State Recruiting
2017 Connecticut High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Connecticut prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 18
- Committed Programs
- 12
- Blue-Chips
- 2
Destination programs
- Michigan3 recruits
- UConn3 recruits
- 2 recruits
- Boston College2 recruits
- 2221 recruits
Connecticut recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Black Cheshire Academy | WR | Michigan | 4★ | 0.945 |
| 2 | CJ Holmes Cheshire Academy | RB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.908 |
| 3 | Andrew Stueber Darien | OT | Michigan | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 4 | AJ Dillon Lawrence Academy | ATH | Boston College | 3★ | 0.883 |
| 5 | Samuel Vretman Cheshire Academy | OT | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 6 | CJ Lewis Cheshire Academy | WR | Boston College | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 7 | Ben Mason Newtown | ILB | Michigan | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 8 | Jason Pinnock Windsor | CB | 3★ | 0.832 | |
| 9 | Russell Thompson-Bishop Bloomfield | WR | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 10 | Elliott Brown The Taft School | OLB | Virginia | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 11 | Justin Brown St. Luke's School | RB | 2405 | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 12 | Omar Fortt St. Luke's School | S | UConn | 3★ | 0.808 |
| 13 | TJ Gardner Windsor | OLB | UConn | 3★ | 0.804 |
| 14 | Dillon Harris Bloomfield | OLB | 2★ | 0.783 | |
| 15 | Seth Willis Newtown | OT | BYU | 2★ | 0.782 |
| 16 | Ryan Fitton Staples | TE | UConn | 2★ | 0.782 |
| 17 | James Makszin Norwalk | DT | Temple | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 18 | Jared Nelson Glastonbury | DT | 222 | 2★ | 0.758 |