When is it too young to offer a potential college football recruit a scholarship? The NCAA is considering banning football programs from offering scholarships to recruits before they complete their sophomore year in high school. A ruling could require schools to wait until the the summer before a recruit’s junior season to get their commitment. USC head coach Lane Kiffin made a lot of people cringe when he reportedly offered a scholarship to a 13-year-old quarterback. While Kiffin was the head man at Tennessee he also offered a 14-year-old a full ride. It seems to me that allowing coaches and scouts into the lives of kids before they’re even in high school should be avoided. Not that college football programs cannot be aware of young talent coming up through ranks, but offering a kid who hasn’t even stepped inside a high school is over the line. The age limitation would allow recruits enough time to think about where they want to play without the immediate pressure to commit coming everyday from college coaches before they can legally drive a car. Hopefully we see this ruling pass soon.

The rich keep getting richer in college football as the SEC Conference brought in the large number of the country’s top ranked prospects again this year. ESPN ranked the recruiting classes of reigning National Champions Alabama #3 and 2008 National Champions Florida #1. Auburn (#4), LSU (#8), and Tennessee (#9) round out the top ten of ESPN 2010 recruiting class rankings. Florida got a number of the most highly recruited players in the country with the signing of 4 five-star recruits all of you play on the defensive side of the ball. Don’t expect anyone to have an easy time moving the ball on the Gators in the years to come. Alabama nabbed the #1 ranked quarterback in the country Phillip Sims and two of the most highly ranked defensive ends. With Auburn, Tennessee, and LSU all have strong recruiting seasons the rest of college football has a lot of catching up to do on the SEC in terms of bringing in the nation’s most talented high school players.