We are now a day away from National Signing Day for the 2009 college football season. As promised I wanted to do a little piece on how far away Connecticut football is compared to the crop of talent in Florida. Today will be a short piece, but something just for your information before the big day. This week I will give you my winners and losers for the recruiting season. Enjoy!
It really is amazing when you take a look at where all the top high school players come from. In a five year span from 2004-2008, the Sunshine State has produced the most BCS recruits (983). To make their programs better coaches from all over the nation come to Florida to find their type of player to make their team better. After making a couple of appearances to high school football games when I made the move to Florida, you have to witness it for yourself to really get a sense that the talent plain and simply is better. The kids are bigger, faster, and more athletic and unfortunately for the northern colleges they will only have elite programs by taking their talent from the south. I haven't even seen the real talented high school teams play, which are mostly found in south Florida, but I have seen enough to convince me that a kid that sits the bench on a 6A school could be a star on any high school team in Connecticut. That's not a guess folks, it's a promise! This 2009 class of recruits is no different this season. Let's take a look.
Most writers this year are saying that Florida State is winning the recruiting war this year in state. The Seminoles have been able to grab 8 of the top 35 state recruits this year, including the state's #1 player in DT Jacobbi McDaniel. Don't be fooled though ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow will prove once again that the Florida Gators own the Sunshine State. Coach Urban Meyer is great at getting recruits on the last day. Every week in my local Sunday paper they have updates on the recruiting season for the top college schools (Florida, FSU, Miami). Florida needs a running back and could steal the states #1 ranked back tomorrow from Alabama. Meyer has told Trent Richardson that the starting RB job will be his next season, and that is exactly what he wants to hear. If the Gators could get Richardson and TE Orson Charles they will end up with 4 of the states 6 5-star recruits. Now that may not sound like much guys, but there is only 33 5-star recruits in the nation this recruiting season.
In my opinion though, tomorrow will be a big day for the University of Miami. They have been doing their best this recruiting season which could quite possibly end with them landing the nation's #1 player. RB Bryce Brown, from Wichita, Kansas is the most wanted player this season. If Miami can land him and offensive lineman Marcus Hall they will make heads turn in years to come in the ACC. They have already landed 9 4-star recruits this off-season most of which comes from in state. It should be very interesting what happens tomorrow, until then here's a little clip of Mr. Bryce Brown.
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