Following the local 2011 class

The 2010 recruiting period still has nearly 6 months to go, but it's never too early to look at the 2011 pool of talent, and I have already had my eyes on a number of 2011 prospects in the middle/west Tennessee area. I've broke it down to a few positions and what they've done so far this season.

QUARTERBACKS

Jake Overbey- University School of Jackson

Info: Passed for 255 yards and three touchdowns in season opener against Trinity Christian. He did throw one INT that was returned by fellow junior Jabriel Washington for a 24 yard TD.

Landon Grooms- LaVergne (6-foot-2, 205 pounds)

Info: Has completed 27-of-44 passes for 457 yards and 5 TDs through the first two games. He's also ran for 39 yards and a score on 5 carries.

Blake Mitchell- Ezell-Harding (5-foot-11, 180 pounds)

Info: Has thrown for 330 yards and 3 TDs while completing 22-of-30 passes with just one INT. He's also rushed for 187 yards and 3 TDs on 25 carries while leading the Eagles to a 2-0 start.


RUNNING BACKS

Stanley Hagan- Maplewood (6-foot-1, 175 pounds)

Info: Had 162 yards and 2 TDs on 18 carries against Hillsboro in Week Zero. However, he missed Maplewood's game against MBA.

Tez Humphreys- Overton (5-foot-11, 205 pounds)

Info: Has rushed for 325 yards and seven touchdowns on 59 carries in Overton's 2-0 start over Father Ryan and Stratford.

Justin Williams- Davidson Academy (5-foot-9, 185 pounds)

Info: Rushed for 271 yards and 4 TDs on 25 carries in Week Zero.

Markeise Lockeridge- Page (6-foot-1, 165 pounds)

Info: Has rushed for 352 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in the first two games. Also had a 97 yard kick return for a TD against David Lipscomb in Week Zero.

DeAnte Hughes- MBA (5-foot-8, 175 pounds)

Info: 18 carries for 129 yards and 2 tds.

Derek King- Brentwood Academy (5-foot-10, 177 pounds)

Info: Had 106 yards and two touchdowns on six carries in the Eagles season opener.

D'Anthony Hall- Pearl-Cohn (5-foot-9, 173 pounds)

Info: Has rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and also had a 97-yard touchdown return on a kickoff against MBA.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Vaughn Cornelia- Mt. Juliet (6-foot-1, 185 pounds)

Info: 3 catches for 125 yards in Mt.Juliet's win over McGavock.

Nick Hill- Pearl-Cohn (6-foot-1, 185 pounds)

Info: Had 6 catches for 97 yards against Clarksville NE.

Joshua Pleasant- Brentwood Academy (5-foot-11, 175 pounds)

Info: 1 catch for 56 yards and a touchdown against Southwind.

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS

Jeremy Cole- Whites Creek (DE/LB, 6-foot-2, 230 pounds)

Info: 17 tackles and two sacks during WC's 2-0 start.

Southern Cal lands the nation's top athlete

Why does it seem as though the term "the rich get richer" seem to always apply to the Southern Cal Trojans? Well, because they land some utterly impressive high school prospects such as Robert Woods every year, that's why.

Woods, a multiple position athlete from Gardena, California's Junipero Serra High, is one of those "no-brainer" recruits that comes along every few years that just absolutely jumps out at you as a likely future NFL player. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound sleek performer chose the Trojans recently over offers from virtually every college program in the nation. The elite level prospect is seriously dangerous with the football in his hand, whether as a versatile playmaking receiver or a game-changing defensive back. Woods caught 19 touchdowns and averaged over 17 yards per catch last year as a receiver for Serra while also picking off seven passes as a safety and racking up nearly 90 tackles. At almost any program next year, Woods could line up at either receiver or safety and likely start as a true freshman. He's that good.

However, at USC, Woods is going to come in and likely back up the outstanding Damian Williams as the Trojans "Z-receiver" next year and he could even possibly redshirt. Though most Southeastern Conference and Southern Cal fans will often get into debates and arguments over what would happen if the Trojans had to play a SEC schedule every year, there is no argument that Pete Carroll gets some seriously talented players every year. The fact that Woods could possibly not play next year, even at USC, is just eye-popping to me as I have him rated as the second best overall player in the 2010 class. For all the talk about Tennessee's Eric Berry being a amazing safety and overall athlete, Woods is taller and possibly quicker and is going to go into a world class training program next year to boot. He will likely be a name we hear in the coming years in terms of All-American status unless the Trojans bring in another amazing athlete to beat him out. And judging by the way they recruit, that just might happen.

Time will tell if the Trojans ever win another national championship under Carroll, but one thing is for sure, Southern Cal is going to continue to win conference titles and put lots of guys into the pros with the kind of elite talent they bring in every year.

615 Report Team Rankings

Rivals.com recently started up its Team Rankings and based off of the 615 Top 100 I did last week, I wanted to do the same. I eventually plan to do a Top 300 player ranking, and after I do that, I'll have these team rankings updated. Here's what I've got out in terms of team rankings based off of the 615 100:

1. Georgia [5 top 50 commits]
2. Florida [5 in the 100]
3. USC [4 in the 100]
4. Texas [4 in the 100]
5. Alabama [3 in the 100]
6. LSU [3 in the 100]
7. Texas A&M [2 in the 100]
8. Tennessee [2 in the 100]
9. Oklahoma [2 in the 100]
10. UCLA [2 in the 100]
11. Ohio State [2 in the 100]
12. Clemson [2 in the 100]
13. North Carolina [1]
14. Notre Dame [1]
15. N.C. State [1]
16. Florida State [1]
17. South Carolina [1]
18. Michigan State [1]
19. BYU [1]
20. Illinois [1]
21. Penn State [1]
22. Iowa [1]