Position Board

2009 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings

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Ranked Recruits
291
Committed Schools
99
Blue-Chips
40

State landing pages

Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Manti Te'o
Punahou
Notre Dame5★0.998Hawaii
2Jelani Jenkins
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Florida5★0.997Maryland
3Vontaze Burfict
Centennial
Arizona State5★0.994California
4Nico Johnson
Andalusia
Alabama5★0.991Alabama
5Dorian Bell
Gateway
Ohio State5★0.990Pennsylvania
6Ronnell Lewis
Dewar
Oklahoma4★0.980Oklahoma
7Jarvis Jones
Carver
USC4★0.975Georgia
8Jon Bostic
Palm Beach Central
Florida4★0.972Florida
9Frankie Telfort
Gulliver Prep
USC4★0.967Florida
10Tom Wort
New Braunfels
Oklahoma4★0.964Texas
11Tana Patrick
North Jackson
Alabama4★0.959Alabama
12Jerod Askew
Oscar Smith
Tennessee4★0.959Virginia
13Shayne Skov
Trinity-Pawling School
Stanford4★0.956New York
14Kevin Minter
Peachtree Ridge
LSU4★0.942Georgia
15Tariq Allen
MacArthur
Texas4★0.940Texas
16Zeke Motta
Vero Beach
Notre Dame4★0.933Florida
17Eric Fields
Northside
4★0.933Georgia
18Marquis Simmons
Compton Dominguez
USC4★0.932California
19Justin Dixon
Smithfield-Selma
North Carolina4★0.928North Carolina
20Chris Norman
Renaissance
Michigan State4★0.928Michigan
21Dexter Moody
Emanuel County Institute
4★0.927Kansas
22Gerald Hodges
Paulsboro
Penn State4★0.925New Jersey
23Isaiah Bell
Liberty
Michigan4★0.923Ohio
24Barkevious Mingo
West Monroe
LSU4★0.923Louisiana
25Petey Smith
Armwood
Alabama4★0.915Florida
26Glenn Carson
Southern Reg
Penn State4★0.913New Jersey
27Todd Golper
Arcadia
UCLA4★0.910California
28Dan Mason
Penn Hills
Pittsburgh4★0.907Pennsylvania
29Storm Klein
Licking Valley
4★0.901Ohio
30Chase Vasser
Chestatee
4★0.899Georgia
31Boseko Lokombo
South Eugene
4★0.898Oregon
32Jonathan Davis
Tucker
UCF4★0.897Georgia
33Trevor Erno
Lakewood
Arizona4★0.897California
34Chris Williams
Abilene
Nebraska4★0.897Texas
35Michael Gilliard
Valdosta
Georgia4★0.897Georgia
36Brandon Mahoney
Fossil Ridge
Texas Tech4★0.896Texas
37Hawatha Bell
Butler
North Carolina4★0.896North Carolina
38Chris Snook
Highland
West Virginia4★0.894Ohio
39Jaydan Bird
Conway Springs
Oklahoma4★0.893Kansas
40Carlo Calabrese
Verona
Notre Dame4★0.890New Jersey
41D.T. Shackelford
Austin
Ole Miss3★0.890Alabama
42Jordan Whiting
Trinity
Ohio State3★0.890Kentucky
43Jonathan Stewart
C.E. Byrd
Texas A&M3★0.890Louisiana
44Austin Moss
Rockwall-Heath
Arkansas3★0.890Texas
45Jamil Merrell
Technology
Rutgers3★0.889New Jersey
46Chris Metcalf
Compton
Nevada3★0.889California
47Jonathan Atchison
Douglass
Alabama3★0.889Georgia
48Dan Fox
St. Ignatius
3★0.887Ohio
49Michael Clay
Bellarmine Prep
Oregon3★0.887California
50Cameron Lawrence
Magnolia Heights School
3★0.886Mississippi
51Robert Nelson
Stone Mountain
3★0.886Georgia
52Gus Jones
Wagoner
3★0.886Oklahoma
53Jonathan Newsome
Glenville
3★0.884Ohio
54Jeremy Gainer
Clarenceville
3★0.883Michigan
55Tanner Brock
Copperas Cove
3★0.882Texas
56Greg King
Melrose
3★0.882Tennessee
57Justin Isadore
Ozen
3★0.882Texas
58Rickey Dowdy
High Point Central
NC State3★0.882North Carolina
59Will Studlien
Big Walnut
3★0.879Ohio
60Andre Lawrence
Hartford Public
3★0.879Connecticut
61Sam Barrington
Terry Parker
3★0.879Florida
62Mike Marry
Largo
Ole Miss3★0.879Florida
63Travis Brown
Clovis West
3★0.878California
64Rufus Porter
Destrehan
3★0.878Louisiana
65Willie Ferrell
Florida A&M University Developmental Research Scho
3★0.878Florida
66Anthony Jones
Hamilton
3★0.876Arizona
67Lamin Barrow
John Ehret
3★0.876Louisiana
68Mike Gilliard
Valdosta
3★0.876Georgia
69Corico Hawkins
Baldwin
3★0.874Georgia
70Tucker Windle
Charlotte Catholic
3★0.874North Carolina
71Quandon Christian
Lake View
3★0.874South Carolina
72Tariq Edwards
Marlboro County
3★0.874South Carolina
73Luke Kuechly
St. Xavier
3★0.874Ohio
74Nigel Mitchell-Thornton
Stephenson
3★0.874Georgia
75TyQuan Hammock
Bishop Luers
3★0.872Indiana
76Telvion Clark
Granby
3★0.872Virginia
77Shane Gordon
Cypress Bay
Pittsburgh3★0.871Florida
78Jordan Barrett
Notre Dame
UNLV3★0.871California
79Isaiah Bowens
Bishop Amat
UCLA3★0.871California
80Bradley Johnson
Dinwiddie County
3★0.869Virginia
81Eric Martin
Rancho Verde
3★0.869California
82Spencer Shuey
South Mecklenburg
3★0.869North Carolina
83Brent Singleton
American Heritage
3★0.868Florida
84Jonathan Evans
Blount
3★0.868Alabama
85LeRon Furr
Carver
3★0.868Georgia
86Denicos Allen
Hamilton
3★0.868Ohio
87Mike Privott
Lake Taylor
3★0.868Virginia
88Joel Kight
Martin Luther King Jr.
3★0.868Georgia
89Steven Fanua
Milpitas
3★0.868California
90John Michael Davis
Tesoro
3★0.868California
91Brandon Watts
Washington County
3★0.868Georgia
92Derrick Webb
Whitehaven
3★0.868Tennessee
93Maalik Bomar
Winton Woods
3★0.868Ohio
94Damien Proby
Cheyenne
Northwestern3★0.866Nevada
95Roderick Goodlow
Adamson
3★0.864Texas
96Will Saddler
Columbus East
3★0.864Indiana
97Austin Gamble
Cypress Bay
3★0.864Florida
98LaRoy Reynolds
Maury
3★0.864Virginia
99Demarcus Knight
Morristown East
3★0.864Tennessee
100Darren Markle
Mountain View
3★0.864Idaho
101Patrick Nkwopara
South Grand Prairie
3★0.863Texas
102Lorne Goree
Charles Herbert Flowers
3★0.861Maryland
103Qua Huzzie
LaGrange Academy
3★0.861Georgia
104Ross Rasner
Reicher Catholic
3★0.861Texas
105Justin Jackson
Richmond
3★0.861North Carolina
106T.J. Alofipo
Silverado
3★0.861Nevada
107Terrell Williams
Union
3★0.861Oklahoma
108Andrew Weaver
Waco
3★0.861Texas
109Corico Wright
Baldwin
3★0.861Georgia
110DeDe Lattimore
Cedar Shoals
3★0.860Georgia
111Taniela Maka
Jordan
3★0.860California
112Marcus Whitfield
Northwest
3★0.860Maryland
113Darrin Drakeford
Roosevelt
3★0.860District of Columbia
114Conor O'Neill
St. Thomas Aquinas
3★0.860Florida
115Isaiah Bowens
Unknown
3★0.859Tennessee
116Deontae Skinner
Noxubee County
3★0.858Mississippi
117Avery Murray
West Florence
Maryland3★0.857South Carolina
118Huldon Tharp
Mulvane
Kansas3★0.857Kansas
119Quin Smith
Hibriten
South Carolina3★0.857North Carolina
120Branko Busick
Steubenville
West Virginia3★0.857Ohio
121Julian Jones
MacArthur
Kansas3★0.856Oklahoma
122Sean Porter
Samuel Clemens
Texas A&M3★0.856Texas
123Tim Tucker
Narbonne
Washington3★0.856California
124Dion Chidozie
Bishop Lynch
Texas Tech3★0.856Texas
125Robert Bell
East Grand Rapids
Toledo3★0.856Michigan
126Cordarius Golston
Lancaster
Arizona3★0.854Texas
127Kenneth Dillard
Northwestern
Florida International3★0.854Florida
128Kendrick James
O. Perry Walker
Louisiana Tech3★0.854Louisiana
129Cody Ledford
North Florida Christian
Tulane3★0.854Florida
130Larvez Mars
Apopka
Florida International3★0.854Florida
131Malcom Johnson
Collinsville
Texas A&M3★0.854Texas
132Sean Porter
Samuel Clemens
Texas A&M3★0.854Texas
133Adam Burton
Lee's Summit West
Missouri3★0.853Missouri
134Ryan Cheek
Lancaster
NC State3★0.853Ohio
135Kyle Zelinsky
Bartlett
Central Michigan3★0.853Illinois
136Blake Southerland
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Vanderbilt3★0.853Georgia
137Aaron Arterburn
Unknown
Texas A&M3★0.853Texas
138Chase Griffiths
North Florida Christian
South Florida3★0.853Florida
139L.A. Goree
Charles Herbert Flowers
Maryland3★0.852Maryland
140Jake Fischer
Ironwood Ridge
Arizona3★0.851Arizona
141Devekeyan Lattimore
Cedar Shoals
South Florida3★0.851Georgia
142Steve Beauharnais
St Joseph Regional
Rutgers3★0.850New Jersey
143Michael Lamothe
New Iberia
Texas A&M3★0.850Louisiana
144Hans Rice
Eufaula
NC State3★0.847Alabama
145Shawn Jackson
McLain
Tulsa3★0.847Oklahoma
146Jarek Lancaster
O'Connor
Stanford3★0.847Texas
147Allen Mooney
O'Dea
Boise State3★0.847Washington
148Daren Bates
Olive Branch
Auburn3★0.846Mississippi
149James Scott
Coldspring-Oakhurst
Texas Tech3★0.846Texas
150Will Martin
Madison Central
3★0.843Mississippi
151Isaiah Ross
Eleanor Roosevelt
Maryland3★0.843Maryland
152Will Schwarz
Troy
Central Michigan3★0.843Michigan
153Justin Jones
Amos P. Godby
Middle Tennessee3★0.843Florida
154Ryan Mosby
Rockwall-Heath
Kentucky3★0.843Tennessee
155Mike Osiecki
Seymour
UConn3★0.842Connecticut
156Princeton Jackson
Cy Ridge
Iowa State3★0.842Texas
157A.J. Klein
Kimberly
Iowa State3★0.842Wisconsin
158Ryan Donohue
St Joseph Regional
Maryland3★0.840New Jersey
159Adam Fenton
Ernest W. Seaholm
Central Michigan3★0.840Michigan
160Clarence Bumpas
Sierra
Kansas State3★0.840Colorado
161Todd Knight
Grandview
Wyoming3★0.840Colorado
162Liloa Nobriga
Palo Verde
Colorado3★0.840Nevada
163Rueben Robinson
Hamilton
Oregon State3★0.839Arizona
164Phil Walker
Cypress Bay
Marshall3★0.839Florida
165Quanthony Fletcher
Dr. Michael M. Krop
Marshall3★0.839Florida
166Alex Smith
Barrington
Central Michigan3★0.837Illinois
167E.J. Carter
Dr. Phillips
Syracuse3★0.836Florida
168Troy Davis
Berkmar
UCF3★0.836Georgia
169Julian Burnett
Westside
Georgia Tech3★0.836Georgia
170Tyler Scott
Howland
Northwestern3★0.836Ohio
171Jake Knott
Waukee
Iowa State3★0.835Iowa
172Robert Atiga
Hunter
3★0.833Utah
173Colton Richardson
Ada
Oklahoma State3★0.833Oklahoma
174George Bamfo
Rockwall-Heath
Houston3★0.833Texas
175Beck Coulter
Samoana
SMU3★0.833AS
176Austin Moore
Springfield
Miami (OH)3★0.832Ohio
177Martin Hopkins
St. Rita
Iowa3★0.832Illinois
178August Campbell
Christ School
Duke3★0.829North Carolina
179Dwayne Woods
Princeton
Bowling Green3★0.829Ohio
180Shane DiBona
Duxbury
Iowa3★0.829Massachusetts
181Cameron Blakes
Ouachita Parish
UL Monroe3★0.829Louisiana
182Denzel Drone
Plant City
Michigan State3★0.827Florida
183Andre Barrington
Federal Way
Washington State3★0.827Washington
184Jacob Driver
La Costa Canyon
San Diego State3★0.824California
185Brody Trahan
Dickinson
Baylor3★0.824Texas
186Roderic Blunt
Everglades
Middle Tennessee3★0.824Florida
187Trey Briggs
Jersey Village
Rice3★0.824Texas
188Horace Miller
Dunbar
Louisville3★0.824Maryland
189Javen Harris
Eufaula
UCF3★0.823Alabama
190Shane Mularkey
Greater Atlanta Christian School
North Carolina3★0.821Georgia
191Cody Wilson
Lincoln Christian School
Tulsa3★0.820Oklahoma
192Andru Pulu
Federal Way
Washington3★0.820Washington
193Donald Coleman
Hun School
NC State3★0.819New Jersey
194IK Enemkpali
Pflugerville
Louisiana Tech3★0.819Texas
195Dan Molls
Padua Franciscan
Toledo3★0.818Ohio
196Zakee Bashir
Walnut Ridge
Marshall3★0.817Ohio
197Angel Clybourn
Blair Academy
Cincinnati3★0.814New Jersey
198Tyree Glover
Crescent City
Duke3★0.813Florida
199Demetri Merritt
LaGrange
Kentucky3★0.813Georgia
200Champ Lee
Lake Gibson
Louisville3★0.812Florida
201James Chambers
Rider
Air Force3★0.811Texas
202Stephen Roberts
Starrs Mill
Middle Tennessee3★0.811Georgia
203Sam Foster
Esparto
Nevada3★0.811California
204Taylor Reed
West Brook
SMU3★0.811Texas
205Taige Redman
Keyser
West Virginia3★0.811West Virginia
206Ibe Nduka
Etiwanda
Fresno State3★0.811California
207Pat Su'a
Highland
Fresno State3★0.811California
208Tyler Harrell
Dublin Scioto
Iowa3★0.808Ohio
209Antonio Hoskins
Hillcrest Christian School
UL Monroe3★0.807Mississippi
210Roman Lawson
Shaker Heights
Miami (OH)3★0.807Ohio
211Chris Wade
Northshore
Miami (OH)3★0.806Louisiana
212Dallas Bollema
Artesia
New Mexico3★0.804New Mexico
213Danny Gress
Northmont
Kent State3★0.803Ohio
214Dakota Getz
Meridian
Iowa3★0.802Illinois
215Cody Marley
Guyer
Kansas State3★0.800Texas
216Devyn Harris
Fountain-Fort Carson
Wyoming3★0.800Colorado
217Greg Smith
Citrus Hill
Arizona State3★0.800California
218LeQuince McCall
Reagan
Baylor3★0.797Texas
219Kelvin King
Alief Taylor
Houston2★0.797Texas
220Daniel Salinas
North Shore
Fresno State2★0.790Texas
221Abdallah Homayed
Fordson
Akron2★0.789Michigan
222Darius Willis
Aldine Eisenhower
Buffalo2★0.789Texas
223Craig Allen
Villa Rica
Middle Tennessee2★0.789Georgia
224Devon Butler
Everglades
Northern Illinois2★0.789Florida
225Steven Robertson
Cleveland
Houston2★0.789Texas
226Daniel Prior
Henderson
North Texas2★0.789Texas
227Jack Tyler
Oakton
Virginia Tech2★0.789Virginia
228George Daily-Lyles
Long Beach Poly
Hawai'i2★0.789California
229Damon Sims
Colerain
Indiana2★0.789Ohio
230Tyrone Clark
Mehlville
Northern Illinois2★0.787Missouri
231Junior Solice
Hackensack
Rutgers2★0.783New Jersey
232Nic Hammett
Rockdale
Rice2★0.783Texas
233Ishmael White
Etowah
Miami (OH)2★0.780Georgia
234Phillip Steward
Hightower
Houston2★0.779Texas
235Mike Olson
Stone Bridge
Wake Forest2★0.777Virginia
236Reggie Umuolo
Centennial
UNLV2★0.773Arizona
237Johnny Thompson
Acts Academy
legacy_name_hudsonvalley2★0.773Alabama
238Jared Koster
Norco
UCLA2★0.769California
239Paul Swan
Oconomowoc
Bowling Green2★0.767Wisconsin
240Eric Jordan
Sandusky
Bowling Green2★0.767Ohio
241Collin Boucher
Archbishop Alter
Miami (OH)2★0.767Ohio
242Evan Harris
Westlake
Miami (OH)2★0.767Maryland
243Brian Corcoran
Klein Oak
Air Force2★0.767Texas
244David Anderson
Purcell Marian
Akron2★0.767Ohio
245Michael Brodsky
Milton
Tulsa2★0.767Georgia
246Galen Clemons
Northampton Area
Central Michigan2★0.767Pennsylvania
247Tristin Marvin
Winton Woods
Cincinnati2★0.767Ohio
248Marcus Green
Scotch Plains Fanwood
Temple2★0.767New Jersey
249Geoffrey Prather
Valley Forge Military Academy (HS)
Temple2★0.767Pennsylvania
250Matthew Boyd
Southfield-lathrup
Eastern Michigan2★0.767Michigan
251Tourek Williams
Norland
Florida International2★0.767Florida
252Luke Batton
Nordonia
Kent State2★0.767Ohio
253Ben Giles
Pace
UL Monroe2★0.767Florida
254Jason Whittingham
Timpview
Utah2★0.767Utah
255Byron Brown
Minden
SMU2★0.767Louisiana
256Sekope Kaufusi
Woodside
Washington State2★0.767California
257Kyle Lark
Alma Senior
Western Michigan2★0.767Michigan
258Jeff Roueche
Niwot
Wyoming2★0.767Colorado
259Matt Pickett
Providence
Marshall2★0.767North Carolina
260Ben Letcher
Centennial
Fresno State2★0.767California
261Brandon Nash
Redemptorist
Louisiana2★0.767Louisiana
262Travis Parrish
Bountiful
Utah State2★0.767Utah
263Marvin Burdette
South Panola
UAB2★0.767Mississippi
264Willie Scott
Jones
Iowa State2★0.767Florida
265Jared Heston
Lake City
702★0.767Idaho
266Boogie McCray
Lake Taylor
Louisville2★0.767Virginia
267Nick Tenhaeff
Atascadero
San Diego State2★0.744California
268Jake Reisen
Regina
Iowa2★0.744Iowa
269Trevor Black
West Mecklenburg
Marshall2★0.744North Carolina
270Clay Rutherford
Kell
Army2★0.744Georgia
271Griffen Dahlstrom
North Putnam Sr Sch
Indiana2★0.744Indiana
272Kipeli Koniseti
Grant Union
Arizona State2★0.744California
273Jordan Delegal
Chaminade-Madonna
Northern Illinois2★0.733Florida
274Kevin Rojas
Wakefield
Duke2★0.722North Carolina
275Blake Fraley
Hilliard Darby
Akron2★0.722Ohio
276Devonte Helms
Potomac
Kent State2★0.722Maryland
277Taylor Hayes-Leak
Bishop O'Connell
Army2★0.722Virginia
278Brad Strimel
Canon-McMillan
Army2★0.722Pennsylvania
279Tim Riley
Oswego
Northwestern2★0.722Illinois
280Lamar McLendon
Seventy-First
East Carolina2★0.700North Carolina
281Marke Powell
West Montgomery
East Carolina2★0.700North Carolina
282Dylan Reda
San Clemente
Ohio2★0.700California
283Nick Nelms
Houston
Arkansas State2★0.700Tennessee
284LaAngelo Albright
Prattville
Arkansas State2★0.700Alabama
285Khalil Mack
Fort Pierce Westwood
Buffalo2★0.700Florida
286Jacob Dooley
Mars Hill Academy
Kent State2★0.700Ohio
287Jeremiah Toma
Grant Union
Fresno State2★0.700California
288Mike Orakpo
Westbury
Colorado State2★0.700Texas
289Greg Irvin
Demopolis
UAB2★0.700Alabama
290Jeffrey Bediako
Boise City
702★0.700Oklahoma
291Conrad Scheidt
Kamehameha
702★0.700Hawaii