LA Top 10

8 out of 10 are already committed
long way to go till December though

#1 player is still up for grab$ & #7 player is predicted Texas

It’s impressive but it’s not an elite year instate

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Which service was that one or is that a retrospective claim? If I look back on 247 they don't have the Louisiana top 10 listed for 2001 but they have the #5 Louisiana player going to OU.

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Scout and ESPN would have been the only mass consumer recruiting websites in 2001. Emsfinger and Lemming were still publishing at the time and I forget the other site (was gone by 2004). Rivals came on the scene in 2002. 247 arrived after Shannon Terry's non-compete clause ended for the sale of Rivals to Yahoo (but that was around 2010). Then there was the always reliable Dandy Don and his Louisiana Top 100 list which changed with LSU commits zooming up the rankings.

ETA: A stroll down memory lane Lemming's 2001 Top 100

Check Saban and Dietzel. I think both have done it.

Another blast from the past (found on the internet)

247 article on Advocate's Super Dozen

Annually the Morning Advocate produced a listing of the top 12 football recruits in Louisiana. The above link is a 247 article reviewing 25 years of the "Super Dozen" including the 2001 recruiting cycle.

2001

Michael Clayton, Marcus Spears, Andrew Whitworth, Rudy Niswanger, Ronnie Prude and Marquise Hill provided the core of LSU’s heralded 2001 recruiting class. Clayton, a former first-round draft pick, just finished his fifth season with the Bucs; Spears his fourth with the Cowboys; Whitworth his third with the Bengals; and Niswanger his third with the Chiefs. Prude played two seasons with the Ravens before being released. Hill, who played three seasons with the Patriots, was found dead in Lake Pontchartrain following a jet ski accident in 2007. ... Brandon Jacobs is in his fourth season as a force in the Giants’ rushing attack, but it was no direct route that got him there. He made stops at Coffeyville (Kans.) Comm. College, Auburn and So. Illinois along the way.

WR Michael Clayton, Christian Life

DE Donovan Grayson, Karr

DL Marquise Hill, De La Salle

RB Brandon Jacobs, Assumption

LB Jason Mitchell, Abbeville

OL Rudy Niswanger, Ouachita Christian

WR Ronnie Prude, Fair Park

QB Brent Rawls, Evangel

QB Tristan Smith, Salmen

TE Marcus Spears, Southern Lab

OL Andrew Whitworth, West Monroe

LB Brandon Williams, Port Allen