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Tobias Harris, a consensus Top 10 recruit has signed with Tennesee over Kentucky, Louisville, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Maryland and West Virginia.
The 6-8 power forward attended Big Blue Madness in Lexington last month. He also made a surprise stop in Knoxville on Tuesday night to watch the Volunteers defeat UNC-Asheville.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Cornerback Joshua Shaw from Palmdale, Calif., has committed to Florida.
Shaw appeared to be leaning toward Florida recently. He chose the Gators over scholarship offers from LSU, Southern California and Ohio State.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Kenny Shaw wants to play for a school that throws the football a lot.
The wide receiver from Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Fla., took an official visit to Georgia last weekend.
“I am looking at the schools that can throw the ball at least 40 times a game,” Shaw told the Orlando Sentinel. “All my schools are going to throw the ball a lot.”
Shaw still has plenty of time before he’ll make a decision. He has already taken a trip to Tennessee and still plans to visit Michigan and Florida.
Shaw said he’ll likely make his final decision close to National Signing Day on Feb. 4.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts The Florida basketball team received an official visit from point guard Brandon Knight on Sunday.
Knight, regarded by some as the nation’s top player in the 2010 class, attends Pine Crest High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Knight’s recruitment appears to be a battle among Florida, Kentucky and Kansas, according to Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel.
Mr. Fowler also has a report on Florida’s 74-46 win over Stetson on Sunday. Knight attended the game with Jacksonville Providence forward Patric Young, who’s already signed a letter of intent with Florida.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Wide receiver Blake Gowder from Union County High School in Blairsville, Ga., has committed to Vanderbilt, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Gowder had also received scholarship offers from Air Force, Furman and Murray State.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Georgia had a key recruiting weekend when it played host to Auburn on Saturday.
Two of Georgia’s important visitors were linebackers Deon Rogers and Jeff Luc from Treasure Coast High School in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Rogers, who committed to Georgia this past summer, has been considered a “soft commitment” by some recruiting analysts. Rogers said that’s not entirely true.
“I’m still committed to Georgia,” he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “I like it most of all the colleges I’ve been to. I’d say it’s a medium commitment. I’m visiting LSU but Georgia is still my favorite.”
Rogers has already visited Ohio State.
Luc is a key prospect in the 2010 class. Along with Georgia, he’s also considering Florida, Tennessee, Florida State, Miami and Southern California.
Luc, who hopes to graduate early and enroll in college in January, hasn’t given many hints on what he’s thinking.
“I am equally open to leaving the state,” Luc told UGASports.com, “so talk of me being a lock to stay in Florida is not true. I am still working on enrolling early, so we will see what happens.”
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Tight end Alex Smith from Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio, is has decommitted from Cincinnati, according to ESPN.com.
The Web site reports Smith is now considering Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Smith has already made official visits to North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Tight end Davis Dudchock from Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala., has switched his commitment from Vanderbilt to Stanford.
It’s a tough loss fro Vanderbilt. Dudchock gave his pledge to Vanderbilt in June. He’s considered the 17th-best tight end in the nation by Rivals.com.
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It’s Monday, which means it’s time to check our updated commitment Big Board for the SEC.
Only three schools received commitments last week (Arkansas, Auburn and Tennessee) so there’s not been a lot of movement up and down the chart.
Tennessee has moved up into a second-place tie with Alabama… and Auburn has widened their lead over Georgia and Florida.
As always, we use the Rivals.com rankings and assign one point for every star Rivals’ hands out. We also give 0-star athletes a 1-point value because we’re bleeding-heart softies.
Without further ado, here’s how things look less than 12 weeks from National Signing Day:
| School |
Commits |
5-stars |
4-stars |
3-stars |
2-stars |
1- and 0-stars |
Total Points |
Avg. Points |
| LSU |
23 |
0 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
3.65 |
| Alabama |
22 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
78 |
3.54 |
| Tennessee |
22 |
0 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
78 |
3.54 |
| Auburn |
21 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
72 |
3.42 |
| Georgia |
18 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
3.61 |
| Florida |
17 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
3.76 |
| Vanderbilt |
21 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
61 |
2.90 |
| SCarolina |
19 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
53 |
2.78 |
| Arkansas |
15 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
43 |
2.86 |
| Kentucky |
16 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
37 |
2.31 |
| Miss St |
14 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
36 |
2.57 |
| Ole Miss |
11 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
3.18 |
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Linebacker Justin Parker from Beaufort High School in Port Royal, S.C., might end the recruiting process earlier than he originally planned.
Parker has grown tired of recruiting, his brother, Jeff, told The State in Columbia.
Justin Parker, who’s most strongly considering South Carolina and Clemson, had planned to visit Clemson on Jan. 15. Jeff Parker said his brother might move the visit up to expedite his decision.
“South Carolina is still in the lead,” Jeff Parker said.
LSU is also a candidate for a visit, but that doesn’t appear likely.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Wide receiver Sean Tapley is still committed to South Carolina after attending the Gamecocks’ game against Florida on Saturday.
Tapley made the trip from Jacksonville, Fla., on an unofficial visit.
“It was great,” Tapley told The State in Columbia. “That was a great game. The fans were crazy. I love the atmosphere.”
Tapley still plans to take an official visit to Miami but told The State he doesn’t expect to change his commitment.
“I’m going to be a Gamecock next year,” he said.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Two SEC schools have made the final three for defensive end Adrian Hubbard from Norcross (Ga.) High School.
Hubbard is considering Alabama, South Carolina and Florida State, according to ESPN.com.
Hubbard took an official visit to South Carolina this past weekend. He still plans to visit Florida State this weekend and Alabama in the future.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Trovon Reed committed to Auburn this morning as expected.
The wide receiver from Thibodoux (La.) High School chose Auburn over LSU, Oregon and others.
Reed is considered by many to be the top player in the state of Louisiana. His commitment comes one week after the top player in Arkansas, running back Michael Dyer, committed to Auburn.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Cornerback Joshua Shaw from Palmdale (Calif.) High School will make his college announcement on Tuesday.
Shaw is considering Florida, LSU, Southern California and Ohio State.
There has been speculation that Shaw will choose Florida. He’s not giving any hints. (You may need to be an ESPN Insider to read the linked story).
“I’m not saying anything right now,” Shaw told ESPN.com. “I have some great options and I really enjoyed the whole process. I don’t want to narrow it down to two or three or anything, I’m just going to pick one school. Of course I have to narrow it down to two or three or anything, I’m just going to take the next week to let everything sink in and then I’ll be ready to go.”
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Wide receiver Trovon Reed from Thibodoux (La.) High School will announce his college decision Friday morning.
Reed is expected to choose Auburn, according to JC Shurburtt of ESPN.com.
Reed, who is widely regarded as one of the nation’s top receivers, has also strongly considered LSU and Oregon.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Running back Marcus Lattimore from Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C., has decided to take an official visit to Georgia.
Lattimore will take his final visit to Georgia on Jan. 29, according to Chad Simmons of Scout.com.
“Georgia mainly got the last visit because I like the coaches down there,” Lattimore told Simmons. “I especially like coach (Mark) Richt and how he treats his players down there. I never really got a chance to hang out with any of the players when I visited there before, so I am going to do that and just check out the campus this time.”
Lattimore has already taken official visits to Auburn and Penn State and still plans to visit Oregon (Jan. 15) and North Carolina (Jan. 22). South Carolina is also strongly in the mix, but Lattimore has only used unofficial visits to Columbia.
Here’s a look at Lattimore from his junior season. The video contains crowd noise.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Georgia fans have to be concerned about the recruiting impact from the Bulldogs’ disappointing 2009 season.
Schools are using Georgia’s struggles against the Bulldogs in recruiting.
Defensive end T.J. Stripling from Southwest Dekalb High School in Decatur, Ga., is one prospect schools would love to sway from Georgia.
A recent rumor had Stripling switching his pledge from Georgia to Georgia Tech. Stripling says that won’t happen.
“Nah, I’m still Georgia,” he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Stripling explained what started the rumor.
“Georgia Tech coaches came to the school last Friday and offered me (a scholarship),” Stripling said. “They said they wanted me to come down there Saturday and I told them I’d try but that I was committed to go to the Tennessee Tech game up at Georgia and that’s what I did. I guess it just got blown up from there.”
Stripling said he is considering taking trips to Florida, Tennessee, Ohio State or Miami, but he won’t be changing his mind.
“Oh, no, there’s no way,” he told the AJC. “I’m still solid.”
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Many recruiting analysts think highly of running back Michael Dyer from Little Rock (Ark.) Christian Academy.
Dyer, who committed to Auburn last week, is regarded as one of the top three running backs in the nation by Rivals and Scout.
Tom Luginbill, the national recruiting director for Scouts, Inc., apparently thinks very highly of Dyer. Read this comparison Luginbill made of Dyer when speaking to Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News.
“This dude is a Mark Ingram, 40-carry-a-game type of guy,” Luginbill said. “He could be every bit as good in the fourth quarter as in the first.”
Um, where are these 40-carry-a-game running backs? Ingram averages 19 carries per game as a sophomore for Alabama. I assume 40 was a bit of an exaggeration.
Still, that’s a flattering comparison for Dyer. Auburn fans will surely be happy if Mr. Luginbill’s comparison is accurate.
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Offensive lineman Luke Charpentier from John Curtis High School in River Ridge, La., has committed to Arkansas.
Charpentier made the decision after watching Arkansas beat South Carolina in Fayetteville on Saturday.
“The city of Fayetteville was beautiful,” Charpentier said. “The fans love their Razorbacks and I am honored to have the chance to play for their program.”
Charpentier also considered scholarship offers from Southern Methodist, Southern Miss, Tulane and Northern Illinois. He also received interest from LSU, Alabama and Mississippi State.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Offensive lineman JaWuan James from North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga., has committed to Tennessee.
James had been a key target for UT since he decommitted from Alabama in September. The turning point for the Vols came last month when UT head coach Lane Kiffin visited James at his high school game.
“That made me feel wanted,” James told the Knoxville News Sentinel. “That’s the first time a head coach had ever been to a game at our school.”
Choosing UT meant James had to turn down the in-state Georgia Bulldogs. He did so by leaving a voicemail message for offensive line coach Stacy Searles.
“I don’t think there will be any hard feelings,” James told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
James will graduate in December and enroll at UT in January.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Florida has a commitment from quarterback Trey Burton from Venice High School in Nokomis, Fla.
Florida coach Urban Meyer is hoping to find one more quarterback.
Florida offered a scholarship to Jesse Scroggins and showed interested in Barry Brunetti, but both of those plays have committed elsewhere.
Florida now appears to making a run at Devin Gardner, who’s committed to Michigan. Florida quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler recently visited Gardner at Inkster (Mich.) High School, according to Edward Aschoff of the Gainesville Sun.
Meyer recognizes it will be difficult to convince a second quarterback to sign with the Gators.
“It’s hard to sign more than one,” Meyer said. “It’s unusual because they usually ‘X’ each other out. We haven’t made that decision yet. Would like two, but I don’t know if there are two we could get.”
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We’ve had some shifts on our commitment Big Board this week, but no one can knock LSU out of the top spot.
As we do just about every week, we’ve taken the latest commitment lists and player rankings from Rivals.com and created our own comparison chart.
Below you’ll find each SEC schools total number of commitments broken down by their star ratings from the Rivals’ scouts. We assign a point to each star (and we also count 0-star players as being worth a point) and then tally the total number of points per team.
We rank the schools based on their current point total, but we also average out their commitments in order to provide you with an average player grade… so you can gauge what type of talent each school is collecting.
Enjoy.
| School |
Commits |
5-stars |
4-stars |
3-stars |
2-stars |
1- or 0-stars |
Total Points |
Avg. Commit |
| LSU |
23 |
0 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
3.65 |
| Alabama |
22 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
78 |
3.54 |
| Tennessee |
21 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
3.52 |
| Auburn |
20 |
1 |
7 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
68 |
3.40 |
| Georgia |
18 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
3.61 |
| Florida |
17 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
3.76 |
| Vanderbilt |
21 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
61 |
2.90 |
| SCarolina |
19 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
53 |
2.78 |
| Arkansas |
14 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
40 |
2.85 |
| Kentucky |
16 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
37 |
2.31 |
| Miss St |
14 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
36 |
2.57 |
| Ole Miss |
11 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
3.18 |
And for those of you too lazy to list this out for yourselves, here’s how the SEC schools rank based upon their average commitment’s rating:
| School |
Average Committment Rating |
| Florida |
3.76 |
| LSU |
3.65 |
| Georgia |
3.61 |
| Alabama |
3.54 |
| Tennessee |
3.52 |
| Auburn |
3.40 |
| Ole Miss |
3.18 |
| Vanderbilt |
2.90 |
| Arkansas |
2.85 |
| SCarolina |
2.78 |
| Miss St |
2.57 |
| Kentucky |
2.31 |
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Georgia has offered a scholarship to athlete Jordan Akins from Union Grove High School in McDonough, Ga.
Akins, who’s also considered a pro baseball prospect, is being recruited to play wide receiver. Akins is excited to receive an offer from Georgia.
“It’s a very big deal,” Union Grove coach Steve Collins told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Akins has offers from Ole Miss, Maryland, Connecticut, Central Florida and Western Kentucky.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Defensive back Keion Payne committed to Miami during the weekend.
Payne, who attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was also considering offers from Florida, Tennessee, Florida State, Ohio State, Michigan and West Virginia.
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Wide receiver Quadarias Mireles has committed to Ole Miss, according to ESPN.com.
Mireles attends Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, Fla. He had also considered scholarship offers from Louisville and Central Michigan.
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