Overview:For the 2nd straight year, I have this program as signing the
top recruiting class in the MAC.UCF
really got some show-stoppers as six of the 20 recruits coming from the sunshine
state were rated by most recruiting services as top-100 players in Florida.Also, eight players in this class rate as top-100 players at their
respected positions nationally by both Rivals.com and Insiders.com internet
recruiting services.Speed was once
again addressed by UCF and nearly three-forths of this class had reported offers
from BCS schools.
Highlights:
Last
year UCF brought in five JUCOs for immediate help.This year, five more were signed, but unlike last year when all
participated in spring practictices, this year, all are expected to join the
team during summer drills.
UCF
singed some premium DBs and WRs.Ron
Ellis & Renford Parkes are considered top-50 DB players in the country
while wideouts Chris Narsesian & Mike Walker were considered top-30
players at their position in the country.
Steven
Moffett is considered a top-20 pro-style QB in the country, threw for over
5,000 career yards and 43 TDs.He
had reported offers from Georgia, Tennessee & South Carolina.
RB
Ron Williams was a PrepStar All SE player and some recruiting services had
him listed as a top-50 running back in the country.
Harvey
Joiner is an intriguing TE prospect at 6-3, 274, with 4.7/40 speed.
Final
Thoughts:
It’s
difficult not to pick UCF as the top class in the MAC given these players
impressive resumes.So much size
and speed was gathered again that few MAC schools match this year’s
UCF class within their respected recruiting classes.With that said, this class is not quite as impressive as last year’s
stellar class, which I proclaimed as the best ever in the MAC.Over the next two or three years, we’ll
see if that bold statement lends itself to many, or any, conference
championships or bowl wins.But
without question this class rates as OUTSTANDING
compared to the other conference schools this year for football recruits.
Rodney
Allen
DE
6-2
243
Miami,
FL-Coral Gables
All Dade County
Aaron
Bern
OG
6-4
287
Montgomery,
AL-St. James
All State
Randy
Dozier
LB
6-2
200
Orlando,
FL-Olypmia
#49 LB in nation
by Rivals.com; 4.45 speed
Ron
Ellis
CB
5-11
173
Palm Bay
FL
PrepStar-top CB in
SE; #45 CB in US by Rivals.com
Brian
Goins
LB
6-1
205
Rockledge,
FL
1st Team All
State; MVP of state champ. Game
Trae
Gomes
CB
5-9
177
Sarasota,
FL
All Area MVP; 4.4
speed
Craig
Harvey
LB
6-0
250
Miami,
FL-Central; Reedly
JC
1st Team Add Dade
County; 2nd Team All State
Marcus
Hubbard
DL
6-3
265
Sanford,
FL-Seminole
Ranked as #7
D-lineman in FL
Sergiori
Joachim
WR
6-4
180
Miami,
FL-North
All Dade County
Harvey
Joiner
TE
6-3
274
Austin,
TX-Crockett;
Trinity CC
All Conference H.M.
Dennis
King
TE/DE
6-2
227
Daytona Beach,
FL-Mainland
Ranked as #58 TE
in US by Rivals.com
Mike
Merritt
TE
6-3
244
West Palm Beach,
FL-Suncoast
#49 ranked DE in
US by BorderWars.com
Steven
Moffett
QB
6-3
190
Winter Park,
FL
#17 rated QB in US
by PrepStar; #8 in SE by Rivals.com
Chris
Narsesian
WR
6-0
188
Oviedo,
FL-Lake Howell
#35 WR in US by
Rivals.com; 4.35 speed
Renford
Parkes
S
5-11
198
Titusville,
FL
District POY; #44
safety in US by Rivals.com
R.J.
Pullings
LB
6-0
242
Ocala,
FL-Vanguard;
Reedly JC
1st Team All State
Class 4A
Sheldon
Shakespeare
CB
5-10
160
Jacksonville,
FL-First Coast
All Area; All
Conference
P.J.
Smith
RB
5-10
215
Daytona Beach,
FL-Mainland; Dodge
City CC
PrepStar All SE;
4.4 speed; Org, signed with Arkansas
