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Title: "Rivals100 Challenge turns spotlight on top prospects of '13 and '14" Post by: Chechem on June 30, 2012, 03:53:43 PM http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/06/rivals100_challenge_turns_spot.html
Quote The folks at Rivals.com created a buzz last week with their annual Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge in Atlanta, drawing some of the nation's top prospects. College coaches -- and analysts from other recruiting web sites -- aren't allowed to attend. So why go if you are a high-profile prospect? For the competition against elite talent and to improve your status in the world of cyber recruiting. "Everybody who's there is already well-known," said Justin Hokanson, an analyst for AuburnSports. com, a part of the Rivals team. "It's literally the best players in the country. Every kid there was a four- or five-star prospect and the point is to get the players competing against the best. The four-star guys are trying to become five stars." Eighty top members of the Class of 2013 attended, as did a smaller sampling of rising high school juniors. One notable absentee: Clemson commitment Robert Nkemdiche, who remains Rivals' top-rated prospect for the upcoming season. Rivals analysts from across the country were in attendance, including the newest addition to TideSports.com: Andrew Bone, formerly the Southeastern analyst for FoxSports/Scout.com. I asked Hokanson and Bone to give us their takes on the performances. ... |