An Early Look at the 2009 Draft Prospects
December 7, 2008 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
Regular football season is officially over for the NCAA. While we still have dozens of bowls to look forward to, as well as the draft, Heisman mania, and so forth, it is about that time of year again – time to look at the 2009 draft prospects.
Here’s a look at the current Rivals.com top five, along with their prospective schools (the listed schools have made an offer) and/or commitments:
1. Matt Barkley, Quarterback
- USC (solid verbal commitment)
- Stanford
- Tennessee
- UCLA
- Washington
- California
- Colorado
- Florida State
2. Rueben Randle, Wide Receiver
- Alabama
- Florida State
- Georgia
- LSU
- Miami
- Michigan
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Oklahoma (visited 11/21/08)
- Oklahoma State
3. Bryce Brown, Running Back
- Miami (soft verbal commitment)
- Missouri (visited 10/24/08)
- Oregon (visited 11/7/08)
- Purdue
- Clemson (visited 11/28/08)
- Kansas State
4. Jelani Jenkins, Outside Linebacker
- Boston College
- Clemson
- Florida (visit planned for 12/12/08)
- Illinois (visit planned for 1/23/09)
- LSU
- Maryland
- Miami
- Michigan
- Notre Dame
- Oregon
- Penn State
- USC
- Stanford
- Tennessee
- Virginia Tech
5. Sheldon Richardson, Defensive Tackle
- Missouri (soft verbal commitment, visit planned for 12/12/08)
- Oklahoma
- USC
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kansas State
- Miami
- Minnesota (visited 11/7/08)
