Two East Texans Ranked in National Top 100 by Multiple Recruiting Services

Two national recruiting networks updated their rankings in the last two days and both have a pair of East Texans in their top 100.

Mount Pleasant receiver K.D. Cannon and Liberty-Eylau athlete Davion Hall were ranked among the top 100 players nationally by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com.

247Sports.com updated its Top 247 rankings Wednesday, while ESPN.com updated its ESPN 150 on Thursday.

The 6-foot, 160-pound Cannon was ranked 58th by ESPN.com and 52nd by 247Sports.com. Hall, a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder who plays receiver and safety and is committed to Baylor, was ranked 73rd by ESPN.com and 96th by 247Sports.com.

The Top 247 also included three other East Texans: Gilmer linebacker and Texas A&M pledge Josh Walker (141), Newton athlete Kevin Shorter (174), and Jasper center and Texas pledge Terrell Cuney (244).

Scout.com and Rivals.com have also been impressed by the aforementioned East Texans. Scout.com rates Cannon, Hall, and Walker all as national top 100 players: Hall at No. 19, Cannon at No. 39, and Walker at No. 85. Rivals.com ranks Cannon 52nd overall.

Cannon, who holds 18 offers, caught 104 passes for 1,596 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2012, when Mount Pleasant finished 8-3 with a Class 4A Division II Region II first-round playoff appearance. Hall, who has seven offers, accounted for 655 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns, catching 12 passes for 315 yards and three scores and running 29 times for 340 yards and seven touchdowns for the 5-5 Leopards. From the secondary, he had 75 tackles, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and one defensive touchdown. He also returned a kickoff for a touchdown.

Cannon, Cuney, Shorter, and Walker were first-team selections to the ETSN.fm Football Super Team in January. Hall was a second-teamer at defensive back.

2014 East Texas Football Players With Division I FBS Offers

• Jacob Bragg, OL, Nacogdoches, 6-3, 300 -- offer from Kansas, Louisiana Tech (2)
• K.D. Cannon, WR, Mount Pleasant, 6-0, 160 — offers from Arizona, Baylor, Clemson, Florida State, Houston, Miami, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, West Vanderbilt, Virginia (18)
• Caleb Chumley, QB/ATH, Pine Tree, 6-5, 220 -- offers from Memphis, North Texas, Oregon State, Texas State (4)
• Kade Clayton, ATH, Tyler Grace, 6-1, 185 — offer from Texas State (1)
• Terrell Cuney, C, Jasper, 6-3, 260 — committed to Texas; additional offers from TCU, Texas Tech (3)
• Davion Hall, ATH, Liberty-Eylau, 6-2, 185 — committed to Baylor; additional offers from Arkansas, LSU, SMU, Stanford, Texas A&M, Texas Tech (7)
• Zaycoven Henderson, DT, Longview, 6-1, 275 — committed to TCU; additional offers from Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Texas Tech (7)
• Willy Ivery, ATH, Sulphur Springs, 5-8, 180 -- offer from Texas State, Toledo (2)
• Jamal Jeffery, WR, Lufkin, 5-9, 170 — committed to Texas A&M (1)
• Dorian Leonard, WR, Longview, 6-4, 200 — offers from Florida State, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Texas, Texas Tech (5)
• Patrick Mahomes, QB, Whitehouse, 6-3, 200 — offers from Houston, Rice, Texas Tech (2); also has Arizona, Arkansas, Houston baseball offers
• Greg Roberts, DE, Nacogdoches, 6-5, 210 -- offer from Baylor (1)
• Kevin Shorter, RB/S, Newton, 6-0, 190 — offers from Arkansas, Army, Baylor, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Houston, Kansas, LSU, Maryland, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, San Diego State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, ULM, Utah (22)
• Justin Twine, ATH, Hemphill, 5-10, 195 — committed to TCU for baseball; additional football offer from Baylor (1)
• Josh Walker, RB/LB, Gilmer, 6-1, 220 — committed to Texas A&M; additional offers from Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech (4)