Hi, this is Connor Tapp, Viceroy of the 247 Sports Podcast Network.

On Tuesday, 247 Sports released its first top 247 for the Class of 2021,

and Barton Simmons joined Trey Scott on the 24-7 sports

Facebook page to unveil the top five players and break down some of the early

storylines emerging from this class. We're going to play the audio from that show for you now, featuring supplemental analysis

from Steve Wilfong, Alan True, Brian Dome, Brandon Huffman, and more.

If you'd like a deeper dive on this initial top 24-7, check out Greg Biggins and

Charles Power breaking down the rankings on the 24-7 sports recruiting podcast, available now

wherever you listen to podcasts.

It is time for your introduction to the next wave of elite talent.

Hi, my name is Trey Scott. I'm joined here by 24-7 sports director of Scott and Barton

Barton it's rankings day here at 24-7 sports we are about to unveil the first full

top two-47 for the class of 2021.

2021 how you doing?

2021 I know it sounds like a 2021. How you doing? 2021.

I know it sounds like it's a long way away.

High school sophomores.

They're high school sophomores, but they're almost high school juniors.

And don't get me wrong here, these are guys with loaded offer lists. We're about to run through a list with the who's who of college football programs already extending offers to most of these guys.

So this is a list that we've been constructing really since last August.

We released the top 100 last August. Since then, we've had a lot of information to digest,

particularly we've got sophomore seasons to digest and we've had a lot of information feedback

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