Earlier this week, Curtis Robinson officially accepted an invitation to the Army Bowl. He's Stanford's third commit who has committed to play in one of the two big All American games (Under Armour/Army). Kaden Smith (Under Armour) and K.J. Costello (Army) are the other two. Would imagine Nygel Edmonds is a candidate for the games (the rosters have not been filled), as well as the Semper Fidelis bowl, which is the clear cut No. 3 game.
(In contrast, Stanford had only one commit in the big two All American games last year, Trent Irwin, who was not committed at the time of the game.)
On a different note, ESPN released its 2016 rankings today. ESPN Recruiting doesn't have the same manpower as Rivals/247/Scout, and their rankings have historically been somewhat geographically biased. (This year, Curtis Robinson doesn't crack their top-300/is only a high three-star, which is comical.) Generally, I've found their rankings to be the worst out of the four major recruiting sites over the past few years imo. So keep that in mind, and take them with a bit of a grain of salt. (Though I think they're closer to being right on Kaden Smith than Rivals is, for the time being. That will change in our next rankings meeting, however.)
A few of the notables are below. And here's the full list.
Rashan Gary - No. 1
Rashard Lawrence - No. 8
Kaden Smith - No. 28
K.J. Costello - No. 35
Devin Duvernay - No. 48
Dexter Lawrence - No. 54
Daniel Joseph - No. 71
Demetris Robertson - No. 76
David Long - No. 98
John Raridon - No. 198
Clark Yarbrough - No. 121
Garrett Rand - No. 139
Treyjohn Butler - No. 165
Dylan Crawford - No. 166
Tre Nixon - No. 176
Mike Williams - No. 181
Josh Imatorbhebhe - No. 203
Matt Farniok - No. 218
Parker Braun - No. 220
Simi Fehoko - No. 253
Brittain Brown - No. 283
Carlo Kemp - No. 286
Obi Eboh - No. 297
Robbie Robinson - No. 299
(Nygel Edmonds is a four-star on ESPN but is outside of their top 300. Bo Peek is a high three-star.)
(In contrast, Stanford had only one commit in the big two All American games last year, Trent Irwin, who was not committed at the time of the game.)
On a different note, ESPN released its 2016 rankings today. ESPN Recruiting doesn't have the same manpower as Rivals/247/Scout, and their rankings have historically been somewhat geographically biased. (This year, Curtis Robinson doesn't crack their top-300/is only a high three-star, which is comical.) Generally, I've found their rankings to be the worst out of the four major recruiting sites over the past few years imo. So keep that in mind, and take them with a bit of a grain of salt. (Though I think they're closer to being right on Kaden Smith than Rivals is, for the time being. That will change in our next rankings meeting, however.)
A few of the notables are below. And here's the full list.
Rashan Gary - No. 1
Rashard Lawrence - No. 8
Kaden Smith - No. 28
K.J. Costello - No. 35
Devin Duvernay - No. 48
Dexter Lawrence - No. 54
Daniel Joseph - No. 71
Demetris Robertson - No. 76
David Long - No. 98
John Raridon - No. 198
Clark Yarbrough - No. 121
Garrett Rand - No. 139
Treyjohn Butler - No. 165
Dylan Crawford - No. 166
Tre Nixon - No. 176
Mike Williams - No. 181
Josh Imatorbhebhe - No. 203
Matt Farniok - No. 218
Parker Braun - No. 220
Simi Fehoko - No. 253
Brittain Brown - No. 283
Carlo Kemp - No. 286
Obi Eboh - No. 297
Robbie Robinson - No. 299
(Nygel Edmonds is a four-star on ESPN but is outside of their top 300. Bo Peek is a high three-star.)
