Position Board

2010 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings

Follow the national linebackers board with committed teams, composite ratings, hometowns, and direct paths into state and team recruiting pages.

Ranked Recruits
297
Committed Schools
100
Blue-Chips
36

State landing pages

Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Jordan Hicks
Lakota West
Texas5★0.996Ohio
2Alec Ogletree
Newnan
Georgia5★0.989Georgia
3Christian Jones
Lake Howell
Florida State5★0.987Florida
4Jeff Luc
Treasure Coast
Florida State5★0.985Florida
5Tevin Jackson
Garland
Texas4★0.972Texas
6Cecil Whiteside
Newport Harbor
California4★0.972California
7Khairi Fortt
Stamford
Penn State4★0.968Connecticut
8Corey Nelson
Skyline
Oklahoma4★0.966Texas
9C.J. Mosley
Theodore
Alabama4★0.964Alabama
10Adrian Hubbard
Norcross
Alabama4★0.958Georgia
11Michael Taylor
Westlake
Florida4★0.951Georgia
12Shaun Lewis
Hightower
Oklahoma State4★0.950Texas
13Aaron Benson
Cedar Hill
Texas4★0.938Texas
14Telvin Smith
Lowndes
Florida State4★0.932Georgia
15Aramide Olaniyan
Woodberry Forest
UCLA4★0.931Virginia
16Josh Shirley
Kaiser
Washington4★0.929California
17Nick Forbes
Johnson
California4★0.929Maryland
18Mike Hull
Canon-McMillan
Penn State4★0.921Pennsylvania
19Javarie Johnson
Dunbar
Maryland4★0.918District of Columbia
20Kevin Pierre-Louis
King & Low Heywood Thomas
Boston College4★0.916Connecticut
21Max Bullough
St Francis
Michigan State4★0.914Michigan
22Chris McCain
Northern Guilford
California4★0.909North Carolina
23Nigel Terrell
Pelham
Florida State4★0.908Alabama
24Jordan Zumwalt
Edison
UCLA4★0.907California
25Aaron Franklin
Marshall
Oklahoma4★0.905Texas
26Marvin Robinson
Lake Region
Michigan4★0.904Florida
27David Wilkerson
Monte Vista
California4★0.903California
28Marquis Spruill
Fork Union Military Academy
Syracuse4★0.900Virginia
29Jake Holland
Pelham
Auburn4★0.898Alabama
30Justin Parker I
Beaufort
Clemson4★0.898South Carolina
31Shaydon Akuna
Kapolei
Oregon State4★0.897Hawaii
32Prince Shembo
Ardrey Kell
Notre Dame4★0.896North Carolina
33Scott McVey
St Ignatius
Ohio State4★0.895Ohio
34Caleb Lavey
Celina
Oklahoma State4★0.894Texas
35V.J. Fehoko
Farrington
Utah4★0.893Hawaii
36Demetre Baker
Orange Park
Georgia4★0.893Florida
37Travis Williams
Lake Taylor
Miami3★0.890Virginia
38Kendall Moore
Southeast Raleigh
Notre Dame3★0.890North Carolina
39Kevin Nelson
Gainesville
Miami3★0.889Florida
40Zachary Allen
Pahokee
Wake Forest3★0.886Florida
41Jawara White
Charles Henderson
Auburn3★0.886Alabama
42Gideon Ajagbe
Ransom Everglades School
Florida3★0.886Florida
43Zac Stout
Oaks Christian
BYU3★0.884California
44Prince Kent
Hargrave Military Academy
Baylor3★0.884Georgia
45Chris Young
Auburn
Washington3★0.884Washington
46Davion Rogers
Warren G Harding
Michigan3★0.882Ohio
47Brian Laiti
Robinson Secondary
Virginia Tech3★0.882Virginia
48Tahrick Peak
Pulaski County Sr.
Texas Tech3★0.882Virginia
49Holmes Onwukaife
Cedar Park
Florida State3★0.882Texas
50Victor Burnett
Culver City
3★0.879California
51Austin Gray
Fitzgerald Senior
3★0.879Michigan
52Chase Williams
Loudoun County
3★0.879Virginia
53Domonique Patterson
Skyline
3★0.879Texas
54P.J. Clyburn
West Iredell
3★0.879North Carolina
55Clarence Jackson
North Clayton
Ole Miss3★0.878Georgia
56Tommie Saunders
Madison
Oklahoma State3★0.876Texas
57Donnell Welch
Palm Desert
Oregon State3★0.876California
58Solomon Tentman
Roger Bacon
Cincinnati3★0.876Ohio
59Ferlando Bohanna
Whitehaven
Mississippi State3★0.876Tennessee
60Luke Muncie
Klein Oak
3★0.874Texas
61Deon Rogers
Treasure Coast
3★0.874Florida
62David Mackall
Fork Union Military Academy
3★0.874Virginia
63C.J. Mizell
Tallahassee Leon
3★0.873Florida
64Kelby Brown
Charlotte Christian
3★0.872North Carolina
65Jim Poggi
Gilman
3★0.872Maryland
66Carl Bradford
Norco
3★0.872California
67Jonathan Brown
Christian Brothers
3★0.871Tennessee
68Steele Divitto
Don Bosco Prep
3★0.871New Jersey
69Desmond Kearse
Dunbar
3★0.871Florida
70Rashod Favors
Dunbar
3★0.871Texas
71Darius Waters
Lakes
3★0.871Washington
72Troy Gloster
Our Lady of Good Counsel
3★0.871Maryland
73Blake Roberts
Tyler Lee
3★0.871Texas
74Houston Bates
Unknown
3★0.871Louisiana
75James Morris
Solon
Iowa3★0.869Iowa
76Marcus Mallett
Cleveland
TCU3★0.869Texas
77Tyrone Cornelius
Stephenson
Miami3★0.868Georgia
78Toloa'i Ho Ching
Alta
3★0.868Utah
79Jeremiah George
Clearwater
3★0.868Florida
80Jared Parham
Coppell
3★0.868Texas
81Eric Kendricks
Herbert Hoover
3★0.868California
82Jewone Snow
McKinley
3★0.868Ohio
83Ralph Williams
Miami Southridge
3★0.868Florida
84D.J. Welter
Notre Dame
3★0.868Louisiana
85Jake Ryan
St Ignatius
3★0.868Ohio
86Joe Gilliam
Southport
Purdue3★0.868Indiana
87Ishmael Thomas
Renaissance
Indiana3★0.868Michigan
88Courtney Gaston
Fort Gibson
3★0.867Oklahoma
89DeAndre Little
Buena
UTEP3★0.866Arizona
90Cqulin Hubert
Aldine Eisenhower
3★0.864Texas
91Brandon Thornton
Conroe
3★0.864Texas
92Dustin Elisara
Kapolei
3★0.864Hawaii
93Quayshawn Nealy
Lakeland
3★0.864Florida
94Mark Wilson
Lincoln
3★0.864Florida
95Preston Brown
Northwest
3★0.864Ohio
96Braylon Mitchell
Heber Springs
3★0.862Arkansas
97A.J. Tarpley
Wayzata
3★0.861Minnesota
98Joey Owens
Pleasant Grove
BYU3★0.861Utah
99Jessel Curry
Buford
Auburn3★0.858Georgia
100Efrem Oliphant
Langham Creek
Houston3★0.858Texas
101Jacoby Hale
Beaumont Central
Utah3★0.858Texas
102Chi Chi Ariguzo
St. Francis de Sales
Northwestern3★0.858Ohio
103Avery Williamson
Milan
Kentucky3★0.858Tennessee
104Tim Patterson
Louisville Central
Kentucky3★0.857Kentucky
105Antonio Kinard
Liberty
Michigan3★0.857Ohio
106Fred Harvey
White Station
Memphis3★0.857Tennessee
107Cortez Bowen
Trezevant
Southern Miss3★0.857Tennessee
108Princeton Fuimaono
Jordan
Washington3★0.857California
109Doug Rigg
Bergen Catholic
West Virginia3★0.857New Jersey
110Jeremiah Attaochu
Archbishop Carroll
Georgia Tech3★0.857District of Columbia
111Collin Ellis
Dunham School
Northwestern3★0.857Louisiana
112Malcolm McDuffen
Christian County
Kentucky3★0.857Kentucky
113Jabari Johnson
Stephenson
Kentucky3★0.857Georgia
114Issac Dixon
Monsignor Pace
Oregon3★0.856Florida
115L.A. Goree
Fork Union Military Academy
Maryland3★0.856Virginia
116Christian Kirksey
Hazelwood East
Iowa3★0.856Missouri
117Tre Walker
Wichita North
Kansas State3★0.856Kansas
118Joe Hemschoot
Lakewood
Stanford3★0.856Colorado
119Mike Hellams
Bolingbrook
Northern Illinois3★0.856Illinois
120John Oglesby
Highland
Fresno State3★0.856California
121Darrin Kitchens
Homestead
Florida3★0.856Florida
122Tuu Lolohea
Kapolei
Hawai'i3★0.856Hawaii
123Floyd Mattison
Morton Ranch
Iowa State3★0.856Texas
124Jamaal Bass
Miramar
Northern Illinois3★0.854Florida
125Ofa Fifita
Arroyo Valley
Fresno State3★0.854California
126Justin Wilson
Western
Michigan State3★0.853Florida
127Willie Tatum
Pickerington Central
Minnesota3★0.853Ohio
128Myles Davis
Penn Hills
Syracuse3★0.853Pennsylvania
129Jake Fely
Oceanside
San Diego State3★0.853California
130Greg Barksdale
Crete-Monee
Northern Illinois3★0.853Illinois
131Collin Keoshian
Santa Clara
BYU3★0.853California
132Garret Gilliland
Orange Lutheran
Washington3★0.851California
133Clerance France
Carver
Duke3★0.850Georgia
134Zach Daugherty
Onate
New Mexico3★0.850New Mexico
135D.J. Lynch
Avondale
Bowling Green3★0.850Michigan
136Eldon Thompson
Warren
Tulsa3★0.850Arkansas
137Nores Fradi
Dearborn
Central Michigan3★0.850Michigan
138Josh Russ
Elyria Catholic
Cincinnati3★0.850Ohio
139Seth Ancar
South Plaquemines
Louisiana Tech3★0.850Louisiana
140Cameron Nwosu
Klein Forest
Rice3★0.850Texas
141Will Lucas
Lakeland
Purdue3★0.850Florida
142Anthony Beard
Lumberton
SMU3★0.850Texas
143John Bordano
New Braunfels
SMU3★0.850Texas
144Henry Coley
Bayside
Virginia3★0.850Virginia
145James Gordon
Glenville
Toledo3★0.850Ohio
146Cody Byers
Archbishop Alter
Wisconsin3★0.850Ohio
147Yawin Smallwood
Doherty Memorial
UConn3★0.850Massachusetts
148Zach Winbush
Samuel Clemens
Texas Tech3★0.849Texas
149D.J. Alexander
Palm Desert
Oregon State3★0.847California
150Jake Geary
Cedar Ridge
East Carolina3★0.847North Carolina
151Mitchell Osborne
Southlake Carroll
Tulsa3★0.847Texas
152Chase Hoobler
Orrville
Indiana3★0.847Ohio
153Joshua Gavert
Mayfair
San Diego State3★0.843California
154Jordan Thomas
Redlands
San Diego State3★0.843California
155Charles Favors
Dr. Phillips
Colorado State3★0.843Florida
156Eric Niederberger
Nevada Union
Colorado State3★0.843California
157Dwayne Mitchell
Edna Karr
Minnesota3★0.842Louisiana
158Toby Ball
Wylie
New Mexico3★0.842Texas
159Kelvin Cain
Buchanan
Miami3★0.842California
160Matt Zakrzewski
St Francis
Indiana3★0.842Michigan
161Jack Denton
Zionsville
Indiana3★0.842Indiana
162Kyle Benson
Corona del Sol
Arizona3★0.840Arizona
163Darrius Moffett
Hubbard
Eastern Michigan3★0.840Illinois
164Soloman Tentman
Roger Bacon
Cincinnati3★0.839Ohio
165Ed Fink
Althoff Catholic
Kansas3★0.839Illinois
166Rahmon Swain
Martin Luther King Jr.
Kent State3★0.839Georgia
167Ray Oppman
Clements
Tulane3★0.839Texas
168Kerchal Byrd
Palmetto
Tulane3★0.839Florida
169Brandon Steg
J. P. Taravella
UConn3★0.839Florida
170Tyon Dixon
Colerain
Louisville3★0.839Ohio
171Cameron Stingily
Romeoville
Northern Illinois3★0.837Illinois
172Cooper Pelluer
Skyline
Washington3★0.837Washington
173Michael Copeland
Lowndes
3★0.836Georgia
174Terry Williams
Grayson
East Carolina3★0.836Georgia
175Anthony Hitchens
Clearview
Iowa3★0.836Ohio
176Joe Carmical
Monticello
Texas Tech3★0.834Arkansas
177Malcolm Cater
Riverhead Senior
Syracuse3★0.833New York
178Charlie Walker
Stevenson
Bowling Green3★0.833Michigan
179Donnell Hawkins
Copperas Cove
Tulsa3★0.833Texas
180Quentin George
Van Buren
Tulsa3★0.833Arkansas
181Michael Bibbee
North Eugene
Oregon State3★0.833Oregon
182Cody Ralston
Calhoun
UCF3★0.833Georgia
183Steve Mehrer
Dublin Jerome
Kent State3★0.833Ohio
184James Radcliffe
Cinco Ranch
Rice3★0.833Texas
185Justin Penn
Bassfield
Southern Miss3★0.833Mississippi
186Desmond Bozeman
Dillard
Western Michigan3★0.833Florida
187Brandon Denmark
Rickards
Illinois3★0.833Florida
188Marquis Hood
Dr. Phillips
Colorado State3★0.833Florida
189Desmond Warren
Houston County
UAB3★0.833Alabama
190T.J. Taimatuia
Artesia
Hawai'i3★0.833California
191Jeremy Grove
Johnson
East Carolina3★0.832Maryland
192Jon Witten
Clear Lake
Houston3★0.832Texas
193Ryan Cobb
Don Bosco Prep
Virginia3★0.832New Jersey
194Zach Davis
Collins Hill
Tulane3★0.832Georgia
195Jake Nicolopulos
T.L. Hanna
Clemson3★0.831South Carolina
196Brad Bars
Montgomery Bell Academy
Penn State3★0.830Tennessee
197Dylan Davis
St. Bonaventure
New Mexico State3★0.829California
198Martaze Jackson
Demopolis
Tennessee3★0.827Alabama
199Kyle Anderson
Silverado
UNLV3★0.826Nevada
200Mario Tull
Xaverian
Syracuse3★0.824New York
201Jake Farley
Cedar Falls
Kansas3★0.824Iowa
202Joshua Alexander
Westlake
UConn3★0.824Maryland
203C.J. France
Carver
Duke3★0.822Georgia
204Trevor Black
Hargrave Military Academy
Marshall3★0.822Virginia
205Zachary Quines
Mililani
Hawai'i3★0.822Hawaii
206Kris Catlin
Madison
Oklahoma State3★0.822Texas
207Mike Lee
Woodland Hills
Purdue3★0.822Pennsylvania
208Lewellyn Coker
Warren G Harding
Syracuse3★0.821Ohio
209Forrest Hagar
Alamo Heights
SMU3★0.821Texas
210Jamar Williams
Westerville Central
Akron3★0.818Ohio
211Zack Hitchens
Canal Winchester
Kent State3★0.818Ohio
212Nick Galvin
Archbishop Moeller
Western Michigan3★0.818Ohio
213Cameron Ontko
Walsh Jesuit
Wisconsin3★0.816Ohio
214Desdan Hester
McNair
Eastern Michigan3★0.813Georgia
215Gregory Hickman
Tampa Bay Tech
3★0.811Florida
216Ofa Latu
Timpview
3★0.811Utah
217Fred Overstreet
Jefferson
Rutgers3★0.811Florida
218Gabe Martin
Grand Blanc Community
Bowling Green3★0.811Michigan
219LeBranden Richardson
Miami Central
UCF3★0.811Florida
220Michael Kinville
Catholic Central
Central Michigan3★0.811Michigan
221Corey Mason
Elder
Cincinnati3★0.811Ohio
222Caleb Vincent
Hollywood Hills
Florida International3★0.811Florida
223Chase Garnham
Fairhope
Vanderbilt3★0.811Alabama
224Fitz Lassing
Montgomery Bell Academy
Vanderbilt3★0.811Tennessee
225Robert Singletary
Kingwood
Baylor3★0.811Texas
226Teu Kautai
The Oakridge School
BYU3★0.811Texas
227Uchenna Nwabuike
Hightower
SMU3★0.811Texas
228T.J. Ross
Southern
Marshall3★0.811North Carolina
229Christian Holmes
Puckett Attendance Center
Mississippi State3★0.811Mississippi
230Kedron Aker
Calhoun
UAB3★0.811Georgia
231Hans Louis
Chaminade-Madonna
South Florida3★0.811Florida
232Tu'ulauena Lolohea
Kapolei
Hawai'i3★0.811Hawaii
233Bar'ee Boyd
Lakewood
Western Kentucky3★0.811Florida
234Zachary Davis
Collins Hill
Tulane3★0.810Georgia
235Sam Bergen
South
Rutgers3★0.807Pennsylvania
236Blake Jones
Hanover
Ohio3★0.802Virginia
237Chris Brathwaite
Holy Cross
Virginia3★0.800New York
238Dominick Sierra
La Habra
Hawai'i3★0.798California
239Mark Fackler
Kenton
Kent State3★0.797Ohio
240Carlows Brown
McKeesport
Kent State2★0.790Pennsylvania
241Qushaun Lee
Prattville
2★0.789Alabama
242Anthony Joyner
Point Loma
New Mexico State2★0.789California
243Matthew Mosley
Morgan Park
Ball State2★0.789Illinois
244Nate Smith
Highland Park
Temple2★0.789New Jersey
245Brandon Hazzard
Hargrave Military Academy
Kent State2★0.789Virginia
246Bryce Hager
Westlake
Baylor2★0.789Texas
247James Gaines
Canisius
Miami2★0.789New York
248Luke Arciniega
Spanish Springs
Nevada2★0.789Nevada
249Sae Tautu
Lone Peak
BYU2★0.789Utah
250Raiques Crump
Minor
Tennessee2★0.789Alabama
251Dawalyn Harper
Ursuline
Toledo2★0.789Ohio
252Dominique Robertson
Cy Woods
Tulane2★0.789Texas
253Andre Robinson
Lyman
Tulane2★0.789Florida
254Parker Hausknecht
Alta
Utah State2★0.789Utah
255Bobby Lyons
East Lake
Army2★0.789Florida
256C.J. Morgan
Frostproof
Iowa State2★0.789Florida
257Andrew Jackson
Kathleen
Western Kentucky2★0.789Florida
258Patrick Thompson
Stone Bridge
Wake Forest2★0.787Virginia
259Anthony Grady Jr.
C. D. Hylton
Ohio2★0.786Virginia
260Nico Caponi
Perkins
Akron2★0.778Ohio
261Nate D Smith
Highland Park
Temple2★0.778New Jersey
262Brach Bessent
Columbia
legacy_name_hudsonvalley2★0.778Florida
263Corey Carmichael
Woodstock
Middle Tennessee2★0.774Georgia
264Maurice Falls
South Point
East Carolina2★0.767North Carolina
265Kelvin Jackson
Hightower
Miami (OH)2★0.767Texas
266Joe Stefanski
Rockford
Ohio2★0.767Michigan
267Zik Asiegbu
James Bowie
Tulsa2★0.767Texas
268Kendall Roberson
Avondale
Buffalo2★0.767Georgia
269Colby Way
State College Area
Buffalo2★0.767Pennsylvania
270Wyatt Benson
The Haverford School
Temple2★0.767Pennsylvania
271Olaniyi Adewole
Upper Darby
Temple2★0.767Pennsylvania
272Colin Weingrad
Hun School
Eastern Michigan2★0.767New Jersey
273Anthony Garner
South Oak Cliff
Louisiana Tech2★0.767Texas
274Khiry Battle
Bentonville
Memphis2★0.767Arkansas
275Leighton Gasque
Hiram
Middle Tennessee2★0.767Georgia
276Cleophus Robinson
Paul VI
Stanford2★0.767New Jersey
277Zach Patt
Honey Grove
Rice2★0.767Texas
278Perry Cooper
The Woodlands
UNLV2★0.767Texas
279Zach Orr
DeSoto
North Texas2★0.767Texas
280Randall Joyner
Newman Smith
SMU2★0.767Texas
281Ray Bush
Rogers
Toledo2★0.767Ohio
282Logan Hamilton
Barbe
Tulane2★0.767Louisiana
283Darryl Williams
Alexandria
Louisiana2★0.767Louisiana
284Tavaris McMillian
Miami Jackson
Utah State2★0.767Florida
285Ryan McCollum
John F. Kennedy
Army2★0.767Ohio
286Reggie Nesbit
Park Tudor
Army2★0.767Indiana
287Dentrell Pate
Deland
Iowa State2★0.767Florida
288Darren Lee
Lassen
Boise State2★0.767California
289Andrew East
North Central
Vanderbilt2★0.757Indiana
290Chris Fox
Chaparral
Utah State2★0.744Arizona
291Keegan Merrigan
Hamilton
Army2★0.744Arizona
292Michael Cermak
Heritage
Army2★0.744Tennessee
293Brach Bessant
Columbia
legacy_name_hudsonvalley2★0.744Florida
294Christian Henry
Hollywood Hills
Middle Tennessee2★0.733Florida
295Hayden Tippett
Mcclintock
Army2★0.722Arizona
296Jewell Ratliff
Unknown
Kentucky2★0.700Tennessee
297George Durant
Boca Ciega
Louisville2★0.700Florida