Middle Tennessee’s top college prospects, selected by staff writer Maurice Patton with input from area high school coaches and recruiting services.
No. 1 — KYLE PHILLIPS
• School: Hillsboro
• Position: DL
• Ht., Wt.: 6-foot-4, 260pounds
• College plans: Is considering scholarships offers from Tennessee State, Tennessee, Alabama, LSU and Ole Miss.
• 2013 stats: 25 total tackles (10 for lost yardage) with five sacks, three forced fumbles; limited by injuries to four games.
No. 2— JAUAN JENNINGS
• School: Blackman
• Position: QB/DB
• Ht., Wt.: 6-foot-4, 186 pounds
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Tennessee, after previously considering Ohio State along with offers from Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State and Northwestern.
• 2013 stats: 1,462 passing yards on 50.9 percent completions with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions, 814 rushing yards with 10 TDs on 136 carries.
No. 3 — VAN JEFFERSON
• School: Ravenwood
• Position: WR
• Ht., Wt.: 6-foot-2, 176 pounds
• College plans: Is considering scholarship offers from Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Florida and Michigan State.
• 2013 stats: 1,251 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns on 87 receptions.
No. 4 – DONOVAN SHEFFIELD
• School: Ensworth
• Position: CB
• Ht., Wt.: 5-11, 170
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Vanderbilt, after previously considering offers from Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Ole Miss and Stanford.
• 2013 stats: 21 total tackles (19 s0los), with two for lost yardage, four interceptions (57 return yards, one touchdown), six pass breakups, one fumble recovery.
Middle Tennessee’s top college prospects, selected by staff writer Maurice Patton with input from area high school coaches and recruiting services.
No. 5 – JOSH SMITH
• School: Oakland
• Position: LB
• Ht., Wt.: 6-3, 230
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Vanderbilt, after previously considering offers from Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri, Kentucky, Duke, Penn State and Purdue.
• 2013 stats: 81 total tackles (48 solos), one pass breakup, two forced fumbles.
No. 6 – CAMERON ORDWAY
• School: Giles County
• Position: CB
• Ht., Wt.: 6-0, 174
• College plans: Is considering scholarship offers from Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Alabama, Missouri, Florida State, Clemson, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Penn State, among others.
• 2013 stats: 75 total tackles (55 solos), nine interceptions (184 return yards), 17 pass breakups, three forced fumbles.
No. 7 – JACK JONES
School: Oakland
Position: OL
Ht., Wt.: 6-5, 275
College plans: Has committed to sign with Tennessee, after previously considering offers from Georgia Tech and Middle Tennessee State and drawing interest from Vanderbilt, Auburn and Ohio State, among others.
2013 stats: Offensive line grade of 90 percent for the season, with 60 ‘pancake’ blocks in 13 games, as leading lineman for offense that gained 3,068 rushing yards.
No. 8 – RICO MCGRAW
• School: Ensworth
• Position: CB
• Ht., Wt.: 6-0,184
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Alabama, after previously considering the University of Georgia. He also had offers from Florida State, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama, Penn State, Ohio State, UCLA and Southern Cal, among others.
• 2013 stats: 25 total tackles (19 solos), with two for lost yardage, three interceptions (92 return yards), five pass breakups, one forced fumble.
No. 9 – JACKSON HARRIS
• School: Columbia
• Position: TE
• Ht., Wt.: 6-6, 250
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Georgia, after previously considering Vanderbilt and Alabama as well as Florida State, Clemson, Ohio State and Penn State.
• 2013 stats: 178 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 16 receptions.
No. 10 – ALEX GIVENS
• School: Nashville Chr.
• Position: OL
• Ht., Wt.: 6-6, 265
• College plans: Is considering scholarship offers from Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Nebraska and Miami, among others.
• 2013 stats: Offensive line grade of 95 for the season, with 88 ‘pancake’ blocks in 13 games, while helping an offense that rushed for 3,112 yards and score 71 touchdowns.
No. 11 – UGO AMADI
• School: Overton
• Position: CB
• Ht., Wt.: 5-foot-10, 180 pounds
• College plans: Has committed to sign with Ole Miss, after previously considering offers from Tennessee, Mississippi State and Duke.
• 2013 stats: 49 total tackles, five interceptions, nine pass breakups.
No. 12 — KESHAWN VAUGHN
• School: Pearl-Cohn
• Position: RB
• Ht., Wt.: 5-foot-11, 207 pounds
• College plans: Considering scholarship offers from Vanderbilt, Louisville, Kentucky, Purdue, California and Illinois, among others.
• 2013 stats: 2,407 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns on 224 carries.
— Maurice Patton
