Updated Rivals Top 100 Florida

[SANJAY]

As of 1/27/07 USF has 6 players in the top 100 Florida.  We are in the running for maybe 4 more.

73 Terrell McClain

82 Charlton Sinclair

86 Calvin Sutton

98 Tyson Butler

99 Claude Davis

100 Alton Voss

[theman123]

Neat

[bulls96go]

go bulls!

over the next 5 years would love to see us get our pick of the top 50.

[Bull Dozer]

Rankings from recruiting sites dont matter.....

[SANJAY]

Steve,

I do not think they are the be all-end all of recruiting but I put the information up for discussion purposes.  Also to help me along on my slow trek towards 40,000 posts.  

[Bull Dozer]

Steve,

I do not think they are the be all-end all of recruiting but I put the information up for discussion purposes.  Also to help me along on my slow trek towards 40,000 posts.  

i know i was just doing it in a mocking way since everyone here posts them all the time but says they dont matter.  I should have added one of these   to my post.  

[Joe]

I know most say that now, and I agree to an extent, but I will put my life savings on the line that down the line when we grab a few 4 and 5 stars, with a top 25 class, most people that care about recruiting on this site will be gushing about how great those players are and how we have a top 25 class.

Just teh way it works I guess.

[Velcro]

That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are.  Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them.  I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars.  He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho.

[windbane]

That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are.  Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them.  I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars.  He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho.

I agree.  I'll just be more excited to get better athletes, even if you don't really know until they play, because we seem to be doing a great job already.

[Ruger7mmmag]

That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are.  Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them.  I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars.  He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho.

Let's not get too carried away.  Leavitt is doing a FANTASTIC job maximizing the abilities of the kids we have brought in here, but no way we are turning water into wine by any means.  In general, you can take a 2 or 3 star guy and with GREAT coaching you can turn him into a GOOD player, but there's a ceiling (in general) that those players can reach and good is as good as it gets.  For instance, you aren't going to take a 2 star QB and turn him into Vince Young who was a 5 star when he was recruited.  The reason many of the guys who are 5 stars are 5 stars bc they have the measurables.  They have the height, weight, speed etc.  Things that are God given in many cases.  A guy 5'11" can't make himself 6'3" and a guy who has perfect technique who can only run a 4.6 40 can't magically increase his speed to a 4.4 40 bc he works hard.  

Leavitt has been a better job than I think anyone ever thought, but let's not look through our homer glasses too much.  Recruiting services are generally right the majority of the time and the way you build a BCS champion is to stockpile these guys.  How many of our 2 and 3 star guys are in the NFL?  How many were invited to the Senior Bowl?

Now, look back at the last 6 years of USCs recruiting classes and see how many of those guys are playing in the NFL right now!  No matter how great a coach Leavitt may be, there's only so much a coach can do to improve a player.  

The good news is we're getting better and better recruiting classes and I can't wait to see what Leavitt can do with more and more talent with his coaching and schemes.