temptation Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 A total of 49 SAC football players since 2002 have earned at least a .80 ranking by the 247 sport composite. Here are the top 25. Sorry if I missed anyone! 1. Jaylon Smith LB Luers 2013 0.9987 SAC 2. Selwyn Lymon WR Harding 2005 0.9787 SAC 3. Rod Smith RB Harding 2010 0.9762 SAC 4. Austin Mack WR Luers 2016 0.9649 SAC 5. Austin Robertson DL Wayne 2016 0.9521 SAC 6. Remound Wright RB Luers 2011 0.9056 SAC 7. John Goodman WR Dwenger 2008 0.902 SAC 8. Joe Tippmann OL Dwenger 2019 0.8967 SAC 9. Drue Tranquill S Carroll 2014 0.8961 SAC 10. DJ Moore OL Snider 2022 0.8848 SAC 11. Craig Young ATH Wayne 2019 0.8735 SAC 12. Justin Tranquill S Carroll 2015 0.8704 SAC 13. Tyler Eifert TE Dwenger 2009 0.8684 SAC 14. TyQuan Hammock LB Luers 2009 0.867 SAC 15. Bernard Pollard S South Side 2003 0.8667 SAC 16. Artis Chambers S Snider 2007 0.8653 SAC 17. Tony Springman DL Dwenger 2011 0.864 SAC 18. Mac Hippenhammer WR Snider 2017 0.8624 SAC 19. Aidan Smith QB Carroll 2016 0.8568 SAC 20. Josh Gaines DL Northrop 2004 0.8556 SAC 21. Vinny Flacable OL Dwenger 2021 0.854 SAC 22. Ben Skowronek WR Homestead 2016 0.8528 SAC 23. Luke Wiginton OL Dwenger 2020 0.8451 SAC 24. Mike Rogers WR Luers 2013 0.8444 SAC 25. Lawrence Barnett DB Luers 2009 0.8417 SAC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Good stuff Temp! Most notable player left off the list............Jessie Bates. Arguably #1 in terms of performance. Two guys who were absolute men among boys during their high school days................Selwyn Lymon and John Goodman. Both highly ranked but never made it past the collegiate level. Not sure Lymon even played a down for Purdue. He got into some trouble if my memory serves me correctly. Rod Smith was also a man among boys. Urban Meyer didn't do him any favors at Ohio State. Probably would have been an All-American had he gone to IU or Purdue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 36 minutes ago, BTF said: Good stuff Temp! Most notable player left off the list............Jessie Bates. Arguably #1 in terms of performance. Two guys who were absolute men among boys during their high school days................Selwyn Lymon and John Goodman. Both highly ranked but never made it past the collegiate level. Not sure Lymon even played a down for Purdue. He got into some trouble if my memory serves me correctly. Rod Smith was also a man among boys. Urban Meyer didn't do him any favors at Ohio State. Probably would have been an All-American had he gone to IU or Purdue. FWIW, Bates was #45 on the list…just ahead of guys like Anthony Spencer and James Hardy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiting89 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Ben Skowronek 🐐 if he played 4 years at ND would of been 1st round draft pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Overall, I'm sure there's a strong correlation between stars given and the likelihood that a player will end up in the NFL. Not necessarily the case in Fort Wayne it appears. According to the rankings............1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 45, and Anthony Spencer have had the most successful NFL careers. Trai Essex, Vaughn Dunbar, Jason Fabini, and Rod Woodson were all 80's and 90's guys. Was there even a ranking back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAKnightAlwaysAKnight Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 We would love to take credit for him, but Wright at #6 is a Dwenger product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRCJunkie Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Great list, thanks for putting this and the others together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, OnceAKnightAlwaysAKnight said: We would love to take credit for him, but Wright at #6 is a Dwenger product. Good catch. I remember Wright all to well. Not sure how one of his teams didn't win state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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