National Signing Day 2011: Which Top Committed Recruits Are The Worst Fits?

Sometimes we forget in the world of recruiting that these players are just teenage kids and make decisions on a whim. They can fall in love with a head coach or recruiting assistant coach, a campus, uniforms, city, or even a female at a campus.

Aside from academics and best fit for a recruit's future, a big factor in selecting a school should be a sound football based decision. Sometimes players do not make the best football decisions and others do.

This is why you see some 5-star recruits not live up to their hype while 3-star recruits come out of nowhere and become college football stars.

Let's check out a couple players who may be bad football fits at their committed school.

Frost's Desire To Be a Wideout

Frost is a 6'3", 210 pound athletic specimen who can do anything he wants, but we, like many, feel his best college position will be a linebacker.

He pledged to Auburn and has stated his desire to be given his first crack at receiver. While Frost could likely develop into a great wideout, his athleticism, instincts, speed, and overall talent scream outside linebacker, perhaps with a NFL future down the road.

He could be a terror playing the run and use his athletic ability to stay on the field on third downs to track tight ends and running backs in the passing game. Again, Frost has the tools to be a good receiver, but he would be a great 'backer.

Lynch As a 3-4 Defensive End In South Bend

Aaron Lynch finally ended his recruiting saga last week by committing back to Notre Dame, over Florida State.

Lynch is a great prospect and stands 6'5" and 255 pounds. While he has the prototypical size of a high school 3-4 defensive end and will continue to fill out at Notre Dame, Lynch lacks a key trait to succeed as a end in the 3-4: upper body strength to stack at the point of attack.

Lynch has great athleticism and size, yet he lacks the strength to stack offensive linemen, hold up them up, shed and play the run. This is key to a defensive end's success in a 3-4 style defense as they are asked to keep linebackers clean from linemen to make plays. Lynch likely would be better suited as a strongside 4-3 end.

Langi Spreading Too Thin

Harvey Langi, the 6'1", 220 pound Utah commit, pledged to the Utes over Stanford and USC during the Army All-American game.

Many had the Cardinal or Trojans winning out due to Langi had stated his concern of fitting into Utah's spread offense prior to his announced commitment. Langi is more of a power runner, and Stanford's downhill, power attack requires big and physical backs to ignite the run the ball.

USC employs a similar scheme to Stanford with a combo of NFL man and zone blocking schemes, and Langi would have a seamless fit in Troy as well. Yet Langi will tote the rock for Utah, a spread type with an offense that needs a smaller, shifty back to key it's rushing attack. 

Calloway Running Away From Linebacker

Brent Calloway shocked many by de-committing from Alabama and Auburn, and many immediately wondered what the reason was.

As the story unfolded, Calloway stated his preference to be a running back while 'Bama staunchly felt his future was at linebacker. While Calloway only sparingly played linebacker during his senior season, his best position may indeed be outside linebacker.

Calloway could make a fine running back, but his skill set makes him a very attractive outside linebacker who could play the Sam or Will. He's 6'1" and 210 pounds with great range, speed, cover ability and instincts.

Dickson Will Likely Have To Be Standing In Tuscaloosa

Xzavier Dickson verballed to Alabama at the start of the year and is a wonderful 4-3 weakside defensive end prospect.

He;s 6'3" and just about 240 pounds plays with great leverage and hand usage. He can shed blocks easily and uses his long arms very well. If Crimson Tide fans think he is staying at defensive end in their 3-4 defense, think again. Dickson will move to stand up outside linebacker in Tuscaloosa and will have to make the transition of standing up to rush.

Dickson could still see traditional defensive spot duty when the Tide go to a 40 front in their sub-packages on third downs.