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2008 Tight Ends Recruiting Rankings

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2008 National RankingsRecruiting Dashboard
Ranked Recruits
119
Committed Schools
80
Blue-Chips
18

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Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Blake Ayles
Orange Lutheran
USC5★0.991California
2Kyle Rudolph
Elder
Notre Dame4★0.983Ohio
3Kavario Middleton
Lakes
Washington4★0.982Washington
4Jake Stoneburner
Dublin Coffman
Ohio State4★0.964Ohio
5Brandon Moore
Trotwood-Madison
Michigan4★0.944Ohio
6Dwayne Allen
Terry Sanford
Clemson4★0.938North Carolina
7Kevin Koger
Whitmer
Michigan4★0.917Ohio
8Michael Williams
Pickens County
Alabama4★0.916Alabama
9Joseph Fauria
Crespi
Notre Dame4★0.915California
10Austin Holt
Bingham
BYU4★0.913Utah
11Andrew Jones
Smithville
Missouri4★0.911Missouri
12Aaron Douglas
Maryville
Tennessee4★0.911Tennessee
13Hubie Graham
West Scranton
Illinois4★0.906Pennsylvania
14Spencer Ladner
The Pembroke Hill School
California4★0.902Missouri
15James Hanna
Flower Mound
Oklahoma4★0.900Texas
16Ryan Deehan
Poway
Colorado4★0.900California
17Tyler Edwards
Ouachita Parish
LSU4★0.898Louisiana
18Mark Wedderburn
Cardinal O'Hara
Penn State4★0.894Pennsylvania
19Tanner Hawkinson
McPherson
3★0.886Kansas
20Mike Cruz
Bishop Mc Cort
3★0.882Pennsylvania
21Ben Cotton
Ames
Nebraska3★0.879Iowa
22Anthony Miller
Archbishop Mitty
California3★0.879California
23Matt Furstenburg
Hun School
Maryland3★0.878New Jersey
24Cory Harkey
Chino Hills
UCLA3★0.878California
25Quentin Williams
Central Catholic
Northwestern3★0.878Pennsylvania
26Steven Figueroa
Desert Vista
Arizona State3★0.876Arizona
27Nic DiLillo
Madison
Ohio State3★0.874Ohio
28Ja'Baris Little
Lincoln
3★0.870Florida
29Cooper Bassett
Tuttle
3★0.869Oklahoma
30Tim Biere
Westside
3★0.866Nebraska
31Andrew Parker
Bartram Trail
3★0.860Florida
32Jordan Brewer
Carmel
Purdue3★0.858Indiana
33Brad Smelley
American Christian
Alabama3★0.857Alabama
34Eric Lair
Lamar
3★0.856Texas
35J.T. Dixon
Hargrave Military Academy
Wake Forest3★0.856Virginia
36Justin Horton
Henderson
Oklahoma State3★0.851Texas
37Nigel Nicholas
Ridgeland
Oklahoma State3★0.851Georgia
38Mychal Rivera
Birmingham
Oregon3★0.850California
39Jamal Mosley
Kingsbury
Oklahoma State3★0.849Tennessee
40Tyler Urban
Norwin
West Virginia3★0.847Pennsylvania
41Ryan Wallace
Bowling Green
Colorado3★0.847Kentucky
42Chandler Spence
Lamar
Louisiana Tech3★0.846Texas
43Bryce Ros
Kennesaw Mountain
Georgia3★0.846Georgia
44Justin Virbitsky
Lakeland
Pittsburgh3★0.842Pennsylvania
45Vance Smith
Pace
Auburn3★0.840Florida
46Chandler Koch
Flower Mound
Boise State3★0.839Texas
47Mike Stone
Holliston
Boston College3★0.836Massachusetts
48Nelson Hurst
Plainfield
Mississippi State3★0.835Indiana
49Mario Carter
Independence
NC State3★0.833North Carolina
50Brad Herman
Metamora
Iowa3★0.833Illinois
51Taylor Thompson
Prosper
SMU3★0.833Texas
52Randall Dunn
Ocean Lakes
Virginia Tech3★0.833Virginia
53Jake Byrne
Rogers
Wisconsin3★0.833Arkansas
54Randy White
Virginia
North Carolina3★0.832Virginia
55Sean Stackhouse
Mandarin
Kentucky3★0.832Florida
56Colter Phillips
Georgetown Preparatory School
Virginia3★0.828Maryland
57David Stevens
Millburn
Syracuse3★0.826New Jersey
58Eric Martin
C. D. Hylton
Virginia Tech3★0.826Virginia
59Garry Gilliam
Milton Hershey School
Penn State3★0.822Pennsylvania
60Ken Adams
Enterprise
Auburn3★0.822Alabama
61Brendan Kelly
Shoreham-Wading River
UCF3★0.820New York
62Carl Cutler
Hanover
Syracuse3★0.818New Hampshire
63D.J. Shields
Bonita Vista
San Diego State3★0.818California
64Skylar Stormo
Kamiak
Washington State3★0.817Washington
65Ferbia Allen
Dollarway
Ole Miss3★0.814Arkansas
66Russell Ellington
Unknown
Illinois3★0.812Tennessee
67E.J. Epperson
Humboldt
Ole Miss3★0.811Tennessee
68Kedric Murry
Pleasant Grove
Arkansas State3★0.811Alabama
69Chris Gragg
Warren
Arkansas3★0.811Arkansas
70Nate Nord
West Boca Raton
Louisville3★0.811Florida
71Andrei Lintz
Meridian
Washington State3★0.806Washington
72Jamie Hatten
Hendersonville
Marshall3★0.799North Carolina
73David Gory
California
Fresno State2★0.793California
74Mike Triglia
The Bolles School
South Carolina2★0.791Florida
75Siaki Cravens
Temecula Valley
Utah2★0.790California
76Andrew Ellison
A&M Consolidated
SMU2★0.789Texas
77Walker Dille
Clements
TCU2★0.789Texas
78Blake Hammond
Lincoln-Way East
Western Michigan2★0.789Illinois
79Bo Reliford
Dillard
Florida State2★0.789Florida
80Matt Birkeness
Columbine
Wyoming2★0.787Colorado
81Trevor Behmke
Conestoga
Miami (OH)2★0.784Pennsylvania
82Kellen Bartlett
Blue Springs South
Utah State2★0.784Missouri
83Brendan Wilson
Dutchtown
Louisiana2★0.778Louisiana
84Stephon Ball
St. Xavier
Louisville2★0.776Ohio
85Jackson Anderson
Frisco
Duke2★0.767Texas
86Lucas Reed
Sabino
New Mexico2★0.767Arizona
87Chandler Jones
Union Endicott
Syracuse2★0.767New York
88Travis Kelce
Cleveland Heights
Cincinnati2★0.767Ohio
89Justin Thompson
St. Francis de Sales
Kent State2★0.767Ohio
90Jared Williams
Huntsville
Rice2★0.767Texas
91Ari Tatum
Dacula
Houston2★0.767Georgia
92Kevin Grenier
Salpointe Catholic
SMU2★0.767Arizona
93Rod Wheeler
Highland Springs
Virginia2★0.767Virginia
94Jeff Zipfel
Kettle Moraine
Western Michigan2★0.767Wisconsin
95Michael Butler
Sunnyside
Fresno State2★0.767California
96Kulitapa Taumoepeau
Trinity
Fresno State2★0.767Texas
97Ryan Griffin
Londonderry Senior
UConn2★0.767New Hampshire
98Carter Bykowski
Eden Prairie
Iowa State2★0.766Minnesota
99D. Brad Kelly
Exeter
Army2★0.756New Hampshire
100David Blackburn
De La Salle Collegiate
Central Michigan2★0.744Michigan
101Joe Moreno
Mission Hills
Utah State2★0.744California
102Jake Arbanas
Rockhurst
Army2★0.744Missouri
103Teddy Jennings
Chaminade Julienne
UConn2★0.744Ohio
104Luke Willson
Lasalle
Rice2★0.733Oregon
105Rhyne Ladrach
Orrville
Akron2★0.722Ohio
106Dan Edem
Eastview Senior
Northern Illinois2★0.722Minnesota
107Adam Coerper
Hood River Valley
Washington State2★0.722Oregon
108Charles Love III
Trezevant
Indiana2★0.722Tennessee
109Zach Sudfeld
Modesto
2★0.700California
110Mike Brown
Reidsville
East Carolina2★0.700North Carolina
111Andrew Colosimo
Upper Arlington
Akron2★0.700Ohio
112Joey Harris
Chiefland
Florida International2★0.700Florida
113Donald Law
Hamilton
Memphis2★0.700Tennessee
114Alex Young
Central Catholic
UNLV2★0.700California
115Zack Sudfeld
Modesto
Nevada2★0.700California
116Troy Wainwright
Barbe
Tulane2★0.700Louisiana
117Zach Tenuta
Walton
Marshall2★0.700Georgia
118Corey Manning
Woodward Academy
UConn2★0.700Georgia
119Kurt Hammerschmidt
DeSmet
Iowa State2★0.700Missouri