Where are They Now? The Rivals 100 of 2004
February 3, 2008 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
College football recruiting is one thing – a college career and eventual NFL is something completely different. Every year, Rivals.com comes up with their list of the top 100 high school recruits, but how well do these players actually do in college and beyond?\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nLet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s take a walk down memory lane and look at the top prospects of 2004. Now that they\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ve finished up what will be, for most of them, their final season, where are they? Click on the names below to read more about each player. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’m working on it…so if you can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’t click yet, bookmark this page and check back soon!\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n1. Adrian Peterson, Running Back, Oklahoma\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n2. Theodore Ginn, Jr., Return Specialist, Ohio State\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n3. Early Doucet, Wide Receiver, LSU\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n4. Rhett Bomar, Quarterback, Oklahoma\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n5. Keith Rivers, Linebacker, USC\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n6. Willie Williams, Linebacker, Miami (FL)\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n7. Brandon Miller, Defensive End, Georgia\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n8. Derrick Harvey, Defensive End, Florida\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n9. Jeff Schweiger, Jr., Defensive End, Southern Cal\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n10. Xavier Lee, Quarterback, Florida State\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n11. DeMario Pressley, Defensive Tackle, North Carolina State\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n12. Anthony Morelli, Quarterback, Penn State\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n13. Chad Henne, Quarterback, Michigan\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n14. Kyle Williams, Linebacker, Iowa\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n15. Chris Patterson, Linebacker, Oklahoma
This should be a regular annual feature. A great perspective on the hype coming out of high school and how it turns out for most of these guys.
Yeah, Mark, I thought it was interesting, given all the hype about the recruits right now. This was actually my bf’s idea, but a really excellent one. Some players are turning out really well while others didn’t do so hot in college. It’s not a matter of talent – they’ve proven their talent. It’s a matter of personal dedication to the sport and coaching.