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2008 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings

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Ranked Recruits
260
Committed Schools
107
Blue-Chips
45

State landing pages

Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Arthur Brown
East
Miami5★0.996Kansas
2Nigel Bradham
Wakulla
Florida State5★0.989Florida
3Etienne Sabino
Dr. Michael M. Krop
Ohio State5★0.987Florida
4Ramon Buchanan
Palm Bay Senior
Miami4★0.978Florida
5Jerrell Harris
Gadsden City
Alabama4★0.976Alabama
6Jordan Futch
Chaminade-Madonna
Miami4★0.974Florida
7Darius Fleming
St. Rita
Notre Dame4★0.971Illinois
8Lynn Katoa
Cottonwood
Colorado4★0.970Utah
9Sean Spence
Northwestern
Miami4★0.969Florida
10Nigel Carr
First Coast
Florida State4★0.968Florida
11Brendan Beal
Liberty
Florida4★0.962Pennsylvania
12Jon Major
Ponderosa
Colorado4★0.961Colorado
13Steve Filer
Mount Carmel
Notre Dame4★0.959Illinois
14Uona Kaveinga
Leuzinger
USC4★0.958California
15Kenny Tate
DeMatha Catholic
Maryland4★0.952Maryland
16Lerentee McCray
Dunnellon
Florida4★0.952Florida
17Courtney Upshaw
Eufaula
Alabama4★0.950Alabama
18Andrew Sweat
Trinity
Ohio State4★0.948Pennsylvania
19J.B. Fitzgerald
West Windsor-Plainsboro South
Michigan4★0.945New Jersey
20Dravannti Johnson
Nederland
Texas4★0.942Texas
21Ryan Baker
Blountstown
LSU4★0.938Florida
22Michael Zordich
Cardinal Mooney
Penn State4★0.935Ohio
23Michael Yancich
Trinity
Penn State4★0.934Pennsylvania
24Terrell Manning
Scotland County
NC State4★0.934North Carolina
25Michael Mauti
Mandeville
Penn State4★0.933Louisiana
26Joseph Ibiloye
South Garland
Oklahoma4★0.932Texas
27Marcus Dowtin
Fork Union Military (HS)
Georgia4★0.931Virginia
28Cornelius Washington
Burke County
Georgia4★0.928Georgia
29Daniel Franklin
Habersham Central
Oklahoma4★0.924Georgia
30Emmanuel Acho
St. Mark's
Texas4★0.922Texas
31Anthony McDonald
Notre Dame
Notre Dame4★0.914California
32Christian Robinson
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Georgia4★0.910Georgia
33Marcus Witherspoon
Holy Spirit
Michigan4★0.909New Jersey
34Chris Jordan
Brentwood Academy
Alabama4★0.906Tennessee
35Zach Brown
Hargrave Military Academy
North Carolina4★0.905Virginia
36Vince Williams
Ridge Community
Florida State4★0.904Florida
37Jerico Nelson
Destrehan
Arkansas4★0.900Louisiana
38Bruce Taylor
Myrtle Beach
Virginia Tech4★0.899South Carolina
39Dont'a Hightower
Marshall County
Alabama4★0.898Tennessee
40Kyle Prater
Tivy
LSU4★0.896Texas
41Quillie Odom
Hargrave Military Academy
Virginia Tech4★0.895Virginia
42Sam Maresh
Champlin Park
Minnesota4★0.894Iowa
43Kenny Demens
Detroit Country Day
4★0.893Michigan
44Dewitt Stuckey
Lincoln
4★0.892California
45Maurice Simmons
Compton Dominguez
4★0.890California
46Marlon Walls
Olive Branch
3★0.890Virginia
47Malcolm Munroe
Coral Reef
3★0.889Florida
48Shaq Wilson
First Coast
3★0.889Florida
49Kevin Reddick
New Bern
3★0.888Virginia
50Tarik Rollins
Chaminade-Madonna
3★0.887Florida
51David Posluszny
Hopewell
3★0.886Pennsylvania
52Chase Thomas
Walton
3★0.886Georgia
53Taylor Hill
Cardinal Mooney
3★0.884Ohio
54Ebele Okakpu
Roswell
3★0.884Georgia
55Alfred Dupree
Skyline
3★0.884Texas
56Ausar Walcott
Hackensack
3★0.882New Jersey
57Jacoby Thomas
Murphy
3★0.882Alabama
58Keith Baker
Scotch Plains Fanwood
3★0.882New Jersey
59Fred Craig
St. Xavier
3★0.882Ohio
60Spencer Reeves
Skyline
Minnesota3★0.879Texas
61Dwayne Maddox
Crest
NC State3★0.879North Carolina
62Eric LeGrand
Colonia
Rutgers3★0.879New Jersey
63Steven Sylvester
Union Grove
Georgia Tech3★0.879Georgia
64Zander Fabbri
Centennial
Arizona3★0.878California
65Sterling Lucas (player)
Orangeburg-Wilkinson
NC State3★0.878South Carolina
66Chris Little
Castlemont
California3★0.878California
67Donovan Carter
Birmingham
UCLA3★0.876California
68J.P. Hurrell
Junipero Serra
California3★0.874California
69Allen Stephens
Halifax County
Virginia Tech3★0.874Virginia
70Leonard Hubbard
Sacred Heart Griffin
Wisconsin3★0.874Illinois
71Kyle Mangan
Brenham
Texas A&M3★0.874Texas
72Gavin Hardin
Jackson Central Merry
Miami3★0.873Tennessee
73Nick Williams
Bainbridge
Georgia3★0.873Georgia
74Jarvis Smith
Chavez
Houston3★0.872Texas
75Donovan Miles
Brooke Point
3★0.871Virginia
76DeAndre Jones
Memphis University School
3★0.871Tennessee
77Bradly Roussel
Redemptorist
3★0.871Louisiana
78Demetrius Hartsfield
Southeast Raleigh
3★0.871North Carolina
79Tarik Rollins
Chaminade-Madonna
3★0.870Florida
80Anthony Lewis
Aldine
3★0.868Texas
81Blake Slaughter
Elkins
3★0.868Texas
82Joey Ehrmann
Gilman
3★0.868Maryland
83Reggie Bowens
Garner
3★0.866North Carolina
84Brandon Magee
Centennial
3★0.866California
85Doug Rippy
Trotwood-Madison
3★0.864Ohio
86William Beasley
Milton
3★0.862Florida
87Mychal Kendricks
Herbert Hoover
3★0.861California
88Bo Walters
Briarwood Christian
3★0.860Alabama
89Steve Gardiner
Dublin Coffman
3★0.860Ohio
90Riley Haynes
Nease
3★0.860Florida
91Colin Shumate
Las Vegas
San Diego State3★0.858Nevada
92Gary Tinsley
First Coast
Minnesota3★0.857Florida
93Scott Betros
The Bolles School
Wake Forest3★0.857Florida
94Jelani Smith
Abbeville
Arkansas3★0.857Louisiana
95Lyndell Gibson
Salem
3★0.856Virginia
96Nate Palmer
Simeon
3★0.856Illinois
97Jake Johnson
Stafford
3★0.856Virginia
98George White
Harmony Community School
3★0.855Ohio
99Aaron Buckley
Palacios
3★0.853Texas
100Manny Williams
Clairton
Pittsburgh3★0.850Pennsylvania
101Nate Palmer
Simeon
Illinois3★0.850Illinois
102Alonzo Whaley
Madisonville
Nebraska3★0.848Texas
103Lekenwic Haynes
Terry
Ole Miss3★0.846Texas
104Antonio Harper
Melrose
Miami3★0.844Tennessee
105Alexander DiSanzo
Don Bosco Prep
Boston College3★0.843New Jersey
106Brian Moore
Klein
Tulsa3★0.843Texas
107Shelly Lyons
Centennial
Arizona State3★0.843California
108Spencer Pybus
Northview
Auburn3★0.842Alabama
109Ina Liaina
Rio Mesa
San José State3★0.840California
110Bernard Smith
Mays
West Virginia3★0.839Georgia
111Will Pericak
Boulder
Colorado3★0.838Colorado
112Herman Lathers
Scotlandville Magnet
Tennessee3★0.837Louisiana
113Byron Hout
Lake City
Boise State3★0.837Idaho
114Will Ebner
Friendswood
Missouri3★0.833Texas
115Kambriel Willis
Booker T. Washington
Florida International3★0.833Florida
116Josh Richardson
Dublin Scioto
Kansas3★0.833Ohio
117Kiko Alonso
Los Gatos
Oregon3★0.833California
118Derek Jackson
Deep Run
Purdue3★0.833Virginia
119Robert Parker
Humble
SMU3★0.833Texas
120Steve Greer
Solon
Virginia3★0.833Ohio
121Kanorris Davis
Perry
legacy_name_hudsonvalley3★0.833Georgia
122Chris Carlino
Hamilton Southeastern
Purdue3★0.829Indiana
123Michael Taylor
Ashwaubenon
Wisconsin3★0.829Wisconsin
124Damion Whittington
Norco
Fresno State3★0.828California
125Jeron Gouveia-Winslow
Stone Bridge
Virginia Tech3★0.827Virginia
126Brett Nagel
Lemont
Northwestern3★0.827Illinois
127Trent Mackey
Carencro
Duke3★0.823Louisiana
128Jatavious Miller
Pahokee
West Virginia3★0.823Florida
129Quavon Taylor
Northwestern
South Florida3★0.823Florida
130Jamiihr Williams
Trotwood-Madison
Michigan State3★0.822Ohio
131Tony Wilson
Sprague
Oregon State3★0.822Oregon
132Marvin Booker
Piscataway
Rutgers3★0.820New Jersey
133Kyle Hoke
Clements
Ball State3★0.819Texas
134Dwayne Beckford
Irvington
Purdue3★0.819New Jersey
135Mitch Zajac
Holt Senior
Western Michigan3★0.818Michigan
136Micah Kreikemeier
Central Catholic
Nebraska3★0.817Nebraska
137Luke Kelly
Turpin
Miami (OH)3★0.817Ohio
138Nick Bell
Jess Lanier
Mississippi State3★0.813Alabama
139Curtis Weatherspoon
Valdosta
3★0.811Florida
140Kenneth Harris
Columbia
North Carolina3★0.811Georgia
141Victor Jones
Richland
SMU3★0.811Texas
142Kurt Mangum
Chandler
Washington3★0.811Arizona
143Rob Andrews
Foothill
San Diego State3★0.807California
144Joe Trebitz
West Boca Raton
Pittsburgh3★0.807Florida
145David Blair
Mcclintock
UNLV3★0.807Arizona
146Brad Marboe
Idaho Falls Senior
703★0.807Idaho
147Johnny Thompson
Valley
legacy_name_hudsonvalley3★0.807Alabama
148Darryl Farley
Grady
Tulane3★0.804Georgia
149Damien McIntosh
Hamilton
Toledo3★0.804Ohio
150David Rolf
Piqua
Michigan State3★0.803Ohio
151Kevin Sabock
Sycamore
Northern Illinois3★0.803Illinois
152Stone Pinckney
Hammond School
Northwestern3★0.802South Carolina
153Brandon Weaver
Trinity
Ohio3★0.800Pennsylvania
154Da'Shaun Barnes
Lincoln
Auburn2★0.797Florida
155Ike Washington
Trotwood-Madison
Kent State2★0.797Ohio
156J.K. Schaffer
La Salle
Cincinnati2★0.796Ohio
157Michael Alisa
Timpview
BYU2★0.796Utah
158Marcus McGraw
Bowie
Houston2★0.794Texas
159Antonio Hoskins
Water Valley
Mississippi State2★0.794Mississippi
160Ben Durbin
Gilbert
Wyoming2★0.793Iowa
161Travis Trickey
Round Valley
UNLV2★0.792Arizona
162Lamanski Ware
Lanett
UAB2★0.790Alabama
163Adrien Cole
McGill Toolen
Louisiana Tech2★0.789Alabama
164Gorby Loreus
Jefferson
Middle Tennessee2★0.789Florida
165Levonte David
Northwestern
Middle Tennessee2★0.789Florida
166Garrett Sherwood
Faith Lutheran
Navy2★0.789Nevada
167Thomas Batchelder
Hargrave Military Academy
Navy2★0.789Virginia
168Nnamdi Ezenwa
North Cobb
Purdue2★0.789Georgia
169Chris Gipson
Kimball
Colorado State2★0.789Texas
170Ernest Ferguson
Royal Palm Beach
Iowa State2★0.789Florida
171Danny Trevathan
Leesburg
Kentucky2★0.789Florida
172Katrell Watters
Thomasville
UAB2★0.787Alabama
173Dustin Tait
Knoxville Catholic
Buffalo2★0.781Tennessee
174Alphonso Lewis
Altoona
Ohio2★0.779Pennsylvania
175Daniel Andrews
Unknown
Clemson2★0.778Florida
176Vincent Harris
Harmony Community School
Ohio2★0.773Ohio
177Eteyen Edet
Friendly
Maryland2★0.767Maryland
178Dion Guy
Woodson H.D.
North Carolina2★0.767District of Columbia
179Mark Hunter
Klein Oak
New Mexico2★0.767Texas
180Jordan Thompson
Parkway
Ohio2★0.767Ohio
181Brian Wagner
Catholic Central
Akron2★0.767Ohio
182Alan Dock
Giddings
Tulsa2★0.767Texas
183Zack Wallace
Hilldale
Tulsa2★0.767Oklahoma
184Loren Robinson
Lyman
UCF2★0.767Florida
185Lawrence Turner
Heritage
Temple2★0.767Virginia
186Winston Fraser
Booker T. Washington
Florida International2★0.767Florida
187Wade O'Neill
Chino Hills
San José State2★0.767California
188Ryan Otten
Del Oro
San José State2★0.767California
189Ryan Jude
Manchester
Kent State2★0.767Virginia
190Ryan Hidalgo
Whitewater
Kent State2★0.767Georgia
191Dexter Daniels
Brantley
Vanderbilt2★0.767Alabama
192DaCorris Ford
Longview
UL Monroe2★0.767Texas
193Jacob Anderson
Galena
Nevada2★0.767Nevada
194Brandon Akpunku
Cedar Hill
North Texas2★0.767Texas
195Spencer Hadley
Connell
BYU2★0.767Washington
196Greg Burks
Spring Woods
TCU2★0.767Texas
197Greg Walker
St. Bernard
Washington2★0.767California
198Sule Osagiede
Lamar Consolidated
Tulane2★0.767Texas
199Waymon Ross
Marathon
Western Michigan2★0.767Florida
200Lawrence Henning
Mount Carmel
Western Michigan2★0.767Illinois
201Kyle Lackner
Naperville North
Western Michigan2★0.767Illinois
202Trevor Shaw
Poudre
Wyoming2★0.767Colorado
203Tyson Gale
Alva
Marshall2★0.767Oklahoma
204Corey Laufasa
Evergreen
Army2★0.767Washington
205Danny White
Apopka
UAB2★0.767Florida
206Alema Tachibana
Kahuku
Hawai'i2★0.767Hawaii
207Matt Marshall
Camden
Arkansas2★0.767New Jersey
208Terrence Williams
Prattville
legacy_name_hudsonvalley2★0.767Alabama
209Jarrell Watters
Thomasville
UAB2★0.763Alabama
210Clay Lee
Dr. Phillips
Memphis2★0.756Florida
211Darrin Davis
Dillard
Middle Tennessee2★0.756Florida
212Mike Lanaris
Lake Mary
South Florida2★0.756Florida
213Quinn Garner
Santa Cruz
Utah State2★0.753California
214Spencer Merritt
Waubonsie Valley
New Mexico2★0.744Illinois
215Shane Kimmel
Council Rock North
Syracuse2★0.744Pennsylvania
216Jaytee Swanson
Buford
Miami (OH)2★0.744Georgia
217Nate Schuler
Springfield
Akron2★0.744Ohio
218Nathan Herrold
Ozark
Arkansas State2★0.744Missouri
219Quinten White
Cardinal Dougherty
Temple2★0.744Pennsylvania
220Adrian Robinson
Harrisburg
Temple2★0.744Pennsylvania
221Solomon Randle
LeFlore
Louisiana Tech2★0.744Alabama
222Rodney Chadwick
Carthage
Baylor2★0.744Texas
223Fredric Plesius
Champlain-Lennoxville
Baylor2★0.744NA
224Alex Debniak
Hudsonville
Stanford2★0.744Michigan
225Ronnie Lillard
Air Force Prep
Rice2★0.744Colorado
226Jonathan Hill
River Hill
Navy2★0.744Maryland
227Iona Pritchard
Bingham
BYU2★0.744Utah
228Zach Line
Oxford
SMU2★0.744Michigan
229Mike Ledgerwood
River View
Washington State2★0.744Washington
230David Ford
Antonian College Prep
Army2★0.744Texas
231Treshawn Robinson
Upland
702★0.744California
232Art Laurel
Leilehua
Hawai'i2★0.737Hawaii
233Steve Brown
Fork Union Military Academy
Eastern Michigan2★0.733Virginia
234Terrell Anderson
Central Catholic
Toledo2★0.733Pennsylvania
235Jory Johnson
St. Paul's Episcopal
UConn2★0.733Alabama
236Armand Staten
Inkster
Central Michigan2★0.722Michigan
237Braden Wilson
Smith Center Jr Sr
Kansas State2★0.722Kansas
238Jabaree Tuani-Mckissack
Brentwood Academy
Navy2★0.722Tennessee
239Eric Stein
Carpinteria Senior
Navy2★0.722California
240David Allen
South Pasadena Senior
Tulane2★0.722California
241Jerome Junior
Archbishop Curley
UConn2★0.722Maryland
242Kevin Hamlin
Dwyer
Iowa State2★0.722Florida
243Anthony Stover
Northwestern
Bowling Green2★0.700Ohio
244Melvin Payne
LeFlore
Ohio2★0.700Alabama
245Robert Martin
Pike
Ball State2★0.700Indiana
246Imani Chatman
Frederick
Buffalo2★0.700Maryland
247Mark Richardson
Hialeah
Buffalo2★0.700Florida
248Obi Ezemma
Ramapo
Buffalo2★0.700New York
249Mark Nelson
Big Walnut
Cincinnati2★0.700Ohio
250Kyle DeMaster
Dakota
Eastern Michigan2★0.700Michigan
251L'shane Bynum
Truman
Eastern Michigan2★0.700Michigan
252Josh Stover
Woodson H.D.
Kent State2★0.700District of Columbia
253Brett Roy
Yucaipa
Nevada2★0.700California
254Jesse Broadnax
Pine Forest
Louisiana2★0.700Florida
255Bobby Wagner
Colony
Utah State2★0.700California
256Steve Erzinger
Lamar
Army2★0.700Texas
257Nate Combs
St. Xavier
Army2★0.700Kentucky
258Sio Moore
Apex
UConn2★0.700North Carolina
259Tommy Smith
North Atlanta
Boise State2★0.700Georgia
260Robert Siavii
Leilehua
702★0.700Hawaii