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Scout.com's Scott Kennedy breaks down the top 5 recruiting classes on signing day. Find out how Ohio State went wire-to-wire as the number one school.
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" Well ever -- Randy -- welcome to the scout dot com signing -- special please be joined by scout dot com director of -- Scott caddie Scott this is a busy day not only for players coaches and schools but for you was well."
" Ballots that I call it April 15 for -- thought poised described it now the recruiting is becoming more mainstream people are realizing how big -- Davis is it. I -- used to describe it's all that did not recruit -- out there was the tax day for a count."
" For a certainly as you know folks home look at the -- but I you work in the clones on your laptop doing that's everything let's get right into it tell your top five. Classes who you got North Carolina number five was that well north."
" Carolina butch Davis -- a great job this year they actually they've got a huge class coming in they've got some number crunching to do. As as they've got more than 25 that are I'm so. They got a chance I think to have the type of impact in their class and we we saw Miami did last year Miami son 33 players we saw a lot of those guys play -- freshman. What really impressed me what would North Carolina did was. There's a lot of competition produced a finite amount of players in the state of North Carolina not like Texas. Or Florida or California where there's 300 players choose from. They're fifty or sixty and there's five division one schools right there. North Carolina and although cleanly swept the top five or six and -- north caught only losing Xavier -- Florida so. They took care of their own date and they went out of state got a few guys like Johnnie farms from the -- Georgia. And and so on so low a great job recruiting my butch Davis North Carolina."
" As you expect US state. At or near the top trojans come in at number four which kind of a disappointment to me as a fellow Trojan -- should de Pete Carroll via popular what he's --"
" I think so and and what's interesting is one of the problems USC is patted his some of the same problems at the University of Florida had. As a recruit against themselves they've got so much talent on the on the field already. That players are saying you know what I may want to go elsewhere -- you to feel a little earlier in what I tell people all the time as if you're having a little trouble recruiting because your team is too good. You're pretty good shape. There was -- all tears for USC today they lost a couple of they also gave a couple guys Jarvis Jones is number one linebacker from -- Georgia. Number three overall in the country his position to -- on the starling from Tallahassee former teammate of TJ brighten some -- as he last year. I think if I'm not mistaken for out of the top six safeties in the country. Talk with USC today so it wasn't all bad. Down south Alabama and LSU always Duke it out in the recruiting season. You got Alabama number three LSU had to talk about the -- take these you flip a point I think you can make an argument for anyone of these teams being number one. Alabama and is under Nick Saban has as good as back as is -- we hear a lot that double in class last year. What they've done is to solidify the state of Alabama and then go outside -- some guys to. They extended the reach down into a Florida and -- and of the panhandle and got a number but that number two I believe overall running back and Trent Richardson a five star guy. Lots of offensive lineman in the class so I think they're -- trying to rebuild and revamp that offensive line. DJ fluke or is a mask -- of human being six foot 7360 pounds. I like him as an immediate starter at guard may be interior can be so strong but Izzy Izzy coming grows into his frame and fills out a little bit I -- He grows into his feet so to say he could be that left tackle a dominating left tackle that they are looking for replaced Andre Smith. Closed strong. There's talent everywhere quarterback wide receiver running back Dolphins have deepens -- blind while there's a reason why they're in the top three. You double to. A lot about the thought well I think one of the best natural recruiting advantages of any place in the country you've got eighty or ninety division one schools that choose from we just mention North Carolina haven't. Haven't sixty players and five. There's -- there's five do you one do you want schools to -- Louisiana but who's LSU really recruiting -- to blame you know look Louisiana Monroe you know -- not so. One of the most talented dates in the entire country. One of the top teams in the -- country and and is as as long as they're winning they're going to continue to recruit well number one receiver in the country -- Randall we've seen some top receivers come out Ellis here recently in. He's next in line. I actually got that number one spot everyone anxiously awaiting who's number one so pivotal to Ohio State why why are they -- wasn't there wasn't too exciting as far as that the race for number one witness here. I think what -- they did as well as anybody again we talked about his natural recruiting advantages. The state Ohio on the state of Georgia flip flop for number four and five overall in the entire country for that amount of players signed in and in the class. And it -- turning -- in state you know Cincinnati has stepped up and I think that helped the help becoming number two team but. Otherwise it's Mac schools they really other choice of players Ohio on the -- up over into Pennsylvania and and and get nut and a world player and in Dorian bell and and down in Florida they actually got a couple guys the top running back Jamaal berry. Got number one fullback in named Carlos hide from Florida and then a legacy to Ron Carter and that's Chris Carter's -- so. Not just Ohio but I think they had all but two of their commitment before the season even started the season. So it was kind of a quiet fall -- when your ranked number one. You know what quite as good."
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