Top Recruits since 2000

[Eggo 3977]

There's nothing going on at this time of year, so I spent a lunch hour compiling the top HS football recruits in the nation from every year since 247 started compiling in 2000. Enjoy. 

2000 
Name: DJ Williams
Position: ILB
HS: De La Salle (Concord, CA)
College: Miami (FL)
NFL: Drafted 17th overall by Denver in 2004. Stayed until going to Chicago for 2013 and 14. 

2001
Name: Kevin Jones
Position: RB
HS: Springfield, PA 
College: Virginia Tech
NFL: Drafted 30th overall by Detroit in 2004, stayed through 2007. Chicago 2008-09. 

2002
Name: Vince Young
Position: DUAL
HS: Madison (Houston, TX)
College: Texas (Hook em)
NFL: Drafted 3rd overall by Tennessee in 2006, stayed until 2010. Philly 2011. 

2003
Name: Ernie Sims 
Position: ILB
HS: North Florida Christian (Tallahassee, FL)
College: Florida State
NFL: Drafted 9th overall by Detroit in 2006, stayed until 2009. Philly 2010, Indianapolis 2011, Dallas 2012-13

2004
Name: Adrian Peterson
Position: RB
HS: Palestine, TX
College: Oklahoma
NFL: Drafted 7th overall by Minnesota in 2007, stayed until 2016. New Orleans/Arizona 2017

2005
Name: Eugene Monroe
Position: OT
HS: Plainfield, NJ
College: Virginia
NFL: Drafted 8th overall by Jacksonville in 2009, stayed until 2013. Baltimore 2013-15

2006
Name: Andre Smith
Position: OG
HS: Huffman (Birmingham, AL)
College: Alabama
NFL: Drafted 6th overall by Cincinnati in 2009. Stayed until 2015. Minnesota 2016. Cincinnati 2017. Arizona 2018-present.

2007
Name: Joe McKnight
Position: RB
HS: John Curtis (New Orleans, LA) 
College: Southern California
NFL: Drafted 112th overall (4th round) by New York Jets in 2010, stayed until 2012. Kansas City 2014.

2008
Name: Da’Quan Bowers
Position: SDE
HS: Bamberg Ehrhardt (Bamberg, SC) 
College: Clemson
NFL: Drafted 51st overall (2nd round) by Tampa Bay, stayed until 2015.

2009
Name: Matt Barkley
Position: PRO
HS: Mater Dei (Newport Beach, CA)
College: Southern California
NFL: Drafted 98th overall (4th round) by Philadelphia in 2013, stayed until 2014. Arizona 2015, Chicago 2016, Arizona 2017, Cincinnati 2018-Present.

2010
Name: Ronald Powell
Position: WDE
HS: Rancho Verde (Moreno Valley, CA)
College: Florida
NFL: Drafted 169th overall (5th round) by New Orleans in 2014. Seattle 2016.

2011
Name: Jadeveon Clowney
Position: WDE
HS: South Pointe (Rock Hill, SC)
College: South Carolina
NFL: Drafted 1st overall by Houston in 2014, still there. 

2012
Name: Dorial Green-Beckham
Position: WR
HS: Hillcrest (Springfield, MO)
College: Mizzou
NFL: Drafted 40th overall by Tennessee in 2015. Philadelphia 2016.

2013
Name: Robert Nkemdiche
Position: SDE
HS: Grayson (Loganville, GA) 
College: Ole Miss
NFL: Drafted 29th overall by Arizona in 2016, still there.

2014
Name: Leonard Fournette
Position: RB
HS: St Augustine (New Orleans, LA)
College: LSU
NFL: Drafted 4th overall by Jacksonville in 2017.

2015
Name: Trenton Thompson
Position: DT
HS: Westover (Albany, GA)
College: Georgia
NFL: Undrafted, signed with Cleveland in 2018.

2016
Name: Rashan Gary
Position: DT
HS: Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ)
College: Michigan
NFL: TBD

2017
Name: Jaelan Phillips
Position: WDE
HS: Redlands East Valley (Redlands, CA)
College: UCLA
NFL: TBD

2018
Name: Trevor Lawrence
Position: PRO
HS: Cartersville, GA
College: Clemson
NFL: TBD

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

How long do you get off for lunch?

 

Edit:  Not trying to schedule a hookup. 

Edited June 7, 2018 by ImissWallyPryor
NTTAWWT

[satyanash 14470]

247 didn't exist in 2000... The Rivals100 rankings from that year are still available, you should look at those instead. I'll find the link.

[Eggo 3977]

Rivals100 rank was the same for the top prospect in 2000 and 2001. There's only slight deviation on some other years, so I'll add those other rankings. 

[UT Lawnghorn 758]

1 hour ago, satyanash said:

247 didn't exist in 2000... The Rivals100 rankings from that year are still available, you should look at those instead. I'll find the link.

I'm pretty sure 247's ranking for years when they didn't exist are just a copy of the Rivals' rankings. Not sure what year that quit being the case but it was definitely the case for 2000 and 2001.

[Eggo 3977]

12 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

How long do you get off for lunch?

 

Edit:  Not trying to schedule a hookup. 

Long enough to give it to your mom and still have time to compile useless data.