Rivals.com profiles two SIXTH grade kids

[Matt Cotcher]

I'd use the Recruiting prefix, but don't wan't anyone to mistake this as credible. 

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Just when you thought college recruiting couldn’t get any more in-depth, think again.

Rivals.com has announced it is now following Tyson Thornton and Daron Bryden â€” two sixth graders. The two appear to be the head of the 2021 high school signing class.

The two youngsters both participated in NextGen Boston, a camp for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

Bryden, a pro-style quarterback from Enfield, Conn., is listed at 5-foot-2, 105 pounds. He’s no stranger to the limelight, as he appeared on “Kids Do The Darndest Things” and beat Matt Hasselback in a head-to-head accuracy competition.

Thornton is already 5-foot-11 and 167 pounds with “great explosiveness and surprisingly good body control” for a player his size and age. 

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

In a word - "ridiculous"

 

[streettopeschel]

In a word - "ridiculous"

 

[streettopeschel]

This is a joke right? A 5'2" "pro style " QB?

You boys that get the drizzles over recruiting are gonna have to work nights and weekends.

 

[joeywa]

Foolish.

 

[texasdobbs]

My 14 year old son would like a rivals profile.... lol

 

[Topstarr]

really

 

[primal defense]

Future recruits egos are going to be huge. Shouldn't even be playing football in the sixth grade.

 

[GBT]

My grandson can throw a spiral at age 2 1/2. Surely a pro-style QB in that he isn't very fast. Maybe I need to get a highlight video out there. He can say his ABC's as well...Maybe Stanford might be interested.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Meet 2031 DT prospect Bruno Kapcinsky. He's a dirt-eating, snot spitting, man-child who loves tackling and toad frogs. He's sure to be a Rivals 5 star if he can keep his grades in line and leave the girls alone.

 

[HornSports Staff]

RIvals is making the distinction between a watch list and doing profiles, and the guy that runs a national service for middle schoolers tries to justify it.

 

[Mike Roach]

Idiocracy

 

[joeywa]

Rivals would be better served to put their energies in updated message board software implementation.  Level 1. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Rivals would be better served to put their energies in updated message board software implementation.  Level 1. 

 

[Sejjr]

Rivals is gonna die on the vine soon. Scout is a superior package in every way.

 

[primal defense]

The rule should be that you don't get a Rivals profile till you've reached puberty. The rule should be no Rival profile till you have hair down there.

 

[Godz40acres]

Article from Yahoo! Sportz:

At a web press conference on Thursday, Rivals.com will announce its new Mascot Recruiting service made up of five divisions from Elementary schools to Pro Teams. Terri Irwin has resigned as Australia Zoo's president and will head the newly formed team at Rivals.

"Mascots die and it's often hard to find the right replacement." said Svend Lundequist, Yahoo!'s Jr. Associate of Marketing for Nevada's SW Region. "Then there are political correctness issues which teams are facing at an alarming rate. The Middle School behind my house has just begun a replacement search for their koala mascot - a Yeniseian grandmother was offended as 'koala' is a derogatory term in the Ket language."

Rivals will also reveal a partial list of some of the recruits they are already following and will post them on their Facebook and Twitter pages immediately following the press conference. Posting on their website will be delayed for two weeks due to inherent issues.

 

[streettopeschel]

The rule should be that you don't get a Rivals profile till you've reached puberty. The rule should be no Rival profile till you have hair down there.

 
if they applied the puberty rule to their posters, the OB website would be cut by half.

 

[primal defense]

There's an article about Lebron James's 10th grade son already getting basketball scholarships from colleges. Lebron wants them to leave his kid alone. That's a wise parent.