{"id":20103,"date":"2011-02-09T23:36:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T04:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=20103"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:25:30","slug":"top-football-recruiters-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/top-football-recruiters-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Football Recruiters of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-1780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-1780 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\">Recruiting is a team effort. While one coach might be the lead recruiter and develop the best relationship with a player, in the end it takes the whole team to make a prospect feel comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are some who separate themselves from the pack each year and this is our list of the top 25 recruiters.<\/p>\n<p>These coaches were the key in helping their programs land some of the nation&#8217;s best players. But ask anyone on this list and they&#8217;d remind you it was a team effort. And that&#8217;s probably part of what makes them successful to begin with. Recruiters are listed in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Kelly, University of Central Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>2011 prospects: Toby Jackson, DE (Griffin, Ga.\/Navarro College), Cameron Henderson, DE (Birmingham, Ala.\/Navarro College), Tarik Cook, C (Stone Mountain, Ga.\/Stephenson), DaMarcus Smith, QB (Louisville, Ky.\/Seneca)<\/p>\n<p>How many college football fans really know the name of David Kelly? He proved once again that he is one of the nation&#8217;s finest recruiters after landing a great haul for George O&#8217;Leary and the Knights. He was personally responsible for a dozen of UCF&#8217;s 29 signees, and that list includes recruits from Colorado, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas and Florida. Last year Kelly did very well in South Florida, and this year he attacked the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: ESPN.com. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/ncaa\/recruiting\/football\/news\/story?id=6104801\" target=\"_blank\">Top football recruiters of the year<\/a>, by Corey Long and Jamie Newberg, ESPN Recruiting, to read the full story. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corey Long has been covering high school football and recruiting in the Sunshine State since 1995. He can be reached at coreyespn@gmail.com. Jamie Newberg has been covering recruiting both in the Southeast and nationally for 19 years. 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