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2008 Football Top Outside Linebackers

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247Composite Rating

The 247Composite Rating is a proprietary algorithm that compiles prospect "rankings" and "ratings" listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services. It converts average industry ranks and ratings into a linear composite index capping at 1.0000, which indicates a consensus No. 1 prospect across all services.

The 247Composite Rating is the industry's most comprehensive and unbiased prospect ranking and is also used to generate 247Sports Team Recruiting Rankings.

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All major media services share an equal percentage in the 247Composite Rating.

The composite index equally weights this percentage among the services that participate in a ranking for that specific prospect.

A composite strength meter, indicated by red bars, illustrates the total number of industry services that have ranked the prospect. A full strength meter indicates the prospect has been ranked by all industry services participating in the composite.

All industry services have a different philosophy on number of "stars" distributed with each class. The 247Composite Rating assigns stars based on an approximate average distribution of stars from the industry.

The list below ranks players by 247Composite Rating
Name Pos Ht Wt Composite Rating Team
1
NA
Nigel Bradham
Nigel Bradham
Wakulla (Crawfordville, FL)
OLB 6-2 230 5
0.9880
Florida State
2
NA
Etienne Sabino
Etienne Sabino
Dr Michael M. Krop (Miami, FL)
OLB 6-3 240 5
0.9866
Ohio State
3
NA
Ramon Buchanan
Ramon Buchanan
Palm Bay Senior (Melbourne, FL)
OLB 6-1 220 4
0.9766
Miami
4
NA
Jerrell Harris
Jerrell Harris
Gadsden City (Gadsden, AL)
OLB 6-3 242 4
0.9736
Alabama
5
NA
Sean Spence
Sean Spence
Northwestern (Miami, FL)
OLB 6-0 210 4
0.9689
Miami
6
NA
Darius Fleming
Darius Fleming
St. Rita (Chicago, IL)
OLB 6-2 247 4
0.9684
Notre Dame
7
NA
Steve Filer
Steve Filer
Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL)
OLB 6-3 235 4
0.9561
Notre Dame
8
NA
Lerentee McCray
Lerentee McCray
Dunnellon (Dunnellon, FL)
OLB 6-2 252 4
0.9498
Florida
9
NA
Courtney Upshaw
Courtney Upshaw
Eufaula (Eufaula, AL)
OLB 6-2 265 4
0.9494
Alabama
10
NA
Andrew Sweat
Andrew Sweat
Trinity Shs (Washington, PA)
OLB 6-2 238 4
0.9474
Ohio State
11
NA
J.B. Fitzgerald
J.B. Fitzgerald
West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction, NJ)
OLB 6-3 230 4
0.9418
Michigan
12
NA
Dravannti Johnson
Dravannti Johnson
Nederland (Nederland, TX)
OLB 6-2 250 4
0.9386
Texas
13
NA
Ryan Baker
Ryan Baker
Blountstown (Blountstown, FL)
OLB 6-0 210 4
0.9340
LSU
14
NA
Michael Mauti
Michael Mauti
Mandeville (Mandeville, LA)
OLB 6-1 225 4
0.9321
Penn State
15
NA
Michael Zordich
Michael Zordich
Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH)
OLB 6-2 225 4
0.9307
Penn State
16
NA
Michael Yancich
Michael Yancich
Trinity (Washington, PA)
OLB 6-1 220 4
0.9302
Penn State
17
NA
Terrell Manning
Terrell Manning
Scotland County (Laurinburg, NC)
OLB 6-2 205 4
0.9296
N.C. State
18
NA
Joseph Ibiloye
Joseph Ibiloye
South Garland (Garland, TX)
OLB 6-3 195 4
0.9284
Oklahoma
19
NA
Marcus Dowtin
Marcus Dowtin
Fork Union Military (HS) (Fork Union, VA)
OLB 6-2 215 4
0.9271
Georgia
20
NA
Jordan Futch
Jordan Futch
Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Hollywood, FL)
OLB 6-3 240 4
0.9254
Miami
21
NA
Cornelius Washington
Cornelius Washington
Burke County (Waynesboro, GA)
OLB 6-4 269 4
0.9248
Georgia
22
NA
Marcus Witherspoon
Marcus Witherspoon
Holy Spirit (Absecon, NJ)
OLB 6-2 215 4
0.9051
Michigan
23
NA
Dont'a Hightower
Dont'a Hightower
Marshall County (Lewisburg, TN)
OLB 6-4 260 4
0.8938
Alabama
24
NA
Kyle Prater
Kyle Prater
Tivy (Kerrville, TX)
OLB 6-2 215 4
0.8925
LSU
25
NA
Emmanuel Acho
Emmanuel Acho
St. Mark's (Dallas, TX)
OLB 6-2 210 4
0.8905
Texas
26
NA
Dewitt  Stuckey
Dewitt Stuckey
Lincoln (Stockton, CA)
OLB 6-0 215 3
0.8885
Oregon
27
NA
UP 1
Kevin Reddick
Kevin Reddick
New Bern (New Bern, NC)
OLB 6-2 208 3
0.8843
North Carolina
28
NA
UP 1
Tarik  Rollins
Tarik Rollins
Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Hollywood, FL)
OLB 6-2 190 3
0.8839
Clemson
29
NA
UP 1
Ebele Okakpu
Ebele Okakpu
Roswell (Roswell, GA)
OLB 6-2 210 3
0.8807
North Carolina
30
NA
UP 1
Alfred Dupree
Alfred Dupree
Skyline (Dallas, TX)
OLB 6-2 210 3
0.8801
Oklahoma State
31
NA
UP 1
Jarvis Smith
Jarvis Smith
Chavez (Houston, TX)
OLB 6-2 205 3
0.8723
Houston
32
NA
UP 1
Taylor Hill
Taylor Hill
Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH)
OLB 6-2 205 3
0.8639
Michigan
33
NA
UP 1
Jarek Lancaster
Jarek Lancaster
O'Connor (Helotes, TX)
OLB 6-1 200 3
0.8389
Stanford
34
NA
UP 1
Jeron Gouveia-Winslow
Jeron Gouveia-Winslow
Stone Bridge (Ashburn, VA)
OLB 6-2 185 3
0.8229
Virginia Tech
35
NA
UP 1
Curtis Weatherspoon
Curtis Weatherspoon
Valdosta (Valdosta, GA)
OLB 6-0 215 3
0.8111
None