Top 100 High School Juniors-Football, per Ketchum

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Their rankings goes in accordance with the comments of the coaches, scouts and other evaluators that LSR has spoken with regarding each recruit.

1. OL - Jami Hightower - Jacksonville
2. DT - Tommie Harris - Killeen Ellison
3. OL - Jonathan Scott - Dallas Carter
4. LB - Derrick Johnson - Waco
5. TE - James Moses - GP North Shore
6. *RB - Donte Hickson - McKinney
7. DE - Lawrence Hooper - Aldine
8. OL - Williams Winston - Houston Madison
9. *WR - Cedric Williams - Jefferson
10. CB - Byron Jones - Bay City
11. WR - Brandon Jones - Liberty Eylau
12. RB - Darnell Simms - Aldine
13. DE - Jamie Jackson - Andrews
14. ATH - Quan Cosby - Mart
15. WR - Terrance Thomas - Houston Washington
16. CB - Cedric Griffin - San Antonio Holmes
17. DB - Rufus Harris - La Porte
18. OL - Ben Wilkerson - Hempstead
19. CB - Derrick Singleton - Galveston Ball
20. ATH - Jamel Branch - Katy
21. LB/DE - Jonathan Jackson - GP North Shore
22. DB - Quincy Butler - San Antonio Roosevelt
23. *LB - Jeff Billings - Pasadena Rayburn
24. *QB - Kendall Briles - Frenship
25. RB - Gainus Scott - La Porte
26. WR - Thomson Omboga - Grand Prairie
27. OL - Terrance Young - Longview
28. WR - Corey Roberts - Carthage
29. DT - Clayton Harmon - Stephenville
30. RB - Cedric Benson - Midland Lee
31. DT - Thomas Derricks - Dallas Jesuit
32. ATH - David Pinkney - Houston Milby
33. RB - Shanderric Charles - Port Arthur Lincoln
34. ATH - Ryan Gilbert - Dallas Hillcrest
35. RB - Keith Mills - Garland
36. *OL - Roman Reeves - Livingston
37. OL - Darwin Yates - Houston Washington
38. WR - Christian Campbell - Austin Westlake
39. QB - Davon Vinson - Kilgore
40. ATH - Joseph Addai - Sharpstown
41. OL - Abe Robinson - Jersey Village
42. *DE - Matt McKinney - Refugio
43. DE - Ronnie Smith - Waco
44. LB/S - Sheldon Williams - Daingerfield
45. *ATH - Deacon Burns - Brownwood
46. ATH - Dwayne Brandon - Temple
47. FB - Lee Foliaki - Euless Trinity
48. RB - Anthony Evans - Pearland
49. ATH - Jerrin Holt - Grand Prairie
50. CB - Courtney Sterling - Dallas Carter
51. ATH - Marshall Sandford - Brazosport
52. OL/DL - Brett Rayl - Lewisville
53. DL - Fred Thwreat - Midland Lee
54. *RB - DeCori Birmingham - Atlanta
55. *DB - Dee Durham - Mansfield
56. DB - Warren Wilson - Texas City
57. TE - Donald Craft - Houston Lamar
58. DT - Sharrod McGowan - Dallas Carter
59. *QB - Matt Norgren - Dallas Bishop Lynch
60. *ATH - Taurean Henderson - Gatesville
61. RB - Colby Ford - Big Spring
62. OL - Roy Swan - Texas City
63. WR - Ryan Flanigan - Houston Lamar
64. OL - Quentin Holman - Jacksonville
65. DB - Levy Gaston - GP North Shore
66. *DB - Kelvin Henderson - Dallas Lincoln
67. DB - Andre Mills - Tyler John Tyler
68. RB - Lenn McCann -Houston Forest Brook
69. *OL - Mike Garcia - Galena Park
70. DB - Marcus Maxey - Navasota
71. ATH - Cletus McGee - Tyler John Tyler
72. OL - Will Allen - Houston Cy Falls
73. RB - Derek Farmer - Tyler Lee
74. DB - Jaxson Appel - Friendswood
75. QB - Kyle Kummer - San Antonio Churchill
76. FB - Shawn Willis - Flatonia
77. OL - EJ Whitley - Texas City
78. QB - Michael Hill - La Marque
79. *OL - Kyle Jackson - Liberty Eylau
80. OL - Josh Lively - Silsbee
81. LB - Derrick Busby - Aldine Eisenhower
82. DT - Brandon Goodlett - Conroe
83. OL - Vince Carter - Waco
84. *DB - Robert Brooks - Newman Smith
85. DB - Tony McClain - Rosenburg Terry
86. OL - Adrian Washington - Houston Washington
87. DB - Xavier Lane - GP North Shore
88. QB - Mike Pankratz - Katy Taylor
89. DB - Leonard Anderson - San Antonio Roosevelt
90. *ATH - Tramaine Hancock - Kountze
91. DB - London Little - Midland Lee
92. DB - Dexter Monroe - Kilgore
93. LB - Jacoby Reese - Irving
94. FB - Mark Pierce - Weatherford
95. DB - Carlos Jones - Houston Clear Brook
96. RB - Jason Holmes - Conroe
97. FB - Jonathan Thibideaux - East Chambers
98. RB - Robert Carr - Baytown Lee
99. DE - Quintene Newhouse - Emory Raines
100. ATH - Malcolm Isom - Newton




[This message has been edited by PonyFanMan (edited 03-17-2000).]

[graypony]

Great job, PonyFanMan. I know that it took quite a bit of effort and time to get that list to us.
It is always interesting to me how the recruiting process evolves. Many of the schools that these kids wind up going to are not even on their lists yet. It is still very early. As the season plays out, the top 100 list will change as pretenders are revealed (kids whose coaches have padded their size/speed) and ones who will emerge from nowhere from remote parts of the state with a great senior season.
SMU needs to really focus now on those Metroplex kids. There were a lot of them! Winning in a new stadium will go a long way to getting some of them to SMU.

[Guest]

You are exactly right. The early top 100 lists are based mainly on the coaches comments as well as their stats. Sometimes coaches are very honest, other times they pad the stats. The better lists evolve during the season next year.
Even after watching a kid play and talking with everyone he knows about him, you still dont know what kind of player he is going to be in college. That is why there are a lot of kids that were pretty good in high school, and then became great players. I agree with you, we need to concentrate on the metroplex. There are some schools in Dallas that turn out great kids every year such as Dallas Carter, Lake Highlands, Plano, etc...This is where we need to get most of our recruits. Welcome, GrayPony

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[This message has been edited by PonyFanMan (edited 03-19-2000).]

[graypony]

By the way, I am so excited about your new board. In regard to recruiting, I think that the new coaches will be go-getters in recruiting. I can see where Ringo and Giles would really be effective. RWilliams is already a good recruiter. I think that I read somewhere that they were really going after the great kids in the Metroplex and not back down to anyone. If we can win some games and get seats filled with loud fans, we will be way ahead of last year.

[KP]

No. 94, Mark Pierce. Look for him to do big things this year. He was a force this past year, I actually graduated from Weatherford so I saw him play a couple of games. I never saw the kid go down on the first hit, and most of the time he would drag several defenders with him for 5 yards. He was one of the top rushers for the area last year and should be again. Good size kid, 6'1" or taller, about 215-220, with great speed. Once he breaks into the secondary he is gone. Anyway, just keep an eye on him next year.

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We will do it!

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[PonyPride]

DT from Dallas Jesuit -- Thomas Derricks -- is a monster. Short (6-0 or 6-1) but thick (280) and VERY strong and quick. Would be a great fit, but we may have to fight off some major programs to get him.

Dallas Hillcrest has a few talented kids -- QB Ryan Gilbert is a phenomenal overall athlete. They have two linemen (don't know their names) who are enormous -- 6-5 and 6-4, both at about 340. Don't know if they can play, but the size is there. They also have a WR/DB named Lakeldrick Bridges who is frighteningly fast -- but I think he has one more year to go.

Nice running back at W.T. White (Marcus McElroy). A little thin (probably 5-10, 175) but very quick and elusive. Not sure if he has breakaway speed.

St. Mark's sent a kid (DE/TE Kalen Thornton) to UTexas this year -- his younger brother, Kyle, is finishing ninth grade, and he's already bigger and quicker than Kalen. Get on this kid.

[PonyPride]

Can our Jacksonville contingent (McCown, Aldridge, BJWilliams) get the two offensive linemen (Hightower and Holman from Jacksonville?

Norgren, the QB from Bishop Lynch, is huge, and has a VERY strong arm. Bigger and stronger than Josh McCown. Go get him!

[91Stang]

We need Tommie Harris, the DT from Killeen Ellison. Hell, we need a lot of top linemen...