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College Football Recruiting Top 25 Classes

1. NOTRE DAME

I know it’s early, but Notre Dame’s 2008 recruiting class is currently ranked #1 and absolutely LOADED.  With many prospect still undecided, I look for Notre Dame to gain momentum and eventually secure up a top 5 recruiting class in 2008.  As of right now, Notre Dame has added a ton of talent on the defensive side of the ball.  This class has an incredible amount of talent and speed, both of which are a must for a defense that has really struggled over the past few years.  Notre Dame is on the right track and with a few more recruiting classes of this level will be back in the Championship picture within the next 2 or 3 years.  I look for MLB Steve Filer, DE Ethan Johnson, and TE Kyle Rudolph to step in immediate and have a major impact.  Notre Dame also received a verbal commitment from Dayne Crist, a 5 star QB from Sherman Oaks, CA.  This young man has tremendous talent and apparently loves competition.  In 2007, Notre Dame recruited a 10 year prospect in Jimmy Clausen.  With that said, let me breakdown the prospects who have already committed…

2. USC

This is the beginning of another top USC recruiting class.  USC already has verbal commitments from four of the nations top WR’s.  Look for D.J. Shoemate and Brice Butler to have a chance to start as freshman.  Brice Butler has the makings of a star and I believe he might be the next great WR at USC.  This year’s recruiting class looks to bolster and fill the need of WR at Southern Cal.

3. Oklahoma

This is another great recruiting start for the Sooner Nation.  With four top 100 recruits, this has all of the makings of a top 5 class.  Oklahoma has two great prospects, Jermie Calhoun and Justin Johnson, to step in and fill the gap left by the departure of Adrian Peterson.   As usual, Oklahoma is having great success recruiting in the state of Texas.  Bob Stoops continues to add talent to Oklahoma.  This class will add balance to the offense and a QB of the future, Landry Jones.

4. Miami (FL)

Miami has put the lockdown on SW Florida.  This years recruiting class will soon be playing at the home of the Miami Dolphins as the Canes will be switching their home stadium.  As of right now, Miami’s best recruits will be on the defensive side of the ball, but watch out for Jacory Harris and Aidarius Johnson.  This has the makings of a great QB/WR combo.  Aidarius Johnon has great size and speed and should translate well to the college game.

5. Ohio State

Right now Ohio St only has 11 verbal commitments, but quality is the key word here.  Ohio St is getting the best of the best.  Ohio State’s top recruits are all on the offensive side of the ball.  The offensive line will be adding 3 tremendous players; Shugarts, Brewster, and Adams.    DeVier Posey will have a chance to contribute as a freshman.  DeVier will add speed and toughness to Ohio St.  He is a perfect fit for the University.  Ohio St is a national power house when it comes to recruiting.  Not many schools can enter the state of Florida and land the state’s top offensive lineman.

6. Texas

The longhorns secondary struggled at times last year, but look for that to end with the addition of Aaron Williams.  Aaron is a shut down CB and has absolutely dominated high school football in the state of Texas.  As usual, Mack Brown has not needed to look outside the state of Texas in order to find its talent.  Texas also has a great group of WR’s.  Desean Hales, Dan Buckner, and Antoine Hicks are all very talented.  Dan Buckner will be a star and a fan favorite.  He has tremendous size, 6-4, and great speed.  Remember his name.

7. UCLA

UCLA is on the verge of consistently being a top 25 team.  There is no reason that UCLA shouldn’t finish in the top 25 year in and year out, especially in recruiting.  California is ALWAYS rich in talent and USC can only accept so many of the top athletes.  This year, UCLA has a great class, and it’s just the beginning.  This class is so balanced on both sides of the ball.  I believe we will see an immediate impact.  Rahim Moore, Anthony Dye, and Aaron Hester are the secondary of the future.  Anthony Dye has Olympic speed and is great playmaker.  With classes like this, UCLA beating USC will be no fluke.

8. Nebraska

Nebraska has gone across the US in order to have a top 2008 recruiting class.  Blaine Gabbert is the QB of the future and will be an NFL Prospect.  Jones Gray has blistering speed and is always a threat when he touches the ball.  Nebraska has always been known for their great offensive lines.  This year’s commitments will add to that tradition.  A sleeper to keep an eye on from this class is the underrated D. J. Woods.  Woods runs a 4.36 and has good size for a WR at 6-0.

9. Georgia

As usual, Georgia has the makings of another strong class.  DeAngelo Tyson can dominate games from the tackle position.  Georgia is continuing to have great success in its own state.  The bulldogs are adding talent to the skilled positions.  A.J. Green is one of the top WR in the country.  Somehow, Georgia was able to pull him away from Spurrier and the Gamecocks.  Green has great size for a WR and excellent speed!

10. Florida State

Bobby Bowden has always recruited well and this year’s class will follow the tradition.  Florida State has already received commitments from three 5-star players.  E.J. Manuel will be the savior at the QB position that FSU has lacked over the past few years.  FSU always has great LB’s.  This year, they are adding Nigel Bradham and Nigel Carr.  Both have a chance to play immediately and could have an immediate impact on the Seminoles defense.  FSU usually finishes strong, but this year, they are off to a great start.  Look for FSU to have a top 5 class when all is said and done.

Keep an eye out for the teams ranked 11-25. A breakdown of each team will be posted to the site within the next few days!

Tags: 2008, College, Florida State, Football, Georgia, Greg Gammell, Miami, NCAA, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Rankings, Recruiting, Texas, Top 25, UCLA, USC

Greg Gammell’s cheatsheet has T.O. as the #1 wide receiver.

	QUARTERBACKS		RUNNING BACKS		WIDE RECEIVERS		TIGHT ENDS
Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player
1	Manning, IND	1	Tomlinson, SD	1	Owens, DAL	1	Gates, SD
2	Palmer, CIN	2	Jackson, STL	2	Smith, CAR	2	Heap, BAL
3	McNabb, PHI	3	Gore, SF	3	Harrison, IND	3	Davis, SF
4	Brady, NE	4	Alexander, SEA	4	Johnson, CIN	4	Gonzalez, KC
5	Brees, NO	5	Johnson, KC	5	Holt, STL	5	Shockey, NYG
6	Bulger, STL	6	T. Henry, DEN	6	Wayne, IND	6	Cooley, WAS
7	Manning, NYG	7	J. Addai, IND	7	Walker, DEN	7	Winslow, CLE
8	Romo, DAL	8	R. Johnson, CIN	8	Fitzgerald, ARI	8	Witten, DAL
9	Kitna, DET	9	W. Parker, PIT	9	Williams, DET	9	McMichael, STL
10	Cutler, DEN	10	Westbrook, PHI	10	Houshmandzadeh, CIN	10	Crumpler, ATL
11	Hasselback, SEA	11	Bush, NO	11	Boldin, ARI	11	Smith, PHI
12	Rivers, SD	12	McGahee, BAL	12	Johnson, HOU	12	Watson, NE
13	Leinart, ARI	13	Jones, NYJ	13	Evans, BUF	13	Clark, IND
14	Young, TEN	14	Maroney, NE	14	Driver, GB	14	Miler, PIT
15	Farve, GB	15	Jones-Drew, JAC	15	Colston, NO	15	Daniels, HOU
16	McNair, BAL	16	Brown, MIA	16	Burress, NYG	16	Johnson, NO
17	Garcia, TB	17	James, ARI	17	Moss, WAS	17	Pollard, SEA
18	Roethlisberger, PIT	18	Barber III, DAL	18	Ward, PIT	18	Troupe, TEN
19	Schaub, HOU	19	Williams, TB	19	Coles, NYJ	19	Graham, DEN
20	Delhomme, CAR	20	Jacobs, NYG	20	Branch, SEA	20	Olsen, CHI
21	Grossman, CHI	21	Green, HOU	21	Jackson, SF
22	Campbell, WAS	22	Portis, WAS	22	Chambers, MIA		PLACE KICKERS
23	Smith, SF	23	McAllister, NO	23	Jackson, SD	Rank	Player
24	Losman, BUF	24	Benson, CHI	24	Brown, PHI	1	Vinatieri, IND
25	Harrington, ATL	25	Jordan, OAK	25	Cotchery, NYJ	2	Kaeding, SD
26	Pennington, NYJ	26	Peterson, MIN	26	Berrian, CHI	3	Graham, CIN
27	Huard, KC	27	Lynch, BUF	27	Moss, NE	4	Elam, DEN
28	Green, MIA	28	Lewis, CLE	28	Holmes, PIT	5	Rackers, ARI
29	Garrard, JAC	29	Bell, DET	29	Glenn, DAL	6	Gould, CHI
30	Culpepper, OAK	30	Taylor, JAC	30	Galloway, TB	7	Wilkins, STL
31	McCown, OAK	31	White, TEN	31	Stallworth, NE	8	Stover, BAL
32	Leftwich, JAC	32	Jones, Dal	32	Clayton, BAL	9	Nedney, SF
33	Griese, CHI	33	Norwood, ATL	33	Porter, OAK	10	Mare, NO
34	Carr, CAR	34	Betts, WAS	34	Curtis, PHI	11	Akers, PHI
35	Quinn, CLE	35	Dunn, ATL	35	Muhammad, CHI	12	Gostkowski, NE
36	Jackson, MIN	36	Williams, CAR	36	Mason, BAL	13	Nugent, NYJ
37	Warner, ARI	37	Taylor, MIN	37	Edwards, CLE	14	Reed, PIT
38	Brunell, WAS	38	Foster, CAR	38	Jones, TEN	15	Kasay, CAR
39	Croyle, KC	39	Holmes, KC	39	Horn, ATL	16	Hanson, DET
40	Frye, CLE	40	Buckhalter, PHI	40	Marshall, DEN	17	Scobee, JAC
		41	Thomas, BUF	41	Henderson, NO	18	Feely, NYG
		42	Turner, SD	42	Furrey, DET	19	Brown, SEA
		43	Hicks, SF	43	Toomer, NYG	20	Longwell, MIN
		44	Jackson, GB	44	Johnson, DET
		45	Morency, GB	45	Hackett, SEA
		46	Duckett, DET	46	Jennings, GB
		47	Washington, NYJ	47	Bennett, STL
		48	Droughns, NYG	48	Gonzalez, IND
		49	Brown, TEN	49	Battle, SF
		50	Anderson, BAL	50	Stovall, TB
				51	Bruce, STL
				52	Jurevicius, CLE
				53	Kennison, KC
				54	Jenkings, ATL
				55	Curry, OAK
				56	Jones, JAC
				57	Booker, MIA
				58	Carter, CAR
				59	Bowe, KC
				60	Wade, MIN

Tags: 2007, Cheatsheets, Fantasy, Football, Greg Gammell, QB, Quarterback, Rankings, RB, Running Back, TE, Tight End, Wide Receiver, WR

Dan Holtzman weighs in - Roy Williams a top 5 WR.

		QUARTERBACKS			RUNNING BACKS			WIDE RECEIVERS			TIGHT ENDS
	Rank	Player	TM	Rank	Player	TM	Rank	Player	TM	Rank	Player	TM
	1	Peyton	IND	1	LT	SD	1	Smith	CAR	1	Gates	SD
	2	Palmer	CIN	2	S Jackson	STL	2	Chad	CIN	2	T-Gonz	KC
	3	Brady	NE	3	Gore	SF	3	Holt	STL	3	Cooley	WAS
	4	Brees	NO	4	LJ	KC	4	Wayne	IND	4	Ver. Davis	SF
	5	Bulger	STL	5	Addai	IND	5	Roy Williams	DET	6	Heap	BAL
	6	McNabb	PHI	6	Parker	PIT	6	TO	DAL	7	K. Winslow	CLE
	7	Hasselbeck	SEA	7	Westbrook	PHI	7	Harrison	IND	8	Shockey	NYG
	8	Kitna	DET	8	Shaun	SEA	8	Fitz	ARI	5	Crumpler	ATL
	9	Romo	DAL	9	Rudi	CIN	9	Bolidin	ARI	9	Witten	DAL
	10	Cutler	DEN	10	Bush	NO	10	Evans	BUF	10	LJ Smith	PHI
	11	Rivers	SD	11	McGahee	BAL	11	Walker	DEN	11	Watson	NE
	12	Young	TEN	12	Maroney	NE	12	Housh	CIN	12	H. Miller	PIT
	13	Losman	BUF	13	Benson	CHI	13	Moss	NE	13	Graham	DEN
	14	Leinart	ARI	14	Henry	DEN	14	A. Johnson	HOU	14	D. Clark	IND
	15	Roethlisberger	PIT	15	MJD	JAX	15	Driver	GB	15	R. McMichael	STL
	16	Eli	NYG	16	T. Jones	NYJ	16	Colston	NO	16	Troupe	TEN
	17	Delhomme	CAR	17	Jacobs	NYG	17	S. Moss	WAS	17	O. Daniels	HOU
	18	A. Smith	SF	18	Ronnie Brown	MIA	18	Burress	NYG	18	Olsen	CHI
	19	Farve	GB	19	Portis	WAS	19	Coles	NYJ	19	M. Lewis	JAX
	20	Pennington	NYJ	20	Edge	ARI	20	R. Brown	PHI	20	Scaife	TEN
	21	Campbell	WAS	21	Barber III	DAL	21	Edwards	CLE	21	D. Martin	MIA
	22	Garcia	TB	22	McAllister	NO	22	Ward	PIT	22	Pollard	SEA
	23	McNair	BAL	23	A. Peterson	MIN	23	C. Johnson	DET	23	A. Smith	TB
	24	Leftwich	JAX	24	M. Lynch	BUF	24	Cotchery	NYJ	24	J Stevens	TB
	25	Harrington	ATL	25	Norwood	ATL	25	Clayton	BAL	25	Scheffler	DEN
	26	Grossman	CHI	26	Green	HOU	26	D. Jackson	SF	26	Baker	NYJ
	27	Schaub	HOU	27	J. Lewis	CLE	27	Galloway	TB	27	Des. Clark	CHI
	28	Tav. Jackson	MIN	28	Lamont	OAK	28	S. Holmes	PIT	28	Schiancoe	MIN
	29	Harrington	ATL	29	Caddy	TB	29	Glenn	DAL	29	D. Campbell	DET
	30	Croyle	KC	30	Fred Taylor	JAX	30	Branch	SEA	30	B. Celek	PHI
	31	Russell	OAK	31	De. Williams	CAR	31	Chambers	MIA
				32	Betts	WAS	32	V. Jackson	SD		PLACE KICKERS
		DEFENSE		33	B. Jackson	GB	33	Berrian	CHI	Rank	Player	TM
	Rank	Team		34	T. Bell	DET	34	Stallworth	NE	1	Vinateri	NE
	1	CHI		35	Foster	CAR	35	Curry	OAK	2	Wilkins	STL
	2	BAL		36	J. Jones	DAL	36	D. Henderson	NO	3	Graham	DEN
	3	NE		37	Dunn	ATL	37	Brandon Marshall	DEN	4	Gould	CHI
	4	SD		38	C. Henry	TEN	38	Hackett	SEA	5	Kaeding	SD
	5	PIT		39	Chester	MIN	39	B. Jones	TEN	6	Elam	DEN
	6	JAX		40	Turner	SD	40	Porter	OAK	7	Akers	PHI
	7	DAL		41	C. Brown	TEN	41	Bruce	STL	8	Gostkowski	NE
	8	PHI		42	Morency	GB	42	Bennett	STL	9	Rackers	ARI
	9	CAR		43	Ad. Peterson	CHI	43	Welker	NE	10	Stover	BAL
	10	DEN		44	M. Bell	DEN	44	Curtis	PHI	11	Brown	SEA
	11	MIA		45	Droughns	NYG	45	Mason	BAL	12	Mare	NO
	12	NYJ		46	Lendale White	TEN	46	M. Jones	JAX	13	Kasay	CAR
	13	MIN		47	Dayne	HOU	47	Crayton	DAL	14	Hanson	DET
	14	GB		48	Pittman	TB	48	A. Gonzalez	IND	15	Scobee	JAX
	15	SEA		49	K. Jones	DET	49	Jennings	GB	16	Nedney	SF
	16	OAK		50	Buckhalter	PHI	50	D. Carter	CAR	17	Reed	PIT
	17	TB		51	Mo. Morris	SEA	51	J. Jones	HOU	18	Longwell	MIN
	18	SF		52	Dominick Rhodes	OAK	52	Ja Jones	GB	19	Lindell	BUF
	19	KC		53	Dede Dorsey	IND	53	R. Smith	DEN	20	Nugent	NYJ
	20	ATL		54	M. Robinson	SF	54	Horn	NE
	21	NO		55	Tony Hunt	PHI	55	Meachem	NO
	22	BUF		56	Leonard	STL	56	Furrey	DET
	23	NYG		57	M. Bush	OAK	57	Muhammed	CHI
	24	ARI		58	Sammy Morris	NE	58	Toomer	NYG
	25	WAS		59	K Faulk	NE	59	Kennison	KC
	26	IND		60	A. Pittman	NO	60	Jurevicius	CLE
	27	CIN		61	Priest	KC	61	Reg. Williams	JAX
	28	STL					62	Stovall	TB
	29	DET					63	Jarrett	CAR
	30	HOU					64	Stokley	DEN
							65	Battle	SF
							66	T. Williamson	MIN
							67	T. Perry	CIN
							68	K. Walter	HOU
							69	Mi Clayton	TB
							70	Hester	CHI
							71	Bowe	KC
							72	B. Johnson	ARI

 

And the sleepers …

Tags: 2007, Cheatsheets, Dan Holtzman, Fantasy, Football, PK, Place Kickers, QB, Quarterback, Rankings, RB, Running Back, Sleepers, TE, Tight End, Wide Receiver, WR

See how far McNabb, Dunn, Stallworth and rookie Adrian Peterson move up.

It’s August 26th which means we are getting closer to the regular season and better yet gearing up for the last of our fantasy football league drafts. You’ll be surprised to see whose stock rose and by how much - be sure to take note! I added a “CHG” or change column in this version to note each players rank change from my previous cheatsheet. 

This updated cheatsheet is optimized for performance scoring fantasy football leagues. You may also download the more user-friendly, printable Excel version by clicking on the Excel icon. Good luck!

 

	QUARTERBACKS			RUNNING BACKS			WIDE RECEIVERS			TIGHT ENDS
Rank	Player	Chg	Rank	Player	Chg	Rank	Player	Chg	Rank	Player	Chg
1	Manning, IND		1	Tomlinson, SDC		1	Johnson, CIN		1	Gates, SDC
2	McNabb, PHI	+4	2	Jackson, STL	+1	2	Harrison, IND		2	Gonzalez, KCC
3	Palmer, CIN	-1	3	Gore, SFO	+1	3	Holt, STL		3	Heap, BAL
4	Bulger, STL	-1	4	Johnson, KCC	-2	4	Smith, CAR		4	Crumpler, ATL
5	Brady, NEP	-1	5	Addai, IND	+1	5	Owens, DAL		5	Davis, SFO
6	Brees, NOS	-1	6	Henry, DEN	-1	6	Wayne, IND		6	Shockey, NYG
7	Romo, DAL		7	Maroney, NEP	+1	7	Fitzgerald, ARI		7	Winslow, CLE
8	Cutler, DEN		8	Westbrook, PHI	+2	8	Boldin, ARI	+5	8	Cooley, WAS	+2
9	Kitna, DET		9	Bush, NOS	+2	9	Houshmdz., CIN	+1	9	Watson, NEP	-1
10	Manning, NYG		10	Johnson, CIN	+3	10	Colston, NOS	-1	10	McMichael, STL	-1
11	Rivers, SDC		11	Parker, PIT	-2	11	Walker, DEN	-3	11	Smith, PHI
12	Hasselbeck, SEA	+1	12	Alexander, SEA	-5	12	Evans, BUF	-1	12	Miller, PIT
13	Young, TEN	-1	13	Jones-Drew, JAC	-1	13	Williams, DET	-1	13	Witten, DAL	+2
14	Leinart, ARI	+2	14	McGahee, BAL		14	Driver, GBP	+2	14	Johnson, NOS	-1
15	Losman, BUF	-1	15	Jones, NYJ		15	Brown, PHI	-1	15	Olsen, CHI	-1
16	Delhomme, CAR	-1	16	Brown, MIA	+2	16	Johnson, HOU	+2	16	Clark, IND
17	Favre, GBP	+6	17	Peterson, MIN	+11	17	Branch, SEA		17	Graham, DEN
18	Garcia, TBB	+2	18	Lynch, BUF	-1	18	Moss, WAS	+1	18	Daniels, HOU
19	Roethlisbrg., PIT	-2	19	James, ARI	-3	19	Ward, PIT	+2	19	Clark, CHI
20	Schaub, HOU	+1	20	Barber, DAL		20	Cotchery, NYJ		20	Scheffler, DEN
21	Smith, SFO	-3	21	Williams, TBB	-2	21	Moss, NEP	-6
22	Grossman, CHI		22	Jacobs, NYG	-1	22	Clayton, BAL	+1		PLACE KICKERS
23	Pennington, NYJ	-4	23	Portis, WAS		23	Berrian, CHI	+5	Rank	Player	Chg
24	Green, MIA		24	Green, HOU	-2	24	Coles, NYJ	+2	1	Vinatieri, IND
25	McNair, BAL		25	McAllister, NOS	+2	25	Burress, NYG	-1	2	Gould, CHI
26	Leftwich, JAC		26	Dunn, ATL	+13	26	Jackson, SFO	-1	3	Kaeding, SDC
27	Huard, KCC		27	Lewis, CLE	-3	27	Glenn, DAL	-5	4	Rackers, ARI
28	Culpepper, OAK		28	Benson, CHI	-3	28	Holmes, PIT	+5	5	Wilkins, STL
29	McCown, OAK	+10	29	Williams, CAR	-3	29	Chambers, MIA	+1	6	Stover, BAL
30	Harrington, ATL	-1	30	Bell, DET		30	Galloway, TBB	-3	7	Graham, CIN
31	Campbell, WAS	-1	31	Taylor, JAC	+1	31	Edwards, CLE		8	Hanson, DET
32	Jackson, MIN	-1	32	Taylor, MIN	+1	32	Jackson, SDC	+7	9	Nedney, SFO
33	Frye, CLE	-1	33	White, TEN	-2	33	Stallworth, NEP	+16	10	Mare, NOS