Inside recruiting

Sporting News, The, Dec 7, 1998

TOP PLAYERS

Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming ranks the top 25 senior prospects.

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 Rk.   Name                          Ht./Wt.         Time

 1.    Chris Simms (QB)              6-5/215          4.8

The son of former New York Giants quarterback
Phil, Chris Simms is a take-charge passer
who is an accurrate thrower even on the run.
He has it all: size, speed, release, smarts.

 2.    Nick Maddox (RB)              6-0/195          4.4
 3.    T.J. Duckett (LB)             6-3/240          4.5
 4.    Cory Redding (LB)             6-5/240          4.5
 5.    Bruce Thornton (RB)           5-11/182         4.4
 6.    Albert Haynesworth (DL)       6-6/310          4.9
 7.    Reggie Brown (WR)             6-2/180          4.3
 8.    Anquan Bolden (DB)            6-1/195          4.4
 9.    Gerome Sapp (DB)              6-1/200          4.4
10.    Chris Lewis (QB)              6-3/185          4.7
11.    Cedric Hilliard (DL)          6-3/295          4.8
12.    Dontae Walker (RB)            5-10/200         4.4
13.    Darrell Rideaux (DB)          5-9/165          4.3
14.    Kareem Kelly (WR)             6-1/187          4.3
15.    Bo Scaife (TE)                6-4/220          4.5
16.    Lito Sheppard (DB)            5-11/185         4.3
17.    Sammy Davis (DB)              6-0/180          4.4
18.    Bryce Bishop (OL)             6-5/310          4.8
19.    Jason Geathers (WR)           6-3/210          4.4
20.    Philip Macklin (LB)           6-2/225          4.5
21.    Chris Massey (QB)             6-1/198          4.4
22.    Brian Lewis (RB)              5-9/190          4.4
23.    Sterling Kazee (DB)           6-2/178          4.5
24.    Darnell Dockett (DL)          6-5/260          4.6
25.    Michael Waddell (WR)          6-0/170          4.3

Rk.    Town/High school
        (oral commitment)

 1.    Ramapo, N.J./Franklin Lakes
 2.    Kannapolis, N.C./Brown
 3.    Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix
 4.    Houston/North Shore
 5.    LaGrange, Ga./LaGrange
 6.    Hartsville, S.C./Hartsville
 7.    Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton
 8.    Pahokee, Fla./Pahokee
 9.    Houston/Lamar
10.    Long Beach, Calif./Poly
11.    Arlington, Texas/Lamar
12.    Clinton, Miss./Clinton
13.    Long Beach, Calif./Poly
14.    Long Beach, Calif./Poly
15.    Denver/Mullen
16.    Jacksonville, Fla./Raines
17.    Humble, Texas/Humble
18.    Miami/Killian
19.    Boca Raton, Fla./Spanish River
20.    Maywood, Ill./Proviso East
21.    Spiro, Okla./Spiro
22.    Maryland Heights, Mo./Pattonville
23.    Irving, Texas/MacArthur
24.    Burtonsville, Md./Paint Branch
25.    Rockingham, N.C./Richmond County

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