But one thing is certain: Nobody would call the group of new shows they unleashed a bumper crop of blue-chip prospects.

These are not services for the blue-chip prospects in the most high-profile sports; college coaches know about those players.

Despite his statistics, he was not generally regarded as a blue-chip prospect.

A host college is permitted to roll out the red carpet for a blue-chip prospect, for exactly two days.

Lopez is the second blue-chip prospect successfully recruited by the school in the past month.

But the brightest stars of the future - the so-called "blue-chip" prospects - are secretly being paid by other schools.

Despite this setback, the Yankees still considered him a "blue-chip prospect".

They drafted him in the 15th round, making him something less than a blue-chip prospect.

One year he was a role player on the junior varsity, the next a blue-chip prospect.

For Anderson and Hurley, playing against fellow blue-chip prospects in summer basketball camps isn't new.