Marshall football recruit honored by Parade

In two recruiting-oriented websites, kicker Cole Phillips is a run-of-the-mill two stars. On two others, he isn’t even listed.

Those self-styled talent gurus can at least copy his name off the 2017 Parade All-American Football Team, which lists the Cairo, Georgia, native as the best of the best.

And Phillips is coming to Marshall, where he may be needed the most.

The Thundering Herd has suffered major problems over the last year and a half in the field goal department. Last season, Amareto Curraj went 4 for 10; in 2015, Curraj and Nick Smith went 6 for 15 after Smith hit his first 12.

Games have swung against the Herd on misses — in 2015, the Herd missed five field goals in a triple-overtime…