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Darius Millines (ATH, American Heritage Delray H.S., FL) signs with Illinois

Cortney Lester (WR/DB, Everglades H.S., FL) signs with Buffalo

Reynaldo Kirton (DB, St. Thomas H.S., FL) signs with Harvard

Alec Ogletree signed with Georgia

Lucky Radley signs with Utah Utes

Ethan Grant signs with TCU

Seantrel Henderson to USC

Terrence Mitchell signs with South Florida

CB Dior Mathis inks with Oregon

Lache Seastrunk signs with Oregon

CJ Olinayan signs with Penn St.

Demar Dorsey signs with Michigan

William Gholston signs with Michigan St.

Jaylen Watkins to Florida

Michael Taylor to Florida

Trovon Reed signs with Auburn

Cody Riggs signs with Florida

Jesse Scroggins signs with USC

Adrian Coxson’s letter of intent now in for Florida

Aramide Olinayan inks with UCLA

Kenny Shaw inks with Florida St.

Ego Ferguson chooses LSU

Delvin Jones (Palmetto H.S., FL) inks with Ole Miss.

Keenan Allen to California

Jose Jose to USF

Johnathan McKnight, brother of Joe McKnight, snubs USC and lands at Arizona.

Gridironstuds.com member David Perry (University School, FL) signs with Miami

Latwan Anderson will not announce today and will wait to take a trip to USC before deciding between USC, Ohio St. and WVU.

Miramar H.S., FL wide receiver Ivan McCartney chooses West Virginia…

Miami inks Tavidis Glenn

Pahokee wide receiver Chris Dunkley signs with Florida

Marcus Lattimore chooses South Carolina

Da’Rick Rogers, a long time Georgia commitment, switches to Tennessee on signing day.

Corey Lemonier chooses Auburn

Joe Grap signs with Frostburg University

Miramar H.S., FL wide receiver Dante Chambers chooses West Virginia

Munchie Legaux QB (Louisana) chooses Cincinnati

Travis Bell (Glades Central H.S., FL) to West Virginia

Brandon Gainer (Central H.S., FL) signs with Kentucky

Markeith Ambles (Georgia) signs with USC

Christian Jones (Lake Howell H.S., FL) signs with Florida St.

Ralph Williams (Southridge H.S., FL) signs with Ole Miss.

Kadron Boone (Trinity Catholic H.S., FL) sings with LSU

Nickel Robey (Frostproof H.S., FL) signs with USC

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We are mid-way through the 2009 high school football season and college football prospects are making their marks and impressions on both college football fans and coaches. There are many college football recruiting experts out there and there is also much chatter about who the top quarterback prospects are for the upcoming 2010 class. In taking a look at three of the most notable prospect ranking services, it’s plain to see that they don’t all agree on who the top 5 or 10 prospects are for this class.

It would seem from looking at the rankings that Skyline H.S. (Washington) and Gridironstuds.com member Jake Heaps is the closest thing to a consensus #1. Heaps gets the top nod from both Scout.com and Rivals, while Tom Lemming gives Heaps the #2 rating. Lemming’s #1 ranked QB, Blake Bell sits at #3 for Scout.com and #4 for Rivals. Smith H.S. (Virginia) QB, Phillip Sims, who recently became the all time passing yards leader for the state of Virginia is the only other quarterback that is listed in the top 5 for all three experts.

In total 16 quarterbacks are listed amongst the top 10 of all three recruiting analysts (Rivals, Scout.com and Tom Lemming). All 16 of the quarterbacks are committed. Amongst the QB’s listed in the Top 5 of the three services, Blake Bell is committed to Oklahoma, Jake Heaps is committed to BYU, Phillip Sims is committed to Alabama, Connor Wood is committed to Texas, Austin Hinder is committed to California, Paul Jones is committed to Penn St., Devin Gardner is committed to Michigan and Jesse Scroggins is committed to USC. It’s rare for highly rated QB’s to still be open on their decision at this point in the season.

So far as who is having the best year so far from a statistical stand point, that would go to McKinney, H.S. (Texas) Zach Lee. Through a reported six games, Lee has passed for 20 TD’s, 5 interceptions and for 1,613 yards. That’s an average of 269 yards per game. The next out of the list of Top 10 would be Brett Nottingham of Monte Vista H.S. (California) who has played in 5 games. Nottingham has thrown 18 TD’s with 1 interception and 1,557 yards. That’s an average of 311 yards per game. Phillip Sims of Smith H.S. (Virginia) through 5 games has thrown 12 TD’s, 4 interceptions and for 1,408 yards for an average of 235 yards per game.

None of the three experts had the same Top 5 let alone the same Top 10.   Devin Gardner only appears in the Scout.com Top 10.  Paul Jones, Brett Nottingham and Tyler Bray only appear in the Rivals Top 10 but not in the other two. Jacoby Walker and Peter Thomas only appear in Lemming’s Top 10.

Below is a list of the Top 10 for each of the three analysts as of 10/12/09:

	Tom Lemming	Scout	Rivals
1	Blake Bell	Jake Heaps	Jake Heaps
2	Jake Heaps	Paul Jones	Phillip Sims
3	Phillip Sims	Blake Bell	Jesse Scroggins
4	Connor Wood	Devin Gardner	Blake Bell
5	Austin Hinder	Phillip Sims	Connor Wood
6	Peter Thomas	Connor Wood	Tyler Bray
7	Joe Boisture	Robert Bolden	Paul Jones
8	Zach Lee	Jeremy Johnson	Austin Hinder
9	Jacoby Walker	Jesse Scroggins	Joe Boisture
10	Jesse Scroggins	Andrew Hendrix	Brett Nottingham

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High School Football blake bell, connor wood, devin gardner, jake heaps, Jesse Scroggins, peter thomas, phillip sims, zach lee

September 9th

Northwestern H.S. offensive lineman Torian Wilson has chosen Stanford.  Wilson is also being recruited by Miami, Michigan, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, FIU and others.

September 8th

Glenville H.S. defensive back and Gridironstuds.com member Latwan Anderson has released his latest top schools with Florida now being added to the mix. Anderson says it’s West Virginia, Georgia, Cincinnati, Miami (FL), Michigan St., North Carolina and Florida. Says he will take his time with this decision.

Gridironstuds on the Gridiron this past weekend:

- Lakewood, CA Quarterback Jesse Scroggins 17 of 26 with 3 TD’s in 28-27 loss to Crenshaw High

- Cape Coral (FL) athlete Jaylen Watkins rushed for 233 yards and 3 TD’s playing QB in a 35 -14 win.

- Stanhope Elmore (AL) defensive back Demarcus Milliner returned a kick 88 yards for a TD in a 40-27 loss.

- Skyline H.S. (WA) QB Jake Heaps was 17 of 33 for 152 yards and 2 TD’s in 17-0 win.

- Pahokee H.S. (FL) WR Chris Dunkley caught 5 passes for 158 yards and 2 TD’s in 13-6 victory.

- Dr. Phillips H.S. (FL) WR Kenny Shaw caught 5 passes for 113 yards and 2 TD’s in 24-0 win.

- University School H.S. (FL) Douglas Cook was 10 of 16 for 120 yards and 3 TD’s in 20-8 win.

- Pahokee H.S. (FL) WR DeJoshua Johnson was 12 of 21 passing for 218 yards and 2 TD’s.

- Treasure Coast H.S. (FL) LB Jeff Luc 12 tackles (2 for a loss) and a blocked field goal in 19-14 win.

- Treasure Coast H.S. (FL) LB Ed Foley 8 tackles, INT return for a TD (35 yards) and sack in 19-14 win.

- Jupiter Christian H.S. (FL) Will Powers 15 tackles and fumble recover. Also 101 yards rushing in 21-14 win.

- Royal Palm Beach H.S. (FL) wide receiver Jared Dangerfield had 5 rec. for 63 yards and a TD in a win.

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Rumors and Wires chris dunkley, dejoshua johnson, jeff luc, Jesse Scroggins, top 2010 recruits

The Elite 11 QB camps took place last week at Soka University in Orange County, California.   This was the 11th year of the Elite 11 QB camp and there were some great performances.   Each Elite 11 QB camp,  the counselors give out awards for different aspects of the camps and below,  I have listed this year’s award winners.  Gridironstuds.com member Jake Heaps was the overall camp MVP.  Gridironstuds.com member Devin Gardner also took home several honors while Jesse Scroggins was voted most likely to win a BCS title.  Scroggins has committed to USC.

2009 Elite 11 QB Camp Awards:

Golden Gun Accuracy Award: Tyler Bray
Best Feet: Devin Gardner
Most Likely To Play Early: Jake Heaps
Most Upside: Tyler Bray
Best Leader By Example: Nick Montana
Best Leader Vocally: Jake Heaps
Highest Football IQ: Jake Heaps
Best In The Classroom: Devin Gardner
Best Arm: Robert Bolden
Most Accuracy: Chandler Whitmer
Best In Any System: Nick Montana
Quickest Release: Robert Bolden
Most Improved: Nick Montana
Most likely to win BCS Title: Jesse Scroggins

Overall MVP – Jake Heaps
MVP Second – Tyler Bray
MVP Third - Chandler Whitmer
MVP Fourth – Nick Montana
MVP Fifth – Robert Bolden

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High School Football devin gardner, jake heaps, Jesse Scroggins, nick montana, robert bolden, top 2010 recruits, tyler bray

Bridgewater, Dunkley, Johnson lead the Charge

Last week’s Nike 7 on 7 tournament in Beaverton, Oregon hosted some of the best high school football talent in the country and the players did not disappoint.

In the legion of stars on the fields, none shined brighter than Miami Northwestern quarterback and Gridironstuds.com member Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater led his team Miami Vapor Trail to the overall championship with precision passing and great athleticism. Through five games, Bridgewater was 150-103 for 68% completion rate. He totaled 1,739 yards passing and threw 19 TD’s against only one interception. With that kind of performance there’s little wonder why Vapor Trail took home the trophy.

Other Gridironstuds.com members putting up strong performances were Jesse Scroggins QB Lakewood H.S. (California), fellow Lakewood standout DB Dion Bailey. Pahokee High School’s Chris Dunkley and DeJoshua Johnson. Bridgewater’s Miami Northwestern teammates Michaelee Harris and Khambrel McGee. DeSoto H.S. (Texas) cornerback Adrian White.

There really were some outstanding individual performances, plays and displays of athleticism in the tournament. You have to be amazed at the level of speed, strength and power of the high school football players today.

Check out some of the top plays from two days of the tournament:

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High School Football Adrian White, chris dunkley, dejoshua johnson, Dion Bailey, Jesse Scroggins, Michaelee Harris, Nike 7 on 7 tournament, Teddy Bridgewater, top 2010 defensive backs, top 2010 recruits, top 2010 wide receivers