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2026 Linebackers Recruiting Rankings

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Ranked Recruits
276
Committed Schools
119
Blue-Chips
36

State landing pages

Ranked recruits

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

RankRecruitTeamStarsRatingState
1Xavier Griffin
Gainesville
Alabama5★0.990Georgia
2Tyler Atkinson
Grayson
Texas5★0.988Georgia
3Cincere Johnson
Glenville
Ohio State4★0.976Ohio
4TJ White
Jackson Academy
Tennessee4★0.975Mississippi
5Talanoa Ili
Kahuku
USC4★0.964Hawaii
6Izayia Williams
Tavares
Florida State4★0.964Florida
7Brayden Rouse
Kell
Tennessee4★0.959Georgia
8Jaquez Wilkes
Wadley
Auburn4★0.956Alabama
9Julian Manson
Iowa City West
Iowa4★0.928Iowa
10Simeon Caldwell
The Bolles School
Ohio State4★0.927Florida
11Terry Wiggins
Coatesville Area
Virginia Tech4★0.926Pennsylvania
12Braylon Hodge
Cherry Creek
Oregon4★0.923Colorado
13Shadarius Toodle
Cottage Hill Christian Academy
Auburn4★0.913Alabama
14Thomas Davis Jr.
Weddington
Notre Dame4★0.913North Carolina
15CJ Sanna
Olentangy
Ohio State4★0.912Ohio
16Calvin Thomas
Cy Ranch
North Carolina4★0.910Texas
17Duyon Forkpa Jr.
St. Frances Academy
North Carolina4★0.910Maryland
18Kasen Thomas
Bishop Heelan Catholic
Iowa4★0.908Iowa
19Nick Abrams II
McDonogh School
Georgia4★0.906Maryland
20Adam Balogoun-Ali
Cardinal Newman
Auburn4★0.901Florida
21DaQuives Beck
Carthage
Texas A&M4★0.900Texas
22Braxton Rembert
Mill Creek
Ohio State4★0.900Georgia
23Brayden Reilly
St. Xavier
Clemson4★0.899Ohio
24Tristan Phillips
Ventura
Oregon4★0.899California
25JJ Bush
Theodore
Missouri4★0.898Alabama
26Tank King
Port Arthur Memorial
Texas A&M4★0.898Texas
27JaMichael Garrett
Baton Rouge Central
Ole Miss4★0.897Louisiana
28Storm Miller
Strongsville
Texas A&M4★0.897Ohio
29Jacob Curry
Nease
Oklahoma4★0.896Florida
30Jacob Eberhart
Kirkwood
Illinois4★0.895Missouri
31Elijah Littlejohn
West Charlotte
Georgia4★0.894North Carolina
32Reston Lehman
Peters Township
Pittsburgh4★0.893Pennsylvania
33Karsten Busch
St. Xavier
Miami4★0.892Kentucky
34Ja'Dyn Williams
Washington
Indiana4★0.892Ohio
35Isaiah Simmons
Maury
4★0.891Virginia
36Anthony Davis Jr.
Grayson
Ole Miss4★0.890Georgia
37Carson Crawford
Carthage
Colorado3★0.890Texas
38Jakobe Clapper
St. Xavier
Notre Dame3★0.889Ohio
39Monroe Partin
Bayside Academy
3★0.888Alabama
40Mathieu Lamah
Patriot
3★0.888Virginia
41Billy Weivoda
Milton
Iowa3★0.888Georgia
42Cam Thomas
Lakota West
3★0.887Ohio
43Kaden Carter
Lamar County
3★0.887Georgia
44Rodney Colton Jr
Newnan
3★0.887Georgia
45Braxton Lindsey
Rogers
3★0.887Arkansas
46Kenneth Goodwin
Edison
3★0.886Florida
47Adam Bywater
Olympus
3★0.886Utah
48Trevor Gibbs
Crown Point
3★0.886Indiana
49Jakore Smith
Bryant
3★0.884Arkansas
50Aden Reeder
St. Xavier
Michigan3★0.883Ohio
51Dane Bathurst
Carmel
Oklahoma3★0.883Indiana
52Rocky Cummings
Carlsbad
Texas3★0.883California
53Keenan Britt
Oxford
South Carolina3★0.883Alabama
54Preston Pitts
Clear Falls
3★0.882Texas
55Dejon Ackerson
Putnam City
3★0.882Oklahoma
56Marcus Jennings
Cass Technical
3★0.881Michigan
57Derek Uran
Elder
3★0.881Ohio
58Jordan Njoku
Culver City
3★0.880California
59Justin Edwards
Edgewater
3★0.880Florida
60Hudson Dunn
Liberty
Minnesota3★0.879Arizona
61Izayah Young
San Marcos
SMU3★0.879Texas
62Karon Maycock
Miami Central
3★0.879Florida
63LaGary Mitchell
Meridian
3★0.878Idaho
64Braylon Outlaw
Pike Road
3★0.878Alabama
65Ramzak Fruean
Bethel
UCLA3★0.877Washington
66Tieson Ejiawoko
East View
3★0.877Texas
67Bryson Castile
Arlington Bowie
3★0.876Texas
68Trey McGlothlin
Bixby
3★0.876Oklahoma
69Elijah Fernandez
Battle Ground Academy
3★0.875Tennessee
70Caleb Triplett
D'Iberville
3★0.875Mississippi
71Jayden McClure
Mount Pleasant
3★0.875Tennessee
72Johnmichael Fountain
Northwest
3★0.875Kansas
73Jaxon Pyatt
Arvada West
3★0.874Colorado
74Tony Williams
Raines
3★0.874Florida
75Zykir Moore
Woodland Hills
3★0.874Pennsylvania
76Taylor Johnson
Cajon
3★0.873California
77Joshua Pittman
King's Fork
3★0.873Virginia
78Dennis King III
Mainland
3★0.873Florida
79Ezaya Tokio
Oceanside
3★0.873California
80Jacob Savage
Ryle
3★0.873Kentucky
81Noriel Dominguez
Randle
3★0.873Texas
82Chad Fairchild
Lovejoy
3★0.872Georgia
83Gemaus Sackie
Burlington Township
3★0.871New Jersey
84CJ Gamble
Carrollton
3★0.871Georgia
85Daylen Green
Gadsden County
3★0.871Florida
86Maurice Barnes
Bishop McDevitt
3★0.870Pennsylvania
87Preston Hall
Fort Bend Ridge Point
3★0.870Texas
88Joey Kopec
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
Rutgers3★0.869Ohio
89Keian Kaiser
Sidney
Penn State3★0.869Nebraska
90Jamarion Phillips
South Oak Cliff
Baylor3★0.869Texas
91Wassie Lugolobi
Eastside Catholic
Stanford3★0.869Washington
92Cord Nolan
Bixby
Texas Tech3★0.869Oklahoma
93Colsen Gatten
Central Catholic
Duke3★0.868Pennsylvania
94Kristan Moore
Selma
Oklahoma3★0.868Alabama
95Joseph Credit
Pearland
Kansas3★0.868Texas
96Max Mohring
Malvern Prep
Northwestern3★0.868Pennsylvania
97Caleb Gordon
Ashbrook
NC State3★0.867North Carolina
98Jaden Parker
Anna
Arizona3★0.866Texas
99Tanner Raymond
Choate Rosemary Hall
Rutgers3★0.866Connecticut
100Desmond Johnson
Miami Northwestern
Pittsburgh3★0.866Florida
101Zeke Marshall
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
3★0.865Georgia
102Jonathan McKinley
Centennial
California3★0.865California
103Brody Flores
Grandview
Utah State3★0.865Colorado
104Ellis Alloway
Choctawhatchee
South Florida3★0.865Florida
105Jerimia Collier
Jonesboro
20113★0.864Georgia
106Zay Hall
Hillcrest
Alabama3★0.864Alabama
107Kaedyn Cobbs
Guyer
Illinois3★0.864Texas
108Jaxon Newton
Oxford
Cincinnati3★0.863Alabama
109Barry Fries
Elkhorn North
Iowa State3★0.863Nebraska
110Beau Jandreau
Hamilton
Oklahoma3★0.863Arizona
111Adam Shaw
Pascack Valley
Michigan State3★0.863New Jersey
112Kaden Catchings
Hartfield Academy
Michigan3★0.862Mississippi
113Jayden Griffin-Haynes
Rolesville
North Carolina3★0.862North Carolina
114Jase Reynolds
Elkhorn North
Nebraska3★0.862Nebraska
115Matthew Occhipinti
Don Bosco Prep
UCF3★0.862New Jersey
116Daiveon Taylor
Aliquippa
Kent State3★0.862Pennsylvania
117Angel Luciano
Steelton-Highspire
Minnesota3★0.862Pennsylvania
118Taj Powell
Springfield
West Virginia3★0.862Ohio
119Jordan Avinger
Orangeburg-Wilkinson
North Carolina3★0.861South Carolina
120Chan Lumpkin
Taylor County
Tulane3★0.861Georgia
121Cameron Dwyer
Palm Beach Central
West Virginia3★0.861Florida
122Noah LaVallee
Walton
Florida State3★0.861Georgia
123Brady Ballart
South Dearborn
Louisville3★0.861Indiana
124Bastian Vanden Bosch
Brophy College Preparatory
3★0.860Arizona
125Damari Drake
Evangel Christian Academy
3★0.860Louisiana
126Payhton Porter
Melissa
3★0.860Texas
127Jaylyn Colter
Mountain Pointe
3★0.860Arizona
128BJ Payton
Noxubee County
3★0.860Mississippi
129Ross Ogden
Bloomington North
Northern Illinois3★0.860Indiana
130Tyler Covar
Magnolia
Houston3★0.860Texas
131Ryan Mallory
Randle
Sam Houston3★0.860Texas
132Jaydon Sutko
Elkhorn South
Fresno State3★0.860Nebraska
133Jayden Jones
Millville
UConn3★0.860New Jersey
134Devin Pettway
Mary Montgomery
Jacksonville State3★0.860Alabama
135Bryant Junius
Chaminade-Madonna
App State3★0.859Florida
136Michael McClenton
Edgewater
App State3★0.859Florida
137Kadan Spratling
Carrollton
Memphis3★0.859Georgia
138Daniel Vollmer
St. Xavier
Vanderbilt3★0.859Ohio
139Lorenzo Barnes
Gadsden County
South Florida3★0.859Florida
140Rocky Dunn
Melissa
Boise State3★0.859Texas
141Mason Marden
Ladue Horton Watkins
Arizona State3★0.859Missouri
142Jordan Moreta
Paramus Catholic
NC State3★0.858New Jersey
143Ben Wenzel
North
Wisconsin3★0.858Wisconsin
144Charles Belser
Imhotep Institute
3★0.858Pennsylvania
145Mekhi Volcy
Bedford
Boston College3★0.858Massachusetts
146Ronnell Hewitt Jr.
Chaminade
UNLV3★0.858California
147Matthew Jones
The Haverford School
James Madison3★0.858Pennsylvania
148Kymani Morales
American Heritage
Georgia Tech3★0.858Florida
149Amare Jordan
Vista Ridge
Northwestern3★0.858Texas
150Joel Queisser
NFL Academy
3★0.857EN
151Latrell Sellers
Jeff Davis
Charlotte3★0.857Georgia
152Josiah Perry
The St. James
James Madison3★0.857Virginia
153Antoine Sharp
Palm Beach Central
West Virginia3★0.857Florida
154Colby Johnson
Eastlake
Colorado3★0.857Washington
155Malaki Soliai-Tui
Kahuku
UCLA3★0.856Hawaii
156John McClellan
Rancho Cotate
Utah State3★0.856California
157Ricklan Holmes II
Del City
New Mexico3★0.855Oklahoma
158Kingston Seals
Shaker Heights
Bowling Green3★0.855Ohio
159Caden Carter
Walsh Jesuit
Bowling Green3★0.855Ohio
160Ryan Stolarski
Avon
Miami (OH)3★0.855Ohio
161Brody Sink
Notre Dame Preparatory School & Marist Academy
Miami (OH)3★0.855Michigan
162Reilarean Phillips
Alief Elsik
Tulsa3★0.855Texas
163Jayden Cupitt
Mansfield Lake Ridge
Rice3★0.855Texas
164Jack Murray
Brookfield East
Northern Illinois3★0.855Wisconsin
165Terrence Penick
South Gwinnett
Georgia3★0.855Georgia
166Jeremiah Brown
San Jacinto
Oregon State3★0.854California
167Adam Kirtley
Taft
Cincinnati3★0.854Ohio
168Trehsyn Fesili
Mililani
3043★0.854Hawaii
169Oscar Aguilar
Downey
Arizona State3★0.854California
170Josh Faraimo
Cathedral Catholic
3★0.853California
171Richard Dyce
Douglas County
Wake Forest3★0.853Georgia
172Darius Davis
San Marcos
Texas State3★0.853Texas
173Jon Adams
Chiefland
Louisville3★0.853Florida
174Phillip Goodrich
St. Thomas Aquinas
Army3★0.852Florida
175Brayden Sweeney
Catholic Central
Purdue3★0.851Michigan
176Matthew Muasau
St. John Bosco
UCLA3★0.851California
177Miles Khatri
Pike Road
West Virginia3★0.851Alabama
178Zyon Ratchford
Gaffney
East Carolina3★0.850South Carolina
179Eli Cramer-Cronin
Basha
New Mexico3★0.850Arizona
180Na'Rod Jarvis
Oscar Smith
Buffalo3★0.850Virginia
181Duane Johnson
True North Classical Academy
26983★0.850Florida
182Andre Parker
Princeton
Marshall3★0.850Ohio
183Zephaniah Sesay
Redwood
Fresno State3★0.850California
184Makhi Brazier
Grayson
Western Kentucky3★0.850Georgia
185Westen Ard
Houston County
Western Kentucky3★0.850Georgia
186Chase Cahoon
St. Francis
Stanford3★0.847California
187Bradley Esser
Harrisburg
Iowa State3★0.846South Dakota
188Elijah Dias
Auburndale
3★0.845Florida
189Chris Wells
Petal
Auburn3★0.845Mississippi
190Mckinley McShan
Grayson
Arkansas State3★0.845Georgia
191Matthew Heininger
Brighton
Buffalo3★0.845New York
192Jack Garbolino
Hun School
Buffalo3★0.845New Jersey
193Jeremiah Smith
Katy
Louisiana Tech3★0.845Texas
194BJ Stovall
Cass Technical
Toledo3★0.845Michigan
195Kendarius Reynolds
Carver
Troy3★0.845Alabama
196Zeke Gunn
Orlando Christian Prep
Marshall3★0.845Florida
197Romello Patterson
West Florence
Coastal Carolina3★0.845South Carolina
198Zech Hall
Gadsden County
South Alabama3★0.845Florida
199Desmond Cox
Red Oak
Memphis3★0.842Texas
200Tyler Heinle
Grafton
3★0.840Wisconsin
201Brysen Ginn
South Pointe
3★0.840South Carolina
202Isaiah Stokes
Zachary
3★0.840Louisiana
203Jack Lansing III
Hartland
Michigan State3★0.840Michigan
204George Duggins
Mona Shores
1593★0.840Michigan
205Anthony Bitonti
De La Salle Collegiate
1633★0.840Michigan
206Ashton Moore
Brandon
Arkansas State3★0.840Mississippi
207Anwar Witherspoon Jr.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Buffalo3★0.840New Jersey
208Demitris Mincey
Dillard
Florida International3★0.840Florida
209Skylar Tiatia
Archbishop Riordan
San José State3★0.840California
210Grayson Hardy
Sulphur Springs
Louisiana Tech3★0.840Texas
211Michael Domanik
Kell
Charlotte3★0.840Georgia
212Braeden Lott
Lake Travis
UTSA3★0.840Texas
213Brandon Brown
Rudder
UTSA3★0.840Texas
214Japrei Wafer
Allen
UTEP3★0.840Texas
215Tyrique Harris
Clearwater Central Catholic
Toledo3★0.840Florida
216Nathan Gersh
Dexter
Toledo3★0.840Michigan
217Bryson Flynn
Pearland Dawson
Washington State3★0.840Texas
218Kru Casey
Nease
Georgia Southern3★0.840Florida
219Amarion Jones
Creekside
Kennesaw State3★0.840Georgia
220Omari Stephenson
Thomas County Central
Kennesaw State3★0.840Georgia
221Joseph Zamot
Lawrence
Delaware3★0.840New Jersey
222Tyray Darensburg
Chalmette
South Alabama3★0.840Louisiana
223Tau Mareko
Lakes
703★0.840Washington
224Isaiah Harris
Saline
Miami (OH)3★0.835Michigan
225Raymir Coney
Princeton
Tulsa3★0.835Ohio
226Rasheem Turner
Seminole
Arkansas State3★0.835Florida
227Brendan Farhat
Tabor Academy
Temple3★0.835Massachusetts
228Diesel McFadden
Taft
22873★0.835Illinois
229Kendall McNutt
St. Louis University
Kent State3★0.835Missouri
230Ayden Combs
Cy Ranch
Louisiana Tech3★0.835Texas
231Gray Patterson
Fort Mill
Charlotte3★0.835South Carolina
232CJ Mooring
Austin Vandegrift
Nevada3★0.835Texas
233Jalen Hamilton
Cedar Ridge
UTEP3★0.835Texas
234Xavier Brown
Camden County
Georgia Southern3★0.835Georgia
235Xavious Anderson
Callaway
South Alabama3★0.835Georgia
236Dash Fifita
Santa Margarita Catholic
Arizona3★0.833California
237Jayden Pyant
Ensworth
3★0.830Tennessee
238Landen Jones
Melissa
3★0.830Texas
239Markus McCoy
Salem
3★0.830Virginia
240Ivrick Carrigan
Santa Margarita Catholic
3★0.830California
241Landon McClendon
St. Mary's
3★0.830California
242Lesroy Tittle
West Aurora
3★0.830Illinois
243Iosefa Lealofi
Barstow
Sacramento State3★0.830California
244Fifita Moore
Centennial
1633★0.830California
245Daunte Curtis
Pickerington North
Akron3★0.830Ohio
246Noah Hamlin
Pace
Arkansas State3★0.830Florida
247Gannon Knowles
Cathedral
Ball State3★0.830Indiana
248Leon Howard
East St. Louis
Central Michigan3★0.830Illinois
249Jack Wilson
Mount Horeb
North Dakota State3★0.830Wisconsin
250Hayes Beaver
Savannah Country Day School
James Madison3★0.830Georgia
251Jedrick Russell Jr.
South Grand Prairie
Missouri State3★0.830Texas
252Breck Mallory
Lawrence North
Western Michigan3★0.830Indiana
253Donnie Vercher III
Central Catholic
3023★0.830Oregon
254Geovoney Burks
Roosevelt
703★0.830Oregon
255De'Andre Arnold
Madison County
Florida International3★0.825Florida
256Brysen Davies
Northgate
Marshall3★0.825Georgia
257Preston Patterson
Christ Presbyterian Academy
3★0.820Tennessee
258Jackson Settle
Christian Academy of Louisville
3★0.820Kentucky
259Malachi Manning
Edison
3★0.820California
260Brady Bowman
Mission Viejo
3★0.820California
261Patrick Hill
Sierra Canyon
3★0.820California
262Tim Ioane
Tustin
3★0.820California
263Greg Williams
Auburn
24533★0.820Alabama
264Talan Babin
Ponte Vedra
Old Dominion3★0.820Florida
265Keoki Cypriano
Kailua
Hawai'i3★0.820Hawaii
266Evan Redd
Chaparral
3★0.810California
267Taj Bordeaux
Long Beach Poly
3★0.810California
268Christian Panapa
Orange Lutheran
3★0.810California
269Leki Holani
Santa Margarita Catholic
Sacramento State3★0.810California
270Wayne Cunningham
Clearwater
Delaware3★0.810Kansas
271Dylan Shelmire
Zachary
legacy_name_southeasternlouisiana3★0.810Louisiana
272Johnny Howze
Los Alamitos
3★0.800California
273Daequan Jeffes
Loyola
3★0.800California
274Isaac Vaea
Orem
3★0.800Utah
275Cooper Clark
Ridgeline
26923★0.800Utah
276Mason Wood
Corner Canyon
31013★0.800Utah