The 2006 recruiting class

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2006 Florida
The 5 stars (Rivals 6.1)
Carl Johnson
Tim Tebow
Percy Harvin
Brandon Spikes

BOOM MFers. These five stars lead UF to championships. It's hard to imagine even winning the Division without them.

Percy and Tebow were basically unstoppable. You could scheme to contain them but the fact is it wouldn't work because your X's werent as good as our Os. No LB or safety could be counted on to tackle reliably.

However, losing Percy meant teams could focus on Tebow and stall our offense.

Nothing matters more than the 5 stars, IMO. However if you do look at more classes you will see that even they have about a 50%ish failure rate.

The High 4 stars (Rivals 6.0 and 5.9)

Jarred Fayson (6.0)
Chevon Walker (5.9)
Jamar Hornsby
Justin Williams
Jacques Rickerson
Jermaine Cunningham
Riley Cooper
Mon Williams

Well, some misses or did not develop types in this batch but still pretty good production. MWilliams and Walker of course were hindered by the offense that hinders the RB's ability to produce. The same can be said for Cooper, JWilliams and Fayson.

The Low 4 stars:
Dustin Doe
Corey Hobbs
Terron Sanders
Bryan Thomas
Trent Pupello
Jim Barrie
Brandon Antwine
Marcus Gilbert
A.J. Jones

Doe and Jones were big contributors. Gilbert too. A lot less results from this group. And certainly not the leaders of the team that brought us championships.

The Three Stars (Rivals 5.7-5.5)
Lawrence Marsh (5.7)
Maurice Hurt (5.6)
Brandon James (5.5)
Markihe Anderson
Derrick Robinson

Pretty good results from this group. Certainly not stars but functional players. Is there a difference between a 5.8 four star and a 5.7? It's hard to see much of a difference looking at the classes. The 5.6 and 5.5s generally have a much lower success rate.

Two Star Garbage

Wondy Pierre-Louis

Garbage as expected.
 
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2006 Florida
The 5 stars (Rivals 6.1)
Carl Johnson
Tim Tebow
Percy Harvin
Brandon Spikes

BOOM MFers. These five stars lead UF to championships. It's hard to imagine even winning the Division without them.

The High 4 stars (Rivals 6.0 and 5.9)

Jarred Fayson (6.0)
Chevon Walker (5.9)
Jamar Hornsby
Justin Williams
Jacques Rickerson
Jermaine Cunningham
Riley Cooper
Mon Williams

Well, some misses or did not develop types in this batch but still pretty good production. MWilliams and Walker of course were hindered by the offense that hinders the RB's ability to produce. The same can be said for Cooper, JWilliams and Fayson.

The Low 4 stars:
Dustin Doe
Corey Hobbs
Terron Sanders
Bryan Thomas
Trent Pupello
Jim Barrie
Brandon Antwine
Marcus Gilbert
A.J. Jones

Doe and Jones were big contributors. Gilbert too. A lot less results from this group. And certainly not the leaders of the team that brought us championships.

The Three Stars (Rivals 5.7-5.5)
Lawrence Marsh (5.7)
Maurice Hurt (5.6)
Brandon James (5.5)
Markihe Anderson
Derrick Robinson

Pretty good results from this group. Certainly not stars but functional players.

Two Star Garbage

Wondy Pierre-Louis

Garbage as expected.

He had a couple clutch plays (Wondy) though...of course I can think of a few lowly rated kids that have...just remembered Verne saying his name a few times
 

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If by clutch you mean running around like a fool flapping his arms like a scarecrow and giving up almost every pass thrown his way... then yes.

Luckily it took a lot of injuries before we saw him on the field.
 

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I'll always remember Wondys punt fumble recovery in the Sec championship and turned that game around
 

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He had a couple clutch plays (Wondy) though...of course I can think of a few lowly rated kids that have...just remembered Verne saying his name a few times

For one thing, WPL recovered the muffed punt in the SECCG to retake the momentum. Of that class, he and of course Harvin on the big run made the best plays of that game. They(‘06 class) also did virtually nothing in Jax and against the noles, and were simply role players in a few others.

I’m not knocking them, as they were probably the best overall class we’ve ever landed. Plus no way we beat ut without Tebow or Lsu without Tebow and Coop. But that 2006 team was a very sound team all around. Not great, and some serious holes. But just a gritty good team.

Also, Robinson never even made it to campus. Had to be one of Dan’s guys.
 

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2006 Florida
The 5 stars (Rivals 6.1)
Carl Johnson
Tim Tebow
Percy Harvin
Brandon Spikes

BOOM MFers. These five stars lead UF to championships. It's hard to imagine even winning the Division without them.

Percy and Tebow were basically unstoppable. You could scheme to contain them but the fact is it wouldn't work because your X's werent as good as our Os. No LB or safety could be counted on to tackle reliably.

However, losing Percy meant teams could focus on Tebow and stall our offense.

Nothing matters more than the 5 stars, IMO. However if you do look at more classes you will see that even they have about a 50%ish failure rate.

The High 4 stars (Rivals 6.0 and 5.9)

Jarred Fayson (6.0)
Chevon Walker (5.9)
Jamar Hornsby
Justin Williams
Jacques Rickerson
Jermaine Cunningham
Riley Cooper
Mon Williams

Well, some misses or did not develop types in this batch but still pretty good production. MWilliams and Walker of course were hindered by the offense that hinders the RB's ability to produce. The same can be said for Cooper, JWilliams and Fayson.

The Low 4 stars:
Dustin Doe
Corey Hobbs
Terron Sanders
Bryan Thomas
Trent Pupello
Jim Barrie
Brandon Antwine
Marcus Gilbert
A.J. Jones

Doe and Jones were big contributors. Gilbert too. A lot less results from this group. And certainly not the leaders of the team that brought us championships.

The Three Stars (Rivals 5.7-5.5)
Lawrence Marsh (5.7)
Maurice Hurt (5.6)
Brandon James (5.5)
Markihe Anderson
Derrick Robinson

Pretty good results from this group. Certainly not stars but functional players. Is there a difference between a 5.8 four star and a 5.7? It's hard to see much of a difference looking at the classes. The 5.6 and 5.5s generally have a much lower success rate.

Two Star Garbage

Wondy Pierre-Louis
And not a damned "Buck" "Jack" or "Rabbit"....a/k/a Speed rush specialist amongst them....
Amazing that you could have a very good defense with 4 guys who stuck their hand in the dirt and 3 more mofo's playing in back of them that drilled anyone in a different colored jersey that popped out between the big bodies....

But I've been told "exotic gaps" and speed off the edge are what brings the hardware home these days.:scratchhead:
 

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And not a damned "Buck" "Jack" or "Rabbit"....a/k/a Speed rush specialist amongst them....
Amazing that you could have a very good defense with 4 guys who stuck their hand in the dirt and 3 more mofo's playing in back of them that drilled anyone in a different colored jersey that popped out between the big bodies....

But I've been told "exotic gaps" and speed off the edge are what brings the hardware home these days.:scratchhead:
Not sure what some Cowbells and two Dwags would know about hardware.

I guess you could say Spikes was a speed rusher when he wanted to be. Every now and then they did that exotic look where he lined up at defensive end, usually on third and forever.

Plus I think Jermaine Cunningham was 200 when he signed. but the point is we signed one of them or not 6 to 10.

I'd be cool with a signimg one or two of them and using them on third and Grantham only.
 
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Not sure what some Cowbells and two Dwags would know about hardware.

I guess you could say Spikes was a speed rusher when he wanted to be. Every now and then they did that exotic look where he lined up at defensive end, usually on third and forever.

Plus I think Jermaine Cunningham he signed. but the point is we signed one of them or not 6 to 10.

I'd be cool with a signimg one or two of them and using them on third and Grantham only.

Hicks would be considered one of our light LBs of today. Otherwise, @Concrete Helmet nails it.

Speaking of Cunningham, one of my favorite plays of the entire 2008 season was his his stunt on 3rd down against Ala in the SECCG in their final possession. The sack and his mini celebration afterward are awesome. He was underrated. And while I don’t know all the facts on the case, I’m guessing that Jimmy Johns clerk had those chips and paper cups coming.
 

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Hicks would be considered one of our light LBs of today. .
But WE PLAYED Outside Linebackers then.

Now we play a so called "3-4" but every play, one OLB Rushbacker is up front with his hand in the dirt and the other OLB is on the bench so the nickel can play.
 

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But WE PLAYED Outside Linebackers then.
If our division wasn't littered(literally) with some of the most god awful offensive minds in the game TG and his discombobulated alignments would be run out of town on a rail.....

One reason teams like Miami, UK and Uvag play us deep into the 4th quarter is his one trick pony defense that seems void of solid assignment football....If any of those 3 teams had more than short school bus offensive coordinator and players we would have had 5 losses.
 

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Jermaine Cunningham played at about 260# his last couple of years and was an absolute animal on the field....You can play "DE" at 250-260 when you have 4 guys with their hand in the dirt and they have solid fundamentals.....you can't play 1 300#er, 1 250#er and a 230# on a 3 man front with 2 or 3 guys in the 205# range behind them that can't cover a TE or have the speed run down a RB before he tears off 25 yards down the sideline....@#fundamentaldefenseisnotathingofthepast...
 
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I think were on the same page but my point is you put the right body(given proper talent)into a fundamentally sound system. Hell Jaye Howard came as a safety I believe-200# or so and became a top 12-15 all time defensive lineman in UF history playing at 290# by this last 2 years....now we seem to have guys who come in at 215# and leave 4 years later at 208#:lol2:
 

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Jermaine Cunningham played at about 260# his last couple of years and was an absolute animal on the field....You can play "DE" at 250-260 when you have 4 guys with their hand in the dirt and they have solid fundamentals.....you can't play 1 300#er, 1 250#er and a 230# on a 3 man front with 2 or 3 guys in the 205# range behind them that can't cover a TE or have the speed run down a RB before he tears off 25 yards down the sideline....@#fundamentaldefenseisnotathingofthepast...
It worked great at Looovull.

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