Rivals.com Freshman All-American Team
I thought Taylor Lewan had a shot for the second team, but I guess not.
Not a very good showing for the Big Ten
Linky
December 14th, 2010 at 2:54 PM ^
Mmmm. "ham"
Typo in the title.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
Martinez was a 3 star?
EDIT: Interesting...
1st Team O: seven 3*, two 4*, two 5*
1st Team D: three 2*, three 3*, five 4*, zero 5*
2nd Team O: one 2*, three 3*, three 4*, four 5*
2nd Team D: four 2*, five 3*, one 4*, one 5*
Overall: eight 2*, eighteen 3*, eleven 4*, seven 5*
December 14th, 2010 at 3:26 PM ^
Those numbers aren't that crazy. Basically, about 30% of 5* players made the team, and the percentage dropped significantly for each lower level.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:24 PM ^
There are more 2 and 3 stars in the pool than 4 and 5 stars. Interesting is all. The 2* mafia represents, yo. Remember this (relatively) skinny guy?
December 14th, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
I'd also throw in that if 5* players are more likely to go to the more successful, established programs, they are also less likely to see the field as freshmen, no matter how good they are as a simple result of the depth chart.
December 14th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
Who's Fresham?
December 14th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
If you've ever had non-fresham, you would appreciate the freshness.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
Sure I can fedex you a slice, glad you asked
December 14th, 2010 at 5:15 PM ^
Careful...
December 14th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
It's an absolute injustice, in my opinion, that Tony Jefferson's name is not on that list.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
Agreed - he was all the announcers ever discussed re: OU's defense when they were on TV. Also, I was able to see him in person - the kid does not play like a freshman. He's NFL-caliber.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
Yep, no doubt. He's a kid that we missed out on that really, legitimately would have been a gamechanger for our current defense situation.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
Maybe because he plays beyond his years and that he looks like he's 25 years old, they forgot that he's actually just a freshman
December 14th, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
What was Hagerup's average this year? I know he started off slow, but he more than held his own the latter half of the season.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
Haven't seen this anywhere else, but the trend of Denard being listed as something other than a quarterback continues with the AP all american list. He's listed as the 3rd team All-purpose player. It seems like they think that he's to good to leave off the lists, but they view there are better "pure quarterbacks" than him.
December 14th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
No Michigan kickers?! OUTRAGEOUS!
December 14th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
Would have been nice to see Hagerup on second team at least.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^