The TSL Extra Top 40
by Will Stewart, TechSideline.com
TSL Extra, Issue #19
For years, people have suggested that I do a ranking of the top players in the state of Virginia. I always laughed off the suggestion, because I am wholly unqualified to do such a ranking. Historically, I have not followed recruiting close enough to be able to do a ranked list justice.
But as we move through the late spring and early summer, we work on revamping our recruiting database, and one of the fields that will be added to the new database is a ranking, for in-state players only, assigned by TSL.
So although I'm not qualified to do a ranking, I had to find someone who was by the time the database is revamped.
As fortune would have it, I was conversing with recruiting junkie HokieJeff the other day, and he told me in conversation that he was putting together a Top 25 list. Hmm, I thought, what an opportunity. One thing led to another, and HokieJeff agreed to put together not just a Top 25, but a Top 40, and to put it together for TSL.
He did it with input from some other recruiting junkies (message board posters TCB007, Hokie83, and HOKIE MAGIC), all of whom are not comfortable being called "gurus," and who don't purport to be the end-all and know-all of football recruiting. But these guys pay some serious attention to VT recruiting and in-state recruiting, so they're not just throwing darts at a wall.
HokieJeff put together a list and ran it by the others, who moved players up and down. And voila, welcome to the first-ever TSL Extra Top 40 list of in-state players. Hold it up, examine it, slice it, dice it, flip it, slap it, and rub it down. Like all recruiting rankings, it's not meant to be a bible, just a launching point for discussion.
Jeff and company ranked the in-state recruits according to the following criteria:
1) number and quality of offers (please note that listed schools are not offers per se, only schools of interest);
2) player evaluations from members of the college coaching profession;
3) upside potential based on size, weight, and speed;
4) results of Nike or regional combines.
You'll note that five players tied for number 40. All possess the potential to be in the top 40 in Virginia; however, there was not a clear method of distinguishing one from the other at this point.
TSLX readers, please note: unlike most pay TSLX material, we will not prohibit you from reproducing this info on our message boards and distributing it freely. Later this summer, when our new recruiting database is launched, the TSL Top 40 will be officially announced and will be incorporated into the database and will be publicly available free material. We simply wanted to give you a first look at it here in the pages of TSL Extra, but beyond this setting, do with it what you wish.
You can view this data in a Microsoft Excel 97 spreadsheet by clicking here.
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The TSL Extra's Ranking of the Top 40 Players in Virginia |
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TSL |
Player |
Pos. |
Ht |
Wt |
RT |
High School (Hometown) |
Interest (does not |
|
1 |
Vince Hall |
LB |
6'1" |
235 |
2 |
Western Branch (Chesapeake) |
VT, UT, PSU, MD, UNC, |
|
2 |
Xavier Adibi |
LB-DE |
6'3" |
215 |
1 |
Phoebus (Hampton) |
VT, MD, UT |
|
3 |
Phillip Brown |
CB |
5'11" |
190 |
12 |
Phoebus (Hampton) |
VT, MD, UVA, ND, UT, WVU |
|
4 |
Matt Welsh |
OL |
6'5" |
275 |
3 |
Centreville (Clifton) |
VT Commit |
|
5 |
Chris Ellis |
DE |
6'4" |
230 |
14 |
Bethel (Hampton) |
UVA, VT, ECU, UGA, LSU, |
|
6 |
Marshall Ausberry |
OL |
6'5" |
311 |
|
West Springfield (Springfield) |
UVA, VT |
|
7 |
Robbie Catterton |
ATH |
6'3" |
195 |
|
Kellam (Va Beach) |
ND, UVA, VT, Clem, ECU, |
|
8 |
Duane Brown |
J ATH |
6'5" |
250 |
|
Hermitage (Richmond) |
FL, FSU, Miami, Duke, |
|
9 |
John Kinzer |
TE |
6'4" |
235 |
|
Robinson |
VT, UVA |
|
10 |
Shannon Lane |
WR |
6'0" |
180 |
|
Salem (Virginia Beach) |
UVA, MD, Mich, Mich St, |
|
11 |
Kenny Price |
DL |
6'4" |
260 |
|
Kempsville |
UVA, UNC, VT, Mich, |
|
12 |
Kory Robertson |
DL |
6'4" |
270 |
|
Magna Vista (Ridgeway) |
VT Commit |
|
13 |
Nick Marshman |
J ATH |
6'6" |
258 |
|
Turner Ashby (Bridgewater) |
VT, UVA |
|
14 |
Chase Anastacio |
CB/S |
6'1" |
180 |
|
Robinson |
Stan, Syr, WVU, UVA, Pitt, |
|
15 |
Barry Booker |
J ATH |
6'3" |
240 |
9 |
Amherst County |
VT, UVA, NCSU, UNC, |
|
16 |
Noah Sutherland |
J ATH |
6'5" |
255 |
10 |
Kellam (Va Beach) |
MD, UVA, VT, ECU |
|
17 |
Brett Warren |
LB |
6'2" |
205 |
11 |
Centreville (Clifton) |
VT, MD, UVA, UNC, NCSU |
|
18 |
Danny Prentice |
LB/FB |
6'0" |
214 |
|
Oakton |
BC, MD, UVA, VT, PSU, |
|
19 |
Flordell Kissee |
OL |
6'5" |
285 |
13 |
Garfield (Woodbridge) |
UVA, VT, Mich, Pitt |
|
20 |
Eddie Pinigis |
OL |
6'8" |
280 |
8 |
Jefferson Forest (Forest) |
VT, MD, UNC, UT, UVA, |
|
21 |
Isaiah Gardner |
RB |
5'10" |
190 |
20 |
Salem (Va Beach) |
Mich, Mich St, MD, NCSU, |
|
22 |
Kenny Lewis, Jr. |
ATH |
5'9" |
180 |
5 |
GW - Danville |
VT, MD, Neb, Syr, UT, UVA |
|
23 |
Justin Bell |
LB |
6'2" |
225 |
|
Mount Vernon (Alexandria) |
VT, MD, PSU, UVA |
|
24 |
Roy Norfleet |
LB/S |
6'0" |
205 |
15 |
Western Branch (Chesapeake) |
Stan, Mich, VT, UVA, WFU, |
|
25 |
Albert Childress |
OL |
6'5 |
271 |
|
Grundy |
VT, UVA |
|
26 |
Carlton Powell |
DL |
6'3" |
260 |
|
Great Bridge (Chesapeake) |
VT, MD, UVA, ECU |
|
27 |
Vern Hamilton |
WR |
6'1" |
180 |
7 |
Benedictine (Richmond) |
UVA, VT, MD, DUKE, UCLA, |
|
28 |
Travis Johnson |
QB |
6'2" |
185 |
16 |
Annandale |
AUB, ILLINOIS, LSU, Mich, |
|
29 |
Terrel Golden |
ATH |
6'3" |
200 |
|
Lake Taylor (Norfolk) |
UT, MD, NCSU, Mich, |
|
30 |
Fontel Mines |
WR |
6'4" |
211 |
|
Hermitage (Richmond) |
MD, NCSU, PSU, UVA, VT |
|
31 |
John Hamlett |
TE |
6'5" |
260 |
|
Jefferson Forest (Forest) |
UNC Commit |
|
32 |
Jason Mullins |
OL |
6'4" |
280 |
23 |
Graham (Bluefield) |
UVA, Fl, UGA, Mich, VT |
|
33 |
Nic Oakley |
LB-FB |
6'3" |
236 |
|
Ocean Lakes |
Mich, Clem, UCLA, UVA, |
|
34 |
Jonathan Allen |
ATH |
6'4" |
220 |
|
Tallwood |
UVA, VT, Marsh, ECU, Pitt, |
|
35 |
Brandon Brown |
ATH |
6'1" |
190 |
6 |
Galax |
Mich, OKL, UVA, VT, |
|
36 |
Kalani Heppe |
OL |
6'4" |
270 |
|
Liberty (Bealton) |
NCSU Commit |
|
37 |
Lonnie Starks |
CB |
5'10" |
175 |
19 |
Warwick (Newport News) |
VT, UVA, Mich, AUB, MD |
|
38 |
Charlie Porterfield |
OL/DL |
6'5" |
283 |
|
Robert E Lee (Springfield) |
ECU, UGA, MD, NCSU, UNC, |
|
39 |
Emanuel Turner |
LB |
6'3" |
230 |
|
Amherst County |
VT, FSU, PUR, UVA |
|
T40 |
DJ Parker |
ATH |
6'0" |
180 |
|
Phoebus (Hampton) |
VT, UVA |
|
T40 |
Greg Jacobs |
DL |
6'3" |
255 |
|
Fork Union |
VT, UVA |
|
T40 |
Travis Miler |
ATH |
6'3" |
205 |
|
Lakeland |
UVA, VT, ECU, NCSU, |
|
T40 |
Akeem Jordan |
ATH |
6'2" |
205 |
24 |
Harrisonburg |
UNC, FSU, UT, UVA, VT |
|
T40 |
Phillip Holloman |
CB |
5'11" |
185 |
|
Lake Taylor (Norfolk) |
MD, NCSU, UNC |
|
T40 |
Alex King |
LB-FB |
6'2" |
235 |
|
Western Branch (Chesapeake) |
ECU, MD, Mich, Mich St, |
