player (they had 30 5-stars last year)), though an early commitment to Michigan typically means death to a player’s ranking. Fitzgerald Toussaint is another RB/slot hybrid, with impressive film. High 3 or low 4-star likely.
| #2 Michigan State – 6 commits | ||
| RB | ***** | Edwin Baker |
| RB | **** | Larry Caper |
| SLB | **** | Chris Norman |
| WR | *** | Donald Spencer |
| DT | * | Blake Treadwell |
| QB | * | Andrew Maxwell |
No movement since the last rankings. Passed by Michigan because the Wolverines’ commitments will end more highly ranked, and fill positions of need effectively.
| #4 Illinois – 2 commits | ||
| DT | **** | Lendell Buckner |
| OT | **** | Leon Hill |
Losing Melvin Fellows wasn’t enough to drop the Illini below a couple teams with fewer commits.
| #5 Wisconsin – 3 commits | ||
| OG | * | Ryan Groy |
| DT | * | Jared Kohout |
| DE | * | Shelby Harris |
No movement. Their guys aren’t yet ranked, but Wisconsin develops linemen like it’s their job (side note: it is, in fact, their job).
| #6 Minnesota – 3 commits | ||
| QB | *** | Moses Alipate |
| C | * | Ed Olsen |
| OT | * | Josh Campion |
Minnesota is going through a big scheme change, and needs to recruit players to the new system. After a huge (and pretty good) 2008 recruiting class, Minnesota is not off to a fast start in 2009. Once a new batch of rankings come out, they might sneak past Wisconsin.
| #7 Penn State – 1 commit | ||
| C | * | Ty Howle |
JoePa is death to Penn State’s ability to recruit.
| #8 Northwestern – 1 commit | ||
| QB | *** | Evan Watkins |
A big QB. Curious to see whether he has the quicks to run Northwestern’s scheme, which requires some mobility.
T-9th – Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue (0 commits)
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Tags: Football, Recruiting
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