The new ESPN 300 list1 came out at the the end of last week and OSU has a trio of future players on it.
Fred Ross Jr., one of the numerous four-star wideouts headed to Stillwater next fall, leads the way at #1672.
Second is Marcell Ateman, which at 6’5 193 lbs. seems like something he needs to be doing more of (tip your waitresses, please).
Vincent Taylor rounds3 out the list at #268.
Interesting to note that OU, Texas, and Baylor (!) have a combined 14 players ranked ahead of OSU’s number one guy. For the millionth time, that’s not a huge deal but at the same time you’d probably like to see somebody committed to OSU inside the top 150 at least.
Anybody else kind of bummed ESPN is shutting down its high school operations? Seems like they do a pretty job with this stuff and you don’t have sort through hundreds of anatomically-enhancing product text ads like you do over at Scout and to a lesser extent Rivals.
Maybe you like the anatomically-enhancing product text ads though.
- Akin to 247′s aptly named list of 247 college players or the Rivals 100 ↩
- Nobody is on the more widely used/known ESPN 150 list…which means absolutely nothing ↩
- I use that word cautiously given the tremor with which I stare at his recruiting picture, I mean this is not someone I want pissed about something I wrote on this blog ↩
Recruiting talk is just a breadstick and I’m waiting for my spaghetti and meatballs! Did you see Gina’s breakdown of the two deep? Lots of upperclassmen, that should help Lunt’s learning curve (save an INT or two per game?) Also found it interesting that CJ Curry got the nod at the backup even without being on for spring ball. Is he really that good? I can’t wait to find out!