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Super Safety Michael McNeil has seen his recruiting stock soar in recent months and now he is one of the top players in the State of Alabama. Just recent, he has given the Tide a verbal to play in Tuscaloosa after his senior season at Mobile Davidson!

2006 ALABAMA FABULOUS 50 PLAYMAKERS!

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - This is a look at my 2006 ALABAMA FABULOUS 50 PLAYMAKERS!

Some of the top National High School Senior football players in the country for the Year of 2006 and the Graduating Class of 2007 will come from the State of Alabama and here is a Mid-Summer list of 50 of those Alabama players that I feel belong on our initial FABULOUS 50 ALABAMA PLAYMAKERS List!

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JULY 3, 2006 MAJOR UPDATE

2005 ALABAMA FABULOUS 50 PLAYMAKERS!

NOTE: Players who are rated 6.52 or better are National Top 150 Players. Players rated 6.49 or better are National Top 300 Players and the Players who are Rated 5.46 are National Top 500 players!

^ I have seen him play!

1A. 6.53 - SS Michael McNeil^ 6-2, 195, 4.5, Mobile Davidson, AL
1B. 6.53 - DT Kerry Murphy^ 6-4, 320, 5.1, Hoover, AL

3. 6.52 - DE Sidell Corley^ 6-4, 250, 4.8, Mobile McGill-Toolen, AL (FLORIDA VERBAL)
4. 6.52 - CB Phelan Jones^ 6-0, 190, 4.38, Mobile McGill-Toolen, AL (MIAMI VERBAL)
5. 6.52 - LB Rolando McClain^ 6-3, 225, 4.65, Decatur, AL (ALABAMA VERBAL)
6. 6.52 - OC Ryan Pugh^ 6-2, 275, 5.1, Hoover, AL (AUBURN VERBAL)

7. 6.51 - OG Patrick Crump^ 6-3, 285, 5.0, Hoover, AL
8. 6.51 - DE Nick Fairley, 6-4, 255, 4.7, Mobile Williamson, AL
9. 6.51 - OLB Eltoro Freeman^ 5-11, 205, 4.5, Alexander City, AL
10. 6.51 - DE Nick Gentry^ 6-3, 275, 4.76, Prattville, AL
11. 6.51 - DT Alfred McCullough^ 6-2, 303, 4.9, Athens, AL (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
12. 6.51 - QB Larry Smith^ 6-2, 200, 4.6, Prattville, AL
13. 6.51 - OG William Vlachos^ 6-2, 300, 5.1, Birmingham Mountain Brook, AL (ALABAMA VERBAL)
14. 6.51 - CB Ryan Williams^ 5-11, 180, 4.37, Mobile B.C. Rain, AL

15. 6.50 - CB Ricardo Bates^ 5-11, 180, 4.4, Prattville, AL
16. 6.50 - NG Josh Chapman, 6-1, 285, 4.9, Hoover, AL
17. 6.50 - DE LaRoy Fifer^ 6-4, 228, 4.7, Troy Henderson, AL 82.79 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
18. 6.50 - ATH Brandon Gibson^ 6-2, 190, 4.5, Mobile UMS-Wright, AL
19. 6.50 - ATH Jeremy Hairston^ 6-0, 198, 4.45, Ozark Carroll, AL 80.31 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
20. 6.50 - CB Elliott McGaskin^ 6-1, 190, 4.45, Mobile B.C. Rain, AL
21. 6.50 - QB Chris Relf^ 6-3, 208, 4.6, Montgomery Carver, AL (MISSISSIPPI STATE VERBAL)
22. 6.50 - WR Christian Smith^ 6-2, 205, 4.45, Birmingham Huffman, AL
23. 6.50 - DE Drew Traylor^ 6-5, 230, 4.65, Birmingham Mountain Brook, AL (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
24. 6.50 - DE Herman Williams^ 6-2, 218, 4.6, Irvington Alma Bryant, AL 84.90 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK (2007 AA Bowl Classic)

25. 6.49 - ATH Roosevelt Byrd, 6-1, 200, 4.5, Foley, AL
26. 6.49 - WR Svante Davenport^ 5-9.5, 156, 4.45, Troy Henderson, AL 78.76 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK
27. 6.49 - UTY Dallas Dyer^ 5-9, 176, 4.4, Ozark Carroll, AL 76.22 SPARQ RATING @ GAINESVILLE (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
28. 6.49 - CB Robert Gurley^ 5-10, 180, 4.4, Dothan Houston Christian Academy, AL 88.80 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
29. 6.49 - FS Octavius Haywood^ 6-0, 175, 4.5, Selma, AL 72.89 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK
30. 6.49 - OG Rodney Hudson^ 6-4, 295, 5.1, Mobile B.C. Bain, AL
31. 6.49 - CB Cedric Jackson^ 5-10, 170, 4.4, Dothan Northview, AL 90.78 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK
32. 6.49 - WR Justin Johnson^ 6-4, 186, 4.47, Dothan Northview, AL 81.56 SPARQ RATING @ OZARK (2007 AA Bowl Classic)
33. 6.49 - OC D.J. Looney^ 6-2, 280, 5.2, Birmingham Oak Mountain, AL (MISSISSIPPI STATE VERBAL)
34. 6.49 - OG Caleb Thomas, 6-3, 295, 5.1, Decatur, AL

35. 5.48 - ATH Jonathan Birmingham, 6-0, 200, 4.45, Alexander City Russell, AL
36. 5.48 - DE Brandon High-Dorsey, 6-3, 225, 4.6, Auburn, AL
37. 5.48 - QB Chip Ghigna, 6-3, 205, 4.6, Homewood, AL
38. 5.48 - ATH Herschel Houston^ 6-1, 225, 4.6, Centre Cherokee, AL
39. 5.48 - OG Henry Porter, 6-3, 300, 5.1, Opelika, AL
40. 5.47 - WR Cordero Smith, 6-4, 200, 4.5, Phenix City Central, AL
41. 5.47 - WR Marquis Strickland, 6-1, 190, 4.5, Opelika, AL
42. 5.46 - WR A.J. Walker, 6-1, 195, 4.4, Huntsville, AL

43. 5.45 - OT Nathaniel Hood, 6-7, 330, 5.3, Birmingham West End, AL
44. 5.45 - ATH Marquis Maze, 5-11, 175, 4.4, Birmingham Tarrent, AL
45. 5.44 - OG Jared Cooper, 6-4, 285, 5.1, Brewton Neal, AL
46. 5.44 - OG Brandon Earl, 6-4, 290, 5.1, Stevenson North Jackson, AL
47. 5.44 - OLB Cam Robinson, 6-1, 210, 4.5, Stevenson North Jackson, AL
48. 5.44 - ILB Justin Williams, 5-11, 220, 4.5, Carrollton, AL
49. 5.43 - DE Josh Lewis, 6-4, 225, 4.7, Tuscaloosa Co, AL
50. 5.43 - CB Darnardo Smith, 5-10, 190, 4.4, Montgomery Carver, AL
50. 5.43 - WR Terrell Edwards, 6-2, 205, 4.5, Mobile UMS-Weight, AL
50. 5.43 - QB Chris Lambeth, 6-1, 200, 4.8, Daphne, AL
50. 5.43 - RB Caleb Parker, 5-11, 185, 4.45, Addison, AL
50. 5.43 - RB Leon Smith, 5-11, 195, 4.45, Montgomery Carver, AL

  THE HIDDEN GEMS IN THE OZARK

There were some unbelievable rare Gems in Ozark, Alabama at the Max Emfinger Youth Foundation Football Combine as 16 players did a 36 inch vertical jump or better!

Front Row L to R: WR Svante Davenport (37 VJ & 4.25 Shuttle) of Troy Henderson, AL; RB Dallas Dyer (32 VJ & 17 Reps) of Ozark Carroll, AL; CB Robert Gurley (36 VJ & 23 Reps) of Dothan Houston Academy; RB Jerry Motley (37 VJ & 14 Reps) of Autaugaville, AL; LB Rick Combs (36 VJ & 4.69 Shuttle) of Abbeville, AL; and OG Ben Jones 32 VJ & 24 Reps) of Centerville Bibb Co, AL. Second Row L to R: Max Emfinger with football; GRADUATING SENIOR CB Rudy Jones (40 VJ & 22 Reps) of Birmingham West End; DE Herman Williams (40 VJ & 4.72 Shuttle) of Irvington Alma Bryant, AL; FS Cedric Jackson (42 VJ & 4.4 Shuttle) of Dothan Northview, AL; JUNIOR LB Spencer Pybus (38 VJ & 34 Reps) of Dothan Northview, AL; ATH Jeremy Hairston (35 VJ & 4.21 Shuttle) of Ozark Carroll, AL; and OG Josh Smithhart (28 VJ & 31 REPs) of Andalusia, AL. Third Row L to R: DE LaRoy Fifer (36 VJ & 20 Reps) of Troy Henderson, AL; QB Kevin Barkley (31 VJ & 11 Reps) of Moss Point, MS; SOPHOMORE FS Carlo Davis (40 VJ 14 Reps) of Irvington Alma Bryant, AL; and WR Justin Johnson (40 VJ & 4.47 Forty) of Dothan Northview, AL. Two outstanding players from Selma that are not in the photo included CB Octavious Haywood (35 VJ & 13 Reps) and FS Michael Miller (37 VJ & 15 Reps). SPECIAL NOTE: They ran on a Super Slow Grass, but the Vertical Jumps were incredible. SPECIAL NOTE II: Five players were invited to play in the 2007 All-American Bowl Game, including RB Dallas Dyer; DE Herman Williams;  DE LaRoy Fifer; WR Justin Johnson;  & ATH Jeremy Hairston.