ESPN 2008 rankings

[Irishknight1023]

ESPN's top 150 prospect list for 2008 in now out and I'll has the grades of ND commits and other prospects over interest as well....

ESPN.com - NCF - RecruitTracker 2008


1) Dayne Crist (14th overall /3rd ranked QB /86th ranking)

2) Omar Hunter (36th overall /3rd ranked DT /83 rating) At least someone has it right!

3) Jamoris Slaughter (56th overall /3rd ranked S / 82 rating)

4) Ethan Johnson (83rd overall /4th ranked DE /82 rating)

5) Darius Fleming (95th overall /5th ranked DE /81 rating)

6) Kyle Rudolph (102 overall /7th!!! ranked TE /81 rating)

7) Anthony McDonald (150 overall / 14??! ranked OLB /80 rating)

-----Other players of much interest in the Top 150-----

Brice Butler- 16th overall/86 rating

Etienne Sabino- 19th overall/85 rating

Jonathan Baldwin- 26th overall/83 rating

Ryan Williams- 27th overall/83 rating

Marcus Forston- 28th overall/83 rating

Michael Floyd- 41st overall/83 rating

Carlton Thomas- 50th overall/82 rating

Cyrus Gray- 54th overall/82 rating

Steven Filer- 110 overall/81 rating

Matt Patchan- 108 overall/81 rating

Jeremy Brown- 139 overall/80 rating

Kenneth Page- 132 overall/80 rating

-----ND commits rankings and ratings-----

1) Braxston Cave- #1 C/80 rating
2) Mike Golic Jr.- #3 C/78 rating
3) Dan McCarthy- #23 ATH/80 rating
4) Robert Blanton- #21 S/78 rating
5) David Posluszny- #25 OLB/79 rating
6) Hafis Williams- #25 DT/79 rating
7) Sean Cwynar- #16 DT/79 rating
8) Brandon Newman- #17/79 rating
9) Joseph Fauria- #14 TE/79 rating
10) Lane Clelland- #11 OG/79 rating

-----John Goodman has yet to be evaluated-----


-----Other players of interest-----
1) Trevor Robinson- #10 OG/80 rating

 

[Sureal]

Maybe they shouldn't have committed to us so early. They may have had a higher ranking. 'sarcasm'
I read this earlier on their site and was appalled.

Kyle Rudolph.
102. 'psst'

They make me sick. Bunch of chooches...

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Those rankings are total BS. ESPN's recruiting coverage sucks.

 

[bostonirish1908]

Espn Sucks

 

[mikmo1111]

Espn Sucks

basically. they're a joke they don't even have filer in the top 100 how do they justify that. also how do they have jeremy brown rated so high? i like him and wouldnt mind him coming to ND but scouts.com just made him a four star and tney have him ranked way to high and above other players like blanton and mccarthy, that, i believe is unacceptable

 

[Irishknight1023]

basically. they're a joke they don't even have filer in the top 100 how do they justify that. also how do they have jeremy brown rated so high? i like him and wouldnt mind him coming to ND but scouts.com just made him a four star and tney have him ranked way to high and above other players like blanton and mccarthy, that, i believe is unacceptable

--------Jeremy could most likely be a future ND commit in about a week and if you checked out his offer list (Has one of Florida's "acceptable" offers now) then you'd see why he's ranked so high. Also yes, ESPN is the worst of the 3 ranking sites.

 

[Irishknight1023]

Updated the first post to show ratings and rankings for current ND recruits outside the top 150 and Trevor Robinson.

 

[IrishCalves]

If they flipped Rudolph with Slaughter, I think it'd look a lot more sensible. Still though, ESPN's coverage is 2nd tier.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I trust the opinions of the ND coaching staff over the "experts" at ESPN and others.

 

[KamaraPolice]

Apparently, Dayne Crist is as good as Jimmy Clausen. Both are/were 86.

I'll tell you this much, though; if anyone can come up with an offense that needs to utilize two quarterbacks at a time, it's Charlie Weis.

 

[Irishknight1023]

Apparently, Dayne Crist is as good as Jimmy Clausen. Both are/were 86.

I'll tell you this much, though; if anyone can come up with an offense that needs to utilize two quarterbacks at a time, it's Charlie Weis.

-------Dayne is very very good and has huge upside, but I don't think anybody in this years or last is as good as Jimmy. ESPN knocked him down to 9th overall at the end to have McKnight announce on their channell and joined the rest of the world in hating on JC.

 

[Sureal]

-------Dayne is very very good and has huge upside, but I don't think anybody in this years or last is as good as Jimmy. ESPN knocked him down to 9th overall at the end to have McKnight announce on their channell and joined the rest of the world in hating on JC.

Tell the truth and shame the devil. ESPN is all about the hype machine...

 

[Irishknight1023]

Tell the truth and shame the devil. ESPN is all about the hype machine...

------The people who ranked Jimmy 9th last year are not connected with ESPN accordingly. It's a seperate source altogether that has the ESPN name (I know that sounds funny.)