Daily Blog • Thursday, February 2nd	Blog Archives

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.