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Mel Kiper's first rounders: how Rivals saw them


  • By Mel Kiper's mock draft, here is where the first round guys are from, what high school they went to and where they were rated by Rivals.

    Draft pos., Name, Hometown and School, State in parentheses, Rivals Rating, Star Rating, College

    1. Andrew Luck, Houston Stratford (Texas), 6.0 4* STANFORD
    2. Robert Griffin III, Copperas Cove (Texas), 5.8 4* BAYLOR
    3. Matt Kalil, Anaheim Servite (California), 6.1 5* USC
    4. Trent Richardson, Pensacola Escambia (Florida), 6.1 5* ALABAMA
    5. Morris Claiborne, Shreveport Fair Park (Louisiana), 5.6 3* LSU
    6. Justin Blackmon, Ardmore Plainview (Oklahoma), 5.6 3* OKLAHOMA STATE
    7. Melvin Ingram, Hamlet Richmond County (North Carolina), 5.8 4* SOUTH CAROLINA
    8. Ryan Tannehill, Big Spring (Texas), 5.5 3* TEXAS A&M
    9. Luke Kuechly,Cincinnati St. Xavier (Ohio), 5.6 3* BOSTON COLLEGE
    10. Michael Floyd, St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall (Minnesota), 6.1 5* NOTRE DAME
    11. Dontari Poe, Memphis Wooddale (Tennessee), 5.4 2* MEMPHIS
    12. Quinton Coples, Chatham Hargrave Military Academy (Virginia) after Kinston (North Carolina), 5.9 4* NORTH CAROLINA
    13. Riley Reiff, Parkston (South Dakota), 5.7 3* IOWA
    14. Mark Barron, Mobile, St.Paul's (Alabama), 6.0 4* ALABAMA
    15. Fletcher Cox, Yazoo City (Mississippi), 5.9 4* MISSISSIPPI STATE
    16. Michael Brockers, Houston Chavez (Texas), 5.8 4* LSU
    17. Stephon Gilmore, Rock Hill South Pointe (South Carolina), 6.0 4* SOUTH CAROLINA
    18. Chandler Jones, Endicott Union-Endicott (New York), 5.2 2* SYRACUSE
    19. Whitney Mercilus, Akron Garfield (Ohio), 5.5 3* ILLINOIS
    20. Dre Kirkpatrick, Gadsden Gadsden City (Alabama), 6.1 5* ALABAMA
    21. David DeCastro, Bellevue (Washington), 5.7 3* STANFORD
    22. Cordy Glenn, Riverdale (Georgia), 5.9 4* GEORGIA
    23. Lavonte David, Fort Scott CC (Kansas) after Miami Northwestern (Florida), 5.9 4* NEBRASKA
    24. Dont'a Hightower, Lewisburg Marshall County (Tennessee), 5.8 4* ALABAMA
    25. Derek Wolfe, Lisbon Beaver Local (Ohio), 5.2 2* CINCINNATI
    26. Bobby Massie, Chatham Hargrave Military Academy (Virginia) after Lynchburg Liberty Christian Academy (Virginia), 6.1 5* at Hargrave after 5.8 4* at LCA MISSISSIPPI
    27. Courtney Upshaw, Eufaula (Alabama), 5.9 4*
    28. Shea McClellin, Marsing (Idaho), 5.3 2* BOISE STATE
    29. Peter Konz, Neenah (Wisconsin), 5.8 4* WISCONSIN
    30. Kevin Zeitler, Milwaukee Wisconsin Lutheran (Wisconsin), 5.6 3* WISCONSIN
    31. Janoris Jenkins, Pahokee (Florida), 6.0 4* FLORIDA/NORTH ALABAMA
    32. Coby Fleener, Joliet Catholic (Illinois), 5.5 3* STANFORD

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  • Three 2star and a healthy dose of 3stars. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

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  • roltiderol said...

    solid work...maybe 5 or 6 5 stars?

    Can you guys recruit anything less.....Damnitgun

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  • Due51 said...

    Three 2star and a healthy dose of 3stars. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

    For the most part it proves recruiting ranking are right more time than not. A few years ago I went back and did were all five stars from 03-06 were drafted and posted it gonna see if I can find it.

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  • roltiderol said...

    lol i meant the entire first round...not bammers

    Until next year you mean...rockon

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  • Pretty solid list.

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  • Due51 said...

    Three 2star and a healthy dose of 3stars. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

    yeah not really, how many 5*'s are there every year....maybe 25. another 250 4*'s then thousands of 3 and 2*'s. the odds are in favor of the 2 and 3*'s

    rrisher

  • True story, when I was a senior in high school, I played against a then-sophomore Chandler Jones. I was a TE, and he pretty much embarrassed me. He was way underrated as a 2-star.

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  • Top 2 qb's from Texas...neither of them went to Texas. smh.

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  • Claiborne was NR or a 2** a month before signing day

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  • rrisher said...

    yeah not really, how many 5*'s are there every year....maybe 25. another 250 4*'s then thousands of 3 and 2*'s. the odds are in favor of the 2 and 3*'s

    This.

    ButchCassidy

  • That's a list to be proud of for Rivals. Lots of high four-stars and five-stars on there. With thousands of 2/3s, you expect a few of them to sneak into the first round.

    Barton Simmons | 247Sports | National Recruiting Analyst | Twitter: @bartonsimmons

    Barton S

  • These type posts always confuse the hell out of people and they begin to believe rankings dont matter. It's hillarious. There's like 20 three stars for every 5 star, of course some will develop later and end up in the first round. DUH

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  • Lesticals said...

    Claiborne was NR or a 2** a month before signing day

    Could have been academic eligibility?

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  • Lesticals said...

    Claiborne was NR or a 2** a month before signing day

    You really can't say that Les Miles can't develop players when you look at what he has done with Claiborne and Honey badger alone.

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  • I would much rather see a comparison of the Rivals early 250 and the final 250. Funny how players like Claiborne etc move up once a few big time programs shows interest.

    I want to start my own rating service. I will watch no film, attend no camps. One month before the season I will rate the players based on what teams are interested in them. I bet it would be pretty close to Rival, Scout, etc. BIg time programs seemed to do ok recruiting long before Rivals came along.

    dpfenny

  • dpfenny said...

    I would much rather see a comparison of the Rivals early 250 and the final 250. Funny how players like Claiborne etc move up once a few big time programs shows interest.

    I want to start my own rating service. I will watch no film, attend no camps. One month before the season I will rate the players based on what teams are interested in them. I bet it would be pretty close to Rival, Scout, etc. BIg time programs seemed to do ok recruiting long before Rivals came along.

    To be fair,

    If a few big schools are interested in a kid, it probably means that they can play.

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  • dpfenny said...

    I would much rather see a comparison of the Rivals early 250 and the final 250. Funny how players like Claiborne etc move up once a few big time programs shows interest.

    I want to start my own rating service. I will watch no film, attend no camps. One month before the season I will rate the players based on what teams are interested in them. I bet it would be pretty close to Rival, Scout, etc. BIg time programs seemed to do ok recruiting long before Rivals came along.

    I'm sure you would do just fine. The final rankings are all that matters.

    E-mail: jc@247Sports.com/Twitter: @jcshurburtt/Instagram jcshurburtt

    JC Shurburtt

  • gonoles2011 said...

    Could have been academic eligibility?

    Small, small school.. No offers, played WR full time in HS.

    Honey Badger had no bcs interest either.

    Plus, rivals has openly admitted under evaluating Louisiana which is bs considering the talent.

    So thank u Barton being the only scout bumping Mathieu to a 4**** and you Louisiana coverage.

    This post was edited by Lesticals on 4/19/2012 at 7:42 PM

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  • JC Shurburtt said...

    I'm sure you would do just fine. The final rankings are all that matters.

    JC...I bet you didn't realize how easy your job was until now, ha ha! And just think...you get paid to do this simple job of ranking thousands of kids. I'm guessing that your day goes like this.."Rueben Foster just got an offer from Alabama....Who is this kid...how did he slip through the cracks of our pre-evaluation period? We better rank him #2 overall since Bama offered him." Aren't you glad you don't even have to watch film anymore. At least you will free up some time in your day. I respect what you guys do and that's why I pay for it...keep up the good work man. Don't forget to do that Bama Bump on the final rankings you guys so often get accused of. RTR!!

    Sin City Tider

  • Sin City Tider said...

    JC...I bet you didn't realize how easy your job was until now, ha ha! And just think...you get paid to do this simple job of ranking thousands of kids. I'm guessing that your day goes like this.."Rueben Foster just got an offer from Alabama....Who is this kid...how did he slip through the cracks of our pre-evaluation period? We better rank him #2 overall since Bama offered him." Aren't you glad you don't even have to watch film anymore. At least you will free up some time in your day. I respect what you guys do and that's why I pay for it...keep up the good work man. Don't forget to do that Bama Bump on the final rankings you guys so often get accused of. RTR!!

    Your not that big on sarcasm are you? I'm not sure if he was kidding or not but you got awfully offended by that.

    This post was edited by RATT on 4/19/2012 at 8:58 PM

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  • I would say that is a good job by rivals. How many 5 stars do they have total. That is a pretty good success rate on 4 and 5 stars when. Compared to how many 3 and 2 star players there are over 4 and 5.

    shaunsimpson

  • Sin City Tider said...

    JC...I bet you didn't realize how easy your job was until now, ha ha! And just think...you get paid to do this simple job of ranking thousands of kids. I'm guessing that your day goes like this.."Rueben Foster just got an offer from Alabama....Who is this kid...how did he slip through the cracks of our pre-evaluation period? We better rank him #2 overall since Bama offered him." Aren't you glad you don't even have to watch film anymore. At least you will free up some time in your day. I respect what you guys do and that's why I pay for it...keep up the good work man. Don't forget to do that Bama Bump on the final rankings you guys so often get accused of. RTR!!

    You're a tool. Straight up

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  • R.A.T.T. said...

    Your not that big on sarcasm are you? I'm not sure if he was kidding or not but you got awfully offended by that.

    No...Just kissing ass in hopes of getting that Bama Bump at the end of the year. But I do enjoy moderate sarcasm. JC knows Saban controls the rankings...didn't you. In all seriousness I think that guy was serious and its stupid to make that kind of statement. Just my thoughts though.

    Sin City Tider

  • Lesticals said...

    You're a tool. Straight up

    Straight up? Damn...I gotta regroup.

    Sin City Tider

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