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Recruiting Class ranks 2002-2010
by Jayhawk12_28 on Jun 29, 2010 2:04 PM CDT
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Do you Know who Aquib Talib is? Okay, how about Anthony Webb? This took all night luckily i don't sleep much!!!!!!!!!
2002:
Kansas #58 - 22 recruits: 1-4 star: 10-3 stars: Notable recruits: Derek Fine TE 2 star: "highest" ranked recruit: Corry Kipp DE 4 star
Misery #29 Kansas State #14
2003:
Kansas # 39 - 27 recruits: 2- 4 stars: 14-3 stars: Notable recruits: Brandon McAnderson "LB" 3 star: "highest" ranked recruit: Gabe Toomey LB 4 star
Misery #28 Kansas State #60
2004:
Kansas #51 - 21 recruits: 7-3 stars: Notable recruits:Aquib Talib DB 2-star, Mike Rivera LB 3-star, Joe Mortensen LB 3-star, Dexton Fields WR 2-star: "highest" ranked recruit: Gary Green II RB 3-star
Misery #29 Kansas State # 18
2005:
Kansas #48 -28 recruits: 2- 4 stars: 16- 3 stars: Notable recruits: James Holt DB 2-star, Kerry Meier QB 3-star, Darrell Stuckey DB 3-star: "highest" ranked recruits: Rodney Allen DE 4 star & Brandon Duncan LB 4 star
Misery #39 Kansas State #36
2006:
Kansas #38- 25 recruits: 1- 4 star: 16- 3 stars: Notable recruits: Todd Reesing QB 3-star & Jake Sharp RB 3-star: "highest" ranked recruit: Anthony Webb DB 4-star
Misery #47 Kansas State #43
2007:
Kansas #50- 23 recruits: 1-4 star: 13- 3 stars: Notable recruits: Dezmon Briscoe WR 3-star, Jeremiah Hatch OL 3-star, Johnathen Wilson WR 2-star: "highest" ranked recruit: Ryan Murphy DB 4-star
Misery #33 Kansas State #38
2008:
Kansas #40- 20 recruits: 2-4 stars: 18- 3 stars: Highest ranked recruits: Jocques Crawford RB 4 star, Nathan D' Cunah OL 4-star, Tim Biere TE 3-star
Misery #25 Kansas State #27
2009:
Kansas #31- 25 recruits: 4- 4 Stars: 18- 3 stars: Highest Ranked recruits: Prinz Kande DB 4-star, Bradley McDougald DB/WR 4-star, Toben Opurum RB 4-star, Quintin Woods DE 4-star
Misery #40 Kansas State #92
2010:
Kansas #55- 19 recruits: 2- 4 stars: 12- 3 stars: Highest Ranked recruits: Brandon Bourbon RB 4-star & Keeston Terry WR 4-star
Misery #21 Kansas State #63
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Nice -
I’ve looked at this history on the Slant and it always make me realize how much hype goes into the rankings. Many of those under the radar 3-star players panned out, some even to become All Americans, even more so are now playing on Sundays.
Having that extra star is nice but beware of the fighting 3.7’s!!!
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5.7's...
dangit, just ruined my own punchline.
The Kansas City Royals; Successfully failing since 1986
Dude Fighting 5.7s are my thang
And that shit is copywrited…
Shit happens when you win championships
by Andrew Clark on Jun 29, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Or copyrighted...
Shit happens when you win championships
by Andrew Clark on Jun 29, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Stars.....
are the biggest waste of time. I’m not sure why anyone pays any attention to them.
Both the football ranking ones and the ones that “work” in Hollywood.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Could be worse
could be uggs and fish nets thats bottom o’barrel
by Jayhawk12_28 on Jun 29, 2010 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I would need to see more.
In person.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Who the hell are
Corry Kipp, Gabe Toomey, Rodney Allen, & Brandon Duncan? I’ve been following the team closely since about 2005, and I can’t say I’ve heard of any of these guys who were the season’s top recruits.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jun 29, 2010 2:46 PM CDT reply actions
Kipp was the guy that burnt his hands doing the bear crawl for Mangenious….
Toomey was a very solid MLB. Recruited by OU before going the JUCO route and ending up at KU. Believe injuries cut him short, concussions maybe.
Duncan and Allen both had their moments, just never lived up to the four star billing for a variety of reasons.
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You serious?
You’ve never heard of Gabe Toomey!?!
The entire crowd used to chant his name after a tackle. Sounded like booing but it was everyone (all 10K of us anyway) yelling Toooooooomey.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Duncan
All the physical tools and nothing but air between the ears.
Sad.
Allen was just chronically plagued by injuries, just like Toomey.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Part of the problem was that I rarely got to see a game
(being on the West Coast), unless it was the Fox Sports game or a Bowl, it wasn’t on TV for me, so I never would have heard the Toooooooooomey.
Mostly I just thought it was odd that 5 of the 6 top recruits were “also ran”s instead of names I recognized.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jun 30, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Rankings are silly and useless.
It would be much more productive, IMO, for these services to use a tiered system. Tier 1 means you got an Elite class, Tier 2 for the teams that got a Very Good class, etc. Anyone that attempts to explain to you the difference between the #48 class and the #56 class in any given year is completely full of shit and is most likely trying to sell you something.
Really, tiers should be used instead of rankings for most things in college sports- there are simply too many teams playing schedules that are way too different to imply there is some kind of mathematical accuracy behind what we come up with from week to week.
That’s not to say this isn’t nice work, Jayhawk12_28. In fact, it’s some great research. But I think your own results point to the futility of trying to put numerical values on the group of 25 or so athletes each of 120 schools is bringing in.
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by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jun 30, 2010 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
I've always wondered
what the class rankings would be like leaving school. Not so much projecting for the next level, but recapping the class for their collegiate careers.
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