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The RN Top 10 will appear throughout the camp and combine season and rank prospects based strictly on their on-field performance at that particular event. It does not reflect their overall prospect ranking.

ASHBURN, Va. – The East Coast and mid-Atlantic states represented well on Sunday as eight players earned invites to The Opening at the Nike Football Training Camp outside of Washington, D.C. Defense ruled the day, led by two five-star prospects from Virginia.

10. Nick Scott
Fairfax (Va.) Fairfax |RB| 5-11, 180

Scott stood out among a field of backs who were overshadowed by the prospects at nearly every other position. He earned the attention of coaches for his strong play and versatility but missed the MVP award, which went to Vincent Lowe (Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield), who also posted the top SPARQ score.

Scott committed to Penn State in February over an offer from Boston College.

ESPN national recruiting analyst Craig Haubert’s take: “He’s got a great frame, and what I like about him as a Penn State verbal, he’s a versatile player. He may not run by you, but he does a good job in route-running.”

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Being the champs has its benefits, especially when it comes to impressing recruits.

One of the country’s top junior college offensive tackles, Jermaine Eluemunor (Scranton, Pa./Lackawanna College) was planning several trips and set official visits to Ohio State and Texas A&M, but now the only trip for certain is a visit to Alabama in mid-July.

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CALERA, Ala. -- Interest in 2014 athlete Ronnie Clark continues to pick up. The latest schools to offer include Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin, and even he admits that he was a little surprised when he found out the Badgers had offered a scholarship.

However, the only schools Clark has found time to visit are still the two in-state schools.

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Alabama’s courtship of receiver Derek Kief all happened fast, first making contact last week, followed by an offer on Thursday. So what's next for the Cincinnati La Salle receiver?

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Many high school prospects are evaluated for months or even years before a college program extends a scholarship offer. Highlights from sophomore seasons are compared to those of junior seasons to see progression and potential. Players who make a name for themselves as juniors are visited as seniors to gauge their possible impact at the next level. And then there are prospects like Joe Mixon (Oakley, Calif./Freedom) for whom the entire process takes three or maybe four days.

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The father of Andy Bauer (St. Louis/De Smet) told ESPN’s RecruitingNation Wednesday morning that the ESPN Watch List offensive tackle had decommitted from Missouri. The big question now: What’s next?

Craig Bauer said his son, a 6-foot-6, 305-pound tackle, was looking to explore all options and make a decision sometime in the spring of 2013. Bauer has more than 30 offers from FBS programs, including Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Florida State, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas A&M and Notre Dame. He also has looks from Oregon, USC and Wisconsin.

“Right now, he’s looking around and seeing what’s out there,” Craig Bauer said. “Missouri’s still high up there, but he’s looking at other options. Missouri’s cool with him doing this. They want him to make the right decision.”

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The No. 1 offensive guard in the nation has put out a new top three and it has a Big Ten feel as Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin -- in no particular order -- will now be in a dogfight for the services of David Dawson (Detroit/Cass Tech).

The 6-foot-4, 282-pound senior -- ranked 87th overall in the ESPN 150 -- was thought to be a heavy lean toward Florida after taking an official visit on Oct. 19.

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With playoffs either having begun or just beginning around the Midwest, visits are more tenuous than before. And that cost Wisconsin a visit from one of the region's top juniors.

Junior offensive tackle Ross Pierschbacher (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls) has a playoff game Monday, so practice Saturday forced him to miss his visit to Wisconsin. Pierschbacher said he now plans to visit Wisconsin for the Ohio State game Nov. 17.

The following week he will be at Alabama for the Iron Bowl.

The 6-foot-4, 269-pound tackle competed at The Opening this past July.

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FOLEY, Ala. -- Junior wide receiver DeMarcus Bingham (Foley, Ala./Foley) is still waiting on his first scholarship offer, but he might not have to wait long. Bingham believes Mississippi State might offer either this week or next week, and other interested schools could follow suit.

“He’s getting a lot of mail from a lot of different people,” Foley coach Todd Watson said. “A lot of recruiters now are a little more cautious with early offers. I think a lot of them want to see what he does in his junior year and go back and evaluate tape from there.”

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CINCINNATI -- Even the best players in the country get a little nervous sometimes.

Jordan Scarlett (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./University School), one of the premier sophomores nationally, wasn’t sure he would even be able to run his route on the first play of the game against top Ohio program Trotwood-Madison. It was Scarlett’s first career start.

“It was kind of nerve-racking,” he said. “The first play I messed up. I caught the bubble screen and started stuttering and my legs got weak. They were about to give out on me.”

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Alabama has proved that it will search far and wide to find the best talent, and the Crimson Tide went all the way up to Canada to find its latest offensive line prospect, David Knevel. The 6-foot-8, 274-pound senior tackle visited Tuscaloosa on Saturday with his father, Mark Miller.

“I think our experience was better than we expected,” Miller said. “We loved the campus. They have great football facilities, a large coaching staff. They take care of their student athletes there on the academic side, plus you have to work hard to be the best you can, to be champions.”

Even though he lives in Ontario, Miller has followed the Tide over the years, and both he and Knevel were excited to see the facilities firsthand.

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