Position Board
2005 Running Backs Recruiting Rankings
Follow the national running backs board with committed teams, composite ratings, hometowns, and direct paths into state and team recruiting pages.
- Ranked Recruits
- 168
- Committed Schools
- 73
- Blue-Chips
- 29
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 | Jonathan Stewart Timberline | Oregon | 5★ | 0.995 | Washington |
| 2 | Marlon Lucky North Hollywood Senior | Nebraska | 5★ | 0.995 | California |
| 3 | Antone Smith Pahokee | Florida State | 5★ | 0.993 | Florida |
| 4 | Kevin Grady East Grand Rapids | Michigan | 5★ | 0.991 | Michigan |
| 5 | Jason Gwaltney North Babylon | West Virginia | 5★ | 0.989 | New York |
| 6 | Toney Baker Ragsdale | NC State | 5★ | 0.988 | North Carolina |
| 7 | Darren McFadden Oak Grove | Arkansas | 5★ | 0.986 | Arkansas |
| 8 | LaMarcus Coker Antioch | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.979 | Tennessee |
| 9 | Jamaal Charles Memorial | Texas | 4★ | 0.978 | Texas |
| 10 | Rashard Mendenhall Niles West | Illinois | 4★ | 0.978 | Illinois |
| 11 | Roy Upchurch Amos P. Godby | Alabama | 4★ | 0.971 | Florida |
| 12 | Kalvin Bailey Armwood | Iowa | 4★ | 0.961 | Florida |
| 13 | Montario Hardesty (player) New Bern | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.960 | North Carolina |
| 14 | James Davis Douglass | Clemson | 4★ | 0.942 | Georgia |
| 15 | Maurice Greer Mullen | Colorado | 4★ | 0.922 | Colorado |
| 16 | Russell Ball La Marque | Florida State | 4★ | 0.922 | Texas |
| 17 | Mike Davis Columbia | South Carolina | 4★ | 0.922 | South Carolina |
| 18 | Tony Wright Peach County | 4★ | 0.921 | Georgia | |
| 19 | J.R. Hasty Bellevue | 4★ | 0.900 | Washington | |
| 20 | Terry Longbons Centennial | 4★ | 0.900 | Arizona | |
| 21 | Steven Korte Fontainebleau | 4★ | 0.900 | Louisiana | |
| 22 | Mikell Simpson Harrisburg | 4★ | 0.900 | Pennsylvania | |
| 23 | Jorvorskie Lane Lufkin | 4★ | 0.900 | Texas | |
| 24 | Conredge Collins Monsignor Pace | 4★ | 0.900 | Florida | |
| 25 | Matt Dunham Pacelli | 4★ | 0.900 | Georgia | |
| 26 | Elan Lewis Phoebus | 4★ | 0.900 | Virginia | |
| 27 | Maurice Wells Sandalwood | 4★ | 0.900 | Florida | |
| 28 | Richie Rich Wheeler | 4★ | 0.900 | Georgia | |
| 29 | Antonio Robinson Winnfield Senior | LSU | 4★ | 0.900 | Louisiana |
| 30 | Mister Simpson Colerain | 3★ | 0.878 | Ohio | |
| 31 | Corey Robertson Denison | 3★ | 0.878 | Texas | |
| 32 | Jahre Cheeseman Eastern | 3★ | 0.878 | New Jersey | |
| 33 | Dion Foster H L Richards | 3★ | 0.878 | Illinois | |
| 34 | Kestahn Moore Mansfield Summit | 3★ | 0.878 | Texas | |
| 35 | Michael Houston Montbello | 3★ | 0.878 | Colorado | |
| 36 | Keegan Herring Peoria | 3★ | 0.878 | Arizona | |
| 37 | Rashawn Jackson St. Peter's Prep | 3★ | 0.878 | New Jersey | |
| 38 | Xavier Smith Sunnyside | 3★ | 0.878 | Arizona | |
| 39 | Kendrick Perry Amite | 3★ | 0.856 | Louisiana | |
| 40 | Brandon Barnett Arkansas | 3★ | 0.856 | Arkansas | |
| 41 | Angus Quigley Cleburne | 3★ | 0.856 | Texas | |
| 42 | Jeremiah Johnson Dorsey | 3★ | 0.856 | California | |
| 43 | Glen Coffee Fort Walton Beach | 3★ | 0.856 | Florida | |
| 44 | Ernest Williams Monessen | 3★ | 0.856 | Pennsylvania | |
| 45 | Cody Glenn Rusk | 3★ | 0.856 | Texas | |
| 46 | Tyrell Sutton Archbishop Hoban | 3★ | 0.833 | Ohio | |
| 47 | Demetrius McCray Armwood | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida | |
| 48 | Marcus Green Bastrop | 3★ | 0.833 | Louisiana | |
| 49 | Tirrell Thompson Battle Ground | 3★ | 0.833 | Washington | |
| 50 | Mark Paschal Charlotte Latin School | 3★ | 0.833 | North Carolina | |
| 51 | Torrie Coleman Cheyenne | 3★ | 0.833 | Nevada | |
| 52 | Bobby Wallace Conway | 3★ | 0.833 | South Carolina | |
| 53 | Omar Conteh Cy-Fair | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas | |
| 54 | Kenneth Jefferson DeMatha Catholic | 3★ | 0.833 | Maryland | |
| 55 | Kevin White DeSoto | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas | |
| 56 | Paul O'Hara Dixie County | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida | |
| 57 | Ovid Goulbourne Easton Area | 3★ | 0.833 | Pennsylvania | |
| 58 | A.J. Jimmerson Hazelwood Central | 3★ | 0.833 | Missouri | |
| 59 | George Hypolite Loyola | 3★ | 0.833 | California | |
| 60 | Chris Smith Navasota | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas | |
| 61 | Ray Rice New Rochelle | 3★ | 0.833 | New York | |
| 62 | Donald Brown Red Bank Catholic | 3★ | 0.833 | New Jersey | |
| 63 | Kevin Harris Seminole | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida | |
| 64 | Jay Thomas Tartan | 3★ | 0.833 | Minnesota | |
| 65 | Dominique Rocker Tavares | 3★ | 0.833 | Florida | |
| 66 | Dajuane Collins West Deptford | 3★ | 0.833 | New Jersey | |
| 67 | Deon Wallace Worthing | 3★ | 0.833 | Texas | |
| 68 | Jamelle Eugene Naples | NC State | 3★ | 0.811 | Florida |
| 69 | Tim Conner Glenville | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.811 | Ohio |
| 70 | T.J. Pitts North Hall | Memphis | 3★ | 0.811 | Georgia |
| 71 | Jerrell Mabry Shaw | Miami | 3★ | 0.811 | Georgia |
| 72 | Alex Suber Jefferson | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.811 | Florida |
| 73 | Alton Sanders Warner Robins | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.811 | Georgia |
| 74 | Christopher Douglas All Saints Episcopal | Rice | 3★ | 0.811 | Texas |
| 75 | Joseph Turner LBJ | TCU | 3★ | 0.811 | Texas |
| 76 | Kobey Lewis Abilene | Texas Tech | 3★ | 0.811 | Texas |
| 77 | P.J. Hill Poly Prep | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.811 | New York |
| 78 | Ed Collington Penn Hills | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.811 | Pennsylvania |
| 79 | Asaph Schwapp Weaver | Notre Dame | 3★ | 0.811 | Connecticut |
| 80 | Davon Smart Hackensack | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.789 | New Jersey |
| 81 | Chris Clancy Joliet Catholic Academy | Ball State | 2★ | 0.789 | Illinois |
| 82 | Mario Henry Strong Vincent | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.789 | Pennsylvania |
| 83 | Dana Brown Clairton | Iowa | 2★ | 0.789 | Pennsylvania |
| 84 | Dwight Tardy St. Paul | Washington State | 2★ | 0.789 | California |
| 85 | Christian Ducre Fontainebleau | Tulane | 2★ | 0.789 | Louisiana |
| 86 | Scooter Berry North Babylon | West Virginia | 2★ | 0.789 | New York |
| 87 | Tyrell Fenroy St. Charles Catholic | Louisiana | 2★ | 0.789 | Louisiana |
| 88 | Dennis Underwood St. Thomas Aquinas | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 | Ohio |
| 89 | Anthony Jones Pace | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.789 | Florida |
| 90 | Ahmad Mayo Griffin | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 91 | Kennedy Tinsley Shepherd Hill | North Carolina | 2★ | 0.767 | Massachusetts |
| 92 | L.J. Flintall Hugh M Cummings | Wake Forest | 2★ | 0.767 | North Carolina |
| 93 | Chris Bullock Destrehan | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 | Louisiana |
| 94 | Andre Bratton Woodbridge | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.767 | Virginia |
| 95 | Jayson White McDowell | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 | Pennsylvania |
| 96 | Wade Weyer St. Rita | Air Force | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 97 | Nick Thurston Edison | Oregon State | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 98 | Jacolby Bond Haywood | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 | Tennessee |
| 99 | Corey McGee Jackson Academy | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 | Mississippi |
| 100 | Nick Wedlow Statesboro | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 101 | Kevin Smith Miami Southridge | UCF | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 102 | Ontario Sneed Clinton | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 103 | Anthony Boykins Skyline | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 104 | Eugene Jarvis Central Catholic | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 | Pennsylvania |
| 105 | Wheldon Brown Bossier | Louisiana Tech | 2★ | 0.767 | Louisiana |
| 106 | Mike Washington St Pius X | Louisiana Tech | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 107 | Miguel Barnes Millington | Memphis | 2★ | 0.767 | Tennessee |
| 108 | Jared Hawkins Klein | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 109 | Daniel Dufrene Stranahan | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 110 | Tristan Thomas Fayettville Christian School | Rice | 2★ | 0.767 | Arkansas |
| 111 | James Dryden Lake Brantley | Navy | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 112 | Tim Ham Mountain Ridge | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 | Arizona |
| 113 | Desmon Chatman Conroe | North Texas | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 114 | Evan Robertson Pflugerville | North Texas | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 115 | Darrell Mack Monte Vista | Utah | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 116 | Kahlil Bell Marin Catholic | UCLA | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 117 | Aaron Brown Mayde Creek | TCU | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 118 | DeMaundray Woolridge Keller | Washington State | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 119 | Kirk Elsworth Goodrich | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 | Michigan |
| 120 | Greg Genho Brush | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 | Colorado |
| 121 | Keith Gilliam Kilgore | Utah State | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 122 | Moise Plancher Barron Collier | South Florida | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 123 | Mario Cox McClymonds | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 124 | Justin Carrington Liberty | Indiana | 2★ | 0.767 | Virginia |
| 125 | Clifford Harris L.W. Higgins | Duke | 2★ | 0.744 | Louisiana |
| 126 | Nick Starcevic Charlotte Catholic | North Carolina | 2★ | 0.744 | North Carolina |
| 127 | Brett Fields Keller | Air Force | 2★ | 0.744 | Texas |
| 128 | Daylan Phillips Tigard | Air Force | 2★ | 0.744 | Oregon |
| 129 | Corey Smith Salem | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.744 | New Jersey |
| 130 | Kavell Conner Manchester | Clemson | 2★ | 0.744 | Virginia |
| 131 | C.J. Ugokwe Plano East | Rice | 2★ | 0.744 | Texas |
| 132 | Steven Sylvas Pearl River | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.744 | Louisiana |
| 133 | Chris Brogdon Desert Vista | UNLV | 2★ | 0.744 | Arizona |
| 134 | James Mapps Royse City | SMU | 2★ | 0.744 | Texas |
| 135 | Octaviues Everett Lowndes | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.744 | Georgia |
| 136 | Jetavious Best Palm Beach Lakes | West Virginia | 2★ | 0.744 | Florida |
| 137 | Kevin Moyd Northwestern | Colorado | 2★ | 0.744 | Florida |
| 138 | Jason Harris Clearwater | Iowa State | 2★ | 0.744 | Florida |
| 139 | Spencer Farley Morgantown | Ohio | 2★ | 0.722 | West Virginia |
| 140 | Alex Allen Ursuline | Akron | 2★ | 0.722 | Ohio |
| 141 | Jayson Williams Salem | UCF | 2★ | 0.722 | Georgia |
| 142 | Jordan Wilson Chamberlain | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.722 | Florida |
| 143 | Xavier Carter Frisco | Stanford | 2★ | 0.722 | Texas |
| 144 | Marcus Knox Humble | Rice | 2★ | 0.722 | Texas |
| 145 | Reinhard Weiss Garland | Navy | 2★ | 0.722 | Texas |
| 146 | John Jacobs Broadway | Marshall | 2★ | 0.722 | Virginia |
| 147 | Brandon Hart Troup County | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.722 | Georgia |
| 148 | Timothy Bolton Mays | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.722 | Georgia |
| 149 | Andre Criswell Renaissance | Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 | Michigan |
| 150 | Dominique Lindsay Independence | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 | North Carolina |
| 151 | Chris Williams Rio Rancho | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.700 | New Mexico |
| 152 | Bryant McMillon Hughes Center | Akron | 2★ | 0.700 | Ohio |
| 153 | Cedric Wilkerson Northwest | Arkansas State | 2★ | 0.700 | Tennessee |
| 154 | Markel DeVorce Brophy College Preparatory | Oregon State | 2★ | 0.700 | Arizona |
| 155 | Marshawn Gilyard Flagler Palm Coast | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.700 | Florida |
| 156 | Nicholas McAllister Kennesaw Mountain | Temple | 2★ | 0.700 | Georgia |
| 157 | Olufemi Ogundare Bellaire | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 | Texas |
| 158 | Dwayne Harrison North Miami Beach Senior | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 | Florida |
| 159 | Greg Keys Bellevue | Kent State | 2★ | 0.700 | Ohio |
| 160 | Damorous Offord Northwest | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.700 | Louisiana |
| 161 | Lafayette Fletcher Morningside | UNLV | 2★ | 0.700 | California |
| 162 | Channing Trotter Red Mountain | UNLV | 2★ | 0.700 | Arizona |
| 163 | Ken Visor Bishop Manogue Catholic | Nevada | 2★ | 0.700 | Nevada |
| 164 | Mike Kanellis Spanish Springs | Nevada | 2★ | 0.700 | Nevada |
| 165 | J.R. Moore Carl Albert | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.700 | Oklahoma |
| 166 | Frank Padilla Clovis East | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.700 | California |
| 167 | Eddie Williams Aragon | 70 | 2★ | 0.700 | California |
| 168 | Xavier Walker Brdgwtr-raritn Sch | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.700 | New Jersey |