What makes this high school football recruiting process so darn difficult? Well it’s made up of 95% 17 and 18 year olds that are making life changing decisions for programs that have been around for a century for one. The next thing is the evaluation process, with so many schools and prospects so go unnoticed or undervalued during the process.
On paper this 2015 recruiting class is the best since 2008 and has heavy hitters at skill positions like Josh Rosen, Preston Williams and Blake Barnett but also has top tier men among boys in the trenches in Cowart, Jefferson and Trenton Thompson.
This list also features a few famed kids with big time father like Nicco Feritta (Lorenzo Ferttia CEO of the UCF) Coradell Brodaus (Snoop Dogg hip hop legend) and Khalil McKenzie (Reggie McKenzie GM of the Oakland Raiders).
I came up with this top 150 after a year long evaluation and asking around from other prep players, local coaches, recruiting coordinators, former players and coaches. Also a big thanks to my staff, Elite 11, Rival Camps in Atlanta and other recruiting services as well for the help and chats over the past season and more.
Well here we go the RSEN Top 150 is finally here below, please enjoy!
Rank Player Pos. School HT/WT
1 Josh Rosen QB UCLA 6’4 210
2 Malik Jefferson DE/OLB Texas 6’3 220
3 Byron Cowart DE FSU, Florida, Oregon, Maryland 6’4 252
4 Kendall Sheffield CB/KR Alabama 6’0 180
5 Trenton Thompson DT Georgia 6’3 300
6 Khalil McKenzie DT Tennessee 6’4 322
7 Iman “Biggie” Marshall CB USC, UCLA, FSU, Bama 6’1 193
8 Blake Barnett QB Alabama 6’4 200
9 Preston Williams WR Tennessee 6’4 193
10 Damien Harris RB Alabama 5’11 200
11 Osa Masina OLB/RB USC, 6’3 231
12 Alize Jones TE Notre Dame 6’5 220
13 Kyler Murray QB Texas A&M/Texas 5’10 172
14 Jovon Robinson RB Auburn 6’0 220
15 Josh Sweat DE Florida St 6’5 234
16 Martez Ivey OT Auburn, Bama, FSU, LSU 6’4 282
17 Micah Hyatt OT Clemson 6’6 280
18 CeCe Jefferson DE Ohio St, Louisville, Notre Dame, FSU 6’2 250
19 Deionte Thompson S Alabama 6’1 189
20 Porter Gustin DE/OLB USC 6’5 243
21 John Houston WR/TE USC, Oregon, Oklahoma, Arizona St 6’3 213
22 Kerryon Johnson RB Auburn 5’10 202
23 Kevin Tolliver CB LSU 6’2 184
24 Derwin James S Florida St 6’0 200
25 Rasheem Green DE/DT USC, Miami-FL, Oregon 6’4 285
26 Soso Jamabo RB Baylor, TAMU, Oklahoma 6’2 205
27 Ricky DeBerry OLB Oklahoma 6’2 229
28 Tarvarus McFadden CB/WR Florida St 6’3 197
29 Taj Griffin RB/RET Oregon 5’9 169
30 Donte’ Jackson CB LSU 6’0 171
31 Jarrett Stidham QB Baylor 6’3 185
32 Brady White QB Arizona St 6’1 177
33 Jamal Peters S Mississippi St 6’3 210
34 Calvin Ridley WR/KR Alabama 6’0 180
35 Darron Payne DT Alabama 6’2 335
36 Drew Richmond OT/G Ole Miss 6’4 322
37 Deon Cain ATH Clemson 6’1 190
38 Justin Hillard OLB/ILB Ohio St 6’3 230
39 DeMarkus Lodge WR Ole Miss, Baylor, LSU, Texas 6’2 187
40 Javon Patterson OT Ole Miss 6’3 308
41 Roquan Smith OLB Florida, Georgia, LSU 6’1 210
42 Chris Clark TE Michigan/UCLA 6’4 254
43 Deondre Francois QB Florida St 6’2 208
44 Isaiah Langley CB USC 5’11 179
45 Brian Cole ATH Michigan 6’2 191
46 De’Vante Phillips WR Florida St 6’1 203
47 Jordan Scarlett RB Florida 6’0 215
48 Breiden Fehoko DT/OG Texas Tech 6’3 295
49 Minkah Fitzpatrick CB/S Alabama 6’1 188
50 Justin Dunning S Texas A&M 6’0 200
51 Keenan Walker OT Arizona 6’5 273
52 Jahvoni Simmons OLB Virginia 6’0 228
53 Juwan Johnson WR Penn St 6’3 205
54 Kyle Phillips DE Tennessee 6’5 267
55 Raequan Williams DE Michigan St 6’6 280
56 Tristen Hoge OG Notre Dame 6’4 286
57 Ricky Town QB USC 6’4 205
58 Garrett Williams TE Clemson 6’4 240
59 Darrion Daniels DT Oklahoma St, Oklahoma, Baylor 6’3 288
60 Cordell Broadus WR UCLA, USC, Arizona St, Notre Dame 6’2 185
61 Terry Godwin ATH, Georgia 5’11 172
62 Jacques Patrick RB/LB Florida St 6’1 224
63 Tyron Johnson WR, LSU 6’1 191
64 Adam McLean DE, Maryland 6’2 285
65 George Campbell WR, Florida St 6’4 183
66 Connor Lanfear OG Texas A&M 6’5 271
67. Marqavius Lewis DE/DT South Carolina 6’5 270
68. Chris Warren RB/S Texas, Washington, Ok St, Texas Tech 6’2 223
69. Jeff Holland OLB/TE, Ole Miss, Florida, Bama, Ohio St, UCLA 6’2 230
70. Cameron Smith ILB,USC 6’2 240
71. Kamonte Carter DE, Penn St 6’4 250
72. Desherrius Flowers RB, Alabama, 6’1 209
73. Christian Kirk WR/KR, Arizona St 6’1 175
74. Jordan Stevenson RB/KR, Wisconsin, 5’9 185
75. Travis Waller QB, Oregon, 6’4 189
76. Tyrek Cole CB, WVU, 5’11 163
77. D’Andrew Walker OLB,Georgia 6’2 214
78. Drew Lock QB, Mizzou 6’5 210
79. Hale Hentges TE, Alabama, 6’4 230
80. Nicholas Brossette RB, LSU 6’1 00
81. John Reid CB, Penn St 5’10 185
82. Rico McGraw CB/S Alabama 5’11 200
83. Canton Kaumatule DE, Oregon 6’6 280
84. Ray-Ray McCloud S/RB, Clemson 5’9 170
85. Avery Anderson CB, Nebraska 5’11 170
86. Trent Irwin WR, Stanford, 6’3 200
87. Keisean Lucier-South OLB/DE, UCLA 6’4 215
88. Shaun Crawford CB, Notre Dame 5’11 170
89. Darrin Kirkland Jr ILB, Tennessee 6’2 228
90. Jamario Bell DE, Arkansas 6’6 227
91. Maea Teuhema OG, LSU 6’6 330
92. Will Gragg TE, Arkansas 6’4 235
93. Jake Browning QB, Washington 6’2 190
94. Natrez Patrick DE, Georgia 6’4 240
95. Daylon Mack DT, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M 6’1 330
96. Kris Boyd CB/KR, Texas/Texas A&M 6’0 181
97. Jashon Cornell DE, Ohio S, 6’3 261
98. Alex Malzone QB, Michigan 6’2 205
99. Johnathan Ledbetter DE, Georgia 6’4 269
100. Tim Settle NT, Virginia Tech 6’2 343
101. Zack Bailey OG, South Carolina 6’5 315
102. Venzell Boulware OG, Tennessee 6’3 291
103. Nick Gibson RB/DB, Mississippi St 5’10 195
104. Malik Lovette RB/WR, Oregon 6’0 177
105.Brett Rypein QB, Boise St 6’3 188
106. Dallas Warmack OG, Alabama 6’2 290
107. Grant Newsome OT, Michigan 6’7 290
108. Zach Roberston OG, Arizona St 6’5 320
109. Avery Anderson DB, Nebraksa 6’0 180
110. Chuma Edoga OT/G, USC 6’5 280
111. Brandon Wimbush QB, Notre Dame 6’2 203
112. Mark Walton RB, Miami-FL 5’1 190
113. Josh Barajas ILB, Notre Dame 6’3 220
114. Shy Tuttle NT, Tennessee 6’2 334
115. Hjatle Froholdt DT, Arkansas 6’6 278
116. Torrance Gibson WR/QB, Ohio St 6’4 212
117. Chandler Cox HB/TE, Auburn 6’2 230
118. De’Quan Hampton WR, USC 6’4 215
119. Kyle Penniston TE, Wisconsin 6’5 224
120. Nicco Feritta S, Notre Dame 5’10 180
121. Kyle Kearns QB, Wake Forest 6’4 189
122. Dexter Williams RB/S, Florida, Notre Dame, Louisville 6’0 192
123. Kentavious Thomas RB, Louisville, Mississippi St, Michigan 5’10 206
124. Rodney Anderson RB, Oklahoma 6’0 200
125. Terry Beckner Jr.l DT, Mizzou 6’4 280
126. Marvell Tell SS, USC 6’3 200
127. Darian Roseboro DE/DT, North Carolina St 6’3 267
128. Dre’Mont Jones DE, Ohio St 6’4 256
129. Dominic Davis RB/KR, USC 5’100 175
130. Blake Lynch WR, Baylor 6’4 189
131. Jalen Merrick OG, Arkansas 6’5 291
132. Isaiah Washington DE, LSU 6’5 240
133. Ryan Bucholz DE, Penn St 6’4 240
134. Connor Williams OG, Texas 6’4 285
135. DeShawn Raymond CB, TCU 6’1 184
136. Quenton Meeks DB, Cal, Stanford, Vandy 6’2 196
137. Carlos Strickland WR, Cal 6’1 190
138. C.J Conrad TE, Kentucky 6’5 220
139. Isaiah Prince OT, Alabama, Maryland, Virginia 6’6 270
140. Shameik Blackshear DE, South Carolina 6’4 255
141. Tyler Carr OG, Auburn 6’3 298
142. De’Andre Johnson QB, Florida St 6’1 178
143. De’Vante Davis S, Texas 6’1 187
144. Davon Durant ILB, Arizona St 6’1 240
145. Sam Darnold QB, USC 6’3 208
146. Kevin Feder OT, Ohio St 6’8 300
147. Fred Ulu-Perry C, UCLA 6’2 300
148. CJ Sanders WR/DB/KR, Notre Dame 5’11 172
149. Zach Gentry QB, Michigan 6’6 210
150. David Sills QB, West Virginia 6’2 181
Be kind and share and remember to follow me on twitter @donjamessports
Donovan James is the director of HSFB recruiting and a NFL Draft Analyst at RSEN from Murrieta, Calif.
(All video credit to Under The Radar, Jamie Newberg and Max Preps/CBS)
