What happened to the TOP 10 WR recruits of the 2008 class?

we're gonna be going back a waste today as we're gonna be looking at the top 10 wide receiver recruits from the 2008 recruiting class the top two names on this list will sound familiar but you're really gonna have to put your college football knowledge to the test for the rest of these names before we get to today's video make sure to hit that subscribe button and turn on those notifications if you're new to the channel if you're a college football fan then this is definitely the place for you if there's a top 10 video you'd like to see in the future drop a comment down below and it very well be the next list i do kicking off the list at number 10 is davier posey who committed to ohio state he attended lasalle high school in cincinnati he stayed close to home as he committed to the buckeyes during his four years at ohio state he totaled 136 catches for 2 000 yards and 18 touchdowns his best season came during the sophomore year when he had 60 catches for 800 yards and 8 touchdowns while he was at ohio state he was part of that suspended group of players who were caught selling jerseys pants and shoes that they had previously worn in games he was drafted in the third round of the 2012 nfl draft by the houston texans he had six catches and 90 yards during his rookie season but suffered a ruptured achilles tendon during the playoffs the following season he had 15 catches for 150 yards he was traded to the jets in 2015 but was waived prior to the start of the season in 2016 he was signed by the broncos but was way prior to the season again in september of 2016 he signed with the toronto argonauts of the cfl during his first four games he had 13 catches for 160 yards after a strong start to the 2017 season he was placed on the team's sixth game injured reserved list with an undisclosed injury then in november he scored a touchdown in the 105th grey cup on a 100 yard pass play the longest pass in the championship game's history and he was named the grey cups most valuable player he was set to become a free agent in february of 2018 but was released by the argos so he pursued nfl opportunities he signed with the ravens but was released prior to the start of the season he went back to the cfl as he signed with the bc lions in eight games with them he caught 29 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns then the following season he signed with the montreal alouettes he played in three games early in the season catching nine passes for 100 yards with a touchdown in total he played 12 games in 2019 and caught 50 passes for 800 yards and three touchdowns prior to 2020 free agency he was released after becoming a free agent again he signed with the hamilton tiger cats in february of last year following a canceled 2020 season he agreed to new contract with them just a few weeks ago coming in at number nine is daryl stoneh he attended john foster dulls high school in texas he finished his high school career with 94 couches for 2000 yards and 26 touchdowns as a freshman in michigan in 2008 he caught 14 passes for 176 yards during his sophomore season he broke michigan's single season record with 39 kickoff returns for a thousand yards he had a 94 yard kickoff return for a touchdown the sixth longest in michigan history he also added 13 catches for 200 yards and a touchdown in june of 2010 he served three days in jail for violating his probation following a september 2008 charge of operating a vehicle while visibly impaired he then went on to have the best season of his career in 2010 as he was the team's second leading receiver with 49 catches for 630 yards and four touchdowns however that following off season he was back in the public eye again in may of 2011 he was suspended from the football team and definitely for legal issues he violated probation in a drunken driving case and was scheduled for a january 2012 probation compliance hearing he was sentenced to 10 days in jail but following his jail term he was dismissed from michigan he then transferred to baylor where he appeared in eight games he had three catches for 80 yards and one touchdown while also having 150 kick return yards in 2020 he was a wide receiver for the duke city gladiators of the arena football league when he wasn't playing football he had another job as he worked on the chase crew for the rainbow riders a hot air balloon company in albuquerque new mexico up next at number eight is josh jarbo he attended cedar grove high scope in georgia he recorded 34 catches for 650 yards and five touchdowns as a senior and was the first team all-state in 2007. he committed to oklahoma where unfortunately he never saw the field after looking into his story i'm actually going to be doing a solo video on him because his journey was unlike one i've seen in college football long story short he was kicked off the team at oklahoma he then transferred to troy where after a year he was kicked off third team as well he then went to northeast mississippi community college where he excelled and ultimately ended up at arkansas state he actually had a pretty decent career there and ended up making an nfl attempt the redskins gave him a look but he never was able to stay on a practice squad or anything like that ending his hopes in an nfl career he signed on with a few teams in the arena football league but nothing ever really panned out there like i said i'm gonna have a more in-depth video on him in the coming weeks so if you'd like to learn more and hear about his full story make sure to stay tuned for that number seven on this list is dan buckner who committed to texas he attended allen high school in texas during his high school career he posted 2 500 yards on 150 catches with 33 touchdowns he was a first team 5a allstate selection by the ap and the texas sports writers association as a senior during his final season he had 53 catches for a thousand yards and 17 touchdowns he appeared in 12 games for the longhorns during his freshman season but didn't see the field that much he caught five passes for 84 yards with two touchdowns during his sophomore season he became one of the best targets for the team he appeared in 14 games finishing with 45 catches for 450 yards and four touchdowns after that season he opted to transfer to arizona where he was hoping for more playing time in 2011 he got 42 passes for 600 yards and two touchdowns as a senior in 2012 he had career best across the board he caught 61 passes for just under 800 yards with five receiving touchdowns he went undrafted in the 2013 nfl draft but was signed as an unjudged free agent with the cardinals he was released though in september he was then picked up by the buccaneers and made the practice squad but was never promoted to the active roster in october of 2014 he signed with the ottawa red blacks of the cfl he never appeared in the game with him though then he was traded to the calgary stampeders but also never suited up he then spent time in the arena football league with the arizona rattlers and the la kiss and that was the last information i was able to find on him number six on this list is aldarius johnson he attended northwestern high school in miami during his last two seasons in high school he caught 150 passes for 2 300 yards and 32 touchdowns he stayed local as he committed to the u he never quite lived up to the hype while with the hurricanes as he finished his miami career with 62 catches for 750 yards and four touchdowns and 34 career games entering his senior season the team announced that he'd be suspended for the season for a violation of team rules he reportedly received multiple cash gifts food and drinks and trips to strip clubs as part of the benefits he received from nevin shapiro a case in which eight players were suspended because of their involvement however he wasn't suspended due to that and to this day no one truly knows why exactly he was suspended and that was the end of his days in miami in 2012 he did participate at their pro day but was never able to form any sort of career in the nfl as recently as 2016 he was a wide receivers coach at miami norland high school and he's a certified adult youth fitness trainer and ceo of johnson 101 training before we get to the top five if you could please take a second and give this video a thumbs up i would greatly appreciate it it helped share the video with more college football fans and it only takes a second to do number five on this list goes to michael floyd he attended durham hall high school during his senior season he caught 63 passes for 1200 yards and 16 touchdowns during his junior season he caught 63 passes for 1200 yards with 16 touchdowns as a senior he had 59 catches for 1200 yards and 17 touchdowns while also adding 500 rushing yards on the ground he was named minnesota player of the year twice by the ap and gatorade he was usa today all-american and was also picked to play in the us army all-american bowl he committed to notre dame he played in 11 games as a true freshman he had seven touchdowns on the season breaking the record for an irish freshman while adding 48 catches to break another notre dame freshman record his 719 receiving yards set the mark for notre dame first year players during his sophomore season he missed half the year with a fractured clavicle still he finished the year with nine receiving touchdowns and almost 800 receiving yards and only seven games of action during his junior season he really lit up the stat sheet he had 79 catches which was the second most in a season in program history hit over a thousand receiving yards the seventh most all time his 12 receiving touchdowns were the fourth most all time floyd was named mvp for notre dame and was the sun bull mvp as well he returned for his senior season catching 100 passes surpassing his career high and setting a new notre dame record he also finished with 1 147 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns he sets school records for career receptions career 100 yard games receiving yards and receiving touchdowns he was selected by the cardinals with the 13th overall pick in the 2012 nfl draft he played in all 16 games his rookie season finishing with 45 catches for 560 yards and two touchdowns then for a second season he had 65 catches for a thousand yards and five touchdowns over his next three seasons he caught 130 passes for 2100 yards and 16 touchdowns however floyd was released by the cardinals on december 14th 2016 following a dui arrest he was claimed off waivers by the patriots just a few days later in may of 2017 he signed with the vikings but a few months later he was suspended for the first four games of the season after violating the nfl's policy and program of substance of abuse he barely saw the field that season as he caught only 10 passes over the next three seasons he'd spend time with the redskins saints and ravens he had a very promising start to his nfl career but sadly he just couldn't keep it together and now he's out of the league number four on this list is john baldwin he attended ali quippa high school in pennsylvania he was a super purple american and was the northeast offensive player of the year during his final two seasons in high school he racked up 62 catches for a thousand yards and 14 touchdowns he stayed close to home committing to pittsburgh he saw limited action during his freshman year but still finished with 18 catches for 400 yards and three touchdowns during his sophomore season he turned into one of the top weapons on the team as he finished the season with 57 catches for 1 111 yards and 8 touchdowns then during his junior season he had 53 catches for 800 yards and 5 touchdowns he finished his pittsburgh career top 12 in all three of those categories he was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2011 draft by the kansas city chiefs in week 2 of the 2011 preseason he suffered a wrist injury after a locker room fight with teammate thomas jones that sidelined him for the rest of the preseason he finished his rookie campaign with 21 catches for 250 yards and a touchdown then in 2012 he had 20 catches for 300 yards and a touchdown in august of 2013 he was traded to the 49ers he only saw nine targets all season and finished with only three catches he was waved in august of 2014. shortly after he was picked up by the lions but was waived after failing his physical just a few years after being a first round pick his career was over according to his linkedin page he is currently a senior vice president at investor funding in chandler arizona before we get to the top three drop a comment down below and try to guess who the top three wide receiver recruits were in 2008. i'll give you a hint two of them are currently still in the nfl coming in at number three is deandre brown he attended ocean springs high school in mississippi during his senior season he had 36 catches for 700 yards and 15 touchdowns and totaled 1800 all-purpose yards to go along with 230 rushing yards and 65 tackles on defense as the number three wide receiver recruit in the nation he shocked everyone by committing to southern miss he immediately burst onto the scene his freshman year as he caught 67 passes for over 1100 yards with 12 touchdowns he was top five in the conference in all three of those categories but his numbers went down the following season as he caught 47 passes for 800 yards and nine touchdowns he appeared in only six games his junior season catching 20 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns he opted to enter the nfl draft as opposed to returning for his senior season brown was signed by the philadelphia eagles as an undrafted free agent following the 2011 nfl draft but he was waved shortly after and that would be the end of his nfl career he later signed with the knoxville nighthawks of the professional indoor football league for the 2013 season then he was assigned to the voodoo of the arena football league in 2014 in may of 2016 he was signed by the green bay blizzard then he re-signed with them in 2017 and last in 2019 he was playing for the columbus lions number two on this list is aj green he attended somerville high school in south carolina many outlets had him as the number one wide receiver but 24 7 sports had him at number two green earned all-state honors four times and was the only junior nominated to the 2006 usa today all-american first team after having 75 catchers for 1400 yards and 16 touchdowns during the sophomore season he was also selected as a member of the rivals.com junior all-american team based off those stats his 5400 career receiving yards ranks second all time in receiving records at the national federation of high schools his 279 career perceptions ranked fourth he had a fantastic freshman season for georgia in 2008. he was named the sec's offensive freshman of the year as he had 56 catches for just under a thousand yards with eight touchdowns all three of those were georgia freshman records he also led the sec in receiving yards and is the third most in georgia history he missed time his sophomore season appearing in only 10 games but he still led the team with 53 catches for 800 yards and six touchdowns he was elected all sec first team by the ap the coaches and espn he was suspended the first four games of the 2010 season after he admitted to selling his 2009 independence ball jersey for a thousand dollars he appeared in nine games and finished the 2010 season with a team-high 57 catches for 850 yards and nine touchdowns he declared for the 2011 nfl draft he's currently fourth all-time in georgia history in receptions third all-time in receiving yards and second all-time in touchdowns he was selected by the bengals with the fourth overall pick in the 2011 nfl draft since then aj green has had an incredible career he's been a pro bowler seven times and his second team all probe three times after being in iron man and barely missing any time through his first seven seasons the last three years have been a struggle as he's appeared in only 25 games with 16 of those actually coming last season but 2020 was by far aj green's worst year of his career while with the bengals so far adr green has 649 catches for 9 500 yards and 65 receiving touchdowns coming in at number one on this list though is julio jones he attended foley high school in alabama where he played wide receiver and defensive end back in 2008 he had a rating of 99.92 he attended foley high school in alabama during his junior year he got 75 passes for 300 yards and 16 touchdowns while doing research julio jones reportedly had the nickname waffle house while in high school because he was always open if that's true that's arguably one of the best nicknames i've ever heard of he was one of the top wide receiver recruits in the nation and decided to stay close to home committing to alabama julio jones became the first true freshman wide receiver ever to start in the season opener for the tide he finished his freshman season leading all receivers on the team with 58 catches for 900 yards and four touchdowns he was named to the second team all scc and was named sec freshman of the year although he had only one year under his belt he was already drawing nfl comparisons and many people believed he was already a lock to be the top wide receiver taken in whatever nfl draft he entered he hit a bit of a sophomore slump as his numbers took a hit across the board but he bounced back his junior season and looked like the best wide receiver in the nation he finished the year with 78 catches for 1100 yards with 7 touchdowns in addition he had 8 rushes for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns when he ended his alabama career he was second in receptions with 179 and second in receiving yards with 2600. he was also fourth in touchdown catches with 15. as expected he declared early for the nfl draft he was selected number six overall in the 2011 draft by the falcons since then julio jones has been one of the best wide receivers in the nfl and is all but surely going to be a hall of famer since he answered the league he's been a two-time first team all-pro seven-time pro bowler and led the nfl in receiving yards twice he was named to the 2010's all decades team his average of 95.5 yards receiving per game is currently an nfl record he has 848 receptions for nearly 13 000 yards and 60 receiving touchdowns currently he is 29th all time in catches 20th all-time in receiving yards but he's tied for 88th all time and receiving touchdowns well that wraps up this top 10. who is a wide receiver on this list that you completely forgot about or who's a wide receiver that didn't pan out the way you thought they would have drop a comment down below and let me know if you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up as it really helps share the video with more college football fans and it allows me to make more videos like this if there's a top 10 you'd like to see 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Length: 16min 58sec (1018 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 19 2021