Every year Nike's "The Opening" brings out almost all of the top high school seniors in the nation, in addition to a few elite juniors. Tuesday, top wide receivers and defensive backs took center stage in one-on-one drills.
Some of the most impressive performers on the offensive side of the ball were WR Pompano Beach (FL) Monarch Calvin Ridley (Alabama commit), Hampton (GA) Lovejoy WR Preston Williams (Tennessee commit), and Townson (MD Calvert Hall WR Lawrence Cager. On the defensive side of the football, Long Beach (CA) Poly CB Iman Marshall and Jersey City (NJ) St. Peters Prep CB Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama commit) stood out in the drills.
Ridley in particular has been a standout all week:
Calvin Ridley awesome one-handed stab. Best WR here so far through one session. #RTR https://t.co/qwFpvJ2eNa
— SB Nation Recruiting (@SBNRecruiting) July 8, 2014
Below is a list of all the wide receiver vs. defensive back match-ups from Tuesday, all in the above video.
- WR Tyron Johnson vs. DB Tyler Green
- WR Da'Vante Phillips vs. DB Holton Hill
- WR Deon Cain vs. DB Holton Hill
- WR Van Jefferson vs. DB Tyrek Cole
- WR Trent Irwin vs. DB Mark Fields
- WR Van Jefferson vs. DB Jaquan Johnson
- WR Terry Godwin vs. DB Jaylon Lane
- TE CJ Conrad vs. DB Mook Reynolds
- WR Lawrence Cager vs. DB Donte Jackson
- WR Trent Irwin vs. DB Marvell Tell
- WR Derrick Dillon vs. DB Iman Marshall
- WR Terry Godwin vs. DB Darius Slayton
- TE Alize Jones vs. DB Tyrek Cole
- WR Trent Irwin vs. DB Will Sunderland
- WR Derrick Dillon vs. DB Iman Marshall
- WR Terry Godwin vs. DB Marvell Tell
- WR Tyron Johnson vs. DB Kevin Tolliver
- WR Kemah Siverand vs. DB Tarvarus McFadden
- WR Deddrick Thomas vs. DB Iman Marshall
- WR Van Jefferson vs. DB DeChaun Holiday
- WR Deon Cain vs. DB Isaiah Langley
- WR Christian Kirk vs. DB Tyler Green
- WR Kemah Siverand vs. DB Tarvarus McFadden
- WR Christian Kirk vs. DB Tyler Green
- WR Tyron Johnson vs. DB Xavier Lewis
- WR Da'Vante Phillips vs. DB P.J. Mbanasor
- WR Ray-Ray McCloud vs. DB Duke Shelley
- WR Preston Williams vs. DB Tarvarus McFadden
- WR Juwan Johnson vs. DB Xavier Lewis
- WR Kemah Siverand vs. DB Tarvarus McFadden
- WR Preston Williams vs. DB Kevin Toliver
- WR Kemah Siverand vs. DB Tarvarus McFadden
- WR Deon Cain vs. DB Xavier Lewis
- WR Preston Williams vs. DB P.J. Mbanasor
- WR Christian Kirk vs. DB Xavier Lewis
- WR Kemah Siverand vs. DB Isaiah Langley
- WR Tyron Johnson vs. DB Tyrek Cole
- WR Preston Williams vs. DB Marvell Tell
- WR Tyron Johnson vs. DB Tyrek Cole
- WR Christian Kirk vs. DB Darius Slayton
- WR Preston Williams vs. DB Holton Hill
- WR Deondre Farrier vs. DB Mook Reynolds
- WR Deondre Farrier vs. DB Marvell Tell
- WR Calvin Ridley vs. DB Iman Marshall
- WR Lawrence Cager vs. DB Terry Godwin
- WR Cordell Broadus vs. DB Iman Marshall
- TE C.J. Conrad vs. DB Rico McGraw
- WR Trent Irwin vs. DB Tyrek Cole
- WR Lawrence Cager vs. DB Marvell Tell
- WR Derrick Dillon vs. DB Justin Reid
- TE C.J. Conrad vs. DB Will Sunderland
- WR Terry Godwin vs. DB Deionte Thompson
- WR Lawrence Cager vs. DB Isaiah Langley
- WR Deddrick Thomas vs. DB Deionte Thompson
Video courtesy of Student Sports