Look where Ravens were ranked out of high school

[TBird]

With the Terps deadline coming up tomorrow for new recruiting class

which is nice including a good QB - Gage Shaffer, 6'7, 215 lbs. Terps

might have finally landed their QB. Going into the Big 10 has definitely

helped them already in recruiting although they lost a big recruit to

Ohio State but see where some Ravens were ranked out of high

school.

 

 

Tyrod Taylor was ranked #1 over Cam Newton with 5 stars and Joe

Flacco in his class who was ranked #39 with 3 stars. Shows the

draft is just a crap shoot.

 

 

 

 

Torrey Smith was ranked 28th best dual QB with 3 stars so why don't

the Ravens have a trick play like NE with Torrey throwing the ball since

he played QB?

 

 

Ngata ranked top d-lineman and 2d best player in entire country. His

college coach said he was best player ever to go thru the university.

Ravens won a SB trophy with him plus 6 of 7 playoffs and negotiations

are going on to restructure his contract. They are very delicate.

 

 

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/baltimore-ravens/post/_/id/17906/where-ravens-rated-in-high-school

[tsylvester]

out of highschool is quite different than out of college. The coaching and type of system they go into plays a big role in their development. Taylor, for instance, was a run & shoot quarterback, going into a run & shoot system, thus his ranking. Smith is maybe the 15th ranked receiver in the the NFL, so not much of a change there.... 15 might even be a bit high for him, honestly...

[TBird]

Definitely different but gives you an idea. Some players develop their

skills more slowly and depending on the system and coaching they get.

 

Most of the guys on our 5th nationally ranked hi school team played

college football including

Mayor Schmoke who played safety at Yale for 4 yrs. He was City's QB.

He was too slow to play in the pros. He of course became a Rhodes Scholar,

a U.S. Attorney, mayor and now Chancellor of U of Baltimore.

 

Tom Gatewood was highly touted coming out of City and was All

America WR at Notre Dame and played about 8 years for Giants back

in 70s.

 

Ara Person played for St Louis Cardinals.

 

John Sykes played Chargers.

 

Bryant Johnson - Niners and Lions

 

The guy who beat me out for RB, John Dutton, eventually scored 2 TDs

in 1 game vs Oklahoma 3 years later and was drafted by pros but beaten

out by someone named Franco Harris.

 

That's the competition I had in high school but I made the wrestling team

and wrestled in the MSA tournament. The family moved to Bel Air in

68 and my brother said I would have made their team and started and

they had some good teams.

[RavenMad]

There was a stat from the Superbowl that neither the Patriots or Seahawks had any 5* recruits on their teams. It's just really hard to project how a kid will handle college. Kids mature at different rates and some kids have close to NFL bodies while in high school. They look like 5* recruits until they get to college where most junior/seniors have close to NFL bodies and their development stunts.

[cravnravn]

What's unbelievable is after Joe performed very well in the combine he had his pro day and only one club showed up, not even the eagles who a scout could have taken a hour lunch break from his activities and checked him out.

 

I'll say it again, that's why we have the best front office in the league.

[TBird]

Ozzie and DeCosta never heard of him. Their east coast scout called Eric and said you have to come up here and check this kid

out. He's the real deal. Eric said it was so hard to go up to that small school and give him an A.

 

The Jets worked him out in NY for a couple of days. That's why Ozzie, after trading down to the bottom of first to get him at a better

value moved back up. He heard that the Jets and Bucs wanted Joe, so he moved in front of Gruden to get him saving Bisciotti

millions.

 

Parcell was interested in Joe too but thought he could get him at the top of the 2d round where he was projected to go so he took

Joe's protection first - Jake Long - and then the QB but of course Joe was gone so he ended up with Henne. When fans asked why

he didn't trade up for Joe he said he didn't have the picks to trade up.

 

He had the first pick and passed on Matt Ryan too.