Here at TomahawkNation, we like to cover recruiting, and have our readers go out to games and watch recruits around the state. With just two weeks until football games all around the state of Florida we decided to do our own rankings of the state's most talented players. While Rivals, Scout, Elite Scouting, etc do a good job we think that we do a good job in player evaluation as well, many readers began to ask that we put this together. So, now weeks since this idea was put into motion, we release TomahawkNation's Elite 75 players in the state of Florida.
These rankings are not my individual rankings, although my top 75 played a large part. The other large influence on this is FSUStateofMind's top 75 list, as he is our premier recruiting specialist. We had an incredible 70 matched players in our independent top 75, and had the exact same players in our top 6 (however in a different order) and the same goes for the next ten after that as well. However, the middle of the list had some serious compromising. Lastly, I talked with coaches and fans who have seen these guys, not only in highlights but in person.
Continue behind the jump to see who made the list.
1. LaMarcus Joyner: CB-St. Thomas Aquinas
2. Matt Elam: S- Palm Beach Dwyer
3. Corey Lemonier: DE- Hialeah
4. Jeff Luc: LB- Treasure Coast
5. Christian Green: WR- Tampa Catholic
6. Christian Jones: LB- Lake Howell
7. Chris Dunkley: WR- Pahokee
8. Ivan McCartney: WR- Miramar
9. Chaz Green: OL- Tampa Catholic
10. Gio Bernard: RB- St. Thomas Aquinas
11. Brandon Linder: OL- St. Thomas Aquinas
12. Todd Chandler: DT- Miami Northwestern
13. Jonathan Dowling: S- Bradenton Southeast
14. Terrance Mitchell: CB- Hillsborough
15. Gerald Christian: TE/DE- Palm Beach Dwyer
16. Brandon Gainer: RB- Miami Central
17. Jaylen Watkins: CB- Cape Coral
18. Bent Benedict: OL- Bolles
19. Ian Silberman: OL- Fleming Island
20. Eduardo Clements: RB- Booker T Washington
21. Jeff Godfrey: QB- Miami Central
22. BJ Butler: LB- Osceola
23. Louis Nix: Jacksonville Raines
25. Cody Riggs: CB- St. Thomas Aquinas
26. Darious Cummings: DE- Astronaut
27. Kadron Boone: WR- Ocala Trinity Catholic
28. Kenny Shaw: WR- Dr. Phillips
29. James Louis: ATH- Atlantic
30. Willis Wright: WR- Miami Springs
31. Greg Dent: CB- Glades Central
32. Terrence Brooks: CB- Dunnellon
33. Roy Finch: RB- Niceville
34. Leon Orr: DT- Gulf
35. Torrian Wilson: OL- Miami Northwestern
36. Jeremy Deering: ATH- Tampa Leto
37. Devon Wright: RB- Taravella
38. Jeremy Davis: CB- Fort Myers
40. Clint Trickett: QB- North Florida Christian
41. Merill Noel: CB- Pahokee
42: Marvin Robinson: LB/S- Lake Region
43. Lynden Trail: DE- Washington
44. Michael McFarland: TE- Blake
45. Sean Tapley: WR- Jacksonville Raines
46. Quinton Dunbar: WR- Booker T Washington
47. Darius Millines: WR- American Heritage
48. Lo Wood: CB- Apopka
49. Joshua Reese: WR- Miami Central
50. Chad Abrams: S- Lakeland Kathleen
51. Nickell Robey: ATH- Frostproof
52. Tavaris Barnes: DE/DT- Jacksonville First Coast
53. Shawn Corker: WR- Cardinal Gibbons
54. Trey Burton: QB/S- Venice
56. Darion Hall: RB- Naples Lely
57. Rashad Knight: DB- Trinity Christian
58. Tavadis Glenn: DT- Terry Parker
59. Shane McDerrmott: OL- Palm Beach Central
60. Demar Dorsey: CB- Boyd Anderson
61. Michalee Harris: WR- Miami Northwestern
62. Desmond Cooper: S- Bolles
63. Brian Robinson: S- St. Thomas Aquinas
64. Tony Grimes: CB- Hollywood Hills
65. Javon Bell: WR- Ribault
66. James White: RB- St. Thomas Aquinas
67. David Perry: DE- University
68. Demetre Baker: LB- Orange Park
69. Richard Ash: DT- Pahokee
70. Kody Williams: WR- Niceville
71. OJ Ross: WR- Mainland
72. Kedrick Rhodes: RB- Ocala Trinity Catholic
73. Ryan White: QB/ATH- Tallahassee Lincoln
74. Alton Bailey: DT- Armwood
75. Dan Koenig: OL- Cape Coral
