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2012 Tight Ends Recruiting Rankings

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2012 National RankingsRecruiting Dashboard
Ranked Recruits
146
Committed Schools
79
Blue-Chips
12

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Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Kent Taylor
Land O' Lakes
Florida4★0.964Florida
2Ricky Parks
Callaway
Auburn4★0.961Georgia
3Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick
Whitney
USC4★0.953California
4Colin Thompson
Archbishop Wood
Florida4★0.943Pennsylvania
5Sean Price
North Marion
South Florida4★0.941Florida
6Christo Kourtzidis
Orange Lutheran
Florida State4★0.919California
7Evan Baylis
Grandview
Oregon4★0.918Colorado
8John Thomas
Airline
LSU4★0.916Louisiana
9Taylor McNamara
Westview
Oklahoma4★0.910California
10Devin Funchess
Harrison
Michigan4★0.909Michigan
11AJ Williams
Sycamore
Michigan4★0.896Ohio
12Ronald Thompson
Southfield
Syracuse4★0.895Michigan
13Demetrius Dean
Fayetteville
Arkansas3★0.890Arkansas
14J.P. Holtz
Shaler Area
Pittsburgh3★0.888Pennsylvania
15Laith Harlow
Amos P. Godby
Oklahoma3★0.886Florida
16Darrion Hutcherson
Dadeville
Auburn3★0.883Alabama
17Ty Flournoy-Smith
Colquitt County
Georgia3★0.879Georgia
18Kurt Freitag
Buford
Alabama3★0.879Georgia
19Will Johnson
Osseo Senior
West Virginia3★0.878Minnesota
20Blake Thomas
St Ignatius
Ohio State3★0.877Ohio
21Josiah Price
Eastern Jr & Sr
Michigan State3★0.876Indiana
22Ryan Morris
Barnegat
Purdue3★0.873New Jersey
23Dakota Jackson
Northside
Virginia Tech3★0.872Virginia
24Ian Taubler
Bullard
3★0.871California
25Jeremy Sprinkle
White Hall
3★0.871Arkansas
26Sam Grant
St. Edward
3★0.871Ohio
27Alonzo Williams
Long Beach Poly
3★0.869California
28Sean Culkin
Indian Rocks Christian School
Missouri3★0.868Florida
29Jesse James
South Allegheny
Penn State3★0.868Pennsylvania
30Guito Ervilus
Oak Ridge
South Florida3★0.866Florida
31Terrance Knox
Concord
North Carolina3★0.866North Carolina
32Dan Beilinson
Panther Creek
Duke3★0.865North Carolina
33P.J. Gallo
Council Rock South
Maryland3★0.864Pennsylvania
34Zac Veatch
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma State3★0.864Oklahoma
35Vincent Hobbs
Horn
Colorado3★0.864Texas
36Jordan Smith
Reicher Catholic
Kansas3★0.861Texas
37Zach Gordon
Carrollton
Wake Forest3★0.859Georgia
38Caleb Smith
Kentridge
Oregon State3★0.858Washington
39Austin Ray
Rock Bridge
Colorado3★0.857Missouri
40Pierre Aka
Pike
Iowa State3★0.856Indiana
41David Grinnage
Newark
NC State3★0.854Delaware
42Sean Irwin
Cy-Fair
Colorado3★0.853Texas
43Evan Jones
Ridgewood
Michigan State3★0.853Ohio
44Jason Spriggs
Concord Community
Indiana3★0.853Indiana
45Justin Meredith
T.L. Hanna
Tennessee3★0.853South Carolina
46DeShawn Dowdy
Akron North
Cincinnati3★0.851Ohio
47Tanner Kearns
Lexington
Indiana3★0.849Ohio
48Trevor Stevens
Friendswood
UTSA3★0.849Texas
49Gerren Ballard
Whitewright
TCU3★0.848Texas
50Michael Giacone
St. Peter's Prep
Boston College3★0.845New Jersey
51Dustin Stanton
Lakewood
3★0.842Washington
52Justin Chandler
Kingwood Park
3★0.842Texas
53Maxx Williams
Waconia Senior
Minnesota3★0.839Minnesota
54Kerwin Harrison
Kathleen
Memphis3★0.839Florida
55Anthony Rook
J.H. Rose
Wake Forest3★0.838North Carolina
56Orlando David
Chaminade-Madonna
Miami (OH)3★0.836Florida
57Josh Parris
Stephenson
Syracuse3★0.835Georgia
58Jeremiah Valoaga
Channel Islands
UNLV3★0.835California
59Nardo Govan
Savannah Christian Prep
3★0.833Georgia
60Cody Small
Cy Woods
Kansas State3★0.829Texas
61Paul Kyles
Vigor
South Alabama3★0.824Alabama
62Jack Schwaba
Upper St. Clair
Northwestern3★0.823Pennsylvania
63Sam Cotton
Lincoln Southeast
Nebraska3★0.821Nebraska
64Kalief Joyner
Christ the King
3★0.820New York
65Byran Attaway
Camden County
Florida International3★0.820Georgia
66Reid Mitchell
Hendrickson
Rice3★0.818Texas
67Gus Walley
Greene County
Mississippi State3★0.818Mississippi
68Kevis Jones
Northeast
Wake Forest3★0.817Florida
69Elijah Norris
Archbishop Carroll
UConn3★0.816District of Columbia
70Michael Roberts
Benedictine
Ohio3★0.815Ohio
71Armand Nance
Dekaney
Boise State3★0.814Texas
72John Tanner
Archbishop Moeller
Ohio3★0.810Ohio
73Brandon Holifield
Amos P. Godby
Missouri3★0.810Florida
74Nate Ortiz
St Anthony
21693★0.810New Jersey
75Tyler Wilson
Ponca City
Tulsa3★0.807Oklahoma
76Hunter Bowles
Glasgow
Louisville3★0.807Kentucky
77Stanley Tart
Escambia
Southern Miss3★0.805Florida
78Lawrence Brown
New Hope
3★0.804Mississippi
79Matt Doneth
Catholic Central
3★0.803Michigan
80Chadd Dansby
Carlisle
3★0.803Texas
81Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea
Kamehameha
Arizona3★0.803Hawaii
82Kody Kohl
Mesquite
Arizona State3★0.799Arizona
83Blake Davis
American Heritage Boca/Delray
UCF3★0.799Florida
84Clark Eyers
Midway
3★0.798North Carolina
85Bill Albert
Brighton
3★0.798Michigan
86Craig Runyan
Marysville
Toledo2★0.797Ohio
87Joe Warner
Brother Rice
2★0.795Michigan
88Kyle Crum
Minerva
Kent State2★0.794Ohio
89Steven Richards
Alta
BYU2★0.794Utah
90Alec Osborne
Dutchtown
UL Monroe2★0.792Louisiana
91Hunter Boudreau
Hagerty
2★0.792Florida
92Michael Ebert
Perkins
Toledo2★0.791Ohio
93Jordan Thiel
Simi Valley
San José State2★0.790California
94Marlon Pope
Blair Center Hattiesburg
2★0.790Mississippi
95Daniel Nwosu
Duval
Colorado State2★0.790Maryland
96Eric Lemke
Issaquah
702★0.790Washington
97Alex Zmolik
Port Huron
Toledo2★0.789Michigan
98Steve Pickren
Pell City
UAB2★0.787Alabama
99Sam Pearce
Noblesville
Air Force2★0.787Indiana
100Nick Jones
Brownsboro
UL Monroe2★0.786Texas
101Connor Cella
Taylor
Rice2★0.786Texas
102Billy Freeman
Red Mountain
San José State2★0.786Arizona
103Christian Menet
Reading
Eastern Michigan2★0.784Pennsylvania
104Michael Raby
North Central
Ball State2★0.783Indiana
105Andrew Price
Blaine
UNLV2★0.779Washington
106Niko Kittrell
Sahuaro
San José State2★0.774Arizona
107Gabe Hantsbarger
Highlands Christian Academy
Western Michigan2★0.774Florida
108Zach Jones
ThunderRidge
New Mexico State2★0.773Colorado
109John Youngblood
Hewitt-Trussville
Ole Miss2★0.773Alabama
110Christian Rebhun
Cherry Creek
New Mexico2★0.768Colorado
111Cole Gardner
Batavia
Eastern Michigan2★0.768Illinois
112Jameson McShea
Boston College High
2★0.767Massachusetts
113Drew James
Corona
2★0.767California
114Cole Trolinger
East Coweta
2★0.767Georgia
115Walker Ryan
Fort Worth Country Day School
2★0.767Texas
116Kevin Portillo
La Salle
2★0.767Florida
117Mitch Vejvoda
Providence Catholic
2★0.767Illinois
118Johnathan Powell
Searcy
2★0.767Arkansas
119Marcus Forward
Northern Commencement Academy
24582★0.767Michigan
120Grant Davis
Kingwood
UAB2★0.766Texas
121Ethan Watanabe
Brennan
Hawai'i2★0.763Texas
122Daniel Montiel
Arlington
Memphis2★0.758Texas
123Chris Hale
Dunwoody
Middle Tennessee2★0.758Georgia
124Cal Bloom
Osseo Senior
UCF2★0.751Minnesota
125Ben Arnold
Webster Groves
Western Michigan2★0.751Missouri
126Derek McCartney
Faith Christian Academy
Colorado2★0.751Colorado
127Taylor Montero
Cretin Derham Hall
2★0.750Minnesota
128Sean Zemke
Mandeville
2★0.750Louisiana
129Harold Moleni
Mormon Mission
Hawai'i2★0.750Utah
130Nick Rudolph
Ventura
2★0.748California
131Terrance Winfrey
Ben Davis
2★0.740Indiana
132Thomas Spiers
Olive Branch
2★0.740Mississippi
133Anthony Corsaro
Cathedral
2★0.738Indiana
134Thomas Shepard
East
New Mexico State2★0.738Colorado
135Sam Brunner
Romeo
Ball State2★0.733Michigan
136Anthony Russell
Mainland
Florida Atlantic2★0.733Florida
137Terry Pettis
New Langston-hughes Academy
Middle Tennessee2★0.733California
138Brett Jordan
Bellaire
Colorado State2★0.733Texas
139Johnny Schupp
Vacaville
Colorado State2★0.733California
140Sam McCaskill
Sheldon
Boise State2★0.733Oregon
141Caleb Counce
Henry County
2★0.730Tennessee
142Hunter Bradley
Collierville
2★0.710Tennessee
143Tammarick Hemmingway
N Myrtle Beach
2★0.700South Carolina
144Chris Edling
Corsicana
New Mexico2★0.700Texas
145Raener Ayers
Vestavia Hills
Memphis2★0.700Alabama
146Lincoln Howard
Osceola
Northern Illinois2★0.700Wisconsin