What Happened to Every #1 RB Recruit from 2000-2021?

[@izzodapinnacle]

Just wanted to add to the Demetris Summers' part. He never truly played for Spurrier. He played for Holtz those two years and he got kicked off the team before playing for Spurrier.

[@shortyswd07]

Would’ve been cold to see the actual highlights of the players and not Derrick Henry over and over 🤣

[@crmsntyde4ever428]

Might as well make this a mini-series and do the No 1 WR then the No 1 Tight End, the No 1 Offensive Lineman, etc....Then start doing the defensive positions...Very enjoyable stuff and i really appreciate it...I definitely subscribed and look forward to your next video.

[@bfromthep4169]

I’m going to be real with u like 75/80% of athletes smoke cannabis

[@slimtuh6845]

75/80% of the US itself.... What's your analysis on that?! 😂

[@brentmichael4770]

​@slimtuh6845 Nah, your numbers are way off it's less then 30 percent! But it would be great if it would be legalized as it's a petty crime messing up lives at the moment.

[@teduppy3867]

I played a sport at college most of us smoke a few didn’t smoke, some more occasionally. But most had indulged at some point.

[@onettimeelon849]

“Ppl”

[@ferrynpalmer3875]

​@brentmichael4770 ...that's an inaccurate statistic. It's definitely closer to 75 - 80%, then 30%.

[@peejaythegreat1704]

Joe is a Louisiana high school football legend 🐐 he was a man playing against boys at John Curtis #RIPJoeMcKnight

[@650kdub]

JM was crazy

[@ericpackers1700]

@@650kdub fr wish he played his senior year even though usc had a loaded rb room

[@ericpackers1700]

Michael dyer was a forgotten beast for atleast a 2 year stretch in college football history at Auburn and won a national title

[@codyr9009]

And yet almost none of the clips were of him playing. Interesting choice.

[@ericpackers1700]

@@codyr9009 big time recruit

[@kevsmith5662]

Trey Sanders missed his freshman season due to an almost career ending injury that he sustained during a horrific car wreck. His 2nd season was basically his first season as a college running back and you're already writing him off...? Come on, at least give him 2 full seasons under his belt before you cast him aside. Like you said before, you have to be patient and wait your turn when a player comes to Alabama

[@jalontalton402]

He missed his freshman year with a foot injury he suffered in summer or fall camp, the hip injury from the car wreck came in his 2nd season this past year was his 3rd season

[@kevsmith5662]

@@jalontalton402 all that is correct but this past year was his first full season. At least give him 2 seasons before people make up their decision about a player. That's all I'm saying. I completely forgot about the foot injury. For some reason, I only remembered the car wreck that almost ended his career. If anything, give him props for coming back like he did.

[@Antbeast23]

Not every player at Bama pans out or some transfer just like any college.

[@kevsmith5662]

@@Antbeast23 after his first full season as a backup (which was half the season due to injuries), I'd say he did pretty good. Now what will this year and next year look like, and that will tell you if a player is going to pan out or not

[@williamdavis6294]

He Gone.

[@bedchill7233]

played 3 years with jonathan stewart at timberline high school in lacey. one game his sophomore year he had 422 yards with 7 tds against centralia. damn near every game his junior year he got pulled at half time cause he would have 250 yards on like 12 carries so he easily could have ran for 400 plus a game.

[@yankees29]

Crazy athlete. Dude was built like a brick shyt house

[@bedchill7233]

@@yankees29 ​ @yankees29 most def. he was 5'10 230 and running 4.3 his senior year in high school

[@bedchill7233]

@@yankees29 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX27l5ujfrKZf7M this was against cross town rival river ridge we beat them 63-28. he had like 310 yards and 6tds this game

[@yankees29]

@@bedchill7233 damn that’s nuts. I went to high school with the Jets strength coach that tripped the guy on the sideline that time. We won the Long Island championship that season. After the jets fired him he worked for UCLA and P Diddy attacked him with a kettle weight. Lmao. I watched a ton of NCAA ball when Stewart was playing. He was such a beast.

[@yankees29]

@@bedchill7233 I never realized Stewart ran the 40 that fast. Damn for a guy his size that is really quick. I also went to school with the UFC fighter Phil Baroni. That guy was a friggin nut bag in high school. I remember I had Stewart on my fantasy team that one year when he went off and made the pro bowl.

[@robertwelch7513]

Becoming one of my favorite channels!! Keep it up

[@talenmename]

Keep the grind going my guy!

[@taligokrazii1147]

Same

[@jamescrawford9123]

You should do a video on Adrian Petersons high school career haha. He was on a team that made the playoffs that would have been 0-10 without him haha

[@bradleymitchell3808]

Cool story

[@Messup7654]

@@bradleymitchell3808 yes very cool story

[@carljacobson7156]

I think that it's actually counter-productive to 'peak out' in high school and be a 4-5 star recruit. First, because there is a lot of pressure to put you in as a Starter too soon, which many Freshmen aren't mentally, psychologically or emotionally ready to handle. And Second, your body is still maturing and too much physical impact could lead a career ending injury, I don't think that MOST college football players should become full time Starters before their 3rd year (redshirt Sophomore). By then, they are 20-21 and they are reaching their 'Man Strength'. I like to compare two famous Football players - Brian Bosworth and Clay Matthews. Bosworth was a fulltime Starter by his 2nd (redshirt Freshman) year and, while he had a great college career, he was a Wreck by the time he got to the NFL. He only had one good year as a Starter and then retired after his 3rd year, with a ruined body. Clay Matthews was a skinny unrecruited 'Walk On' to USC, played Scout Team and Special Teams until his 5th year (redshirt Senior), when the coaches put him into the starting line-up as a hybrid Defensive End-Outside Linebacker (USC's Elephant position) and tore through the PAC-12, having a tremendous year. He was also training his ass off for 4 years to build himself up from 210 to over 240 lbs. Yes, I think's it's possible to do it drug-free - especially, when your Dad, Uncle and Grand-Dad were all NFL Players, so the genetics were there. Anyway, after Clay Matthews great final year in College, he gets drafted in the 1st round by the Green Bay Packers and has a fantastic NFL Career - in large part, because he came out of college at full strength and injury-free. Too much, too soon often RUINS potentially Great Players.

[@surgingchaos]

Yeah, I think you're on to something here about this. It's the whole reason why redshirting players exists in the first place. There is a huge difference in size, strength, conditioning, and mental fortitude between a true freshman and a 5th year senior. Some guys just aren't ready yet to make the jump from HS to college immediately since their bodies are still growing and need time to bulk up more. Not everyone can be like Adrian Peterson who can play as a true freshman and immediately dominate at the college level.

[@ChillConservative2k15]

You got it flipped, youre using survivorship bias. Most guys who dont start til late in their college careers dont make it in the league. You need experience to get better, sitting on the bench for 3 yrs doesnt help develop players.

[@carljacobson7156]

@@ChillConservative2k15 It depends on the position played - a QB that's been a started for most of the NCAA career is a positive, maybe also Wide Receivers and Cornerbacks - but, for the high physical contact/impact players (Linemen, Linebackers, Safeties) it may not be an advantage is helping them reach the NFL. The 'wear and tear' and injuries from being a Starter at a high D1 level is often counter-productive. Their bodies are often badly damaged with chronic injuries before they can even make it to the NFL Draft.

[@FAQBrooks]

Success story for Houston! Great to hear for him

[@HollywoodAman]

Can’t wait for the WR vid! Amazing work 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@elijo4340]

The guy who killed Joe McKnight was a racist and Joe McKnight was trying to tell him that it wasn’t that serious and begged for his life when he saw the guy had the gun. R.I.P. Joe McKinight

[@errolcaldwell7332]

His video is off. He had video of Marcus Houston playing during Kevin Jones part and Derrick Henry playing at the wrong time too

[@chelleholloman9090]

Yeah he talked about Booker and showed Derrick Henry high school highlights 😆😆😆😆

[@tommyhorner2837]

You did not have Zamir White's stats from this past season. He had 856 yards with 11 touchdowns and Georgia plays 2-3 running backs every game and it works. He was a great running back for the Dawgs.

[@k_e3735]

I was going to make that same point. White had to split carries with other RBs, one being another NFL player named James Cook

[@stevelockwood7298]

Jonathan Gray was briefly my neighbor 2018-2019. Heck of a nice guy.

[@williamdurant8990]

We were rivals with his team. Stephenville vs Aledo was always amazing

[@jeffbandy7065]

Stewart and Deangelo Williams formed a pretty solid 1 2 punch in that Carolina backfield for quite a while. Carolina had some ballers back then, Steve Smith, Delhomme had some solid years then Cam Newton came along. That was a solid squad back in the day

[@FAQBrooks]

Kevin Jones suffered the Detroit curse

[@heartsllc2860]

You have to show receiving stats for running backs when they get to the NFL because that’s how the NFL assesses value

[@FAQBrooks]

AP was a beast! He could’ve destroyed the record for rushing yards if he didn’t destroy his knee

[@kiah704]

He was a monster after the ACL tears. He’d be near the record rn if the injuries and getting suspended for disciplining his kid didn’t set him back 3+ years

[@herbertdonnellgrayiii4305]

@@kiah704 my Cousin

[@yungterv198]

He fs had goat potential

[@richardoshlo98]

A beast and he still couldn’t score against ‘SC in ‘04

[@mrpricklypear22]

@MattBeGreat , when you got to #21 Treveyon Henderson, you said you believe that was the first and only tOSU. Contrary to your belief, there was Bennie Wells at the 14:30 mark. Interesting video. Thank you for keeping it concise.

[@bullyfoot]

Also Reggie Bush was the best player in the nation in 2002-2003.

[@BrettButlerMCC]

Awesome video!!! Hearing the stories of these players is very interesting.

[@levioattes6669]

I remember growing up reading sports illustrated articles about johnathon gray when he was in high school, the story’s and stats were otherworldly

[@levioattes6669]

And then I never heard about him again

[@lakengilbert3299]

Were you playing Derrick Henry highlights during the Lorenzo Booker part

[@marcuscooper8595]

Lol bro put in zero research on Zamir White. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@capswole81]

Right! I can’t like this video. I’m sorry

[@bradleymitchell3808]

Noel Divine has the best high school highlight tape ever.

[@hummushero9428]

Tre Henderson is a kid with his head on straight, doubt he will be getting into trouble.

[@tigerg8022]

Great videos dude. You seem like a real chill dude as well.

[@jfaw87]

Jonathan Stewart was a BEAST

[@LittleBill_Sr]

2:25 those blocks were amazing

[@bg_2cool]

So I watched your QB vid. & you’re very accurate with your videos. I enjoyed the 1st video & im enjoying this one now. I subscribed & I’ll keep watching as you post. You are doing great with all that being said. Thanks for the great history on these players

[@gawhipsandmore6116]

That's definitely Derrick Henry running on the Lorenzo Booker highlights 🤣😂

[@paidbum]

You have to talk about Maurice clarett bro, thats a Ohio State legend

[@Don_duex]

Lorenzo Booker was also splitting time with Leon Washington. It was a two back system, and he balled out at FSU!

[@heatherblanton2457]

I’m a buckeyes fan and treyveyon Henderson will be an absolute stud. #gobucks #whodey

[@davidrobert1229]

Najee is a baller and amazing person, Go Steelers !!!

[@NanditoBuell]

To be fair, Sanders did endure some injuries which halted momentum but once he gets going, he gets going.

[@JacionBryant]

This is a banger video respect ✊🏽

[@maricejackson7812]

Michael Dyer is my nephew he was one of those guys that u just couldn't take the hood out of him.

[@yankees29]

That’s a shame. I remember him.

[@ericpackers1700]

He had a underrated 2 years after Auburn

[@michaelugwueke6312]

Do what happened to every number one wide receiver recruit

[@UcEducated]

Great content! You should do a video on number 1 basketball recruits.

[@MindOfCreation]

This guy said first dude had 600 yards & 4 yards a carry is bad LMAOOOOO Those stats sound like an option 2 or 3 running back, either way, 4 yards a carry is a great stat line. He then moved to Kevin Jones and neglected that he had the almost same production level each year. The only thing that changed was his carries went down, but his TD's went up. This is a pretty bad analysis, especially for the running back position. Dope video concept & we can tell you worked hard on it, but you gotta learn the game if you're gonna breakdown stats.

[@Rysofly]

Booker was a Man out there..... No matter what level you play at almost 3,000 yards. Good gawd!

[@sedricgranger]

Yessir! Love this series! I can watch this instead of doing my essay 🤣

[@scottyoung4226]

Two lists I'd like to see are #1 CBs and #1 overall players. #1 overall players would be interesting, because I noticed the two guys on the RB list who were #1 overall went on to be great NFL players. CBs would be interesting, because so many guys at that position go from small school CB to undrafted CB to NFL star CB.

[@JacionBryant]

This is a certified hood classics

[@MyGuyCy]

Good Vid! These random highlights throwing me off though lol

[@mark4m557]

I know a guy that got into a road rage incident. The 2 parties pulled onto the shoulder of the road, and Billy Bada$$ decided to pull a pipe on the other driver. He f@#ked around and found out. That driver he pulled pipe on was packing a hand cannon. Billy Bada$$ was laid up in the hospital for a long time. He was also paralyzed from the waist down. I want to say after 15 years of rolling around in a wheelchair, he finally was able to walk again.

[@robertmosher7418]

Look at Booker's high school film. He was a foot taller and thirty pounds heavier than his opponents.

[@RobertJ890]

TreyVeyon Henderson is gonna be a BEAST

[@tjsam805]

we need one for the WRs. I love these videos. do as many positions as you can please? I know this takes a lot of time to research.

[@stacysmith964]

The Jonathon Gray portion was missing some details for one he holds the rushing TD record in the state STILL…lotta good backs came from Tx second his first two years he was a backup to another 5 star when he was having his breakout junior season he tore his acl and was never the same. He wasn’t average just got injured as soon as he got the starting role likely too many miles in HS.

[@slat6713]

Man seeing shock’s old yulee film wows me. im born and raised yulee we really dont make a bug deal out of it but we prolly should.

[@SnapBackSports]

Subbed! Can’t wait for the WRs video

[@dylangriffith4745]

Joe mcknight was what they call a gadget player my friend

[@ericpackers1700]

Like d Thomas from Oregon

[@kingarthur1728]

Top LBs would be kool. Even if it was 2 different vids, like inside & outside LBs

[@teiigzz6607]

Only note I have for future videos is even if it’s a well known guy like AP just tell us the stats real quick then move on. I know I could look them up but woulda been nice to be included in the video. But anyway great vid, I like the QB one too 👍🏻

[@damienrowley443]

Appreciate your hard work Matt!

[@anthonydean7508]

The random highschool highlights of Shaqaun, Derrick Henry and Leonard fournette throughout the whole video while speaking on other players threw me off and was confusing. And not remembering athletes already covered in the video when speaking on athletes later in the video was definitely not good

[@eugeneweeks3325]

You should do a video on Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown. That would be an awesome video.

[@ericpackers1700]

War eagle Auburn

[@dansweda712]

Just watched the over hour long video on the top QB's, so when I saw this video was around 30mins I said "why not"

[@krowking123]

34:10 As our friend Matt here has decided to be a salty Bama fan and use the time he should be discussing Zamir White’s career bitching about how Kirby beat Bama’s ass last year in the National Championship Game I think I’ll take over telling you all about Zamir White’s career! Zamir White was the number 1 running back in the 2018 class after putting together a absolutely dominate high school career where he went over 7,000 yards total and in his final season went over 2,000 yards and over 14 yards a carry!!! Like many running backs his issues were tied to his health, during the high school playoffs he tore his right ACL and during a scrimmage game not even a full year removed he tore his OTHER ACL. Despite this he was able to be a role player in 2019 behind DeAndre Swift and Brian Herrien before taking over as one of the primary backs complimenting James Cook in 2020 and 2021. His stats have improved every year as he removes himself from the ACL tears and he finished his final year with 856 yards and averaging 5.1 yards a carry and with a win over Alabama 33-18 to bring Georgia it’s first national championship since 1980! He was recently drafted in the 4th round with the 122nd pick of the NFL draft to the Oakland Raiders where he has a chance to really explode as he continues to remove himself from those ACL tears and hopefully have a great NFL Career! P.S. Kirby has had several running backs that have gone 1000+ yards and has put several running backs into the NFL such as Sony Michel, Nick Chubb, and previously mentioned DeAndre Swift. Cry some more Matt 🧂🧂🧂

[@n1ghtt295]

Beanie Wells was Ohio State and treveyon henderson was the second OSU talked about...

[@christopherblunt5494]

I wanna see Matt high school stats the way he be talking on here.. Student/athlete is one on the hardest thing to do. Especially if u are less fortunate.. anyone with a brain knows most college students are broke..

[@tjsam805]

Darrell Scott is a football coach at his old HS along with Lorenzo booker.

[@cliffbonds1472]

Officially subscribed! Thanks for the great content!

[@astrojames0050]

2:22 number 3 got his sh rocked

[@africadondada6555]

Damn.... real work, Matt!!!

[@garyparker9583]

am I tripping or is there a bunch of random shorts of derrick henry in this

[@206SeaTownToAZ]

Marcus Lattimore wasn't the best running back coming out of highschool? Man he was a beast at South Carolina! If he never had that nasty injury in college I honestly think he would have had a great NFL career... What running back was ranked ahead of him in highschool??

[@cliffhill2495]

Micheal Dyer

[@TheWorldRenownedHistorian]

These videos are so good!

[@jefframos4267]

can't believe AP and Zeke where never considered the best RB at the time they were drafted lol

[@collegejit]

got me thinking all running backs had 21 in high school n i kno u can find these guys highlights especially a #1 it’s film out there somewhere

[@realwiggles]

?

[@capswole81]

Yeah I thought he was highlighting who he was talking about but apparently those highlights were random.

[@keithfreeman5170]

It’ll be dope to have their actual video (1 at least) of them running or etc…

[@keithfreeman5170]

Overall dope video 💪🏾👏🏾

[@robertmosher7418]

Some of these guys played in small schools and dominated in high school because they were bigger, faster, stronger and just better than the kids they played against.

[@johnsalcido5436]

This reminds me of Marcus Lattimore. Man even tho he wasn’t on this list he was a top recruited player and unlike Micheal Dyer he was an excellent dude on and off the field. Sad to see injuries take out athletes who actually wanted to change their lives and those around them and go make it big

[@mousecop0761]

Jonathan gray wasn’t bad his freshman and sophomore year but he tore his Achilles twice and shared carries without another 5 star back Malcom Brown

[@majornanuk136]

Great video I like the way u persent them. Great job and thank u this was the first video I have seen of yours so I did subscribe to u.

[@Antbeast23]

Zamir white was splitting carriers with James cook. Munken was doing the offense. And they won a national title lol

[@wildcat8598]

It’s crazy how many of these athletes have talents given to them by God that a lot of us only dream of having and some can’t stop acting stupid long enough to get a free education possibly even a pro career out of it.

[@youknowlesthisman1928]

Was there just not videos of the first couple people cause repeating the Saquan and Derrick Henry highlights had me thrown off that maybe my audio wasn’t lined up

[@Mtap201]

Johnathan grey was actually really good best highschool rb ever and it wasn’t that he isn’t good enough to play college he suffered alot of injuries I think you should do a vid on him crazy and sad story

[@swxggy-_-8977]

Zamir White doesn’t still play for Georgia, also the whole Kirby offensive narrative is tired and not true at this point.

[@robd1811]

Haters gonna hate

[@ericpackers1700]

Kirby has under achieved with offensive talent but had dominant defense last year

[@wolfgang3]

The video neglected to mention that Zamir "Zeus" White had two major knee injuries before his career started at UGA. Kirby had the luxury of having 4 really good backs the past couple of years. He did all his RBs a favor by not over using them. They all got a lot of game time. I don't see why someone would off handily dismiss Kirby after he just won the National Championship.

[@brotherLee340]

@@ericpackers1700 he honestly just haven't got the QB situation right. Othet than that he has gotten the most out of the team. Won a title with a limited QB.

[@christianalford625]

I love your video thanks for what u do

[@raphael9783]

We need top long snappers from 2000-2022

[@winstonjames2583]

😁😁

[@franknitti100]

Jonathan Gray (Texas) tore his right Achilles tendon in 2013, and his left Achilles in 2015. He wasn't the same after the 1st one. [

[@nicholasdeboth7306]

Love watching saquon Barkley an Derrick Henry’s HS highlights but why do u use there highlights for all of the guys highschool films

[@judsonschatzman9987]

The thing about Bijan is he's going to be great because he's different. Talent wise, he's definitely not the best player on this list, probably not even top 5 or maybe even top 10. However, what he has is character. He will stay on the field because he's a great guy and won't get into trouble. Probably the nicest guy I've ever met

[@bratpackdre]

You never miss great video

[@miggity6666]

5:50 FYI, industrial designers design furniture, among other things. Hence the furniture design internship.

[@MobbinGDEEPest]

Absolutely love these videos. If you can keep them up!

[@kevinhtx1916]

I think you took the lazy route by not talking about Adrian Peterson’s career even if the majority of us know it.

[@jmacc1014]

Yea I agree… spent 5 minutes on someone being a thug in summers but 15 seconds on a great

[@650kdub]

Lol what's understood needs no explanation

[@shaungarner1797]

You was showing Derrick Henry’s high school film for Lorenzo Booker’s profile. RMFTR!!!

[@aaronconners5570]

Show the actual tape of the players you’re talking about PLEASEEEEEE use there college tape pictures or something

[@dnelson8380]

Yeah that killed the video

[@capswole81]

I agree. That made me not like the video. Great information but trash video footage.

[@bigdawg3055]

Question - why are you showing Derrick Henry highlights when talking about Lorenzo Booker LOL

[@capswole81]

Exactly. That is lazy video editing

[@Tom-rg1ye]

Love your videos. Keep up the good work

[@SSCArizonaWildcats]

Can you do an Arizona Wildcats video

[@Porthos240]

Was just looking up Lorenzo Booker just the other day!