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Recruiting flashback 1991
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:09 pm
A couple of weeks ago we were cleaning out my uncle’s office, and stumbled across a bunch of old newspapers, including a signing day edition from the Shreveport Times.
The best I can determine these rankings are from SuperPrep magazine.
There’s a bunch of interesting names in the clippings. A couple of things I immediately noticed:
- San Diego St. shows up a couple of times by signing Fred Harris from Shreveport, as well as SD native and highly ranked WR Darnay Scott. They also signed Marshall Faulk that year, but he isn’t listed anywhere in the rankings.
- I’ve never heard of Ryan Huffman, LSU’s highly ranked QB.
The best I can determine these rankings are from SuperPrep magazine.
There’s a bunch of interesting names in the clippings. A couple of things I immediately noticed:
- San Diego St. shows up a couple of times by signing Fred Harris from Shreveport, as well as SD native and highly ranked WR Darnay Scott. They also signed Marshall Faulk that year, but he isn’t listed anywhere in the rankings.
- I’ve never heard of Ryan Huffman, LSU’s highly ranked QB.
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:16 pm to Ghost of Colby
Mario Bates sighting
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:21 pm to Ghost of Colby
Mom bought a Huffman Jersey at tiger stadium for me when I was 12.
He was the man.
He was the man.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:50 pm to Ghost of Colby
quote:
I’ve never heard of Ryan Huffman, LSU’s highly ranked QB.
He was a fairly big time prospect but turns out he couldn't cut it as a QB here. Probably had as much to do with Curley and that clown coaching staff as it did with Huffman.
He did a little better with baseball but I believe he ended up leaving and going back to Texas. Played baseball his last year or 2 at A&M.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:59 pm to Mister Completely
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He was a fairly big time prospect but turns out he couldn't cut it as a QB here. Probably had as much to do with Curley and that clown coaching staff as it did with Huffman.
They moved Huffman to safety where Lee Brecheen famously predicted he’d be an All American.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 7:59 pm to Ghost of Colby
Now there is a year I would like to forget.
There was a teachers strike in new orleans and i think some teams only played 3 games.
We had Curley Hallman to deal with and his manager Rick Villareal.
And the AD’s office didn’t pay for squat. I mean nothing. They complained about the phone bill.
There was a teachers strike in new orleans and i think some teams only played 3 games.
We had Curley Hallman to deal with and his manager Rick Villareal.
And the AD’s office didn’t pay for squat. I mean nothing. They complained about the phone bill.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:35 pm to Ghost of Colby
Why in the world would you have saved this?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 8:47 pm to Ghost of Colby
A lot of kids stayed home or close to home to play at that time. But a good number of the top LA kids went all over the place.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:04 pm to Ghost of Colby
Looking at this it seems LA was seriously under valued in national recruiting. Saban saw a mostly LA squad kick his Mich State teams arse in Shreveport and saw what others didn’t.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:07 pm to Mister Completely
Huffman was on the 1993 baseball CWS championship team. He had wheels, but was basically a running QB.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:19 pm to Ghost of Colby
Key takeaway is that recruiting rankings have always sucked. I challenge anyone to go through any site/magazine/paper top 100/300 list and find more than 25% that lived up to the hype. Thats likely too high a percentage. Obviously even the coaches suck at evals.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:36 pm to Ghost of Colby
good lawd, scouting was TERRIBLE back then! ain't but like 4 or 5 guys, out of all them names, ever amounted to anything, even in college!
Derrick Brooks starting off as a DB, though, didn't know that... he definitely grew into that LB position and became a great one
Derrick Brooks starting off as a DB, though, didn't know that... he definitely grew into that LB position and became a great one
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:37 pm to Ghost of Colby
This is awesome, thanks for sharing. Can’t imagine how different recruiting was back then.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 9:41 pm to lsufanva
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Key takeaway is that recruiting rankings have always sucked. I challenge anyone to go through any site/magazine/paper top 100/300 list and find more than 25% that lived up to the hype. Thats likely too high a percentage. Obviously even the coaches suck at evals.
Go look from 2000-2019. You'd be 100% wrong
Posted on 1/28/26 at 10:03 pm to Ghost of Colby
DB Alex Molden - listed as Tennessee commit - assume that is the same Alex Moden who played ant Oregon and was the Saints 1st Rd pick with RB Eddie George still on the board ?
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:30 pm to Big Jim Slade
Yep, I think that's him.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:33 pm to Ghost of Colby
One thing I know about the 90's whether he was cheating or not, Bobby Bowden could recruit. Only 2 national titles and could have several more if not for some missed field goals.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 5:55 am to Ghost of Colby
We had a RB named John McClane? Yippee ki-yay.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:21 am to Gravitiger
Forrest Davis put out recruiting magazines also back then.
1991if I remember correctly.
1991if I remember correctly.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:22 am to Sugar08
It really boggles my mind that anyone could think that there is ANY DOUBT that 99% of the top players in football or men's basketball have been paid illegally over the last 60+ years to play for these schools.
It's what makes things so damned frustrating about the NOW POWERLESS NCAA.
They pick and choose who to go after when everyone from Bama in football to Duke in basketball are rotten to the core in regard to "following recruiting rules".
The bottom line has always been: you can win big or you can run a clean program, but you CANNOT do both.
Dale was 100% right about the corruption throughout the NCAA.
It's what makes things so damned frustrating about the NOW POWERLESS NCAA.
They pick and choose who to go after when everyone from Bama in football to Duke in basketball are rotten to the core in regard to "following recruiting rules".
The bottom line has always been: you can win big or you can run a clean program, but you CANNOT do both.
Dale was 100% right about the corruption throughout the NCAA.
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