Tom Lemming
Tom Lemming
Tom Lemming is a high school football recruiting analyst. Tom Lemming serves as the host of The Lemming Report on CBS Sports Network, the only national weekly high school football recruiting show. He is the editor of The Tom Lemming Prep Football Report, considered by many to be “the bible” of college football recruiting...
front kids knight year
Every year kids get mad. It's just not in front of the Knight Commission.
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I think Urban Meyer has a future Heisman Trophy candidate, a guy who's going to lead them to a national championship.
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He has two older brothers who were accomplished, big-time passers and he's been training for this since he was 5 years old. He's a precision passer and he's miles ahead of everyone else I've seen this year.
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He will be an instant impact back as a freshman.
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Next year, Miami will be back in business, but right now they are suffering a lot. Devlin said that's why he left, because the coach who was recruiting him was fired. You'll be hearing that same thing with several players nationally.
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Schilling was a real good catch. And they could get more.
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Some people think all these guys from the pros, like Weis and Carroll, can just universally be good recruiters, because they're coming from the NFL,
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Zook did a masterful job of recruiting, especially considering Illinois was 2-9 last season and finished last in the Big Ten. Because the state was down, they went national with a positive, aggressive attitude.
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They have beaten Big Ten schools for some kids. They will sign players at every position, a lot of good athletes.
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They had a great season and it wasn't reflected in recruiting. They were handcuffed because of negative publicity leading into recruiting.
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I'm probably part of the problem. It's too much attention on these kids who may not even be that great.
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Charlie also has an advantage when he's talking to kids, because he's won Super Bowls with his offense. Not every pro coach who comes into the colleges can say that. Now Pete Carroll surrounded himself with great recruiters and he's a great recruiter himself. His pitch was that he could get his recruits to the pros, and he's delivered. USC is not that easy of a place to recruit -- the facilities are below average, the stadium's below average, the neighborhood's below average, but he's made it look easy.
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He's miles ahead of everyone else I've seen.
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If I had to name one recruiter that would be the best in the country this year, it would be Larry Johnson.