Good list. Tell me the thought behind Donovan Thompson and Jojo Jackson being ranked in the top 10.
Also I see you are not too high on Vosean Joseph and Eric Mitchell.
Also I see keir Thomas is low. Is that because his ceiling is low as it pertains to the next level?
Joseph Jackson, seen him live before. No orange and green shades. He has not even hit anywhere close to ceiling and he's productive already. He has the athleticism and ability to be a TE but his money position is DE. I'm impressed with him production wise as well as athletically and his potential going forward and he Plays basketball as well. He is an elite prospect all around and could probably be even higher on my list at the end of the year.
Donovan Thompson. I give him the benefit of the doubt for his height because he has proven himself over and over again. I've seen many linebackers who happen to be an inch or two short be complete nightmares for opposing teams throughout college football and I've stuck to it that he is Dades best defensive player for 2016 for the longest time now. I will remind you, Denzel Perryman and Sean Spence our two most recent great all-ACC/all-American linebackers were both in that 5'10"-5'11" range. Thompson had a whopping 57 tackles in a 3 game span against top 25 nationally ranked teams to start off the season for Central. To add along leading Dade County with 167 tackles, and adding in 14 sacks. While I really wanted Donovan Thompson in this class. I still like the linebacker class we have, if there is room or they want to take one more, a guy like Donovan Thompson or Lawrence Graham from American Heritage Delray should be first in line. Sadly I think Thompson might end up blowing up at another school.
Yes and Yes to the questions on Joseph and Mitchell as well as K.Thomas. Joseph speed at linebacker is a huge red flag and I havnt seen anything that sticks out to me about him as a linebacker yet, he has better size than some linebackers I have in my top 50 but his production is not even close. Mitchell would have to be used situationally for UF, he's a lot smaller than I thought he would measure at when he did at the Miami Nike Combine and I was a little meh about him.
I'm a big fan of Keir Thomas game. But the way that he is a tweener, his height and size is very questionable at the next level for both DE and DT. He would need to put on a lot of muscle as I don't think he has the speed to be a DE either. If he pans out at the next level he could be scary but it will take a lot of work.
As a player alone though Keir Thomas would be in my top 10 BUT so would Shakur Cooper and I have questions on if he could even play LB at the next level cause he's way too small to play DE and he hasn't played a lot of LB either at Coral Gables.
That's why despite Shakur Coopers unreal numbers he has put up in Dade as a pass rusher. Josh Uche and Emmett Rice would get a look before him by schools because they have athleticism, size and speed that you can't teach.
Aaron Thompson projects better than Keir Thomas IMO. I think he has the make to be a great 4-3 DT or 3-4 D-End, Miami needs to offer him ASAP. He is legit.
