Elite 11 Announces Top 12 Heading to The Nike Opening

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Written by Ryan Wright

Twitter: @HogManInLA

The Elite 11 quarterback competition has a storied history with 10 of the last 11 quarterbacks to have won a Heisman Trophy Award having participated at either the Nike Opening Regionals or at the Elite 11 Finals. A grueling three-day event for 24 Class of 2017 high school quarterbacks ended on Sunday with a field of 12 announced on Monday.

While the quarterbacks go through their competition, all other positions on the gridiron go through their own gauntlet of challenges seeking to be among the 166 players selected for the Opening Finals. The linemen go through a series of one-on-ones in hopes of being named in the Five Lineman Challenge pitting offense vs. defense. Skill position players compete in the overall SPARQ rating challenge as the most physically fit and are placed on 7×7 teams lining up with the 12 selected by the Elite 11 coaching staff.

The Opening in, Beaverton (OR), runs July 8-10.

Final 12 quarterbacks heading to The Opening (in order as announced, not a ranking):

1 Davis Mills – Greater Atlanta Christian – Atlanta (GA); Committed to Stanford

2 Dylan McCaffrey – Valor Christian – Highlands Ranch (CO); Committed to Michigan

3 Hunter Johnson – Brownsburg High School – Brownsburg (IN); Committed to Clemson

4 Jack Sears – San Clemente High School – San Clemente (CA); Uncommitted

5 Tate Martell – Bishop Gorman – Las Vegas (NV); Uncommitted

6 Tua Tagovailoa – St. Louis High School – Honolulu (HI); Committed to Alabama

7 Sean Clifford – St. Xavier – Cincinnati (OH; Committed to Penn State

8 Jake Fromm – Houston County – Warner Robins (GA); Committed to Georgia

9 Chris Robison – Horn High School – Mesquite (TX); Committed to Oklahoma

10 Myles Brennan – St. Stanislaus High School – Bay Saint Louis (MS); Committed to LSU

11 Tommy Devito – Don Bosco Prep High School – Ramsey (NJ); Committed to Syracuse

12 Sam Ehlinger – Austin Westlake – Austin (TX); Committed to Texas

 

Other Elite 11 Finalist

Jake Allen – St. Thomas Aquinas High School – Florida; Committed to Florida

Connor Blumrick – Pearland High School – Texas; Committed to Texas A&M

Chase Brice – Grayson High School – Georgia; Committed to Clemson

Avery Davis – Cedar Hill High School – Texas; Committed to Notre Dame

Chase Garbers – Corona Del Mar High School – California; Uncommitted

Jake Haener – Monte Vista High School – California; Uncommitted

Mac Jones – Bolles High School – Florida; Committed to Kentucky

Johnathan Lewis – St. Peter’s Prep – New Jersey; Committed to Rutgers

Rocky Lombardi – West Valley Des Moines – Iowa; Committed to Michigan State

Kellen Mond – IMG Academy – Florida; Committed to Baylor

Lowell Narcisse – St. James High School – Louisiana; Committed to LSU

Shawn Robinson – Denton Guyer – Texas; Committed to TCU

 

Photo credit: recruitingnewsguru.com; 2016 Elite 11 Rocky Lombardi (left) Mac Jones (right).

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