| 02 August 2009
Michigan State is a clear #4 with a top 50 get in William Gohlston. He is a bigtime athlete. He has all the tools to be an early entry type defensive end. It is all in his head. Last I heard he preferred linebacker. The sooner he gets that out of his head the sooner he will start making himself a star. Joe Boisture is a great looking player. Moves around very well for a big kid. Alot to like there. All Max Bollough does is make tackles. I think Michael Dennis is a very nice prospect. Hope the Buckeyes stay in touch. I think they could get back in there with him. Might have been the plan all along. Isaiah Lewis is a good looking prospect. Surprised he does not have a better offer list.
I know this is a surprise but if I were ranking the rest of the conference Indiana would be next on the strength of Jibreel Black, Harrison Scott, Tim O'Conner and Antonio Banks. Harrison Scott is so good they need to stay on top of him. A bigger name school will try and talk him out of this verbal. High school DE with a high motor and great body. Likely grows into a DT. O'Conner too. He should have waited. He has bigger name offers in his future. Smooth and very athletic. Great hands. Better speed and the Big Four would be involved. Logan Young is an athletic big body with great hands. Ishmael Thomas is a great looking athlete. Great body. Beat Iowa for Thomas. That is significant. Indiana beating Iowa for a player from out of state is impressive. We saw this program coming to life before the tragic death of Terry Hoeppner. This is a really nice recruiting effort.
The new Purdue staff is off to a really good start. Remember the name Sean Robinson. We will be seeing him soon. He is really something. 6-5 but so athletic he has a future at tight end if he blows out his arm. He can chuck it awfully well too. Very dynamic player. Beat Boston College, Syracuse and Kansas for him. They got Charles Torwudzo. I see why the Buckeyes took a look. He has major skills. Speed is not as important for big receivers but for the big boys to offer he needs to be faster than that. Josh Davis is one of those big athletic kids who can run. A program takes him and just lets him find a spot. Don't worry about where. Get another level of athleticm in your bigs no matter where. Jeremy Cornelius is a player I thought I would have seen Pitt offer and maybe Penn State. Syracuse offered him.
Minnesota is doing a very good job of keeping the few regional talents at home. Henderson is going to be too big for the state. They did keep Jimmy Gjere. Any other year he is a much celebrated lineman. He just happens to come out the same year as Henderson. Likely national top 10 OL in his own right. Great frame, runs well. Needs alot of work on his technique. Needs to get s better base and not stand straight up. Lamonte Edwards is a very physical kid with a great body. Good running back but I think DE.
Wisconsin has a nice get in Warren Herring. I don't think he is going to be a defensive end but he is a big kid that moves well. Joe Brennan is a really nice looking quarterback. Big ol' arm on him. Bryce Gilbert is a nice looking nose tackle. He does not have ideal size but he anchors well and flashes a burst. Konrad Zagzebski is a nice looking player. I had quit looking at tape before I saw Wiskys class. Not bad so far but not as good as we are used to seeing. I think the excitement about Bielema is premature.
Illinois is not off to their usual good start. C.J. Fiedorowicz is the only big time kid. I like Mark Wilson. I think Corey Cooper is a great looking player but I can't put him on the field anywhere for certain. I need to be able to project a player to a position. One that I am sure he can play. He might be able to play others but here is where I am sure he can play. I can't do that with Cooper. His best position is receiver but he is going to outgrow receiver. I think he could get caught between strong safety and linebacker sizewise.
Iowa has Donnal. That is the only player on that list that I like. Not a good class so far. Alot of buzz about Poggi. I have not seen him. I notice a couple of losses that I believe significant. They lost out to Purdue for a Pennsylvania player, to Indiana on a player from Michigan and to Minnesota on a player from Wisconsin. Those are not good recruiting losses. A few years ago you would not see an out of state player choosing any of those schools over Iowa. I can't see a player for Northwestern to hang its hat on. Maybe Rashad Lawrence.
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