Daily Blog • Thursday, February 2nd

National signing day was yesterday as the top rated high school players all over the country sign with their favorite school. It is one of the most important days of the year for each college team as usually the teams with the best recruiting classes year in and year out usually find themselves in the Top 25.

Covering college football as I do takes 52 weeks a year as it is and while I personally do not scout the high school games and rate each player I do compile my rankings based on the many different recruiting services across the country that follow and scout HS football year round. I not only like to use all of the biggest and best services, but I also use regional reports as well. The colleges themselves use many of these services to get the latest information on recruits.

One very important part of my College Football Preview Magazine is an individual player’s “PS#”. You will see them on almost every page and I find them vital in my analysis of a team.  A simple definition for a PS# is my ranking of the players at their positions coming out of high school.

When I receive a recruiting magazine, I translate each player’s ranking into a point system from 1-100.  Each and every player is then logged into the computer and give them a point total from each source. This is a very time-consuming process. Many players are listed by just one or two sources. The higher ranked recruits are mentioned by almost every source. The more they are mentioned and the higher they are rated in each publication, the more total points they accrue. After months of entering all of this information, I sort the list by each position and by total points. Naturally, the QB with the most total points then becomes PS#1QB for that year. If a player is PS#99QB, that means he ranks 99th in total points of all QB’s coming out of high school that year.

While my final recruiting rankings for this year will not be completed for awhile, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at my top overall 100 players.

Phil Steele's Current 2012 Top 100 Incoming Frosh

Rank
POS
First Last HT WT State HS or City Speed School
1
WR
Dorial Green-Beckham 6-6 220 MO Springfield Hillcrest 4.40 Missouri
2
DL
Mario Edwards 6-4 275 TX Ryan Denton 4.80 Florida St
3
DL
Noah Spence 6-3 230 PA Harrisburg Bishop Mcdevitt 4.50 Ohio St
4
RB
Johnathan Gray 5-11 190 TX Aledo 4.40 Texas
5
DB
Landon Collins 6-1 205 LA Geismar Dutchtown 4.40 Alabama
6
DB
Shaq Thompson 6-2 210 CA Sacramento Grant 4.50 Washington
7
OL
DJ Humphries 6-6 265 NC Charlotte Mallard Creek 4.80 Florida
8
QB
Gunner Kiel 6-4 216 IN Columbus East 4.70 Notre Dame
9
RB
Keith Marshall 5-11 190 NC Raleigh Millbrook 4.30 Georgia
10
DL
Eddie Goldman 6-4 295 DC Washington Dc Friendship 5.20 Florida St
11
WR
Stefon Diggs 6-0 175 MD Olney Good Council 4.40 Unsigned
12
DL
Malcom Brown 6-2 280 TX Brenham 4.89 Texas
13
RB
Rushel Shell 6-0 215 PA Aliquippa Hopewell Shs 4.45 Pittsburgh
14
QB
Jameis Winston 6-4 196 AL Bessemer-Hueytown 4.56 Unsigned
15
OL
Andrus Peat 6-7 280 AZ Tempe-Corona Del Sol 4.90 Stanford
16
DL
Ellis Mccarthy 6-4 300 CA Monrovia 4.90 UCLA
17
WR
Nelson Agholor 6-2 180 FL Tampa-Berkeley Prep 4.50 USC
18
RB
Trey Williams 5-8 175 TX Spring-Dekaney 4.40 Texas A&M
19
OL
John Theus 6-6 301 FL Jacksonville Bolles 5.10 Georgia
20
DL
Darius Hamilton 6-4 255 NJ Ramsey Don Bosco 4.70 Rutgers
21
OL
Kyle Murphy 6-7 275 CA San Clemente 5.00 Stanford
22
QB
Devin Fuller 6-0 185 NJ Old Tappan 4.50 UCLA
23
DB
Eddie Williams 6-4 197 FL Panama City-Arnold 4.55 Alabama
24
DL
Arik Armstead 6-8 280 CA Elk Grove-Pleasant Grove 5.20 Oregon
25
LB
Josh Harvey-Clemons 6-5 200 GA Valdosta Lowndes 4.50 Unsigned
26
WR
Cayleb Jones 6-3 198 TX Austin 4.50 Texas
27
DL
Adolphus Washington 6-5 250 OH Cincinnati Taft 4.70 Ohio St
28
RB
TJ Yeldon 6-2 210 AL Daphne 4.50 Alabama
29
DB
Shaq Roland 6-2 180 SC Lexington Hs 4.39 S Carolina
30
DB
Tracy Howard 5-11 170 FL Miramar Hs 4.50 Miami(Fla)
31
OL
Joshua Garnett 6-4 300 WA Puyallup 5.10 Stanford
32
OL
Jordan Simmons 6-5 300 CA Encino Crespi 5.20 USC
33
DL
Dante Fowler Jr 6-3 232 FL St Petersburg-Lakewood 4.60 Florida
34
DB
Ronald Darby 5-11 172 MD Oxon Hill-Potomac 4.40 Florida St
35
DL
Jordan Jenkins 6-3 230 GA Hamilton Harris Co 4.60 Georgia
36
RB
Mario Pender 6-0 185 FL Cape Coral-Island Coast 4.40 Florida St
37
OL
Zach Banner 6-8 320 WA Lakewood Lakes 5.20 USC
38
WR
Thomas Johnson 6-0 180 TX Dallas Skyline 4.50 Texas A&M
39
RB
Randy Johnson 5-9 170 FL Miami Norland Hs 4.40 Miami(Fla)
40
DL
Jonathan Bullard 6-4 240 NC Shelby Crest 4.80 Florida
41
LB
Jabari Ruffin 6-4 230 CA Downey 4.60 USC
42
OL
Avery Young 6-5 285 FL Palm Beach Gardens 5.00 Auburn
43
DL
Tommy Schutt 6-3 300 IL Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 5.00 Ohio St
44
DL
Chris Casher 6-4 225 AL Mobile-Faith Academy Florida St
45
DB
Tee Shepard 6-1 180 CA Fresno-Central East 4.50 Notre Dame
46
DB
Geno Smith 6-0 165 GA Atlanta St Piux X 4.40 Alabama
47
WR
Davonte Neal 5-10 180 AZ Scottsdale Chaparral 4.40 Unsigned
48
OL
Kyle Kalis 6-5 302 OH Lakewood-St Edward 5.20 Michigan
49
LB
Reggie Ragland 6-4 245 AL Madison-Bob Jones 4.60 Alabama
50
WR
Durron Neal 6-0 190 MO St Louis Desmet 4.40 Oklahoma
51
QB
Zach Kline 6-2 210 CA Danville-San Ramon Valley 4.90 California
52
RB
Barry Sanders Jr 5-9 185 OK Ok City Heritage Hall 4.35 Stanford
53
DB
DJ Foster 6-0 185 AZ Scottsdale Saguaro 4.50 Arizona St
54
LB
Noor Davis 6-4 225 FL The Villages 4.50 Stanford
55
DL
Jonathan Taylor 6-4 295 GA Millen Jenkins Co 4.80 Georgia
56
DB
Brian Poole 5-11 190 FL Bradenton Southeast 4.39 Florida
57
DL
Se'Von Pittman 6-5 240 OH Canton-Mckinley 4.70 Ohio St
58
WR
Deontay Greenberry 6-3 187 CA Fresno-Washington Union 4.40 Houston
59
DL
Eli Harold 6-4 220 VA Virginia Beach-Ocean Lakes 4.60 Virginia
60
LB
Channing Ward 6-3 225 MS Aberdeen 4.70 Mississippi
61
WR
Bryce Treggs 6-0 170 CA Bellflower St John Bosco 4.50 California
62
OL
Max Tuerk 6-6 294 CA Santa Margarita 5.10 USC
63
DB
Cyrus Jones 5-11 190 MD Baltimore Gilman School 4.47 Alabama
64
DB
Travis Blanks 6-1 195 FL Tallahassee N Florida Christian 4.50 Clemson
65
OL
Jessamen Dunker 6-6 315 FL Boynton Beach 5.00 Florida
66
OL
Erik Magnuson 6-6 275 CA Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 5.10 Michigan
67
OL
Kennedy Estelle 6-7 300 TX Pearland Dawson Hs 5.20 Texas
68
DB
Alex Carter 6-0 193 VA Briar Woods Ashburn 4.40 Stanford
69
RB
Bri'Onte Dunn 6-2 215 OH Glenoak 4.60 Ohio St
70
RB
Mike Davis 5-9 192 GA Stone Mountain-Stephenson 4.50 S Carolina
71
DB
Yuri Wright 6-2 190 NJ Ramsey Don Bosco Prep 4.40 Colorado
72
DL
Leonard Williams 6-5 257 FL Daytona Beach Mainland 5.80 USC
73
TE
Kent Taylor 6-5 218 FL Land O'Lakes 4.70 Florida
74
WR
Joel Caleb 6-3 205 VA Midlothian Clover Hill 4.55 Virginia Tech
75
DL
Quay Evans 6-3 318 MS Morton 4.90 Miss St
76
DL
Aziz Shittu 6-3 275 CA Atwater Buhach Colony 5.00 Stanford
77
LB
Vince Biegel 6-3 210 WI Wisconsin Rapids 4.60 Wisconsin
78
LB
Kwon Alexander 6-3 215 AL Oxford 4.50 LSU
79
DB
Ishmael Adams 5-10 185 CA Westlake Village Oaks Christian 4.45 UCLA
80
WR
Chris Black 6-0 175 FL Jacksonville-First Coast 4.40 Alabama
81
DB
Deon Bush 6-1 180 FL Miami Columbus 4.40 Miami(Fla)
82
LB
James Ross 6-0 209 MI St Mary'S Orchard Lake 4.57 Michigan
83
OL
Evan Boehm 6-3 286 MO Lee'S Summit West 5.10 Missouri
84
DB
Ladarrell Mcneil 6-1 187 TX Dallas Maceo Smith 4.50 Tennessee
85
RB
Byron Marshall 5-10 191 CA San Jose Valley Christian 4.40 Oregon
86
WR
Germone Hopper 6-0 165 NC Charlotte-Phillip O Berry Acad 4.50 Clemson
87
LB
Ukeme Eligwe 6-3 210 GA Stone Mountain 4.60 Florida St
88
LB
Royce Jenkins-Stone 6-2 215 MI Detroit-Cass Tech 4.56 Michigan
89
DL
Jarron Jones 6-5 308 NY Aquinas Institute Rochester 4.90 Notre Dame
90
DL
Carlos Watkins 6-4 280 NC Forest City Chase 5.00 Clemson
91
LB
Scott Starr 6-3 225 CA Norco 4.50 USC
92
OL
Isaac Seumalo 6-3 280 OR Corvallis 5.20 Oregon St
93
LB
Kwontie Moore 6-2 243 VA Norfolk Christian School 4.80 Virginia
94
DB
Elijah Shumate 6-1 205 NJ Ramsey Don Bosco 4.50 Notre Dame
95
DB
Kevon Seymour 6-0 170 CA Pasadena Muir 4.50 USC
96
DL
Ondre Pipkins 6-3 320 MO Kansas City Park Hill 5.10 Michigan
97
WR
Jordan Payton 6-2 199 CA Oaks Christian Westlake Village 4.50 UCLA
98
WR
Jaquay Williams 6-4 201 GA Tyrone-Sandy Creek 4.50 Auburn
99
DL
Sheldon Day 6-2 275 IN Indianapolis Warren Central 4.90 Notre Dame
100
QB
Cyler Miles 6-4 220 CO Denver-Mullen 4.40 Washington

PS#'s By Position

PS#
Overall
POS
First Last
HT
WT
State
HS or City Speed School
1
8
QB
Gunner Kiel
6-4
216
IN
Columbus East 4.40 Notre Dame
2
14
QB
Jameis Winston
6-4
196
AL
Bessemer-Hueytown 4.50 Unsigned
3
22
QB
Devin Fuller
6-0
185
NJ
Old Tappan 4.55 UCLA
4
51
QB
Zach Kline
6-2
210
CA
Danville-San Ramon Valley 4.39 California
5
100
QB
Cyler Miles
6-4
220
CO
Denver-Mullen 4.50 Washington
1
4
RB
Johnathan Gray
5-11
190
TX
Aledo 4.40 Texas
2
9
RB
Keith Marshall
5-11
190
NC
Raleigh Millbrook 4.50 Georgia
3
13
RB
Rushel Shell
6-0
215
PA
Aliquippa Hopewell Shs 4.40 Pittsburgh
4
18
RB
Trey Williams
5-8
175
TX
Spring-Dekaney 4.50 Texas A&M
5
28
RB
TJ Yeldon
6-2
210
AL
Daphne 4.39 Alabama
6
36
RB
Mario Pender
6-0
185
FL
Cape Coral-Island Coast 4.47 Florida St
7
39
RB
Randy Johnson
5-9
170
FL
Miami Norland Hs 4.50 Miami (Fla)
8
52
RB
Barry Sanders Jr
5-9
185
OK
Ok City Heritage Hall 4.40 Stanford
9
69
RB
Bri'Onte Dunn
6-2
215
OH
Glenoak 4.40 Ohio St
10
70
RB
Mike Davis
5-9
192
GA
Stone Mountain-Stephenson 4.45 S Carolina
11
85
RB
Byron Marshall
5-10
191
CA
San Jose Valley Christian 4.40 Oregon
1
1
WR
Dorial Green-Beckham
6-6
220
MO
Springfield Hillcrest 4.50 Missouri
2
11
WR
Stefon Diggs
6-0
175
MD
Olney Good Council 4.50 Unsigned
3
17
WR
Nelson Agholor
6-2
180
FL
Tampa-Berkeley Prep 4.50 USC
4
26
WR
Cayleb Jones
6-3
198
TX
Austin 4.80 Texas
5
38
WR
Thomas Johnson
6-0
180
TX
Dallas Skyline 4.50 Texas A&M
6
47
WR
Davonte Neal
5-10
180
AZ
Scottsdale Chaparral 5.20 Unsigned
7
50
WR
Durron Neal
6-0
190
MO
St Louis Desmet 4.89 Oklahoma
8
58
WR
Deontay Greenberry
6-3
187
CA
Fresno-Washington Union 4.90 Houston
9
61
WR
Bryce Treggs
6-0
170
CA
Bellflower St John Bosco 4.70 California
10
74
WR
Joel Caleb
6-3
205
VA
Midlothian Clover Hill 5.20 Virginia Tech
11
80
WR
Chris Black
6-0
175
FL
Jacksonville-First Coast 4.70 Alabama
12
86
WR
Germone Hopper
6-0
165
NC
Charlotte-Phillip O Berry Acad Of Tech 4.60 Clemson
13
97
WR
Jordan Payton
6-2
199
CA
Oaks Christian Westlake Village 4.60 UCLA
14
98
WR
Jaquay Williams
6-4
201
GA
Tyrone-Sandy Creek 4.80 Auburn
1
73
TE
Kent Taylor
6-5
218
FL
Land O'Lakes 5.00 Florida
1
7
OL
DJ Humphries
6-6
265
NC
Charlotte Mallard Creek Florida
2
15
OL
Andrus Peat
6-7
280
AZ
Tempe-Corona Del Sol 4.80 Stanford
3
19
OL
John Theus
6-6
301
FL
Jacksonville Bolles 4.70 Georgia
4
21
OL
Kyle Murphy
6-7
275
CA
San Clemente 4.60 Stanford
5
31
OL
Joshua Garnett
6-4
300
WA
Puyallup 5.80 Stanford
6
32
OL
Jordan Simmons
6-5
300
CA
Encino Crespi 4.90 USC
7
37
OL
Zach Banner
6-8
320
WA
Lakewood Lakes 5.00 USC
8
42
OL
Avery Young
6-5
285
FL
Palm Beach Gardens 4.90 Auburn
9
48
OL
Kyle Kalis
6-5
302
OH
Lakewood-St Edward 5.00 Michigan
10
62
OL
Max Tuerk
6-6
294
CA
Santa Margarita 5.10 USC
11
65
OL
Jessamen Dunker
6-6
315
FL
Boynton Beach 4.90 Florida
12
66
OL
Erik Magnuson
6-6
275
CA
Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 4.50 Michigan
13
67
OL
Kennedy Estelle
6-7
300
TX
Pearland Dawson Hs 4.60 Texas
14
83
OL
Evan Boehm
6-3
286
MO
Lee'S Summit West 4.60 Missouri
15
92
OL
Isaac Seumalo
6-3
280
OR
Corvallis 4.50 Oregon St
1
2
DL
Mario Edwards
6-4
275
TX
Ryan Denton 4.70 Florida St
2
3
DL
Noah Spence
6-3
230
PA
Harrisburg Bishop Mcdevitt 4.60 Ohio St
3
10
DL
Eddie Goldman
6-4
295
DC
Washington Dc Friendship 4.50 Florida St
4
12
DL
Malcom Brown
6-2
280
TX
Brenham 4.57 Texas
5
16
DL
Ellis Mccarthy
6-4
300
CA
Monrovia 4.60 UCLA
6
20
DL
Darius Hamilton
6-4
255
NJ
Ramsey Don Bosco 4.56 Rutgers
7
24
DL
Arik Armstead
6-8
280
CA
Elk Grove-Pleasant Grove 4.50 Oregon
8
27
DL
Adolphus Washington
6-5
250
OH
Cincinnati Taft 4.80 Ohio St
9
33
DL
Dante Fowler Jr
6-3
232
FL
St Petersburg-Lakewood 4.80 Florida
10
35
DL
Jordan Jenkins
6-3
230
GA
Hamilton Harris Co 4.90 Georgia
11
40
DL
Jonathan Bullard
6-4
240
NC
Shelby Crest 5.10 Florida
12
43
DL
Tommy Schutt
6-3
300
IL
Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 5.00 Ohio St
13
44
DL
Chris Casher
6-4
225
AL
Mobile-Faith Academy 5.10 Florida St
14
55
DL
Jonathan Taylor
6-4
295
GA
Millen Jenkins Co 5.20 Georgia
15
57
DL
Se'Von Pittman
6-5
240
OH
Canton-Mckinley 5.20 Ohio St
16
59
DL
Eli Harold
6-4
220
VA
Virginia Beach-Ocean Lakes 5.00 Virginia
17
72
DL
Leonard Williams
6-5
257
FL
Daytona Beach Mainland 5.20 USC
18
75
DL
Quay Evans
6-3
318
MS
Morton 5.10 Miss St
19
76
DL
Aziz Shittu
6-3
275
CA
Atwater Buhach Colony 5.00 Stanford
20
89
DL
Jarron Jones
6-5
308
NY
Aquinas Institute Rochester 5.10 Notre Dame
21
90
DL
Carlos Watkins
6-4
280
NC
Forest City Chase 5.20 Clemson
22
96
DL
Ondre Pipkins
6-3
320
MO
Kansas City Park Hill 5.10 Michigan
23
99
DL
Sheldon Day
6-2
275
IN
Indianapolis Warren Central 5.20 Notre Dame
1
25
LB
Josh Harvey-Clemons
6-5
200
GA
Valdosta Lowndes 4.70 Unsigned
2
41
LB
Jabari Ruffin
6-4
230
CA
Downey 4.56 USC
3
49
LB
Reggie Ragland
6-4
245
AL
Madison-Bob Jones 4.50 Alabama
4
54
LB
Noor Davis
6-4
225
FL
The Villages 4.90 Stanford
5
60
LB
Channing Ward
6-3
225
MS
Aberdeen 4.40 Mississippi
6
77
LB
Vince Biegel
6-3
210
WI
Wisconsin Rapids 4.40 Wisconsin
7
78
LB
Kwon Alexander
6-3
215
AL
Oxford 4.30 LSU
8
82
LB
James Ross
6-0
209
MI
St Mary'S Orchard Lake 4.45 Michigan
9
87
LB
Ukeme Eligwe
6-3
210
GA
Stone Mountain 4.40 Florida St
10
88
LB
Royce Jenkins-Stone
6-2
215
MI
Detroit-Cass Tech 4.50 Michigan
11
91
LB
Scott Starr
6-3
225
CA
Norco 4.40 USC
12
93
LB
Kwontie Moore
6-2
243
VA
Norfolk Christian School 4.40 Virginia
1
5
DB
Landon Collins
6-1
205
LA
Geismar Dutchtown 4.35 Alabama
2
6
DB
Shaq Thompson
6-2
210
CA
Sacramento Grant 4.60 Washington
3
23
DB
Eddie Williams
6-4
197
FL
Panama City-Arnold 4.50 Alabama
4
29
DB
Shaq Roland
6-2
180
SC
Lexington Hs 4.40 S Carolina
5
30
DB
Tracy Howard
5-11
170
FL
Miramar Hs 4.70 Miami (Fla)
6
34
DB
Ronald Darby
5-11
172
MD
Oxon Hill-Potomac 4.40 Florida St
7
45
DB
Tee Shepard
6-1
180
CA
Fresno-Central East 4.40 Notre Dame
8
46
DB
Geno Smith
6-0
165
GA
Atlanta St Piux X 4.50 Alabama
9
53
DB
DJ Foster
6-0
185
AZ
Scottsdale Saguaro 4.50 Arizona St
10
56
DB
Brian Poole
5-11
190
FL
Bradenton Southeast 4.50 Florida
11
63
DB
Cyrus Jones
5-11
190
MD
Baltimore Gilman School 4.40 Alabama
12
64
DB
Travis Blanks
6-1
195
FL
Tallahassee North Florida Christian 4.40 Clemson
13
68
DB
Alex Carter
6-0
193
VA
Briar Woods Ashburn 4.40 Stanford
14
71
DB
Yuri Wright
6-2
190
NJ
Ramsey Don Bosco Prep 4.50 Colorado
15
79
DB
Ishmael Adams
5-10
185
CA
Westlake Village Oaks Christian 4.55 UCLA
16
81
DB
Deon Bush
6-1
180
FL
Miami Columbus 4.40 Miami (Fla)
17
84
DB
Ladarrell Mcneil
6-1
187
TX
Dallas Maceo Smith 4.50 Tennessee
18
94
DB
Elijah Shumate
6-1
205
NJ
Ramsey Don Bosco 4.50 Notre Dame
19
95
DB
Kevon Seymour
6-0
170
CA
Pasadena Muir 4.50 USC

Position Breakdown

#
Pos
5
QB's
11
RB's
14
WR
1
TE
15
OL
23
DL
12
LB
19
DB

By School

#
School
#
School
8
USC
2
South Carolina
7
Alabama
2
Texas A&M
7
Stanford
2
Virginia
6
Florida
2
Washington
6
Florida St
1
Arizona St
5
Michigan
1
Colorado
5
Notre Dame
1
Houston
5
Ohio St
1
LSU
4
Georgia
1
Miss St
4
Texas
1
Mississippi
4
UCLA
1
Oklahoma
4
Unsigned
1
Oregon St
3
Clemson
1
Pittsburgh
3
Miami (Fla)
1
Rutgers
2
Auburn
1
Tennessee
2
California
1
Virginia Tech
2
Missouri
1
Wisconsin
2
Oregon

By Conference

#
Conf
29
SEC
28
Pac-12
15
ACC
11
Big Ten
5
Big 12
5
Indep
4
Unsigned
2
Big East
1
CUSA

 

Naturally these numbers could changed with 4 unsigned players but it's a safe bet that USC, Alabama and Stanford will be among my Top 10 when I published my final rankings in this year's magazine. The Trojans despite limited scholarships due to probation may have signed player for player the best class when you don't factor in the amount of players a school signed. I will be back later this week with my Top 250 players then my Top 500 players next week and start finalizing some of my positions for the 2012 recruiting class.