TBird Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 With the Terps deadline coming up tomorrow for new recruiting classwhich is nice including a good QB - Gage Shaffer, 6'7, 215 lbs. Terpsmight have finally landed their QB. Going into the Big 10 has definitelyhelped them already in recruiting although they lost a big recruit toOhio State but see where some Ravens were ranked out of highschool. Tyrod Taylor was ranked #1 over Cam Newton with 5 stars and JoeFlacco in his class who was ranked #39 with 3 stars. Shows thedraft is just a crap shoot. Torrey Smith was ranked 28th best dual QB with 3 stars so why don'tthe Ravens have a trick play like NE with Torrey throwing the ball sincehe played QB? Ngata ranked top d-lineman and 2d best player in entire country. Hiscollege 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 negotiationsare 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBird Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Definitely different but gives you an idea. Some players develop theirskills more slowly and depending on the system and coaching they get. Most of the guys on our 5th nationally ranked hi school team playedcollege football includingMayor 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 AllAmerica WR at Notre Dame and played about 8 years for Giants backin 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 TDsin 1 game vs Oklahoma 3 years later and was drafted by pros but beatenout by someone named Franco Harris. That's the competition I had in high school but I made the wrestling teamand wrestled in the MSA tournament. The family moved to Bel Air in68 and my brother said I would have made their team and started andthey had some good teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenMad Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravnravn Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBird Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Ozzie and DeCosta never heard of him. Their east coast scout called Eric and said you have to come up here and check this kidout. 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 bettervalue moved back up. He heard that the Jets and Bucs wanted Joe, so he moved in front of Gruden to get him saving Bisciottimillions. 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 tookJoe's protection first - Jake Long - and then the QB but of course Joe was gone so he ended up with Henne. When fans asked whyhe 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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