Daily Blog •February 4, 2015

PS#'s from High School to the NFL.

As National Singing Day is upon us I wanted to take a look at how my PS numbers translate into last seasons Freshman All-American Team as well as how they relate to the NFL Draft.

            The PS#’s are invaluable for me to rank a teams specific unit, be it the OL or LB’s, the overall offense, defense and special teams and most importantly the combined ranking for each program.

            For those of you new to PhilSteele.com, I have included “What is a PS Number?” as taken from the 2014 Phil Steele College Football Preview with a few updates. Click image below for larger view of article.

 

 

            When analyzing the data from my 2014 Freshman All-American team I had to say I was even surprised by the results. You will see below that of the 12 players on offense, 9 were VHT’s and 11 of the 12 were HT’s or VHT’s. The only exception was BYU’s Tejan Koroma who was “only” a PS#272 as he came out of high school at 250 lbs but a few months later played as a true freshman at 280 lbs!

            On defense I also named 12 players to my list with 6 of them having VHT rankings out of high school and 10 of the 12 being HT’s or higher. The only 2 players that were ranked slightly lower each red-shirted in 2013 giving them valuable experience and another year of muscle building.

            The special teams were no different and in fact all 4 that I named to my list were HT’s or higher. Here again is my 2014 Phil Steele Freshman All-American Team.

 

PHIL STEELE'S FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
(Range for Postion)   OFFENSE (13) • = True Frosh
VHT PS# Pos. Player, School
YES (1-30) #11 ('13) QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
YES (1-40) #9 RB • Nick Chubb, Georgia
YES (1-40) #22 RB • Samaje Perine, Oklahoma
HT (61-150) #123 IFS WR • Mike Dudek, Illinois
YES (1-60) #4 WR • KD Cannon, Baylor
YES (1-60) #12 IFS WR • Artavis Scott, Clemson
YES (1-30) #19QB ('13) TE Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech
HT (76-250) #120DL OL • Jashon Robertson, Tennessee
  #272 OL • Tejan Koroma, BYU
YES (1-100) #26 IFS OL • Toa Lobendahn, USC
YES (1-100) #30 ('13) OL Billy Price, Ohio St
YES (1-100) #1 IFS OL • Cam Robinson, Alabama
(Range for Postion)   DEFENSE (13)  
VHT PS# Pos. Player, School
YES (1-75) #42 DL • Derek Barnett, Tennessee
YES (1-75) #3 DL • Myles Garrett, Texas A&M
HT (76-250) #126 DL • Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss
HT (76-250) #95 IFS DL • KeShun Freeman, Georgia Tech
HT (76-200) #87 ('13) LB Darron Lee, Ohio St
YES (1-75) #57 ('13) LB Nigel Bowden, Vanderbilt
HT (76-200) #167 ('13) LB Jerod Fernandez, NC St
  #261 ('13) LB Taylor Young, Baylor
  #348 ('13) DB Parry Nickerson, Tulane
YES (1-75) #14 DB • Budda Baker, Washington
YES (1-75) #4 CB • Adoree' Jackson, USC
YES (1-75) #3 S • Quin Blanding, Virginia
(Range for Postion)   SPECIALISTS (4)  
VHT PS# Pos. Player, School
VHT (1-10) #4 P • JK Scott, Alabama
HT (11-35) #28 ('13) K Matthew McCrane, Kansas State
HT (61-150) #129WR PR • De'Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska
YES (1-40) #27RB KR • Stanley Williams, Kentucky

 

            Lastly, I wanted to look ahead to this years NFL Draft and compare how a players PS# may translate into a successful college football career with NFL potential.

            I used my friend Todd McShay for his insight and below you will find his “Updated Top 32 NFL prospects” as listed on his ESPN Insider article dated January 28, 2015.

            This time the results blew me away. Of the 32 players he has projected to be first-rounders EVERYONE was an HT or higher! Among the 32 players were 24 VHT’s and among those two dozen players 14 were “Uber-VHT’s” meaning they were in the top 25% of my VHT rankings.

 

 

Todd McShay's TOP 32
PS# Rank Player Proj pick College Class Height Weight Position
#17 UBER VHT Leonard Williams 1  USC  Jr  6-5 290  DE
#2 UBER VHT Jameis Winston 2  Florida State  Soph  6-4 235  QB
#67 VHT Shane Ray 3  Missouri  Jr  6-2 240  DE
#5JC UBER VHT Randy Gregory 4  Nebraska  Jr  6-6 245  DE
#33 VHT Amari Cooper 5  Alabama  Jr  6-1 205  WR
#31 HT (-1) Marcus Mariota 6  Oregon  Jr  6-4 211  QB
#59 VHT Danny Shelton 7  Washington  Sr  6-1 332  DT
#64 HT (-4) Devante Parker 8  Louisville  Sr  6-2 207  WR
#7 UBER VHT Arik Armstead 9  Oregon  Jr  6-7 285  DE
#80 VHT Brandon Scherff 10  Iowa  Sr  6-4 320  OT
#2 UBER VHT Andrus Peat 11  Stanford  Jr  6-6 315  OT
#126JC HT Kevin White 12  West Virginia  Sr  6-2 211  WR
#2 UBER VHT Dante Fowler Jr. 13  Florida  Jr  6-2 271  DE
#1 UBER VHT Landon Collins 14  Alabama  Jr  6-0 212  S
#26 VHT Melvin Gordon 15  Wisconsin  Jr  6-0 207  RB
#44 VHT Ereck Flowers 16  Miami (FL)  Jr  6-6 325  OT
#3 UBER VHT Eddie Goldman 17  Florida State  Jr  6-3 315  DT
#185 HT Marcus Peters 18  Washington  Jr  5-11 193  CB
#22 UBER VHT T J Clemmings 19  Pittsburgh  Sr  6-4 313  OT
#118 HT Trae Waynes 20  Michigan State  Jr  6-1 182  CB
#31TE HT Vic Beasley 21  Clemson  Sr  6-2 220  DE
#10 UBER VHT Devin Funchess 22  Michigan  Jr  6-4 235  WR
#19 VHT Todd Gurley 23  Georgia  Jr  6-0 230  RB
#36 VHT Devin Smith 24  Ohio State  Sr  6-0 199  WR
#2 UBER VHT La'El Collins 25  LSU  Sr  6-4 324  OT
#58 VHT Denzel Perryman 26  Miami (FL)  Sr  5-11 248  ILB
#46 HT Maxx Williams 27  Minnesota  Soph  6-4 250  TE
#80 HT (-5) Carl Davis 28  Iowa  Sr  6-4 318  DT
#19JC UBER VHT Jaelen Strong 29  Arizona State  Jr  6-3 212  WR
#4 UBER VHT Malcom Brown 30  Texas  Sr  6-3 317  DT
#1 UBER VHT Dorial Green-Beckham 31  Oklahoma  Jr  6-4 225  WR
#49 VHT Phillip Dorsett 32  Miami (FL)  Sr  5-10 182  WR

 

 

            Keep checking the blog daily as I will be releasing all my “UBER-VHT’S” later in February