Flo's Updated Rankings of HS Juniors

[Tom McAndrew]

has been posted. I believe it's Premium, so you have to be a subscriber. It can be accessed by subscribers at THIS LINK.

Some highlights:

- it's a ranking of the top 50 HS juniors
- only three have publicly verballed (Joe Lee - PSU, Gavin Teasdale - Iowa, Brey Walker - Oklahoma (football))
- PA has 8, OH & IL have 5, and MN, FL, NJ, and IN have 3 in the rankings
- Gable Steveson (MN - 285) is ranked #1
- PA guys in the top 10 are: Teasdale - #2, Sammy Sasso - #9, Michael Beard - #10
- guys in the top 10 PSU has been mentioned with: Steveson - #1, Teasdale - #2, Travis Wittlake (170, Coosbay, OR) - #4, David Carr (152, Perry, OH) - #5, Shane Griffith (145, Bergen Catholic, NJ) - #6, Seth Nevills (285, Clovis, CA) - #7, Sammy Sasso (145, Nazareth, PA) - #9, Michael Beard (195, Malvern Prep, PA) - #10
- Joe Lee is ranked #23

That's about as much info as I think I can post.

 

[Ja1339]

has been posted. I believe it's Premium, so you have to be a subscriber. It can be accessed by subscribers at THIS LINK.

Some highlights:

- it's a ranking of the top 50 HS juniors
- only three have publicly verballed (Joe Lee - PSU, Gavin Teasdale - Iowa, Brey Walker - Oklahoma (football))
- PA has 8, OH & IL have 5, and MN, FL, NJ, and IN have 3 in the rankings
- Gable Steveson (MN - 285) is ranked #1
- PA guys in the top 10 are: Teasdale - #2, Sammy Sasso - #9, Michael Bear - #10
- guys in the top 10 PSU has been mentioned with: Steveson - #1, Teasdale - #2, Travis Wittlake (170, Coosbay, OR) - #4, David Carr (152, Perry, OH) - #5, Shane Griffith (145, Bergen Catholic, NJ) - #6, Seth Nevills (285, Clovis, CA) - #7, Sammy Sasso (145, Nazareth, PA) - #9, Michael Beard (195, Malvern Prep, PA) - #10
- Joe Lee is ranked #23

That's about as much info as I think I can post.

Thanks Tom. Great to see Travis and Big Snacks high on this list. Sure would love to see either of those guys at PSU.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Great to see Travis and Big Snacks high on this list.

Looks as though Big Snacks is playing LT for Clovis this fall. CLICK HERE for an article about the team.

 

[Ja1339]

Looks as though Big Snacks is playing LT for Clovis this fall. CLICK HERE for an article about the team.

. No doubt there's some smallish defensive linemen set to face Clovis who are shaking in their cleats, thinking they want no parts of facing Big Snacks! LOL, I could have a big year running behind him. That Clovis RB should be in line for a huge year.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Flo has updated their rankings a few times since I posted about it in September. It remains Premium information, so I can't link it or provide all of the details.

Some highlights:

- at this point 11 of the top 50 have verballed
- 6 of the top 10 have verballed
- names that have been mentioned with PSU (excluding those that have verballed elsewhere) include: Gable Steveson (285) - #1, Travis Wittlake (170) - #3, Roman Bravo-Young (126) - #4, Sammy Sasso (138) - 6, David Carr (152) - #7, Seth Nevills (285) - #10, Jacori Teemer (132) - #32, Joe Lee (145) - #37
- most of PSU's verbals/wrestlers of interest have risen since September, though Teemer and Joe Lee have dropped a bit
- PSU has 3 verbals from the top 50, including 2 in the Top 10, while Northwestern has 4 verbals from the top 50, including 1 in the Top 10

That's about as much info as I think I can post.

 

[dunkej01]

If snacks plays football, gable would be nice backfill. Both slot perfectly after nick.

Gable certainly would improve our team twitterverse.

 

[LemonPie]

I don't see Seth on any of the recruiting sites for football. Obviously he could still catch on late, become a D1 preferred walk on, or play lower level ball.

 

[T J]

Good info!

 

[LemonPie]

Also noticed that AJ is wrestling Hwt. Had a good tournament at Mat Town beating Mike Rogers. That might make the decision a little more complicated for Seth.

 

[matter7172]

I could live with a recruiting class of ## 1, 3 and 4 - or even 3,4 and 10.

Otoh, it's been quite a plummet for Joe Lee. I have to believe he'll start working his way back up the rankings at some point.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Speaking of Joe Lee, CLICK HERE for an article about him from November, from the Evansville Courier & Press.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Otoh, it's been quite a plummet for Joe Lee. I have to believe he'll start working his way back up the rankings at some point.

His dropping appears to be a result of his losing in October in the semis at Super 32, and then losing in the consolation semis as well. He lost in the championship semis to Josiah Rider (CO), 4-9. (Rider took 2nd.) Then he lost in the consolation semis to Justin Ruffin (GA), 5-7. (Ruffin took 4th.)

I believe he's been undefeated during Mater Dei's regular season in December, though I could not find results for him from this past weekend.

 

[davidtaylorgangordie]

I believe Rider took second to Verklereen at Super 32

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I believe Rider took second to Verklereen at Super 32

My bad. Verkleeren defeated Rider, 5-2, in the final. I edited my prior post to correct it.

 

[LemonPie]

Joe Lee has wins over #9 Griffith, #15 Gissendanner, #5 (2019) Ramirez, and #14 (2017) Vekleeren in the last 18 months. I like him.

 

[matter7172]

His dropping appears to be a result of his losing in October in the semis at Super 32, and then losing in the consolation semis as well. He lost in the championship semis to Josiah Rider (CO), 4-9. (Rider took 2nd.) Then he lost in the consolation semis to Justin Ruffin (GA), 5-7. (Ruffin took 4th.)

I believe he's been undefeated during Mater Dei's regular season in December, though I could not find results for him from this past weekend.

I think it was a big overreaction by Flo given the body of work over the last 18 months, as noted above by LemonPie. I mean, where is Carr going to go based on his recent results?

 

[LemonPie]

I don't mind his ranking. Lee is hurt because he doesn't have many big folkstyle wins. Super 32 has basically been his only shot and he hasn't exactly blown the doors off that tournament going R o 12, 8th, 6th. He even took a couple losses in-state last year. His folk skills aren't up to his FS skills at this point, but when you watch him you can clearly see the talent with him. He's awesome on his feet.

 

[Ja1339]

I could live with a recruiting class of ## 1, 3 and 4 - or even 3,4 and 10.

Otoh, it's been quite a plummet for Joe Lee. I have to believe he'll start working his way back up the rankings at some point.

(Sarcasm alert) Wow, 1,3, and 4 would probably be good enough for a number #2 class ranking by Flo

 

[CSauertiegPSU]

I think it was a big overreaction by Flo given the body of work over the last 18 months, as noted above by LemonPie. I mean, where is Carr going to go based on his recent results?

Carr has better wins

 

[PSUAllTheWay]

Joe Lee is gonna be fine. Just watch.

 

[johnstownsteel]

Joe Lee is gonna be fine. Just watch.

Agree with this 100 percent. His stock will rise significantly by the time he enrolled at PSU. Maybe not at the rate of his brother but it will be impressive.

 

[Osprey Lion]

So Teasdale is back in play for PSU? I noticed some concern on the Iowa board.

 

[dunkej01]

So Teasdale is back in play for PSU? I noticed some concern on the Iowa board.

In other news harbaugh to the rams......

 

[NittanyLion84]

So Teasdale is back in play for PSU? I noticed some concern on the Iowa board.

I believe the latest path, for Teasdale, is from Iowa to Penn State and then over to Rutgers, wrestling heavyweight.

 

[Dungeon Yankee]

So Teasdale is back in play for PSU? I noticed some concern on the Iowa board.

I read those posts also. I wasn't sure what to think about it.

 

[Osprey Lion]

I read those posts also. I wasn't sure what to think about it.

I noticed in Tom's OP that he included Teasdale as someone PSU has been mentioned with.
Apparently a few posters find it humorous.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I read those posts also. I wasn't sure what to think about it.

I noticed in Tom's OP that he included Teasdale as someone PSU has been mentioned with.
Apparently a few posters find it humorous.

You're mixing and matching the wrong things.

My OP was from the September rankings.

My post of yesterday was with the December rankings. I did not include Teasdale in that post, as I specifically stated "excluding those that have verballed elsewhere."

As for Dungeon's post, to which you responded, he was referencing a huge thread on the Hawkeye Report message board, that if I recall correctly was started because Teasdale changed his Twitter signature, and it no longer included Committed to Iowa. Apparently he rectified the situation to the satisfaction of the Iowa fans.

 

[Osprey Lion]

You're mixing and matching the wrong things.

My OP was from the September rankings.

My post of yesterday was with the December rankings. I did not include Teasdale in that post, as I specifically stated "excluding those that have verballed elsewhere."

As for Dungeon's post, to which you responded, he was referencing a huge thread on the Hawkeye Report message board, that if I recall correctly was started because Teasdale changed his Twitter signature, and it no longer included Committed to Iowa. Apparently he rectified the situation to the satisfaction of the Iowa fans.

I saw the HR thread several days ago. Thanks for the clarafication.