On ESPN at 3pm: Trotwood-Madison ('13 recruit Mike McCray) vs. University (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Submitted by Yeoman on

Players of interest (all ratings from Scout because I happen to have it open):

TROTWOOD-MADISON

class of '13:

  • OLB Mike McCray, 4-star, Michigan commit
  • S Cam Burrows, 4-star, Ohio St. commit
  • DT Jarrod Clements, 3-star, Illinois commit, recovering from ACL injury and I don't know if he's playing
  • CB Reon Dawson, 3-star, Illinois commit
  • DE/LB Tre Williams-Brown, 3-star, offers from Arizona and 4 MAC schools
  • RB Israel Green, who's unrated and has no offers but I'm tossing him on here because he ran for 326 and 6 in the state championship game last year

class of '14:

  • RB Ashton Jackson, offers from Illinois, Purdue, Cincinnati
  • WR Kendric Mallory, Illinois offer
  • DT Ryan Reese, Illinois offer
  • DE Verondtae Wilkinson, offers from Illinois and 3 MAC schools

class of '15:

  • CB Kei Beckham, Illinois offer
  • S Harrison Johnson, Illinois offer

T-M is coached by former Chicago Bear Maurice Douglass, which maybe explains why Illinois has offered ten players on the squad.

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

class of '13:

  • WR Jordan Cunningham, 3-star, offers include Alabama and Ohio St
  • DT Maquedias Bain, 4-star, offers include Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma
  • S Jalen Battle, 2-star, Kentucky commit
  • DE Nick Internicola, 3-star, Rutgers commit
  • LB Skai Moore, 3-star, deciding among offers from Rutgers, Vandy, Wake Forest
  • CB Wesley Smith, 2-star, Toledo commit
  • WR DJ Taylor, 2-star, offers from Duke and B.C.

class of '14:.

  • S Quincy Wilson, offers from Ohio St., Florida, LSU among many others

class of '15:

  • RB Jordan Scarlett, offers from Alabama, LSU, Michigan St. and Wisconsin among others

That's an awful lot of D1 talent on the field, considering these schools aren't particularly big.

I can see why T-M's home field wouldn't be the greatest place to televise a game but I don't know why they moved the game all the way to Kings, about 50 miles from Trotwood, if they were just going to use a nicer high school field. If there's no crowd at the game, that's why.

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RakeFight

August 26th, 2012 at 1:53 PM ^

Yes, really.  I haven't followed high school football since I was in high school (25 years ago).  Granted, I didn't go to a school who had any kind of national profile, but the only thing important then was the state championship.

Is there a national high school football championship or tournament?  It surprises me that a high school could have a budget to travel halfway across the country to play a football game when so many schools can't even afford to have sports without pay-to-play, let alone classes in music or art.

I may be out of touch, but you don't have to be a dick about it.

 

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MrVociferous

August 26th, 2012 at 1:58 PM ^

And the reason there is no national tournament is for the reasons you stated above.  Only certain schools/programs can afford to travel out of state.  If a poor school made some sort of national tournament, they'd most likely have to forfeit because they couldn't afford to travel.

Also, as far as budget goes, you must not have heard of high school teams in Texas bulding multi-millon dollar stadiums.  There's plenty of money in HS athletics.

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MrVociferous

August 26th, 2012 at 1:55 PM ^

Its not much different than the college non-conference/division schedule.  Big time programs schedule other big time schools for a fun matchup to start the season.  Plenty of HS programs travel out of state for things, whether its football, basketball, cheerleading, or even marching bands.

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MrVociferous

August 26th, 2012 at 1:52 PM ^

Love that name.  Kid was committed to Florida State, but decommitted a few months ago.  Also, Jordan Cunnningham is one to keep an eye on too.  Rivals has him as the #20 WR, and ESPN has him as the #6 WR.  Not sure what Scout is smoking...having him as the #76 WR is quite a bit of an outlier.

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JT4104

August 26th, 2012 at 2:58 PM ^

This should be a nice slurpfest for Cam and Ohio today. I'll set the over/under at 5 mentions when it comes to McCray and Michigan.

I'm taking the under.

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NOLA Wolverine

August 26th, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about Burrows at Ohio State. He struggled all summer in camps trying to cover real talent and doesn't really look to interested in coming up and providing run support now that they're playing actual football. I'd take #8 over Burrows if I needed a defensive back today. 

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KAYSHIN15

August 26th, 2012 at 4:22 PM ^

I havent been impressed by anything so far. He's kinda small, seems
to have about average speed an tackling ability and he's playing with a low motor. However, an abdominal injury can cause all of those things with the exception of his size.

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Yeoman

August 26th, 2012 at 4:48 PM ^

McCray's not himself. He's an explosive player--today everything seems like it's at three-quarters speed at best.

Tackling is a weakness, relatively, but his speed and his motor are usually strengths.

More than once I've seen him sort of doubled over after a play. Abdominal injury? Illness? Something's not right.

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NOLA Wolverine

August 26th, 2012 at 4:58 PM ^

I'm considering setting up a Cam Burrows scholarship/tatoo fund to ensure he goes to Ohio State. That tackle attempt was just pitiful. He has no interest in contact. 

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