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Not sure who he put at #1, but to me Damon Webb and Drake Harris are the two clear best players in the state. Both are going to be big time players.

I was a big Kelly Baraka fan before he committed to UM. He was a year behind CRog. I watched him beat both Crog and Shwigert in the 200m Dash at the state meet. fastest kid I ever seen in HS. Was he ever interested in MSU??I don't recall.

McDowell is going to look like Will Cambell on film just because of his size. He plays in Div8. He's 3-4 times the size of most kids he's going up against.

After watching McDowell in the state championship game against Ishpeming I wasn't very impressed.

He was fat, but he was pretty fucking good. There was a reason the whole SEC wanted him.

This. If he was committed to UM, he'd be the #1 recruit.

Sorry, Bill...you had nothing to do with this perception, but your colleagues at other recruiting services have and continue to do so.

With McDowell, it's all based on potential. Without a doubt if Harris hadn't committed to us so early and still had the Alabama and Michigan recruiting sites pining for an interview with him, he'd be ranked higher. Also, he didnt partake in summer camps due to basketball conflicts.

I don't usually buy into the conspiracy crap, but here, I truly think that his ranking will forever be affected by the fact that he isn't still drawing recruiting buzz and attention from fanbases that drive income to sites like this.

He's the number two player in the state and a top 100 guy. It's not like they forgot about him. I can't understand all the complaining about rankings, when all I hear otherwise is they don't matter. I'm excited to have Drake Harris. Would be excited to have McDowell. Would be excited to have anyone in the 2014 class the staff deems worthy of an offer at this time. I don't need a number one ranking to do so. That might give me a little grin, but it's not going to bring me down by not having it. Not going to spend a bunch of time bitching about it either. Makes it sweeter when we win on the field. Just win baby.

People forget that on some sites Will Campbell took a late plunge and was only a 4 star after that.

McDowell is a beast, he's been a star at summer camps and deserved to be #1 entering this season. Harris just had the best season in MHSAA history for a WR and he did it playing one of the toughest schedulkes in the state and lead his team to the title over OLSM. Kid should be a 5 star, but then again so should McDowell.

Drake Harris goes to school down the street from where I live, I know people who know him and his family and coaches. He's a good kid and he's a great reciever. I really think he compares favorably to Charles Rogers out of HS. Rogers was definitely a step faster, but I think Harris has better hands and is a better jumper. They both showed great body control, but Harris catches the ball with his hands more often than not, Rogers rarely caught the ball with his hands even after he left MSU. Harris will have a new QB next season, so I doubt he puts up 2000 yards again.