247 has interesting rankings. Do they adjust them after the fact? Just curious because I'm 45 minutes away from Montgomery, and I don't remember hearing anything about Gunter at all. I'm fairly certain he wasn't ranked in any local montgomery rankings. I know he didn't make the Alabama all star team. I do remember a kid from JD that got some attention around that time although I can't remember his name. I do know, though, that it wasn't Gunter. I just find it kind of odd that a kid that isn't even ranked locally can be considered a 3 star nationally. Doesn't make much sense to me. How many 3 stars do they have?
Some kids emerge after spending some time at Juco, like Cortez Kennedy, Richard Newbill, Jeremy Shockey, Geoff Torretta, others. It's a whole new ball game after a year or two at Juco. Heck, we even had a starting OL in the '80's on one of our NC teams, Scott Provin, who didn't even play HS ball as I remember. Leon Searcy was a perennial all-pro, I think (although I didn't follow his pro career that much) but he was on no lists I could find for HS in Orlando. Bubba Franks was a sleeper. Where were Jimmy Graham and Jeremy Shockey on national lists. Ray Lewis was no a big name five star, I think he was just another good player in the state of Florida.