MaxPreps 2013 Top 100

No John Diarse?

List is not legit

Rivals has him as the #3 athlete in the nation and # 66 overall.

24/7 has him @ the #15 WR and #151 overall

So the 24/7 list is not legit either?

Politics!!!!!

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I just don't understand what more Diarse needs to do to get national respect. His resume is as good as it gets.

I mean fricking Trovon Reed was a top 100 guy. Trovon Reed couldn't carry JD's jockstrap.

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For one, Reed's offer list was significantly more extensive. Diarse has offers from three top programs, all within the region. Reed had them from dozens all over the country. With his buddy Sean Nelson dragging him all around, he went to a whole bunch of camps and combines and whatnot that Diarse might not have been to.

Also keep in mind Diarse is a top 100-150 guy right now. If MaxPreps had put out a top 250 list and Diarse was #125, would that make it more palatable? It's not like there is a cutoff at #100 and everyone after that is a scrub. Out of the tens of thousands of high school football players in America, the difference between #50 and #150 is a virtual coin flip.

Plus it's only April of his junior year. There will be about a dozen adjustments of the rankings before NSD. He has plenty of camps, combines, all-star games, not to mention a whole senior season, to prove his worth. Reed started out top-20 in the first Rivals100 ranking and slowly fell throughout the evaluation process. Diarse may have the opposite result.

Lemming is a joke. I look at his rankings just for another view. He's living purely off his status as one of the pioneers in the industry. Very questionable rankings for some kids. Jaylon Smith in the 30s? Has he been under a rock? Now he's setting himself up to look like more of a ND homer than he already is known as. If Smith goes to ND as is somewhat expected and moves up considerably towards his more realistic ranking, the novices that look at his rankings will see it as a bump for a ND commit.

People are going to have to begin to understand a couple of things in regards to Diarse. 1, high school accolades are mostly meaningless in recruiting rankings. There are too many all state, player of the year and multiple state champions by average kids from a recruiting perspective.
2, he is not a "wow" prospect. There are going to be those that are extremely high on him and those that are only lukewarm. His best skills are not measurable and he has no elite skill aside from his leadership ability. Many think he's a maxed out kid with very limited upside. You have to remember that recruiting rankings are done with the NFL as the future. How many of you are willing to say right now that Diarse is a sure NFL prospect? I'm not and there are many that agree. I like the fact that he's in our class and am very happy to have him but I wouldn't bet on him being a sure star at LSU. I promise you we have 65-70 kids on scholarship currently that are equal or better natural talents than Diarse. That doesn't mean he isn't one of those kids that's just special but recruiting rankings are primarily based on talent and potential.

Count me in as one of the guys that, based purely on natural talent and potential, that thinks Reed is a step above Diarse as a prospect. For all the bad things that can be said about Reed, him having a lack of talent is not one of them. Is he soft and was he overrated? I think so but that doesn't take away from the natural gifts he has. Also agree with the poster that said to look at the offer lists. I know they aren't the end all, be all but both of the kids are well known by pundits and fans alike. You can bet that college coaches were well aware of both as well. Diarse is a regional prospect. Reed was a semi national recruit.

Just my opinion and I expect some to disagree.

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For one, Reed's offer list was significantly more extensive. Diarse has offers from three top programs, all within the region. Reed had them from dozens all over the country.

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Once a kid commits to a school, especially his in state school,as a junior the scholarship offers usually slow down. Then, if the kid is still a solid commit and not visiting any other schools or talking to other schools, they stop or the recruiting sites stop reporting it. Trovon Reed never committed to LSU, and he said he had no problem leaving LA. Which is why, IMO, he had as impressive of a list as he did. I guarantee you that if Diarse wouldnt of committed to LSU as early and would of played the "recruiting game" he would have as good of a list as Reed.