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This week’s Sports Illustrated features Jabari Parker, a 6-foot-9 junior from Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy who SI proclaims to be the best high school basketball player since LeBron James. There is also a second, regional cover featuring Spurs forward Tim Duncan, the least appreciated player of his generation. (Deanne Fitzmaurice - Parker; John McDonough/SI - Duncan)

Mark Sanchez poses for a 2004 portrait at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, Calif. Sanchez would go onto USC and the New York Jets, where he is slated to begin the season as the No. 1 quarterback, despite the presence of newly acquired backup Tim Tebow. SI’s Andy Staples has a look at how the top prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft were ranked as high school recruits. (Danny Moloshok/Icon SMI)  
STAPLES: How top 2012 draft prospects ranked as high school recruitsGALLERY: Rare Photos of Mark Sanchez

Mark Sanchez poses for a 2004 portrait at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, Calif. Sanchez would go onto USC and the New York Jets, where he is slated to begin the season as the No. 1 quarterback, despite the presence of newly acquired backup Tim Tebow. SI’s Andy Staples has a look at how the top prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft were ranked as high school recruits. (Danny Moloshok/Icon SMI)  

STAPLES: How top 2012 draft prospects ranked as high school recruits
GALLERY: Rare Photos of Mark Sanchez