From: hasley@andy.bgsu.edu (John Hasley)
Subject: Blue Chip Recruits - 1992
Followup-To: poster
Summary: request for help
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:37:23 GMT

Since we're about to start the recruiting wars in earnest (as well as
in Texas, Florida, California, Ohio, Illinois, ...), this might
be a good time to look at how last year's blue-chippers did.  Anyone
who follows these things can recall high school "player of the year"'s
who failed to start and walk-on's who did.  Last year, I said I would
try to keep track of some of the top players and how they do over the
years.  Below you will find a listing of _USA_Today's High School
All-Americans of 1991 (Signed in February 1992), along with the schools
they signed with.  I would appreciate it if those of you who follow
those schools would pass along how these players did (All-American,
third-string, transferred, serving 5 years, et cetera).  I've filled
in the ones I already have.

There are 47 listed here (2nd team kicker was a junior), so that
ought to give us a semi-valid sample.

From USA Today February 1992, High School All-Americans and the Colleges
 they signed with:

1st Team Defense                            92  93  94  95  96   Draft
E       Kendrick Burton	Alabama             
E       Scott Freeney	Syracuse            
L       Caesar O'Neal	Miami               
L       Marcus Jones	North Carolina      
L       Anthony Jones	Notre Dame          1
LB      Dexter Daniels	Florida             
LB      Greg Jones	Colorado            
LB      Randall Godfrey	Georgia             
DB      Bobby Taylor	Notre Dame          3
DB      Ron Nealy	South Carolina      
DB      Tamarick Vanover Florida State      
P       John Stonehouse	Southern Cal        

1st Team Offense
L       Marcus Long	Florida State       
L       Reggie Green	Florida             
L       Jeff Buckey	Stanford            
L       Korey Stringer	Ohio State          
L       Will Lyell	Notre Dame          0
TE      David LaFleur	Louisiana State     
WR      Amani Toomer	Michigan            
RB      Steve Davis	Auburn              
RB      Shawn Walters	Southern Cal        
RB      Robert Davis	Louisiana State     
QB      Tommie Frazier	Nebraska            
PK      Eric Abrams	Stanford            

2nd Team Defense
E       Thomas Knight	Notre Dame          0
E       Eddie Mosely	Arkansas            
L       Jonathan Ogden	UCLA                
L       LaRoi Glover	San Diego State     
L       Rudy Stinson	Tennessee           
LB      Ron Smith	South Carolina      
LB      Henri Crockett	Florida State       
LB      Shawn Collins	Michigan            
DB      Mike McDaniels	Oklahoma            
DB      Jack Hallmon	Miami               
DB      Brian Magee	Notre Dame          2
P       Sean Liss	Florida State       

2nd Team Offense
L       Jeff Craig	Pittsburgh          
L       Pete Marczyk	Penn State          
L       Dan Neil	Texas               
L       Bryan Jurewicz	Wisconsin           
L       Matt Jones	Colorado            
TE      Adam Meadows	Georgia             
WR      Monty Means	South Carolina      
RB      Rashaan Salaam	Colorado            
RB      Dwayne Chandler	Oklahoma            
RB      Robert Toomer	Louisiana State     
QB      Dan Kanell	Florida State       
PK      Scott Bentley(jr)                      

Scoring:
6 All-American (1 or 2)
5 All-Conference or Honorable Mention All-american
4 Starter (all but one or two games)
3 Part-time Starter (about 2-9 games)
2 Second String
1 Spot Player  (special teams (not kicker), perhaps a little 2nd-string)
0 Did not Play (for whatever reason)
(please append a 'c' if the player was a team captain)

Just give the one number that best fits how the player did this
past year.  If he made All-American, we can presume he also started.

All-American means from one of the "major" rankings (Associated Press,
Kodak, et cetera).  Local newspapers don't count.

[[ I'll be asking for comments on what is a "major" ranking later. ]]

Starter means more than one game.  For freshman year, let's say
at least 3-4 games starting or playing more than anyone else at
his position.

Did not Play is for any reason.  If he's red-shirted, that will
show up in the fifth year (and if he goes to the NFL early, tough.
The original point of this was to determine how important it is
to get the top HS players.)

It's not a perfect rating system, but I can't rely on 30 different
people's definition of "a star".  Giving credit for team captains helps
credit qualities like leadership that may not show up elsewhere.

There will also be a listing of which ones were top vote-getters in the
major awards (Outland, Lombardi, Maxwell, perhaps some of the lesser
ones like the joke annually played by the NYC Downtown Athletic Club).

Follow-ups to me; I'll post the results when/if they come in.

-- 
John C. Hasley
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