Bleacher Report's top 10 cornerback recruits of the 2011 class
By Bleacher Report
Apr 1, 2010, 12:00am
Texas' cornerback lands at No. 1.
by Bryan Kelly
A cornerback is a difficult position to evaluate.
Aside from the physical demands, a cornerback must have finesse, timing, and intelligence, which are all difficult to evaluate in a one-and-a-half minute YouTube clip.
Worse yet, film was hard to come by for many cornerbacks in the 2011 class, which meant I had to exclude some players despite their recruiting buzz because I wasn't able to actually see them play.
For this positional preview, I relied more on other scouting reports and my general understanding of what a good cornerback does.
I've weighted players who received offers from the legit top secondary schools; Texas, Alabama, Ohio State and Florida are the gold standard here.
No. 10: Albert Louis-Jean (Miami)
Albert Louis-Jean is a 6'1", 172-lb prospect out of Brockton, Massachusetts who dropped for the Miami Hurricanes last week.
The Canes were his "dream school," and once he received an offer and visited campus, the hard part was over.
He's a physically imposing player who held offers from Connecticut, Louisville, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Stanford and Boston College.
His coach thinks his above-average height is a strength of his game, as he is able to match up against taller receivers.
I liked his speed and vision on the special teams return on the embedded video, and think he could be solid contributor in Miami's increasingly athletic special teams game.
Louis-Jean also has a reputation as a hard hitter.
At the college level, I could see him playing at either corner or, if the coaches like his size and physicality, safety.
He's an early four-star to Scout; I see him remaining at that measurement throughout the offseason.
Rest of the top cornerback prospects.
