Every year the debate rages

over which prospect should be ranked over that prospect and it’s even more

difficult to judge when you’re dealing with five-star players. Rivals.com is

proud to release the next set of five-star players and this group of prospects

is just as strong as any other group that has already received a ranking.

 

Leading off the next group of

five-star players at No. 11 in the nation is West Lawn (Pa.) Wilson quarterback

Chad Henne. While Henne is at No. 11 and the

No. 3 quarterback in the nation, there is no question that he could be at the

top in many respects.

 

Blessed with a 6-foot-3,

210-pound frame and an amazing arm, Henne in many seasons would be the nation’s

top signal-caller.

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“The bottom line is that

Chad is a

pro-style quarterback, who can run and be physical. He is a good thinker on the

field and he will knock your jock off to,” Wilson coach Jim Cantafio said. “He

is a good athlete. He is a three sport star playing basketball and running

track.”

Henne’s physical nature comes from his football background because he was a

tailback until the ninth grade.

“He played running back in middle school,” Cantafio explained. “We heard he

could throw it so we talked to Chad and his dad and got him to throw some and he

has such a natural arm. He has been our quarterback ever since. He has taken

every snap since he was in the ninth grade.”

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At No. 12 and earning

five-star status is the top player in Illinois, linebacker

Kyle Williams of Boling Brook, Ill. Williams,

who is 6-foot-2 and 217 pounds, is already up to 20 scholarship offers and it’s

easy to see why the explosive outside linebacker earns more every time he talks

to a coach.

 

He’s just special. Ask

recruiting analyst Tim O'Halloran.

 

“When I saw Kyle Williams

play after a game in his sophomore season, I stopped Bolingbrook head coach John

Ivlow and told him ‘coach, this kid will be big time,’ " O'Halloran said. “He

asked me how big?  I said he could easily be one of the top recruits I've ever

seen. And that was as a sophomore.

 

“His best football is still

way ahead of him and mentally and physically he's more than ready for the next

level.”

 

Right behind Williams at No.

13 is Florida receiver Xavier Carter and

it’s scary to think that Carter takes a backseat to anybody. That’s because

Carter is likely the fastest recruit in the entire nation this season.

 

color:black">“We’re talking about a kid who’ll probably be in the Olympics next

year or four years down the road,”

Palm Bay coach

Dan Burke said. “A lot of guys can run, but not like Xavier. He’s on a whole

different level of speed.”

Carter (6-3, 190, 4.35) recently competed in the Arcadia Invitational in

California. He became the first athlete in the history of the meet to win the

100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints. His time of 10.38 in the 100 was an Arcadia

record, and he currently holds the top three times in the nation for those

events.

“He loves both track and football,” Burke said. “I think he’s probably got a

track-first mentality because he’s running at such a high level, but he wants to

play both sports on the college level. He’s just an incredible talent.”

As a junior at

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Carter caught 28 passes for 757 yards and nine touchdowns. He averaged more than

27 yards per catch in earning honorable mention Class 4A all-state honors.

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color:black">At No. 14 on the list is and another five-star selection is a name

that not a whole lot of people have talked about –

Derrick Harvey out of

Greenbelt (Md.)

Roosevelt. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound

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is one of those rare players that have amazing untapped potential.

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font-family:Verdana;color:black">Harvey

just played football for the first time last season after focusing on basketball

for most of his life. But in one short season he’s turned his amazing frame and

amazing first step into a number of national elite scholarship offers. By the

time he’s done,

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font-family:Verdana;color:black"> has the potential to be a high first-round

draft pick in the NFL if he continues to develop and work hard.

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color:black">“It’s kind of a Cinderella story – now he’s the No. 1 recruit in

Maryland,”

his coach, Rick Houchens, said. “This kid is just a virtually unknown kid and

now he’s going to be one of the top recruits in the nation.”

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color:black">He sure is.

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color:black">The No. 15 slot belongs to the nation’s top offensive line prospect

Jeff Byers of Loveland, Colo.

Byers, who has offers from a who’s who of college

football, is so quick of the ball that he runs like he’s a fullback instead of

an offensive lineman.

 

He also has a good mean

streak in him and that’s what you want in your big uglies up front. Simply put,

he’s about as complete of a package as you’re going to get on the offensive

line.