Catching Up With Recruitin' III: Football '08

The third member of the '08 class came when OL John Paul Alford committed to Mississippi State on May 9th. Yet again, MSU was the first to offer and Alford, who will most likely be a center at MSU, committed almost immediately. Seeing as this is an offensive lineman, this post is going to be somewhat short. Sorry John Paul, but I have no idea how to discuss individual OL or determine how good they may be. So, I'll just repeat how everyone rates him and that'll be that.

John Paul Alford is 6-3 and about 280. He was put on the 2006 4A All-State team by the coaches poll. Scout gives him two stars, places him as the #13 rated center and #23 overall in Mississippi. Rivals is a tad higher on him ranking him as a 3 star player, #6 ranked center and #9 overall in Mississippi. ESPN grades him at 67 (high 2 star) and the #26 center.