Smith, Malone come up big
A look at how the top players around the country fared in their high school games over the weekend:
Quarterbacks
Blake Bell (Wichita, Kan./Bishop Carroll)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 66 (3)
ESPNU 150 quarterback Blake Bell (Wichita, Kan./Bishop Carroll) completed 17 of 27 attempts (63 percent) for 245 yards, four first-half touchdowns and no interceptions in Thursday night's 55-0 shutout win over West (Wichita, Kan./West), the Wichita Eagle reports.
Robert Bolden, QB (Orchard Lake, Mich./St. Mary's)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 113 (4)
Penn State recruit Robert Bolden completed 5 of 8 passes for 89 yards and rushed for a pair of touchdowns for St. Mary's (Orchard Lake, Mich.) in its 31-7 win over Davison (Mich.), according to the Detroit News.
Devin Gardner (Inkster, Mich.)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 117 (5)
Devin Gardner had a 71-yard touchdown run and threw a 21-yard touchdown pass for Inkster in its loss to Ohio powerhouse St. Ignatius (Cleveland), according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Nick Montana, QB (Concord, Calif./Oaks Christian)
Scouts grade (position rank): 80 (12)
Under Armour All-American QB Nick Montana passed for 116 yards and two scores for Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) in its 65-6 route of Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara, Calif.), according to the LA Daily News.
Jake Heaps (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 119 (6)
BYU commit Jake Heaps had 113 yards passing and had four total touchdowns (two on the ground and two through the air) for Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) in its 42-0 win over Issaquah (Wash.), according to the Issaquah Reporter.
Phillip Sims (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Frommel Smith)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU150 rank (position rank): 36 (1)
Under Armour All-American Phillip Sims threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns for Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) in its 48-13 win over Lakeland (Suffolk, Va.), according to the Virginia Pilot.
Running backs
Mack Brown (Lithonia, Ga./Martin Luther King)
Scouts grade: 84
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 16 (3)
Under Armour All-American running back Mack Brown (Lithonia, Ga./King) carried 19 times for 103 yards (5.4 average) Friday night on ESPNU. However, Brown and MLK were kept out of the end zone as Stephenson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) pitched a shutout.
Brown, a Florida commit who was playing with two sore hamstrings, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution following the loss, "This was my last time to get to play Stephenson so I'm going to miss that opportunity. But it was a fun game. They're real aggressive up front. They're as good as they say they are. They're the No. 1 defense and they deserve it."
Storm Johnson, RB (Loganville, Ga.)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 38 (6)
Storm Johnson was stopped short of the goal line on a two-point conversion for Loganville (Ga.) in its 42-41 overtime loss to Apalachee (Winder, Ga.). Johnson ran the ball 32 times for 282 yards and four touchdowns, according to the Walton Tribune.
Malcolm Jones, RB (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 71
Malcolm Jones scored three touchdowns and had 113 rushing yards on eight carries (14.1-yard average) for Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) in its 65-6 victory over Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara, Calif.), according to the LA Daily News.
Marcus Lattimore, RB (Duncan, S.C./James Byrnes)
Scouts grade: 85
ESPN150 rank (position rank): 10 (2)
Five-star RB Marcus Lattimore was effective in several different facets of the game for Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.) in its 42-9 win over Hillcrest (Simpsonville, S.C.). The uncommitted runner accumulated 64 rushing yards on 11 carries (5.8 average), caught a 25-yard touchdown pass and blocked a punt that was recovered in the end zone for Byrnes' first score of the second half, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Lache Seastrunk, RB, (Temple, Texas)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 20 (5)
Uncommitted ESPNU 150 running back Lache Seastrunk carried 15 times for 114 yards (7.6 average) and two touchdowns but Temple (Texas) lost to Heights (Killeen, Texas) on a successful two-point conversion in overtime, the Killeen Daily Herald reports.
Roderick Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind./Harding)
Scouts grade: 82
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 57 (7)
Roderick Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind./Harding), headed to Ohio State, carried 23 times for 147 yards (6.4 average) and two touchdowns but South Side (Fort Wayne, Ind.) quarterback Greg Johnson rushed for 221 yards in the 47-20 victory, wane.com reports.
Wideouts and tight ends
C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, (Johnsburg, Ill.)Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 85 (6)
C.J. Fiedorowicz caught seven passes for 93 yards for Johnsburg (Ill.) in its 24-21 victory over Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake, Ill.), according to the Northwest Herald.
James Louis (Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic Community)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 82 (14)
Under Armour All-American wide receiver James Louis, headed to Ohio State, caught two touchdown passes in Thursday night's 55-13 drubbing of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., the Sun-Sentinel reports.
Keiwone Malone (Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 92 (15)
Alabama-bound WR Keiwone Malone caught nine passes for 191 yards (21.2 average) and had three touchdown catches for Mitchell (Memphis) in its 24-21 defeat to Whitehaven (Memphis), according to the Commercial Appeal.
Ivan McCartney, WR (Miramar, Fla.)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 112 (19)
Ivan McCartney was held catchless for Miramar (Fla.) in its 31-7 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), according to the Miami Herald.
Curtis White, TE (Eugene, Ore./Sheldon)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 76 (5)
Oregon-bound tight end Curtis White caught two touchdown passes for Sheldon (Eugene, Ore.) in its 63-18 win over Grants Pass (Ore.) on Friday according to the Mail Tribune (Ore.).
Offensive linemen
Brent Benedict, OT (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 63 (5)
Under Armour All-American Brent Benedict suffered an injury to his right knee on Friday night that is likely to end his season, according to the Florida Times-Union.
Defenders
Ashton Dorsey, DT (Tyler, Texas)
Scouts grade: 82
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 44 (2)
Texas commit Ashton Dorsey recovered a fumble and pressured the quarterback three times for Tyler (Tyler, Texas) in its 52-17 win over Mesquite (Texas), according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
Jonathan Dowling, S, (Bradenton, Fla./Southeast)
Scouts grade: 86
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 7 (1)
Under Armour All-American Jonathan Dowling returned a kick 87 yards for a score for Southeast (Bradenton, Fla.) in its 41-19 victory over Sarasota (Fla.), according to the Bradenton Herald.
Jordan Hicks, OLB (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West)
Scouts grade: 87
ESPNU 150 rank: 2 (1)
In a battle of two highly touted seniors, Under Armour All-American outside linebacker Jordan Hicks and Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio) got the best of Spencer Ware and Princeton (Ohio) 28-0, the Journal-News reports.
Hicks ran for 25 yards on a fake punt which lead to a touchdown and returned a fumbled punt snap for another score.
Princeton gained only 194 yards of total offense. Ware rushed for 109 yards but was only 4-of-21 passing (six drops).
Christian Jones, OLB (Oviedo, Fla./Lake Howell)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPN150 rank (position rank): 26 (2)
Christian Jones, who projects as an outside linebacker at the college level, had a 50-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to help give Lake Howell (Oviedo, Fla.) a 14-13 win over Colonial (Orlando). Jones' impressive showing came with FSU offensive line coach Rick Trickett in attendance, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Jeff Luc, ILB (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast)
Scouts grade: 87
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 5 (1)
Under Armour All-American inside linebacker Jeff Luc and Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) kept Fort Pierce Central (Fla.) off the scoreboard during Friday night's 10-0 homecoming victory, tcplam.com reports.
The shutout included one goal-line stand when Central ran seven plays from inside the Treasure Coast 4-yard line but was unable to score.
Demarcus Milliner, CB (Millbrook, Ala./Stanhope Elmore)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 19 (2)
Demarcus Milliner, who is projected to play defense on the college level, rushed for 113 yards on 12 carries for Elmore (Millbrook, Ala.) in its 16-12 win over Lee (Montgomery, Ala.), according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
Louis Nix, DT (Jacksonville, Fla./Raines)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 100 (8)
Defensive tackle Louis Nix registered two and a half sacks for Raines (Jacksonville, Fla.) in its 38-6 victory over Lee (Jacksonville, Fla.), according to the Florida Times-Union.
Dietrich Riley, S, (La Canada, Calif./St. Francis)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 110 (10)
With USC's Pete Carroll and Notre Dame assistant Jon Tenuta in attendance, athlete Dietrich Riley rushed 13 times for 109 yards (8.3 average) and three scores for St. Francis (La Canada, Calif.) in its 42-7 win over El Ranch (Pico Rivera, Calif.) on Friday night, according to the Pasadena Star-News.
Tharold Simon, S, (Eunice, La.)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 83 (9)
LSU DB commit Tharold Simon scored a touchdown for Eunice (La.) in its 47-20 victory over Iowa (La.), according to the Advocate (La.).
Jaylen Watkins, CB, (Fort Myers, Fla./Cape Coral)
Scouts grade: 82
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 47 (5)
Jaylen Watkins, who projects as a collegiate corner, had a productive showing at cornerback. The Florida commit passed for three touchdowns and 187 yards for Cape Coral (Fort Myers, Fla.) in its win over Island Coast (Cape Coral), according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Reggie Wilson, DE (Haltom City, Texas)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 99 (11)
Texas-bound DT Reggie Wilson registered a sack for a safety for Haltom (Haltom City, Texas) in its 16-0 victory over Weatherford (Texas), according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Athletes
Dillon Baxter (San Diego/Mission Bay)
Scouts grade: 80
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 137 (12)
USC recruit Dillon Baxter rushed for 141 yards and passed for 161 yards -- including two touchdown passes -- for Mission Bay (San Diego) in its 49-27 victory over Point Loma (San Diego) on Friday night, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Matt Elam (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Dwyer)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 25 (4)
Florida ATH commit Matt Elam carried six times for 137 yards (22.8 average) and three touchdowns, all in the first half, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
Christian Green (Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic)
Scouts grade: 82
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 50 (6)
Athlete Christian Green scored two touchdowns and had 140 total yards for Tampa Catholic (Fla.) in its 49-13 victory over Clearwater Central Catholic (Fla.), according to the St. Petersburg Times.
D.J. Morgan (Woodland Hills, Calif./Taft)
Scouts grade: 83
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 35 (5)
USC-bound athlete D.J. Morgan rushed for 140 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown run, on seven carries (20 average) for Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.) in its 47-0 victory over Granada Hills (Calif.), according to the LA Daily News.
Garry Peters (Conyers, Ga./Heritage)
Scouts grade: 81
ESPNU 150 rank (position rank): 123 (10)
Clemson-bound athlete Garry Peters had a 57-yard touchdown run to spark Heritage (Conyers, Ga.) in its 21-20 upset of Madison County (Danielsville, Ga.), according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
