State Recruiting
2009 California High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest California prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 203
- Committed Programs
- 41
- Blue-Chips
- 35
Destination programs
- 39 recruits
- San Diego State17 recruits
- Fresno State12 recruits
- UCLA12 recruits
- Nevada10 recruits
California recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Barkley Mater Dei | PRO | USC | 5★ | 0.999 |
| 2 | Vontaze Burfict Centennial | ILB | Arizona State | 5★ | 0.994 |
| 3 | Sheldon Richardson Gateway | DT | Missouri | 5★ | 0.986 |
| 4 | T.J. McDonald Edison | S | USC | 5★ | 0.984 |
| 5 | Morrell Presley Carson | TE | UCLA | 4★ | 0.979 |
| 6 | Patrick Hall St. Bonaventure | ATH | USC | 4★ | 0.978 |
| 7 | Kevin Graf Agoura | OT | USC | 4★ | 0.976 |
| 8 | Randall Carroll Cathedral | ATH | UCLA | 4★ | 0.973 |
| 9 | Cliff Harris Edison | CB | Oregon | 4★ | 0.973 |
| 10 | Cierre Wood Santa Clara | RB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.969 |
| 11 | Byron Moore Narbonne | S | USC | 4★ | 0.969 |
| 12 | Rolando Jefferson Edison | WR | 4★ | 0.963 | |
| 13 | Richard Brehaut Los Osos | PRO | UCLA | 4★ | 0.961 |
| 14 | Shaquelle Evans Inglewood | WR | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.958 |
| 15 | Tate Forcier Scripps Ranch | DUAL | Michigan | 4★ | 0.944 |
| 16 | Michael Philipp Arroyo Valley | OG | Oregon State | 4★ | 0.942 |
| 17 | Marquis Simmons Compton Dominguez | OLB | USC | 4★ | 0.932 |
| 18 | Josh Nunes Upland | PRO | Stanford | 4★ | 0.931 |
| 19 | Jemari Roberts Woodrow Wilson Senior | WR | Stanford | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 20 | Marlon Pollard Cajon | CB | UCLA | 4★ | 0.917 |
| 21 | Levine Toilolo Helix | TE | Stanford | 4★ | 0.916 |
| 22 | James Boyd Bakersfield | ATH | USC | 4★ | 0.914 |
| 23 | Zach Ertz Monte Vista | TE | Stanford | 4★ | 0.913 |
| 24 | Todd Golper Arcadia | ILB | UCLA | 4★ | 0.910 |
| 25 | De'Von Flournoy Birmingham | WR | USC | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 26 | Allan Bridgford Mission Viejo | PRO | California | 4★ | 0.908 |
| 27 | Edward Nuckols Mission Hills | DT | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 28 | Tyler Gaffney Cathedral Catholic | FB | 4★ | 0.899 | |
| 29 | Osahon Irabor Upland | CB | 4★ | 0.898 | |
| 30 | Trevor Erno Lakewood | OLB | Arizona | 4★ | 0.897 |
| 31 | Dijon Washington Leuzinger | S | Nebraska | 4★ | 0.897 |
| 32 | Dasarte Yarnway Convent & Stuart Hall | RB | California | 4★ | 0.896 |
| 33 | Derek Carr Bakersfield | PRO | Fresno State | 4★ | 0.895 |
| 34 | Sheldon Price Bishop Amat | CB | UCLA | 4★ | 0.895 |
| 35 | Diante Jackson Las Lomas | WR | Oregon | 4★ | 0.893 |
| 36 | Brandon Sermons Diamond Ranch | CB | UCLA | 3★ | 0.890 |
| 37 | Chris Metcalf Compton | OLB | Nevada | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 38 | Michael Clay Bellarmine Prep | OLB | Oregon | 3★ | 0.887 |
| 39 | Kevin Danser Bellarmine Prep | OT | 3★ | 0.879 | |
| 40 | Travis Brown Clovis West | ILB | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 41 | Brian Schwenke Oceanside | OG | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 42 | Donnie Pritchett Santa Rosa | WDE | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 43 | Usua Amanam Bellarmine Prep | CB | 3★ | 0.877 | |
| 44 | Charles Siddoway Sheldon | OT | 3★ | 0.876 | |
| 45 | Taimi Tutogi Chula Vista Senior | FB | 3★ | 0.874 | |
| 46 | Taylor Martinez Centennial | ATH | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 47 | William Sutton Centennial | DT | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 48 | Kevin Greene Sacred Heart Prep | SDE | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 49 | Quintin Hunter Orange County Christian School | ATH | 3★ | 0.871 | |
| 50 | Jordan Barrett Notre Dame | ILB | UNLV | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 51 | Isaiah Bowens Bishop Amat | OLB | UCLA | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 52 | Nik Abele Irvine | OT | UCLA | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 53 | Alex Mascarenas Mission Viejo | S | UCLA | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 54 | Joe Southwick San Ramon Valley | PRO | Boise State | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 55 | Vachel Samuels Lynwood | CB | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 56 | Avery Patterson Pittsburg | CB | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 57 | Eric Martin Rancho Verde | ILB | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 58 | Jayson Allmond Bloomington | FB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 59 | Everett Benyard Cathedral Catholic | OT | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 60 | Nathan Fellner Clovis West | S | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 61 | Greg Capella El Diamante | OG | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 62 | Lazarri Middleton Long Beach Poly | CB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 63 | Clark Evans Los Alamitos | DUAL | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 64 | Arby Fields Los Osos | APB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 65 | Steven Fanua Milpitas | OLB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 66 | John Michael Davis Tesoro | ILB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 67 | Darius Reynolds Reedley | ATH | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 68 | Jamaal Burrell Compton Dominguez | OG | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 69 | Kylan Butler De La Salle | RB | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 70 | Eric Pinkins Inderkum | S | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 71 | Iuta Tepa Long Beach Poly | SDE | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 72 | Jordan Wynn Oceanside | PRO | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 73 | Charles Leno San Leandro | OT | 3★ | 0.863 | |
| 74 | Arthur Burns Centennial | RB | 3★ | 0.862 | |
| 75 | Anthony Carpenter Junipero Serra | S | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 76 | Terrence Miller Rancho Verde | TE | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Marlion Barnett Santiago | ATH | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Taniela Maka Jordan | ILB | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 79 | Chris Coyle Westlake | TE | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 80 | Stanjarivus McKay Long Beach Poly | S | UCLA | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 81 | Sione Tuihalamaka Junipero Serra | DT | Arizona | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 82 | Nat Berhe Colton | S | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 83 | Talia Crichton Lakewood | SDE | Washington | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 84 | Tim Tucker Narbonne | ILB | Washington | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 85 | Evan Finkenberg Tesoro | OT | Arizona State | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 86 | Matt Schilz Maranatha | PRO | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 87 | Jordan Johnson Santiago | OT | 70 | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 88 | Sean Schroeder Dana Hills | PRO | Duke | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 89 | Mike Bowlin Aliso Niguel | K | Oregon | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 90 | Sebastian Valenzuela Burbank | OG | Washington State | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 91 | Anthony Anderson Helix | WDE | Oregon | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 92 | Quayshawne Buckley Colony | DT | Washington State | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 93 | William Prescott Martin Luther King Jr. | OT | Washington State | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 94 | Austyn Carta-Samuels Bellarmine Prep | DUAL | Wyoming | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 95 | Justin Brown Compton | DT | Oregon | 3★ | 0.848 |
| 96 | Tanner Rust El Capitan | PRO | New Mexico State | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 97 | Cody Vaz St. Mary's | PRO | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 98 | Trevor Bateman Palm Desert | CB | BYU | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 99 | Corey Nielsen Richard Gahr | PRO | Hawai'i | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 100 | Anthony Battle Mt. Carmel | WDE | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 101 | Lars Bramer Buchanan | OT | Fresno State | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 102 | Trevor Peterson El Dorado | TE | Boise State | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 103 | Kevin Cummings Crespi | WR | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 104 | Rashaad Reynolds San Fernando Senior | ATH | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 105 | Josh Moten Narbonne | DUAL | Colorado | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 106 | Jackson Rice Campolindo | K | Oregon | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 107 | Brett Thompson Oak Ridge | WR | BYU | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 108 | Bradley Randle Vista Murrieta | APB | UNLV | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 109 | Caleb Herring Citrus Hill | PRO | UNLV | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 110 | Marvin Jones Kearny | WR | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 111 | David Fales Palma | PRO | Nevada | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 112 | Joshua Andrews Colony | OG | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 113 | Erick Hunter Jordan New Technology | CB | New Mexico State | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 114 | Jamal Smith Oxnard Union | WR | Utah | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 115 | Will Shamburger St. John Bosco | S | Washington | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 116 | Carl Winston Junipero Serra | APB | Washington State | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 117 | J.B. Dock St. Bonaventure | CB | Fresno State | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 118 | Gary Walker Redlands East Valley | ATH | 70 | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 119 | Marcus Andrews Crenshaw | CB | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 120 | Walter Woods Palmdale | DT | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 121 | Jeff Tuel Clovis West | DUAL | Washington State | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 122 | Sean Martin Santiago | CB | Oregon State | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 123 | Trevor Fox Chaparral | OG | Oregon | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 124 | Colton Morrison El Camino | PRO | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 125 | Jacob Driver La Costa Canyon | ILB | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 126 | Terrence Brown Orange Lutheran | CB | Stanford | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 127 | Deondre Powel Richard Gahr | WR | Hawai'i | 3★ | 0.823 |
| 128 | Kane Wilson El Dorado | DUAL | Utah State | 3★ | 0.821 |
| 129 | Osmond Nicholas Oceanside | WR | San Diego State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 130 | Sam Foster Esparto | ILB | Nevada | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 131 | Justin Clayton Justin-Siena | DT | Washington State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 132 | Ibe Nduka Etiwanda | ILB | Fresno State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 133 | Pat Su'a Highland | ILB | Fresno State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 134 | Robbie Rouse Madison | RB | Fresno State | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 135 | Cameron Moss Steele Canyon | TE | Colorado State | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 136 | Josh Banks St. Mary's | SDE | Nevada | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 137 | Greg Smith Citrus Hill | ILB | Arizona State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 138 | Zeke Sanders Santa Cruz | ATH | Oregon State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 139 | Brandon Chambers Mira Mesa | WR | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 140 | Gabe Lemon Orange Lutheran | CB | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 141 | Aarein Booker San Bernardino | ATH | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 142 | Brandon Babineaux Folsom | WR | UNLV | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 143 | Joel Bitonio Woodrow Wilson Senior | OT | Nevada | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 144 | Nick Marsh Petaluma | K | Utah | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 145 | K.J. Vaifale Centennial | S | SMU | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 146 | Mike Loftus Servite | K | SMU | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 147 | David Bakhtiari Junipero Serra | OT | Colorado | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 148 | George Daily-Lyles Long Beach Poly | ILB | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 149 | Brandon Mims Palmdale | ATH | Iowa State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 150 | Lenyatta Kiles Cerritos | CB | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 151 | Jose Acuna San Jacinto | OT | Nevada | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 152 | Chris Graves Royal | PRO | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 153 | Joe Washington Stagg Senior | WR | Nevada | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 154 | Jared Koster Norco | ILB | UCLA | 2★ | 0.769 |
| 155 | Marcus Allen Modesto Christian | WR | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 156 | David Quiroga Ruben S. Ayala | WR | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 157 | Desi Rodriguez Saugus | DUAL | Air Force | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 158 | Obum Gwacham Ruben S. Ayala | WR | Oregon State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 159 | Khalid Stevens Palisades | S | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 160 | Gavin Escobar Santa Margarita Catholic | TE | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 161 | Jake Bernards West Ranch | PRO | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 162 | Mason Magelby Del Oro | PRO | Nevada | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 163 | Nick Cole Clayton Valley | WR | Oregon | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 164 | Keaton Arden Piedmont | WDE | Oregon | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 165 | Lucas King Berkeley | S | California | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 166 | J.R. McConico Venice | CB | SMU | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 167 | Jordan Wallace Grant Union | S | Washington | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 168 | Chris Robinson Tustin | DT | Washington | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 169 | Sekope Kaufusi Woodside | OLB | Washington State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 170 | Ben Letcher Centennial | OLB | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 171 | Nat Harrison Edison | WDE | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 172 | Alex Jefferies Eisenhower | WR | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 173 | Kamaloni Vainikolo El Camino | SDE | Utah State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 174 | Christian Brown-Frazier Verbum Dei | OG | Utah State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 175 | Cody Jackson Junipero Serra | DUAL | Army | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 176 | Titus Teague Pomona | CB | Louisville | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 177 | Leon McFadden St. John Bosco | WR | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.756 |
| 178 | Stephon Jefferson El Diamante | APB | Nevada | 2★ | 0.756 |
| 179 | Vincent Minor Etiwanda | RB | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 180 | Evan Jacobsen San Clemente | OG | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 181 | Nick Tenhaeff Atascadero | OLB | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 182 | Colin Lockett Diamond Bar | CB | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 183 | Thomas Kilgore San Joaquin Memorial | OT | UNLV | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 184 | Robert Waterman West Ranch | OG | UNLV | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 185 | Jack Reynosa Del Oro | DT | Nevada | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 186 | Nikko Motta Sanger | SDE | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 187 | John Lister Thousand Oaks | RB | Hawai'i | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 188 | Nicholas Alexander Crenshaw | SDE | Boise State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 189 | Kipeli Koniseti Grant Union | OLB | Arizona State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 190 | Walter Kazee Cajon | RB | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 191 | Vince D'Amato El Toro | K | California | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 192 | Cody Hoffman Del Norte | WR | BYU | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 193 | Dylan Reda San Clemente | ILB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 194 | Preston King Tesoro | WR | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 195 | Travis Johnson The King's Academy | WDE | San José State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 196 | Chris McNeill Notre Dame | WR | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 197 | Alo Moli West Valley | WR | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 198 | Jeremiah Toma Grant Union | OLB | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 199 | Andy Jennings John H. Pitman | SDE | Fresno State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 200 | Tryn Mesarch Palm Desert | SDE | Utah State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 201 | Ricky Aliifua San Leandro | WDE | Utah State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 202 | Immanuel Mitchell Eleanor Roosevelt | CB | Colorado State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 203 | Kyle Salm San Dimas | OT | 70 | 2★ | 0.700 |