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2005 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings

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2005 National Rankings Recruiting Dashboard

Ranked Recruits: 230
Committed Schools: 87
Blue-Chips: 34

Position recruiting summary

The 2005 linebackers board has 230 ranked recruits and 34 blue-chip prospects.

Full 2005 rankings Top state page

Top committed programs

UCF6
Central Michigan4
Oklahoma4
Rutgers4

State landing pages

2005 Florida recruits 2005 California recruits 2005 Texas recruits 2005 Georgia recruits 2005 New Jersey recruits

Ranked recruits

Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.

Rank	Recruit	Team	Stars	Rating	State
1	Rey Maualuga Eureka	USC	5★	0.996	California
2	Tray Blackmon LaGrange	Auburn	5★	0.996	Georgia
3	Luthur Brown Lakewood	USC	5★	0.988	California
4	Brian Cushing Bergen Catholic	USC	5★	0.986	New Jersey
5	Travis Beckum Oak Creek	Wisconsin	4★	0.983	Wisconsin
6	Derek Nicholson Mount Tabor	Florida State	4★	0.983	North Carolina
7	Geno Hayes Madison County	Florida State	4★	0.982	Florida
8	Rico McCoy St. John's College	Tennessee	4★	0.981	District of Columbia
9	Ryan Reynolds Bishop Gorman	Oklahoma	4★	0.980	Nevada
10	Curtis Lofton Kingfisher	Oklahoma	4★	0.976	Oklahoma
11	Spencer Adkins Naples	Miami	4★	0.971	Florida
12	Phillip Dillard Jenks	Nebraska	4★	0.970	Oklahoma
13	Anthony Felder O'Dea	California	4★	0.968	Washington
14	Nic Harris Alexandria	Oklahoma	4★	0.963	Louisiana
15	Deveon Simmons Landstown	Virginia Tech	4★	0.963	Virginia
16	Kaluka Maiava Henry Perrine Baldwin	USC	4★	0.947	Hawaii
17	Jerome Hayes Bayonne	Penn State	4★	0.944	New Jersey
18	Darius Dewberry Peach County	Georgia	4★	0.942	Georgia
19	Christopher Brown Texas High	Texas	4★	0.933	Texas
20	Elijah Hodge Dillard	Wisconsin	4★	0.930	Florida
21	Lamont Robinson Salem	Oklahoma	4★	0.922	New Jersey
22	Darry Beckwith Parkview Baptist School	LSU	4★	0.922	Louisiana
23	Quentin Taylor Apopka	Not committed	4★	0.900	Florida
24	E.J. Savannah Bellevue	Not committed	4★	0.900	Washington
25	Jon Demps Booker T. Washington	Not committed	4★	0.900	Florida
26	Marcus Washington Burke County	Not committed	4★	0.900	Georgia
27	Andre Mathis Cathedral Prep	Not committed	4★	0.900	Pennsylvania
28	Zack Follett Clovis	Not committed	4★	0.900	California
29	Dan Foster Early County	Not committed	4★	0.900	Georgia
30	Rex Sharpe Fairfield Preparatory School	Not committed	4★	0.900	Alabama
31	Ryan Stamper First Coast	Not committed	4★	0.900	Florida
32	Brandon Duncan Lakeview Centennial	Not committed	4★	0.900	Texas
33	Josh Miller Manning	Not committed	4★	0.900	South Carolina
34	Antonio Clay Twiggs County	Not committed	4★	0.900	Georgia
35	Eric Houston Coral Reef	Not committed	3★	0.878	Florida
36	Roddrick Muckelroy Hallsville	Not committed	3★	0.878	Texas
37	Prince Hall Moreno Valley	Not committed	3★	0.878	California
38	Jamar Chaney St. Lucie West Centennial	Not committed	3★	0.878	Florida
39	B.J. Travers Westlake	Not committed	3★	0.878	Ohio
40	Darryl Gresham Jr. William Fleming	Not committed	3★	0.878	Virginia
41	Beau Manutai Dixie	Not committed	3★	0.867	Utah
42	Daryl Sharpton Coral Gables	Not committed	3★	0.856	Florida
43	Reggie Carter Crenshaw	Not committed	3★	0.856	California
44	Kevin Washington Fort Bend Austin	Not committed	3★	0.856	Texas
45	Andrew Hawken Grandville	Not committed	3★	0.856	Michigan
46	Reggie Walker Grant Union	Not committed	3★	0.856	California
47	Scott Smith Highland Park	Not committed	3★	0.856	Illinois
48	Chris Jeske Joliet Catholic Academy	Not committed	3★	0.856	Illinois
49	Brandon Logan Lexington Catholic	Not committed	3★	0.856	Kentucky
50	Dave Philistin Manchester Central	Not committed	3★	0.856	New Hampshire
51	Nick Covey Mountain Ridge	Not committed	3★	0.856	Arizona
52	Kalvin Baker Pacelli	Not committed	3★	0.856	Georgia
53	Korey Bosworth Plano West	Not committed	3★	0.856	Texas
54	Kyle Bosworth Plano West	Not committed	3★	0.856	Texas
55	Kevin Ellison Redondo	Not committed	3★	0.856	California
56	Jason Werner Roncalli	Not committed	3★	0.856	Indiana
57	Charles Gamble Southern	Not committed	3★	0.856	North Carolina
58	Bryant Cornell The Dalles-wahtonka	Not committed	3★	0.856	Oregon
59	Tavares Kearney Tucker	Not committed	3★	0.856	Georgia
60	Marvin Peoples Apopka	Not committed	3★	0.833	Florida
61	Rogers Loche Bastrop	Not committed	3★	0.833	Louisiana
62	Austin Spitler Bellbrook	Not committed	3★	0.833	Ohio
63	Eddie Young Berkeley	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
64	Lamar Brumfield Carson	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
65	Nathan Thomas Claremont	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
66	Avery Vogt Coral Reef	Not committed	3★	0.833	Florida
67	Nate Triplett Delano Senior	Not committed	3★	0.833	Minnesota
68	Dominique Midgett Dudley	Not committed	3★	0.833	North Carolina
69	Popsie Floyd East Central	Not committed	3★	0.833	Oklahoma
70	Brit Miller Eisenhower	Not committed	3★	0.833	Illinois
71	Demetrius Taylor Floyd Kellam	Not committed	3★	0.833	Virginia
72	Brandon Long GlenOak	Not committed	3★	0.833	Ohio
73	Charles Burns Hattiesburg	Not committed	3★	0.833	Mississippi
74	Cory Reamer Hoover	Not committed	3★	0.833	Alabama
75	Bernard Afutiti Kaiser	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
76	Paul Thornton Katy	Not committed	3★	0.833	Texas
77	Brock Christopher Kearney	Not committed	3★	0.833	Missouri
78	Alex Odiari Lewisville	Not committed	3★	0.833	Texas
79	Steve Davis McCluer North	Not committed	3★	0.833	Missouri
80	Kevin Garrett Narbonne	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
81	Garrett White Norland	Not committed	3★	0.833	Florida
82	Isaac Kinter Oak Ridge	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
83	Dakota Walker Oakcrest	Not committed	3★	0.833	New Jersey
84	Adam Leonard Rainier Beach	Not committed	3★	0.833	Washington
85	Mike Owen Riverhead Senior	Not committed	3★	0.833	New York
86	Sean Lee Upper St. Clair	Not committed	3★	0.833	Pennsylvania
87	DeAndre Levy Vincent	Not committed	3★	0.833	Wisconsin
88	Shon Brown Waco	Not committed	3★	0.833	Texas
89	James Laurinaitis Wayzata	Not committed	3★	0.833	Minnesota
90	Michael Stenclik Webster-schroeder	Not committed	3★	0.833	New York
91	Jeffrey Clement West Deptford	Not committed	3★	0.833	New Jersey
92	Archie Sims West Jones	Not committed	3★	0.833	Mississippi
93	Reggie Turner West L A Baptist	Not committed	3★	0.833	California
94	Antonio Coleman Williamson	Not committed	3★	0.833	Alabama
95	Mike McLaughlin Woburn	Boston College	3★	0.833	Massachusetts
96	Ray Michel Fort Myers	NC State	3★	0.811	Florida
97	Eric Preast Sulphur	Oklahoma State	3★	0.811	Oklahoma
98	Jeremy Rockette Olive Branch	Memphis	3★	0.811	Mississippi
99	Solomon Elimimian Crenshaw	Hawai'i	3★	0.811	California
100	Malcolm Arrington St. Mary's	Northwestern	3★	0.811	Michigan
101	Chad Lindsey Cy Ridge	Arizona State	3★	0.811	Texas
102	Blake Boyd Madisonville North Hopkins	Louisville	3★	0.811	Kentucky
103	Jerry Milling Palmdale	San Diego State	2★	0.789	California
104	Travis Barr Duluth	UCF	2★	0.789	Georgia
105	Brian Raines Fort Bend Willowridge	Rice	2★	0.789	Texas
106	Todd Alexander North Crowley	SMU	2★	0.789	Texas
107	Denzel Burrell Columbia Sr	Virginia	2★	0.789	New Jersey
108	Baron Huber Powell	Alabama	2★	0.789	Tennessee
109	Sedric Patterson Broken Arrow	Colorado State	2★	0.789	Oklahoma
110	Taalib Tucker Westlake	Georgia Tech	2★	0.789	Georgia
111	Blaze Soares Castle	Hawai'i	2★	0.789	Hawaii
112	Adam Decker Brother Rice	Michigan State	2★	0.767	Michigan
113	Kinney Rucker C.E. Jordan	Duke	2★	0.767	North Carolina
114	E.J. Wilson Brunswick	North Carolina	2★	0.767	Virginia
115	Cody Basler Bay City Western	Bowling Green	2★	0.767	Michigan
116	Nick Lawrence Brighton	Bowling Green	2★	0.767	Michigan
117	Cordelle Thompson Middletown	Bowling Green	2★	0.767	Ohio
118	Brad Goatley Maumee	Miami (OH)	2★	0.767	Ohio
119	Jordan Meyers William Henry Harrison	Ohio	2★	0.767	Ohio
120	Al Teric Balaam New Brunswick	Akron	2★	0.767	New Jersey
121	Cedric Godfrey Cedar Hill	Tulsa	2★	0.767	Texas
122	George Clinkscale Cedar Hill	Tulsa	2★	0.767	Texas
123	Matt Kawulok Monarch	San Diego State	2★	0.767	Colorado
124	Josh Cunningham University	San Diego State	2★	0.767	California
125	Kyle Fowler Lake Brantley	UCF	2★	0.767	Florida
126	T.J. Harnden Lincoln	UCF	2★	0.767	Florida
127	Justin Warr West Orange	UCF	2★	0.767	Florida
128	Marcus Waugh St. John's Jesuit	Cincinnati	2★	0.767	Ohio
129	Michael Richardson Ben Davis	Eastern Michigan	2★	0.767	Indiana
130	Wendy Napolean Deerfield Beach	Florida International	2★	0.767	Florida
131	Chad Lowe Dorsey	Kansas State	2★	0.767	California
132	Chad Beverage Airline	Louisiana Tech	2★	0.767	Louisiana
133	Anthony Harrison The Kinkaid School	Louisiana Tech	2★	0.767	Texas
134	Leanard Powell Winnfield Senior	Louisiana Tech	2★	0.767	Louisiana
135	Greg Jackson Marietta	Memphis	2★	0.767	Georgia
136	Joe Pawelek Smithson Valley	Baylor	2★	0.767	Texas
137	Selevasio Fauolo Fresno	Nevada	2★	0.767	California
138	Jason Demars Sacramento	Nevada	2★	0.767	California
139	Spencer Williamson Elkhart Central	Northern Illinois	2★	0.767	Indiana
140	Greg Bird Red Mountain	Utah	2★	0.767	Arizona
141	Darren Childs Mission Bay	Virginia	2★	0.767	California
142	John Hale Los Alamitos	UCLA	2★	0.767	California
143	Jason McQuay Ranney School	UTEP	2★	0.767	New Jersey
144	Justin Halas Serrano	UTEP	2★	0.767	California
145	Brian Wilkins Tustin	UTEP	2★	0.767	California
146	Darrion Jones Lynwood	Washington	2★	0.767	California
147	Chris Stevens Mojave Senior	Washington	2★	0.767	California
148	Courtney Williams Dorsey	Washington State	2★	0.767	California
149	Greg Trent Keller	Washington State	2★	0.767	Texas
150	James McMurchy Clear Lake	Tulane	2★	0.767	Texas
151	David Kirksey WP Davidson	Tulane	2★	0.767	Alabama
152	Derrick Harris Coral Reef	Western Michigan	2★	0.767	Florida
153	Justin Braska DeWitt	Western Michigan	2★	0.767	Michigan
154	Greg Marshall Portage Northern	Western Michigan	2★	0.767	Michigan
155	Jonathan Casillas New Brunswick	Wisconsin	2★	0.767	New Jersey
156	Brandon Whittie Englewood	Mississippi State	2★	0.767	Florida
157	Josh Raven Mariner	Iowa State	2★	0.767	Florida
158	Mike Dinard Padua Franciscan	Northwestern	2★	0.767	Ohio
159	Steve Quinn St. Joseph's	Notre Dame	2★	0.767	Pennsylvania
160	Brady Smith Loyola Blakefield	Boston College	2★	0.744	Maryland
161	Greg Akinbiyi Chaminade-Madonna	Duke	2★	0.744	Florida
162	Mike Rinfrette Bunn	Wake Forest	2★	0.744	North Carolina
163	Joe Hudson Piqua	Miami (OH)	2★	0.744	Ohio
164	Melvin Black Apopka	Central Michigan	2★	0.744	Florida
165	Barron Miles DeSoto	Central Michigan	2★	0.744	Texas
166	Donnell McKenzie Aliquippa	Cincinnati	2★	0.744	Pennsylvania
167	Allen Whitaker Forestville	Kent State	2★	0.744	Maryland
168	Donald Thornton Horn Lake	Memphis	2★	0.744	Mississippi
169	Quavian Lewis Charles Henderson	Vanderbilt	2★	0.744	Alabama
170	Zach Larsen Northfield Senior	Northern Illinois	2★	0.744	Minnesota
171	Harvey Unga Timpview	BYU	2★	0.744	Utah
172	Jordan Thomas Keller	Texas Tech	2★	0.744	Texas
173	Eric Heller Beechcroft	Toledo	2★	0.744	Ohio
174	James Dillard Monsignor Pace	Tulane	2★	0.744	Florida
175	Eugene Johnson Bartow	Indiana	2★	0.744	Florida
176	Boris Lee Clinch County	legacy_name_hudsonvalley	2★	0.744	Georgia
177	Rob Russell L.B. Landry	Ole Miss	2★	0.722	Louisiana
178	Leron King Northwestern	Ole Miss	2★	0.722	Florida
179	Mike Brown Alief Taylor	Duke	2★	0.722	Texas
180	Kevin Malast Manchester Reg H	Rutgers	2★	0.722	New Jersey
181	Damaso Munoz Miami Southridge	Rutgers	2★	0.722	Florida
182	Mitchell Morsillo Moon Area	Ohio	2★	0.722	Pennsylvania
183	Shea McIntyre Skyline	Air Force	2★	0.722	California
184	Joseph Tuzze Lakeland	Akron	2★	0.722	Pennsylvania
185	Cory Hogue Naples	UCF	2★	0.722	Florida
186	Antonio Wallace Vero Beach	UCF	2★	0.722	Florida
187	Andre Revels Colerain	Cincinnati	2★	0.722	Ohio
188	Bryant Parker Randallstown	Temple	2★	0.722	Maryland
189	Edward Bradwell Dillard	Florida Atlantic	2★	0.722	Florida
190	Artis Warthen Miramar	Florida International	2★	0.722	Florida
191	Chris Johnson Westminster School At Oak Mountain	Vanderbilt	2★	0.722	Alabama
192	Rapheal Ousley Fort Walton Beach	Middle Tennessee	2★	0.722	Florida
193	Coy Williamson Niceville	Middle Tennessee	2★	0.722	Florida
194	Andrew McGinn Walton	Navy	2★	0.722	Georgia
195	Alaric Coleman Southaven	UL Monroe	2★	0.722	Mississippi
196	Tucker Callahan Fairhope	Oregon	2★	0.722	Alabama
197	Terrance Hooks Marcos De Niza	BYU	2★	0.722	Arizona
198	Beau Brudzinski St. Thomas Aquinas	Toledo	2★	0.722	Florida
199	Chris Lanaux Hahnville	Louisiana	2★	0.722	Louisiana
200	Scotty Robinson Salisbury	East Carolina	2★	0.700	North Carolina
201	Chris Quaye Timber Creek	Rutgers	2★	0.700	New Jersey
202	Peter Tverdov Union	Rutgers	2★	0.700	New Jersey
203	Max Fairclough Kahuku	New Mexico State	2★	0.700	Hawaii
204	Michael Alphonse Norland	Akron	2★	0.700	Florida
205	Gregory Hardy Melrose	Arkansas State	2★	0.700	Tennessee
206	Harland Bower East Ridge	Central Michigan	2★	0.700	Florida
207	Sam Williams John Glenn	Central Michigan	2★	0.700	Michigan
208	Erik Johnson Baltimore City College	Temple	2★	0.700	Maryland
209	Evan Lee Miami Palmetto	Temple	2★	0.700	Florida
210	Daniel Holtzclaw Enid	Eastern Michigan	2★	0.700	Oklahoma
211	Doug Fulmer Henninger	Pittsburgh	2★	0.700	New York
212	Stevon Moss Phoebus	Kent State	2★	0.700	Virginia
213	Bryant House Camden County	Middle Tennessee	2★	0.700	Georgia
214	Eddy Inyangumia Clear Brook	UL Monroe	2★	0.700	Texas
215	Jason Beauchamp Steele Canyon	UNLV	2★	0.700	California
216	Zach Shapiro Claremont	Nevada	2★	0.700	California
217	Tobe Nwigwe Alief Elsik	North Texas	2★	0.700	Texas
218	Andrew Smart Brighton	Utah	2★	0.700	Utah
219	Semisi Livai Kahuku	Utah	2★	0.700	Hawaii
220	Jordan Ellis St Stanislaus	Tulane	2★	0.700	Mississippi
221	Weston Johnson Wray	Wyoming	2★	0.700	Colorado
222	Albert McClellan Kathleen	Marshall	2★	0.700	Florida
223	Todd Chisom Beverly Hills	Fresno State	2★	0.700	California
224	Daryl Fields Crespi	Utah State	2★	0.700	California
225	Kyle Maroney Brockport	Army	2★	0.700	New York
226	Taylor Ownbey Dixie	UAB	2★	0.700	Utah
227	Donte Spires Plant	South Florida	2★	0.700	Florida
228	Adam Shamion Post Falls	70	2★	0.700	Idaho
229	Prince Kwateng Munster	Northwestern	2★	0.700	Indiana
230	Antoine Jones Pensacola	legacy_name_hudsonvalley	2★	0.700	Florida