Position By Position Breakdown
Both Clemson and South Carolina signed strong recruiting classes over in 2011. Here is some analysis that I put together using Rivals.com data where 6.1 is a 5-Star, 6.0-5.8 is a 4-Star, 5.7-5.5 is a 3-Star and 5.4 and below is a 2-Star. I am not going to draw a ton of conclusions and just let the reader interpreted the data.
Here are the combined Top 20 prospects between Clemson and South Carolina's classes.
1. Jadeveon Clowney - South Carolina (6.1 - #1 Overall)
2. Tony Steward - Clemson (6.1 - #13 Overall)
3. Sammy Watkins - Clemson (6.1 - #15 Overall)
4. Stephone Anthony - Clemson (6.1 - #24 Overall)
5. Mike Bellamy - Clemson (6.1 - #25 Overall)
6. Eric MacClain - Clemson (5.9 - #59 Overall )
7. Brandon Shell - South Carolina (5.9 - #66 Overall)
8. Charone Peake - Clemson (5.9 - #83 Overall)
9. Matavias Bryant - Clemson (5.9 - #1 Prep School)
10. Corey Crawford - Clemson (5.9 - #2 Prep School)
11. Kelcy Quarles - South Carolina (5.9 - #3 Prep School)
12. Phillip Dukes - South Carolina (5.8 - #101 Overall)
13. LaTeek Townsend - Clemson (5.8 - #172 Overall)
14. Damierre Byrd - South Carolina (5.8 - #186 Overall)
15. Sheldon Royster - South Carolina (5.8 - #189 Overall)
16. Cortez Davis - Clemson (5.8 - #215 Overall)
17. Brinson Williams - South Carolina (5.8 - #6 Prep School)
18. Shamir Jeffrey - South Carolina (5.7 - #53 WR, #8 in SC)
19. Shaq Anthony - Clemson (5.7 - #27 OT, #9 in SC)
20. Kendetrix Marcus - South Carolina - (#30 S, #28 in GA)
The last spot was really close between Kendetrix Marcus, Mike Matulis (USC) and Spencer Region (CU), but I went with Martin. You could really make a legit case for a handful of prospects here.
- Clemson has 8 out of Top 10 while South Carolina has 2 out of the Top 10.
- Clemson has 11 out of Top 20 while South Carolina has 9 out of the Top 20.
Clemson clearly has an stronger top portion of the class when compared to South Carolina, but South Carolina is a little stronger in the middle portion of the class when compared to Clemson.
Here are the bottom 10 prospects combined between Clemson and South Carolina.
1. Jerome Maybank - Clemson (5.3)
2. Colton Walls - Clemson (5.4)
3. Adam Humphries - Clemson (5.4)
4. Aaron Lapkik - Clemson (5.4)
5. Morgan Roberts - Clemson (5.5)
6. Gerald Dixon Jr - South Carolina (5.5)
7. Stanton Seckinger - Clemson (5.5)
8. Will Sport - South Carolina (5.5)
9. Grady Jarrett - Clemson (5.5)
10. Brandon Wilds - South Carolina (5.5 - NR RB, #30 in SC)
- Clemson has 5 out of the Bottom 5.
- Clemson has 7 out of the Bottom 10 while South Carolina has 3 of the Bottom 10.
Clemson clearly has a weaker bottom to their class than South Carolina.
Here is a graph that shows the distribution of stars between Clemson and South Carolina. You can see from the graph that Clemson is stronger at the top of the class and weaker at the bottom and South Carolina is a little stronger in the middle of the class.
I will break down the position rankings tomorrow.
Both Clemson and South Carolina signed strong recruiting classes over in 2011. Here is some analysis that I put together using Rivals.com data where 6.1 is a 5-Star, 6.0-5.8 is a 4-Star, 5.7-5.5 is a 3-Star and 5.4 and below is a 2-Star. I am not going to draw a ton of conclusions and just let the reader interpreted the data.
Here are the combined Top 20 prospects between Clemson and South Carolina's classes.
1. Jadeveon Clowney - South Carolina (6.1 - #1 Overall)
2. Tony Steward - Clemson (6.1 - #13 Overall)
3. Sammy Watkins - Clemson (6.1 - #15 Overall)
4. Stephone Anthony - Clemson (6.1 - #24 Overall)
5. Mike Bellamy - Clemson (6.1 - #25 Overall)
6. Eric MacClain - Clemson (5.9 - #59 Overall )
7. Brandon Shell - South Carolina (5.9 - #66 Overall)
8. Charone Peake - Clemson (5.9 - #83 Overall)
9. Matavias Bryant - Clemson (5.9 - #1 Prep School)
10. Corey Crawford - Clemson (5.9 - #2 Prep School)
11. Kelcy Quarles - South Carolina (5.9 - #3 Prep School)
12. Phillip Dukes - South Carolina (5.8 - #101 Overall)
13. LaTeek Townsend - Clemson (5.8 - #172 Overall)
14. Damierre Byrd - South Carolina (5.8 - #186 Overall)
15. Sheldon Royster - South Carolina (5.8 - #189 Overall)
16. Cortez Davis - Clemson (5.8 - #215 Overall)
17. Brinson Williams - South Carolina (5.8 - #6 Prep School)
18. Shamir Jeffrey - South Carolina (5.7 - #53 WR, #8 in SC)
19. Shaq Anthony - Clemson (5.7 - #27 OT, #9 in SC)
20. Kendetrix Marcus - South Carolina - (#30 S, #28 in GA)
The last spot was really close between Kendetrix Marcus, Mike Matulis (USC) and Spencer Region (CU), but I went with Martin. You could really make a legit case for a handful of prospects here.
- Clemson has 8 out of Top 10 while South Carolina has 2 out of the Top 10.
- Clemson has 11 out of Top 20 while South Carolina has 9 out of the Top 20.
Clemson clearly has an stronger top portion of the class when compared to South Carolina, but South Carolina is a little stronger in the middle portion of the class when compared to Clemson.
Here are the bottom 10 prospects combined between Clemson and South Carolina.
1. Jerome Maybank - Clemson (5.3)
2. Colton Walls - Clemson (5.4)
3. Adam Humphries - Clemson (5.4)
4. Aaron Lapkik - Clemson (5.4)
5. Morgan Roberts - Clemson (5.5)
6. Gerald Dixon Jr - South Carolina (5.5)
7. Stanton Seckinger - Clemson (5.5)
8. Will Sport - South Carolina (5.5)
9. Grady Jarrett - Clemson (5.5)
10. Brandon Wilds - South Carolina (5.5 - NR RB, #30 in SC)
- Clemson has 5 out of the Bottom 5.
- Clemson has 7 out of the Bottom 10 while South Carolina has 3 of the Bottom 10.
Clemson clearly has a weaker bottom to their class than South Carolina.
Here is a graph that shows the distribution of stars between Clemson and South Carolina. You can see from the graph that Clemson is stronger at the top of the class and weaker at the bottom and South Carolina is a little stronger in the middle of the class.
I will break down the position rankings tomorrow.
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