Daily Blog • February 23, 2011


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 full recruiting rankings for this year will not be completed for a week or so, I thought I would give you a sneak peak at how some of my top position players are shaping up. Here are the top 10 incoming frosh by position. Keep in mind I lump all the OT's, OG's and OC's into OL and the DE's and DT's into DL. Also both ILB/MLB's and OLB's are into LB and CB's and S's are lumped into DB since their are many players that switch back and forth. Also these players are rated at the position that they were recruited and signed at by the school.

2011 Top Incoming Frosh


QUARTERBACKS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PS#1
QB
JEFF DRISKEL
6-3
225
4.5
FL
HAGERTY HS-OVIEDO FLORIDA
PS#2
QB
BRAXTON MILLER
6-3
200
4.5
OH
WAYNE HS-HUBER HEIGHTS OHIO ST
PS#3
QB
KIEHL FRZIER
6-3
210
4.57
AR
SHILOH CHRISTIAN SPRINGDALE AUBURN
PS#4
QB
CHRISTIAN LEMAY
6-2
200
4.6
NC
BUTLER HS-MATTHEWS GEORGIA
PS#5
QB
BRETT HUNDLEY
6-3
210
4.65
AZ
CHANDLER HS UCLA
PS#6
QB
BUBBA STARLING
6-5
200
4.7
KS
GARDNER-EDGERTON HS-GARDNER NEBRASKA
PS#7
QB
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER
6-3
186
4.6
FL
NORTHWESTERN HS-MIAMI LOUISVILLE
PS#8
QB
MAX WITTEK
6-4
215
4.8
CA
MATER DEI HS-SANTA ANA USC
PS#9
QB
CODY KESSLER
6-2
225
4.8
CA
CENTENNIAL HS-BAKERSFIELD USC
PS#10
QB
JW WALSH
6-2
190
4.6
TX
GUYER HS-DENTON OKLAHOMA ST
RUNNING BACKS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PS#1
RB
MALCOLM BROWN
6-1
215
4.5
TX
STEELE HS-CIBOLO TEXAS
PS#2
RB
DE'ANTHONY THOMAS
5-9
175
4.3
CA
CRENSHAW HS-LOS ANGELES OREGON
PS#3
RB
JAMES WILDER JR
6-2
220
4.5
FL
PLANT SENIOR HS-TAMPA FLORIDA ST
PS#4
RB
ISAIAH CROWELL
6-0
200
4.45
GA
CARVER HS-COLUMBUS GEORGIA
PS#5
RB
BRANDON WILLIAMS
6-1
188
4.4
TX
ROYAL HS-PATTISON OKLAHOMA
PS#6
RB
MIKE BELLAMY
5-11
180
4.4
FL
CHARLOTTE HS-PUNTA GORDA CLEMSON
PS#7
RB
SAVON HUGGINS
6-0
198
4.4
NJ
ST PETER'S PREP-JERSEY CITY RUTGERS
PS#8
RB
AARON GREEN
5-11
180
4.37
TX
JAMES MADISON HS-SAN ANTONIO NEBRASKA
PS#9
RB
HERSCHEL SIMS
5-10
190
4.4
TX
ABILENE HS OKLAHOMA ST
PS#10
RB
DEE HART
5-8
185
4.5
FL
DR PHILLIPS HS-ORLANDO ALABAMA
WIDE RECEIVERS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
PS#1
WR
GEORGE FARMER
6-3
190
4.39
CA
JUNIPERO SERRA HS-GARDENA USC
PS#2
WR
JARVIS LANDRY
5-11
178
4.5
LA
LUTCHER HS LSU
PS#3
WR
SAMMY WATKINS
6-2
181
4.3
FL
SOUTH FORT MYERS HS-FT MYERS CLEMSON
PS#4
WR
TREY METOYER
6-2
198
4.4
TX
WHITEHOUSE HS OKLAHOMA
PS#5
WR
COLT LYERLA
6-5
225
4.6
OR
HILLSBORO HS OREGON
PS#6
WR
CHARONE PEAKE
6-4
190
4.5
SC
DORMAN HS-ROEBUCK CLEMSON
PS#7
WR
DEVON BLACKMON
6-0
180
4.41
CA
SUMMIT HS-FONTANA OREGON
PS#8
WR
KASEN WILLIAMS
6-1
200
4.6
WA
SKYLINE HS-SAMMAMISH WASHINGTON
PS#9
WR
DEANTHONY ARNETT
6-0
167
4.4
MI
SAGINAW HS TENNESSEE
PS#10
WR
MARQUISE LEE
6-1
187
4.5
CA
JUNIPERO SERRA HS-GARDENA USC
TIGHT ENDS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PS#1
TE
AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS
6-6
250
4.7
WA
GIG HARBOR HS WASHINGTON
PS#2
TE
BEN KOYACK
6-5
230
4.6
PA
OIL CITY SENIOR HS NOTRE DAME
PS#3
TE
JAY ROME
6-6
240
4.6
GA
VALDOSTA HS GEORGIA
PS#4
TE
NICK O'LEARY
6-4
230
4.7
FL
WILLIAM T DWYER HS-PALM BEACH FLORIDA ST
PS#5
TE
AC LEONARD
6-2
232
4.9
FL
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN HS FLORIDA
PS#6
TE
CHRISTIAN FRENCH
6-6
220
4.6
IA
JOHN F KENNEDY HS-CEDAR RAPIDS OREGON
PS#7
TE
JACE AMARO
6-5
237
4.6
TX
MACARTHUR HS-SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TECH
PS#8
TE
ERIC MACLAIN
6-5
245
4.7
NC
JACK BRITT HS-FAYETTEVILLE CLEMSON
PS#9
TE
NICK VANNETT
6-6
230
4.8
OH
WESTERVILLE CENTRAL HS OHIO ST
PS#10
TE
MJ MCFARLAND
6-5
236
4.75
TX
ELDORADO HS-EL PASO TEXAS
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PS#1
OL
CYRUS KOUANDJIO
6-6
315
4.9
MD
DEMATHA CATHOLIC HS-HYATTSVILLE ALABAMA
PS#2
OL
LA'EL COLLINS
6-5
285
5.5
LA
REDEMPTORIST SENIOR BATON ROUGE LSU
PS#3
OL
CHRISTIAN WESTERMAN
6-5
288
5
AZ
HAMILTON HS-CHANDLER AUBURN
PS#4
OL
MATTHEW HEGARTY
6-5
265
5.1
NM
AZTEC HS NOTRE DAME
PS#5
OL
BREY COOK
6-6
295
5.2
AR
HAR-BER HS-SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS
PS#6
OL
SEDRICK FLOWERS
6-3
280
5
TX
NORTH SHORE HS-GALENA PARK TEXAS
PS#7
OL
BRANDON SHELL
6-7
310
5
SC
GOOSE CREEK HS-CHARLESTON S CAROLINA
PS#8
OL
GREGORY ROBINSON
6-6
305
4.8
LA
THIBODAUX HS AUBURN
PS#9
OL
ANTONIO RICHARDSON
6-6
300
5.3
TN
PEARL-COHN TENNESSEE
PS#10
OL
CYRUS HOBBI
6-4
285
4.9
AZ
SAGUARO HS-SCOTTSDALE USC
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PS#1
DL
JADEVEON CLOWNEY
6-6
240
4.6
SC
SOUTH POINTE HS-ROCK HILL S CAROLINA
PS#2
DL
ANTHONY JOHNSON
6-4
298
5.3
LA
O PERRY WALKER-NEW ORLEANS LSU
PS#3
DL
RAY DREW
6-5
245
4.65
GA
THOMAS CNTY CENTRAL THOMASVILLE GEORGIA
PS#4
DL
TIMMY JERNIGAN
6-2
275
4.6
FL
COLUMBIA HS-LAKE CITY FLORIDA ST
PS#5
DL
JEOFFREY PAGAN
6-4
250
4.6
NC
AC REYNOLDS-CHARLOTTE ALABAMA
PS#6
DL
STEPHON TUITT
6-6
255
4.8
GA
MONROE AREA -HS-MONROE NOTRE DAME
PS#7
DL
AARON LYNCH
6-6
240
4.75
FL
ISLAND COAST HS-CAPE CORAL NOTRE DAME
PS#8
DL
GREG TOWNSEND
6-3
260
4.7
CA
BEVERLY HILLS HS USC
PS#9
DL
DESMOND JACKSON
6-1
278
5
TX
WESTFIELD HS-HOUSTON TEXAS
PS#10
DL
VILLAMI MOALA
6-3
336
5.2
CA
GRANT UNION HS-SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA
LINEBACKERS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
PS#1
LB
CURTIS GRANT
6-3
22
4.5
VA
HERMITAGE HS-RICHMOND OHIO ST
PS#2
LB
TONY STEWARD
6-1
225
4.5
FL
PEDRO MENENDEZ HS-ST AUGUSTINE CLEMSON
PS#3
LB
STEPHONE ANTHONY
6-3
220
4.52
NC
ANSON HS-WADESBORO CLEMSON
PS#4
LB
ISHAQ WILLIAMS
6-5
225
4.7
NY
LINCOLN HS-BROOKLYN NOTRE DAME
PS#5
LB
STEVE EDMOND
6-3
225
4.65
TX
DAINGERFIELD HS-DAINGERFIELD TEXAS
PS#6
LB
LAWRENCE THOMAS
6-4
232
4.6
MI
RENAISSANCE HS-DETROIT MICHIGAN ST
PS#7
LB
TREY DEPRIEST
6-1
220
4.6
OH
SPRINGFIELD HS-SPRINGFIELD ALABAMA
PS#8
LB
BRENT CALLOWAY
6-1
210
4.6
AL
RUSSELLVILLE HS ALABAMA
PS#9
LB
JAMES VAUGHTERS
6-2
230
4.6
GA
TUCKER HS STANFORD
PS#10
LB
LAMAR DAWSON
6-3
235
4.6
KY
DANVILLE-BOYLE COUNTY HS USC
DEFENSIVE BACKS
RANK
POS
NAME
HT
WT
40
STATE
HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
PS#1
DB
HA'SEAN CLINTON-DIX
6-2
190
4.5
FL
DR PHILLIPS HS-ORLANDO ALABAMA
PS#2
DB
KARLOS WILLIAMS
6-2
210
4.5
FL
RIDGE COMMUNITY HS-DAVENPORT FLORIDA ST
PS#3
DB
DORAN GRANT
5-11
180
4.34
OH
ST VINCENT-ST MARY HS-AKRON OHIO ST
PS#4
DB
ERIQUE FLORENCE
6-2
200
4.55
AL
VALLEY HS AUBURN
PS#5
DB
DAMIAN SWANN
6-0
175
4.5
GA
GRADY HS-ATLANTA GEORGIA
PS#6
DB
JOSH TURNER
6-1
170
4.5
OK
MILLWOOD HS-OKLAHOMA CITY TEXAS
PS#7
DB
MARCUS ROBERSON
6-1
170
4.55
FL
ST THOMAS AQUINAS HS FLORIDA
PS#8
DB
QUANDRE DIGGS
5-10
190
4.4
TX
ANGELTON HS TEXAS
PS#9
DB
DEMETRIOUS NICHOLSON
5-11
170
4.43
VA
BAYSIDE HS-VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA
PS#10
DB
WAYNE LYONS
6-0
185
4.5
FL
DILLARD HS-FORT LAUDERDALE STANFORD