This past weekend was a rare opportunity to make the three-hour drive from Connecticut to North Jersey and see some amazing 2016 and 2017 talent with IMG Academy making the trek up north. Later in the week, I'll talk about the 2017s, but let's start with the seniors.
The nation's No. 1 player, Ole Miss quarterback commit Shea Patterson, lived up to the hype. But I was also very impressed with his quarterback counterpart as Tennessee commit Jarrett Guarantano has himself a very good game in a 59-47 loss. In fact, Guarantano outplayed Patterson in the game head-to-head, although he was forced to be the focal point of his team's offense, unlike Patterson, whose team has many more weapons. Guarantano was very impressive and could be set for a bump in the rankings. Before Vols fans get ahead of themselves, Patterson backed up his No. 1 ranking and has done so all year so far.