OT: Walker Little Becomes 2nd Highest Rated Recruit Of All Time On 247Sports
The Stanford commit has received an almost unheard of rating of 103(!!) on 247Sports. Only Jadeveon Clowney is higher with a rating of 105.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:53 PM ^
But I don't quite get this. I know offensive lines aren't super tested in the Army game, but he didn't blow me away there. His tape is great, but I don't think it's appreciably better than Leatherwood's. He also doesn't seem to have ELITE foot quickness. He kind of reminds me of Eric Winston-- who was really good, but not all-time great.
Essentially, this ranking will be wrong if he fails to be a top-10 pick-- which is nuts.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
This guy won't be an NFL pick. I hear he is going to the MLB with the Texas Rangers
ba-da-boom
January 19th, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^
From all reports he dominated everyone all week in practice and was the best line recruit they have seen in an all star game setting. .
January 20th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
From what I've read, many of the coaches and scout see Walker Little as the most game-ready OL in the class. As in Little could start and perform at a high level (All-Conference) from Day 1, but guys Foster and Leatherwood have more potential/higher ceiling.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:53 PM ^
...the second highest rated recruit of all time and not be the top rated player in this class?
January 19th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
He is the top player in the class according to 247:
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGr…
January 19th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
...if you click through to his page on 247 he is listed as #10 nationally, # 3 OT and #3 in Texas.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
that's the composite ranking
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January 19th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
He is 247's #1 player. He's just not the composite #1.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:19 PM ^
Hard to believe if he is the second best recruit ever that he wouldn't be #1 from all the recruiting services. Gary was unanimous #1, right?
January 19th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
Gary was unanimous number one, and hence had a composite ranking of 1.000. Walker Little is very highly rated by 247 but not nearly as high by the other three sites and is only the 10th highed rated player on the composite.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:19 PM ^
He's not even the composite #1 OT. He's #3 behind Leatherwood and the other OT who committed to Stanford, Foster Sarell.
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CompositeRecruitRankings?Inst…
Some interesting changes. Wilson up 2 to #5. Wills up 3 to #7. Josh Meyers dropped 8 to #11. Filiaga dropped 1 to #15.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
This appears to be a pretty deep OT class this year
January 19th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Walker Little makes a guest appearance in this story about the firing of Bama's DL coach last year.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2017/01/bo_davis_speaks_pub…
January 19th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^
I did not realize Stanford has two (not one, two!!!) top 10 overall and top 3 OT recruits. In a year that their former coach desperately needs OTs at a more historically successful program, but couldn't land a top 10 OT. Wonder if Harbaugh has an unwritten don't-go-after-Davids-commits rule. I'm sure Filiaga will be great, possibly better than both of those guys, but boy could we use multiple possible freshmen contributors.
January 20th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
Not a chance... Harbaugh has gone after his commits this cycle including sarrell (spelling?).
January 20th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
Harbaugh offered Sarell before he committed. That's not the same as going after another team's commitments. Going after Najee Harris was going after someone's commits.
January 19th, 2017 at 11:57 PM ^
I have been thinking since the opening that Meyer is far to highly rated as a top ten guy. He has not done well in settings verse other elite guys.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
We could tell him Harbaugh used to coach Stanford and then got promoted.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:10 PM ^
the #1 QB.
Silicon Valley bagmen?
January 19th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
Don't be silly. California is such a poor state.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
You mean the People's Republic of California
January 19th, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^
If I was SEC I'd argue Stanford has a built in bagman. It's an 20K a year you are getting in tuition over a typical out of state tuition in the SEC.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
If Willie Gay chose Mississippi State over Michigan he'd be giving up like 130K in tuition over the life of his scholarship.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
If you're a smart kid/football player and can go to Stanford why wouldn't you? With all of the startups and money in Silicon Valley even if you don't end up playing pro, you could actually make more working in the valley. Got to be a lot of street cred for Stanford kids to have a giant football player at their start up.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
AND the top TE (Depening on what site you prefer)
January 19th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
whaaaat? That offense could be insane in a couple years.
EDIT: sorry, didn't scroll down all the way. He is the #1 TE in the composite.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
His composite rank is still only 10. You'd think there would be more consensus if he was THAT good.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:56 PM ^
the real Drake? Asking for a friend....
January 19th, 2017 at 3:24 PM ^
Depends on which friends for which you are asking...
January 19th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
which means you won't respond...
January 19th, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
So..It's louder?
January 19th, 2017 at 3:17 PM ^
Well, it's one louder isn't it...
January 19th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
I think 5 stars should be just that.......5 stars, no ranking them, just label them 5 or no
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January 19th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
Rashan Gary being the unanimous #1 last year was much more impressive.
January 19th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
oh boyyyyyyyyyy
January 19th, 2017 at 2:56 PM ^
Gary was inexplicably bumped from 101 to 100 in the final rankings. Many years there is no 101, and the highest is instead 100. This guy is supposedly 3 points better than Gary which is like the difference between the #2 guy (at 100) and the #33 guy (Willie Gay, at 97), which is nuts and I refuse to believe it for an OL unless he's NFL ready.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:00 PM ^
Sign him
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January 19th, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
Stanfords two OT commitments are incredible
January 19th, 2017 at 3:03 PM ^
They also got the #2 OT, also a top 10 player in the nation. Davis Mills is going to be well protected for the next four years.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
Stanford takes the players that have two last names, we take the hyphenated guys.
January 19th, 2017 at 4:54 PM ^
Jesus he's gonna have time to make a sandwich back there before making a pass
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January 19th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
depends on their guard/ center situation and of course rb blitz pick ups. We had 2 nfl tackles but couldn't stop a double A gap blitz without Vincent Smith (Best blocking back we've had at U of M in decades)
January 19th, 2017 at 3:04 PM ^
Is #1 Runner Big?
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January 19th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^
247 has an interesting Top 10. They seem to value big boys in the trenches:
1. OT Walker Little - 103
2. DE Jaelan Phillips - 100
3. OT Alex Leatherwood - 99
4. DE Chase Young - 99
5. OT Trey Smith - 99
6. DE AJ Epenesa - 99
7. Cam Akers - 99
8. OT Foster Sarell - 99
9. Najee Harris - 99
10. Baron Browning - 99
11. DE K'Lavon Chaisson - 99
4 offensive linemen and 4 defensive linemen is their Top 11.
The 247 Compositie has the following:
1. Jaelan Phillips
4. Alex Leatherwood
5. Foster Sarell
6. Marvin Wilson
8. Chase Young
9. Joshua Kaindoh
10. Walker Little
14. Trey Smith
16. Isaiah Wilson
24. Wyatt Davis
25. Aubrey Solomon
26. LaBryan Ray
26. Calvin Ashley
29. AJ Epenesa
34. Jedrick Wills
35. Austin Jackson
37. K'Lavon Chaisson
January 19th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
win football games.
January 19th, 2017 at 5:37 PM ^
Amen X1000. If you have Bama level guys in your trenches you can win with UCF's guys at the skill spots. Vice versa and you get maybe 7-5 on a good year.
The Good Lord just don't make 6-4+ 300+ athletic enough dudes in the #'s that he makes 5-10"-6'2" 180-220 dudes. I'd say the pool of the latter out numbers the pool of the former by 10x. At least IMHO.
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January 19th, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
who said it, but some NFL GM has a theory that there are only a certain few people in the entire world that can move well at 300+ pounds. And that if you find one of them, you need to take advantage of it.
January 19th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
He still only a 99 composite. Gary was a1.000 composite.
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