MarkOSU
01-24-2008, 08:00 PM
From the Columbia Tribune
Let’s look at the 2007 All-Big 12 team — the one the media decides, not the coaches — and see where each player ranked according to Rivals.com’s star system. My guess is there’s some players that completely swooped in under the radar.
Listed below are all the first-teamers along with their original star score (out of five) plus their individual ranking for their respective position.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Adam Spieker, C, Missouri: 3 stars as OG (No. 26)
Duke Robinson, OG Oklahoma: 4 as OT (15)
Anthony Collins, OT, Kansas: 2 as DE (unranked)
Tony Hills, OT, Texas: 5 as TE (1)
Louis Vasquez, OT, Texas Tech: 3 (24)
Martin Rucker, TE, Missouri: 3 (28)
Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech: 4 as ATH (16)
Jordy Nelson, WR, Kansas State: walk-on
Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas: 4 (7)
Dantrell Savage, RB, Oklahoma State: 4 (unranked, juco)
Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri: 3 (6)
Jeremy Maclin, AP, Missouri: 4 as WR (24)
Jeff Wolfert, PK, Missouri: walk-on
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
George Hypolite, DT, Colorado: 3 as FB (13)
James McClinton, DT, Kansas: 3 (28)
Auston English, DE, Oklahoma: 3 (15)
Lorenzo Williams, DT, Missouri: 3 as LB (46)
Jordon Dizon, LB, Colorado: 3 as FB (8)
Curtis Lofton, LB, Oklahoma: 4 (4)
Joe Mortensen, LB, Kansas: 2 (unranked)
Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri: 2 (unranked)
Aqib Talib, CB, Kansas: 2 (unranked)
Terrence Wheatley, CB, Colorado: 3 (57)
Reggie Smith, CB, Oklahoma: 4 (5)
William Moore, FS, Missouri: 3 as WR (64)
Tim Reyer, P, Kansas State: walk-on
What’s this tell me? This sample size is certainly small, but how about the fact that Crabtree and Maclin were the only players from a school other than Oklahoma or Texas to receive four or more stars? Three defensive standouts didn’t earn a national position ranking, while an All-American on offense, K-State’s Nelson, couldn’t even nab a scholarship coming out of high school.
Let’s look at the 2007 All-Big 12 team — the one the media decides, not the coaches — and see where each player ranked according to Rivals.com’s star system. My guess is there’s some players that completely swooped in under the radar.
Listed below are all the first-teamers along with their original star score (out of five) plus their individual ranking for their respective position.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Adam Spieker, C, Missouri: 3 stars as OG (No. 26)
Duke Robinson, OG Oklahoma: 4 as OT (15)
Anthony Collins, OT, Kansas: 2 as DE (unranked)
Tony Hills, OT, Texas: 5 as TE (1)
Louis Vasquez, OT, Texas Tech: 3 (24)
Martin Rucker, TE, Missouri: 3 (28)
Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech: 4 as ATH (16)
Jordy Nelson, WR, Kansas State: walk-on
Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas: 4 (7)
Dantrell Savage, RB, Oklahoma State: 4 (unranked, juco)
Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri: 3 (6)
Jeremy Maclin, AP, Missouri: 4 as WR (24)
Jeff Wolfert, PK, Missouri: walk-on
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
George Hypolite, DT, Colorado: 3 as FB (13)
James McClinton, DT, Kansas: 3 (28)
Auston English, DE, Oklahoma: 3 (15)
Lorenzo Williams, DT, Missouri: 3 as LB (46)
Jordon Dizon, LB, Colorado: 3 as FB (8)
Curtis Lofton, LB, Oklahoma: 4 (4)
Joe Mortensen, LB, Kansas: 2 (unranked)
Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri: 2 (unranked)
Aqib Talib, CB, Kansas: 2 (unranked)
Terrence Wheatley, CB, Colorado: 3 (57)
Reggie Smith, CB, Oklahoma: 4 (5)
William Moore, FS, Missouri: 3 as WR (64)
Tim Reyer, P, Kansas State: walk-on
What’s this tell me? This sample size is certainly small, but how about the fact that Crabtree and Maclin were the only players from a school other than Oklahoma or Texas to receive four or more stars? Three defensive standouts didn’t earn a national position ranking, while an All-American on offense, K-State’s Nelson, couldn’t even nab a scholarship coming out of high school.