Position Board
2003 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings
Follow the national linebackers board with committed teams, composite ratings, hometowns, and direct paths into state and team recruiting pages.
- Ranked Recruits
- 220
- Committed Schools
- 77
- Blue-Chips
- 18
Position recruiting summary
The 2003 linebackers board has 220 ranked recruits and 18 blue-chip prospects.
Top committed programs
- Middle Tennessee5
- UAB5
- Wyoming5
- Eastern Michigan4
State landing pages
Ranked recruits
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Team | Stars | Rating | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Sims North Florida Christian | Florida State | 5★ | 1.000 | Florida |
| 2 | Lamarr Woodley Saginaw | Michigan | 5★ | 0.997 | Michigan |
| 3 | Wesley Jefferson Gwynn Park | Maryland | 5★ | 0.996 | Maryland |
| 4 | Justin Warren Tyler Lee | Texas A&M | 4★ | 0.983 | Texas |
| 5 | Daniel Brooks Jackson Central Merry | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.983 | Tennessee |
| 6 | Jim Presley Milford | Not committed | 4★ | 0.970 | Michigan |
| 7 | Kirston Pittman East St. John | Not committed | 4★ | 0.950 | Louisiana |
| 8 | Earl Everett South Sumter | Not committed | 4★ | 0.948 | Florida |
| 9 | Jermaine Dias Hackensack | Not committed | 4★ | 0.942 | New Jersey |
| 10 | Robert Killebrew Klein | Not committed | 4★ | 0.942 | Texas |
| 11 | Tavares Gooden St. Thomas Aquinas | Miami | 4★ | 0.934 | Florida |
| 12 | Demarrio Pleasant Lewisville | Oklahoma | 4★ | 0.934 | Texas |
| 13 | Thomas Williams Vacaville | USC | 4★ | 0.932 | California |
| 14 | Des Williams Dacula | Georgia | 4★ | 0.931 | Georgia |
| 15 | Drean Rucker Canyon Springs | Not committed | 4★ | 0.900 | California |
| 16 | Jon Beason Chaminade-Madonna | Not committed | 4★ | 0.900 | Florida |
| 17 | Desmond Williams Dacula | Not committed | 4★ | 0.900 | Georgia |
| 18 | Vince Hall Western Branch | Not committed | 4★ | 0.900 | Virginia |
| 19 | Ryan Brown Berkeley | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | South Carolina |
| 20 | Joe Kedra Camden Catholic | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | New Jersey |
| 21 | Fred Sparkman Columbia Central | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Tennessee |
| 22 | Lamar Mitchell Dayton | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Texas |
| 23 | Dana Graydon Dougherty | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Georgia |
| 24 | Rodney Giles Fountain Lake | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Arkansas |
| 25 | Kory Gedin Gonzaga | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | District of Columbia |
| 26 | Jermaine Dias Hackensack | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | New Jersey |
| 27 | Paul Posluszny Hopewell | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Pennsylvania |
| 28 | Tahj Bomar Kentwood | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Washington |
| 29 | Lewis Baker Lewisville | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Texas |
| 30 | Michael Okwo Mira Costa | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | California |
| 31 | Rob Lewis Montclair | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | California |
| 32 | Marquis McBeath Moss Point | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Mississippi |
| 33 | Garrett Tremblay Palm Desert | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | California |
| 34 | Xavier Adibi Phoebus | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Virginia |
| 35 | Lance Broadus Taft | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | California |
| 36 | Danny Verdun Thomson | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | Georgia |
| 37 | John McCoy Victor Valley | Not committed | 3★ | 0.867 | California |
| 38 | Travis Berry O. Perry Walker | Colorado | 3★ | 0.867 | Louisiana |
| 39 | David Nixon A&M Consolidated | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 40 | Odell Thurman Baldwin | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Georgia |
| 41 | Brandon Kelly Bedford | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Ohio |
| 42 | Preston Brown Camden | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | New Jersey |
| 43 | Brett Martin Centennial | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | California |
| 44 | Mike Klinkenborg Central Lyon | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Iowa |
| 45 | Glenn Cook Chaminade-Madonna | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida |
| 46 | Chris Purtz Clovis West | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | California |
| 47 | Quinton McCrary Columbus | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Mississippi |
| 48 | Victor DeGrate, Jr. DeSoto | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 49 | Jon-Michael Morgan Evangel Christian Academy | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Louisiana |
| 50 | Marcus Howard Hanahan | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | South Carolina |
| 51 | Tim Cesa Harrison | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Georgia |
| 52 | Zach Hall Irving | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 53 | Jason Berryman Kashmere | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 54 | Walter Boye-Doe Keller | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 55 | Chris McKillop Kiski Area | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Pennsylvania |
| 56 | Andy Darkins Lake Oswego | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Oregon |
| 57 | Avery Cleveland LBJ | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 58 | Mark Washington Long Beach Poly | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | California |
| 59 | Ali Highsmith Miami Central | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida |
| 60 | Derek Moore Muncie Southside | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Indiana |
| 61 | Montavian Collier Opelika | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Alabama |
| 62 | Joe Brockington Palmyra Area | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Pennsylvania |
| 63 | Stanford Keglar Pike | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Indiana |
| 64 | H.B. Blades Plantation | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida |
| 65 | Robert Henderson Ponchatoula | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Louisiana |
| 66 | Dwight Stephenson Pope John Paul II | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida |
| 67 | Martrel Brown Purnell Swett | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | North Carolina |
| 68 | Ernest Nance R A Hubbard Sch | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Alabama |
| 69 | Kevin Sears Russellville | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Alabama |
| 70 | Mitchell Thomas Smiths Station | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Alabama |
| 71 | DeAndre Johnson South Mountain | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Arizona |
| 72 | Lee Martin St. Bonaventure | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | California |
| 73 | Jonathan Goff St. John's Prep | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Massachusetts |
| 74 | Darius Ingram Tenaha | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas |
| 75 | Ernest Jones Vance County | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | North Carolina |
| 76 | Larry Edwards Wharton | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida |
| 77 | Ken Griffith Brandon | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | Mississippi |
| 78 | Adam Kadela Dublin Coffman | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | Ohio |
| 79 | Michael Pitre El Modena | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | California |
| 80 | Danny Kalavi Luther Burbank | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | California |
| 81 | William Snead Skyline | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | California |
| 82 | Nick Borseti St. John's Prep | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | Massachusetts |
| 83 | Curtis Rice Union | Not committed | 3★ | 0.800 | South Carolina |
| 84 | Lorenzo Williams Midwest City | Missouri | 3★ | 0.800 | Oklahoma |
| 85 | Marc Hull Narbonne | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.800 | California |
| 86 | Bruce Ringwood Blue Springs | Kansas | 3★ | 0.800 | Missouri |
| 87 | Brandon McAnderson Lawrence | Kansas | 3★ | 0.800 | Kansas |
| 88 | Bryon Young Bossier | Louisiana Tech | 3★ | 0.800 | Louisiana |
| 89 | Antoine Owens Ezell-Harding Christian | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.800 | Tennessee |
| 90 | Trent Allen Spring Hill | Houston | 3★ | 0.800 | Texas |
| 91 | Dante Rosario Dayton | Oregon | 3★ | 0.800 | Oregon |
| 92 | Shaun Richardson Cleveland NJROTC Academy | Purdue | 3★ | 0.800 | Missouri |
| 93 | Marvin Richardson East Orange Campus | Virginia | 3★ | 0.800 | New Jersey |
| 94 | Craig Morris L.W. Higgins | Tulane | 3★ | 0.800 | Louisiana |
| 95 | Carlton Rice J.O. Johnson | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.800 | Alabama |
| 96 | Brad Horton Spencer | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.800 | Georgia |
| 97 | James Stevenson Delsea Regional Sch | Illinois | 3★ | 0.800 | New Jersey |
| 98 | Zach Morse Dakota Ridge | Colorado State | 3★ | 0.800 | Colorado |
| 99 | Ronnie McCullough Hillsborough | South Florida | 3★ | 0.800 | Florida |
| 100 | Philip Wheeler Shaw | Georgia Tech | 3★ | 0.800 | Georgia |
| 101 | Kaleb Thornhill Eastern | Michigan State | 2★ | 0.767 | Michigan |
| 102 | Mark Mullaney Eden Prairie | Minnesota | 2★ | 0.767 | Minnesota |
| 103 | Wendell Chavis Hertford County | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.767 | North Carolina |
| 104 | Guerlin Dervil Ed White | NC State | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 105 | Eric Foster Homestead | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 106 | Ken Gillespie Long Branch | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.767 | New Jersey |
| 107 | Devraun Thompson Piscataway | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.767 | New Jersey |
| 108 | George Carter Albuquerque | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.767 | New Mexico |
| 109 | Josh Lancaster Colleyville Heritage | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 110 | Niam Adams Fairfax Senior | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 111 | Cody Kase Valencia | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 112 | Jameel McClain George Washington | Syracuse | 2★ | 0.767 | Pennsylvania |
| 113 | Vince Giruzzi Thomas R Proctor | Syracuse | 2★ | 0.767 | New York |
| 114 | Jenkins Reese Warren Central | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 | Indiana |
| 115 | Taj Hemley George Wythe | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 | Virginia |
| 116 | Andrew Tyson North Ridgeville | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 117 | Rudy Taylor Chaminade-Madonna | Auburn | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 118 | Jared Smith Butte Falls Secondary | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 | Oregon |
| 119 | Bryan Howe Ellet | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 120 | Kinny Spotwood Cooper | Tulsa | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 121 | Kevin Hudson Douglass | Tulsa | 2★ | 0.767 | Oklahoma |
| 122 | Nelson Coleman Skyline | Tulsa | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 123 | Nick Bunting Springfield | Tulsa | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 124 | Doug Carter Magnolia | Arkansas State | 2★ | 0.767 | Arkansas |
| 125 | Cortlan Booker West Lafayette | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 | Indiana |
| 126 | Todd Robertson Amherst Central | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.767 | New York |
| 127 | Ollice Ervin Vero Beach | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 128 | Antwan Applewhite Narbonne | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 129 | Brandon Bornes Rancho Buena Vista | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 130 | R. Pullings Reedley | UCF | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 131 | Brian Goins Rockledge | UCF | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 132 | Thomas Keith Heard County | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 133 | Leython Williams University Liggett School | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Michigan |
| 134 | Anthony Williams Troup County | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 135 | Josh Cobb Eastwood | Temple | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 136 | Corey Riley American Heritage Boca/Delray | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 137 | Jake Drongowski Dublin Coffman | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 138 | Brandon Watkins John F. Kennedy | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 139 | Jullian Parsons St. Thomas Aquinas | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 140 | Joe Clermond Chamberlain | Pittsburgh | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 141 | Mike Humpal New Hampton | Iowa | 2★ | 0.767 | Iowa |
| 142 | Ralph Pineda Cathedral | San José State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 143 | Roy Lewis Narbonne | San José State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 144 | Ryan Abbott Valley Christian | San José State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 145 | Jonathan Eggleston Collins Hill | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 146 | Jarren Humphrey Grissom | Memphis | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 147 | Curtis Gatewood White Station | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 | Tennessee |
| 148 | Darren Mustin Brentwood Academy | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.767 | Tennessee |
| 149 | Marcel Home Clarkston | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 150 | Erik Walden Dublin | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 151 | Sean Mosley Screven County | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 152 | Garrett Dornon Bellville | Rice | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 153 | Lance Luedeker China Spring | Rice | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 154 | Buck Casson Pontiac | Rice | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 155 | Irvin Spencer Bedford | Navy | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 156 | Harry Bradley Capitol Pre-college Academy For Boys | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.767 | Louisiana |
| 157 | Josh Mize Klein Forest | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 158 | Ryan Welter Granite Hills | UNLV | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 159 | Faauo Faga Indian Springs | UNLV | 2★ | 0.767 | Nevada |
| 160 | Kevin Porter Centennial | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 161 | Jeremy Engstrom Golden West | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 162 | John Simpson Merrill F. West | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 163 | Nick Fuhr Service | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 | Alaska |
| 164 | Bob McClearen Wheaton North | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 165 | Austin Griffith Hargrave | Houston | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 166 | Ramond White Green Valley | Oregon | 2★ | 0.767 | Nevada |
| 167 | Maurice Holman Mount Vernon | North Texas | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 168 | Greg Van Hoesen Saratoga | California | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 169 | Josh Ferguson Lake Brantley | Purdue | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 170 | Matt You Lone Peak | BYU | 2★ | 0.767 | Utah |
| 171 | Tony Castaldi St. Bonaventure | Utah | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 172 | Chaz Richards Charles Henderson | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 173 | Danny Prentice Flint Hill School | Virginia | 2★ | 0.767 | Virginia |
| 174 | Chase Ortiz Clear Creek | TCU | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 175 | David Hawthorne Corsicana | TCU | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 176 | William Jackson Whitewright | TCU | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 177 | Jake Sears Fredericksburg | UTEP | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 178 | Mike Alston Beechcroft | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 179 | Mike Hill Penn Hills | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 | Pennsylvania |
| 180 | Kareem Ferguson Perry Traditional Academy | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 | Pennsylvania |
| 181 | Sean Fitzgibbons Sycamore | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 182 | Paul Stevens Clover Park | Washington State | 2★ | 0.767 | Washington |
| 183 | Kevin Johnson Homestead | Tulane | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 184 | Patrick Benford Southwest DeKalb | Tulane | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 185 | Adam Diehl Douglas County | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Colorado |
| 186 | Jake Mayes Eaglecrest | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Colorado |
| 187 | Brandon Haugen Ferris | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Washington |
| 188 | Sean Claffey Fruita Monument | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Colorado |
| 189 | Luke Chase Windsor | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Colorado |
| 190 | Matt Couch Ross | Marshall | 2★ | 0.767 | Ohio |
| 191 | Marc Magro University | West Virginia | 2★ | 0.767 | West Virginia |
| 192 | Tyler Cutts Clovis | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 193 | Marcus Riley Elk Grove | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 194 | Mark Risher St. Thomas More | Louisiana | 2★ | 0.767 | Louisiana |
| 195 | Cason Shrode Irving | Army | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 196 | Barrett Scruggs Plant | Army | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 197 | Blake Carter The Woodlands | Army | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 198 | Joe Mele Manasquan | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 | New Jersey |
| 199 | Boby Vomhof Campbell County | Colorado State | 2★ | 0.767 | Wyoming |
| 200 | Ryan Henegan Nolan Catholic | UConn | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 201 | David Sigler Albertville | UAB | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 202 | Marcus Henderson Elba | UAB | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 203 | Willie Edwards LeFlore | UAB | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 204 | Steven Sigler Murphy | UAB | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 205 | Brandon Watkins Pensacola | UAB | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 206 | Pat St. Louis Booker T. Washington | South Florida | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 207 | Ben Moffitt South Sumter | South Florida | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 208 | Kyle Pupello Plant | Georgia Tech | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 209 | Sam Tossie Hutchinson | 70 | 2★ | 0.767 | Kansas |
| 210 | Chad Pool Las Vegas | 70 | 2★ | 0.767 | Nevada |
| 211 | Nick Roach Lutheran | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.767 | Wisconsin |
| 212 | Eddie Simpson North Shore | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 213 | Kyle Wagner The Bolles School | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 214 | Zach Kettlekamp Sacred Heart Griffin | 79 | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 215 | Cleo Harbison Milford Academy (HS) | Indiana | 2★ | 0.767 | New York |
| 216 | Cedric Atchison Jemison | Louisville | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 217 | Willie Johnson Lincoln | Louisville | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 218 | Ced Brooks Enterprise | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.767 | Alabama |
| 219 | Chris Lister Mosley | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 220 | John Woodard Niceville | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |