Position Board
2012 Tight Ends Recruiting Rankings
Follow the national tight ends board with committed teams, composite ratings, hometowns, and direct paths into state and team recruiting pages.
- Ranked Recruits
- 146
- Committed Schools
- 75
- Blue-Chips
- 12
Position recruiting summary
The 2012 tight ends board has 146 ranked recruits and 12 blue-chip prospects.
Top committed programs
- Colorado4
- Colorado State3
- Memphis3
- San José State3
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 | Kent Taylor Land O' Lakes | Florida | 4★ | 0.964 | Florida |
| 2 | Ricky Parks Callaway | Auburn | 4★ | 0.961 | Georgia |
| 3 | Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick Whitney | USC | 4★ | 0.953 | California |
| 4 | Colin Thompson Archbishop Wood | Florida | 4★ | 0.943 | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | Sean Price North Marion | South Florida | 4★ | 0.941 | Florida |
| 6 | Christo Kourtzidis Orange Lutheran | Florida State | 4★ | 0.919 | California |
| 7 | Evan Baylis Grandview | Oregon | 4★ | 0.918 | Colorado |
| 8 | John Thomas Airline | LSU | 4★ | 0.916 | Louisiana |
| 9 | Taylor McNamara Westview | Oklahoma | 4★ | 0.910 | California |
| 10 | Devin Funchess Harrison | Michigan | 4★ | 0.909 | Michigan |
| 11 | AJ Williams Sycamore | Michigan | 4★ | 0.896 | Ohio |
| 12 | Ronald Thompson Southfield | Syracuse | 4★ | 0.895 | Michigan |
| 13 | Demetrius Dean Fayetteville | Arkansas | 3★ | 0.890 | Arkansas |
| 14 | J.P. Holtz Shaler Area | Pittsburgh | 3★ | 0.888 | Pennsylvania |
| 15 | Laith Harlow Amos P. Godby | Oklahoma | 3★ | 0.886 | Florida |
| 16 | Darrion Hutcherson Dadeville | Auburn | 3★ | 0.883 | Alabama |
| 17 | Ty Flournoy-Smith Colquitt County | Georgia | 3★ | 0.879 | Georgia |
| 18 | Kurt Freitag Buford | Alabama | 3★ | 0.879 | Georgia |
| 19 | Will Johnson Osseo Senior | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.878 | Minnesota |
| 20 | Blake Thomas St Ignatius | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.877 | Ohio |
| 21 | Josiah Price Eastern Jr & Sr | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.876 | Indiana |
| 22 | Ryan Morris Barnegat | Purdue | 3★ | 0.873 | New Jersey |
| 23 | Dakota Jackson Northside | Virginia Tech | 3★ | 0.872 | Virginia |
| 24 | Ian Taubler Bullard | Not committed | 3★ | 0.871 | California |
| 25 | Jeremy Sprinkle White Hall | Not committed | 3★ | 0.871 | Arkansas |
| 26 | Sam Grant St. Edward | Not committed | 3★ | 0.871 | Ohio |
| 27 | Alonzo Williams Long Beach Poly | Not committed | 3★ | 0.869 | California |
| 28 | Sean Culkin Indian Rocks Christian School | Missouri | 3★ | 0.868 | Florida |
| 29 | Jesse James South Allegheny | Penn State | 3★ | 0.868 | Pennsylvania |
| 30 | Guito Ervilus Oak Ridge | South Florida | 3★ | 0.866 | Florida |
| 31 | Terrance Knox Concord | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.866 | North Carolina |
| 32 | Dan Beilinson Panther Creek | Duke | 3★ | 0.865 | North Carolina |
| 33 | P.J. Gallo Council Rock South | Maryland | 3★ | 0.864 | Pennsylvania |
| 34 | Zac Veatch Broken Arrow | Oklahoma State | 3★ | 0.864 | Oklahoma |
| 35 | Vincent Hobbs Horn | Colorado | 3★ | 0.864 | Texas |
| 36 | Jordan Smith Reicher Catholic | Kansas | 3★ | 0.861 | Texas |
| 37 | Zach Gordon Carrollton | Wake Forest | 3★ | 0.859 | Georgia |
| 38 | Caleb Smith Kentridge | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.858 | Washington |
| 39 | Austin Ray Rock Bridge | Colorado | 3★ | 0.857 | Missouri |
| 40 | Pierre Aka Pike | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.856 | Indiana |
| 41 | David Grinnage Newark | NC State | 3★ | 0.854 | Delaware |
| 42 | Sean Irwin Cy-Fair | Colorado | 3★ | 0.853 | Texas |
| 43 | Evan Jones Ridgewood | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.853 | Ohio |
| 44 | Jason Spriggs Concord Community | Indiana | 3★ | 0.853 | Indiana |
| 45 | Justin Meredith T.L. Hanna | Tennessee | 3★ | 0.853 | South Carolina |
| 46 | DeShawn Dowdy Akron North | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.851 | Ohio |
| 47 | Tanner Kearns Lexington | Indiana | 3★ | 0.849 | Ohio |
| 48 | Trevor Stevens Friendswood | UTSA | 3★ | 0.849 | Texas |
| 49 | Gerren Ballard Whitewright | TCU | 3★ | 0.848 | Texas |
| 50 | Michael Giacone St. Peter's Prep | Boston College | 3★ | 0.845 | New Jersey |
| 51 | Dustin Stanton Lakewood | Not committed | 3★ | 0.842 | Washington |
| 52 | Justin Chandler Kingwood Park | Not committed | 3★ | 0.842 | Texas |
| 53 | Maxx Williams Waconia Senior | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.839 | Minnesota |
| 54 | Kerwin Harrison Kathleen | Memphis | 3★ | 0.839 | Florida |
| 55 | Anthony Rook J.H. Rose | Wake Forest | 3★ | 0.838 | North Carolina |
| 56 | Orlando David Chaminade-Madonna | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.836 | Florida |
| 57 | Josh Parris Stephenson | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.835 | Georgia |
| 58 | Jeremiah Valoaga Channel Islands | UNLV | 3★ | 0.835 | California |
| 59 | Nardo Govan Savannah Christian Prep | Not committed | 3★ | 0.833 | Georgia |
| 60 | Cody Small Cy Woods | Kansas State | 3★ | 0.829 | Texas |
| 61 | Paul Kyles Vigor | South Alabama | 3★ | 0.824 | Alabama |
| 62 | Jack Schwaba Upper St. Clair | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.823 | Pennsylvania |
| 63 | Sam Cotton Lincoln Southeast | Nebraska | 3★ | 0.821 | Nebraska |
| 64 | Kalief Joyner Christ the King | Not committed | 3★ | 0.820 | New York |
| 65 | Byran Attaway Camden County | Florida International | 3★ | 0.820 | Georgia |
| 66 | Reid Mitchell Hendrickson | Rice | 3★ | 0.818 | Texas |
| 67 | Gus Walley Greene County | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.818 | Mississippi |
| 68 | Kevis Jones Northeast | Wake Forest | 3★ | 0.817 | Florida |
| 69 | Elijah Norris Archbishop Carroll | UConn | 3★ | 0.816 | District of Columbia |
| 70 | Michael Roberts Benedictine | Ohio | 3★ | 0.815 | Ohio |
| 71 | Armand Nance Dekaney | Boise State | 3★ | 0.814 | Texas |
| 72 | John Tanner Archbishop Moeller | Ohio | 3★ | 0.810 | Ohio |
| 73 | Brandon Holifield Amos P. Godby | Missouri | 3★ | 0.810 | Florida |
| 74 | Nate Ortiz St Anthony | 2169 | 3★ | 0.810 | New Jersey |
| 75 | Tyler Wilson Ponca City | Tulsa | 3★ | 0.807 | Oklahoma |
| 76 | Hunter Bowles Glasgow | Louisville | 3★ | 0.807 | Kentucky |
| 77 | Stanley Tart Escambia | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.805 | Florida |
| 78 | Lawrence Brown New Hope | Not committed | 3★ | 0.804 | Mississippi |
| 79 | Matt Doneth Catholic Central | Not committed | 3★ | 0.803 | Michigan |
| 80 | Chadd Dansby Carlisle | Not committed | 3★ | 0.803 | Texas |
| 81 | Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea Kamehameha | Arizona | 3★ | 0.803 | Hawaii |
| 82 | Kody Kohl Mesquite | Arizona State | 3★ | 0.799 | Arizona |
| 83 | Blake Davis American Heritage Boca/Delray | UCF | 3★ | 0.799 | Florida |
| 84 | Clark Eyers Midway | Not committed | 3★ | 0.798 | North Carolina |
| 85 | Bill Albert Brighton | Not committed | 3★ | 0.798 | Michigan |
| 86 | Craig Runyan Marysville | Toledo | 2★ | 0.797 | Ohio |
| 87 | Joe Warner Brother Rice | Not committed | 2★ | 0.795 | Michigan |
| 88 | Kyle Crum Minerva | Kent State | 2★ | 0.794 | Ohio |
| 89 | Steven Richards Alta | BYU | 2★ | 0.794 | Utah |
| 90 | Alec Osborne Dutchtown | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.792 | Louisiana |
| 91 | Hunter Boudreau Hagerty | Not committed | 2★ | 0.792 | Florida |
| 92 | Michael Ebert Perkins | Toledo | 2★ | 0.791 | Ohio |
| 93 | Jordan Thiel Simi Valley | San José State | 2★ | 0.790 | California |
| 94 | Marlon Pope Blair Center Hattiesburg | Not committed | 2★ | 0.790 | Mississippi |
| 95 | Daniel Nwosu Duval | Colorado State | 2★ | 0.790 | Maryland |
| 96 | Eric Lemke Issaquah | 70 | 2★ | 0.790 | Washington |
| 97 | Alex Zmolik Port Huron | Toledo | 2★ | 0.789 | Michigan |
| 98 | Steve Pickren Pell City | UAB | 2★ | 0.787 | Alabama |
| 99 | Sam Pearce Noblesville | Air Force | 2★ | 0.787 | Indiana |
| 100 | Nick Jones Brownsboro | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.786 | Texas |
| 101 | Connor Cella Taylor | Rice | 2★ | 0.786 | Texas |
| 102 | Billy Freeman Red Mountain | San José State | 2★ | 0.786 | Arizona |
| 103 | Christian Menet Reading | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.784 | Pennsylvania |
| 104 | Michael Raby North Central | Ball State | 2★ | 0.783 | Indiana |
| 105 | Andrew Price Blaine | UNLV | 2★ | 0.779 | Washington |
| 106 | Niko Kittrell Sahuaro | San José State | 2★ | 0.774 | Arizona |
| 107 | Gabe Hantsbarger Highlands Christian Academy | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.774 | Florida |
| 108 | Zach Jones ThunderRidge | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.773 | Colorado |
| 109 | John Youngblood Hewitt-Trussville | Ole Miss | 2★ | 0.773 | Alabama |
| 110 | Christian Rebhun Cherry Creek | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.768 | Colorado |
| 111 | Cole Gardner Batavia | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.768 | Illinois |
| 112 | Jameson McShea Boston College High | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Massachusetts |
| 113 | Drew James Corona | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | California |
| 114 | Cole Trolinger East Coweta | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Georgia |
| 115 | Walker Ryan Fort Worth Country Day School | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Texas |
| 116 | Kevin Portillo La Salle | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Florida |
| 117 | Mitch Vejvoda Providence Catholic | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Illinois |
| 118 | Johnathan Powell Searcy | Not committed | 2★ | 0.767 | Arkansas |
| 119 | Marcus Forward Northern Commencement Academy | 2458 | 2★ | 0.767 | Michigan |
| 120 | Grant Davis Kingwood | UAB | 2★ | 0.766 | Texas |
| 121 | Ethan Watanabe Brennan | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.763 | Texas |
| 122 | Daniel Montiel Arlington | Memphis | 2★ | 0.758 | Texas |
| 123 | Chris Hale Dunwoody | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.758 | Georgia |
| 124 | Cal Bloom Osseo Senior | UCF | 2★ | 0.751 | Minnesota |
| 125 | Ben Arnold Webster Groves | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.751 | Missouri |
| 126 | Derek McCartney Faith Christian Academy | Colorado | 2★ | 0.751 | Colorado |
| 127 | Taylor Montero Cretin Derham Hall | Not committed | 2★ | 0.750 | Minnesota |
| 128 | Sean Zemke Mandeville | Not committed | 2★ | 0.750 | Louisiana |
| 129 | Harold Moleni Mormon Mission | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.750 | Utah |
| 130 | Nick Rudolph Ventura | Not committed | 2★ | 0.748 | California |
| 131 | Terrance Winfrey Ben Davis | Not committed | 2★ | 0.740 | Indiana |
| 132 | Thomas Spiers Olive Branch | Not committed | 2★ | 0.740 | Mississippi |
| 133 | Anthony Corsaro Cathedral | Not committed | 2★ | 0.738 | Indiana |
| 134 | Thomas Shepard East | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.738 | Colorado |
| 135 | Sam Brunner Romeo | Ball State | 2★ | 0.733 | Michigan |
| 136 | Anthony Russell Mainland | Florida Atlantic | 2★ | 0.733 | Florida |
| 137 | Terry Pettis New Langston-hughes Academy | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.733 | California |
| 138 | Brett Jordan Bellaire | Colorado State | 2★ | 0.733 | Texas |
| 139 | Johnny Schupp Vacaville | Colorado State | 2★ | 0.733 | California |
| 140 | Sam McCaskill Sheldon | Boise State | 2★ | 0.733 | Oregon |
| 141 | Caleb Counce Henry County | Not committed | 2★ | 0.730 | Tennessee |
| 142 | Hunter Bradley Collierville | Not committed | 2★ | 0.710 | Tennessee |
| 143 | Tammarick Hemmingway N Myrtle Beach | Not committed | 2★ | 0.700 | South Carolina |
| 144 | Chris Edling Corsicana | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.700 | Texas |
| 145 | Raener Ayers Vestavia Hills | Memphis | 2★ | 0.700 | Alabama |
| 146 | Lincoln Howard Osceola | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.700 | Wisconsin |