State Recruiting

2012 Maryland High School Football Recruits

Follow the strongest Maryland prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.

2012 National Rankings2012 Defensive Linemen
Ranked Recruits
65
Committed Programs
26
Blue-Chips
10

State recruiting summary

Maryland has 65 ranked recruits in 2012, including 10 blue-chip prospects.

National rankingsTop position board

Top destinations

  • Maryland8
  • Penn State4
  • Temple4
  • West Virginia3

Destination programs

Maryland recruit board

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

RankRecruitPositionTeamStarsRating
1Stefon Diggs
Our Lady of Good Counsel
WRMaryland5★0.997
2Ronald Darby
Potomac
CBFlorida State5★0.988
3Cyrus Jones
Gilman
ATHAlabama4★0.979
4Wes Brown
Our Lady of Good Counsel
RBMaryland4★0.940
5Deon-Tay McManus
Dunbar
OLBWest Virginia4★0.927
6Ryan Watson
Our Lady of Good Counsel
SDEPurdue4★0.922
7Mike Moore
DeMatha Catholic
SDEVirginia4★0.922
8Sam Lebbie
DeMatha Catholic
ILBWest Virginia4★0.895
9Charles Tapper
Baltimore City College
WDEOklahoma4★0.893
10Brent Wilkerson
DeMatha Catholic
SDEPenn State4★0.891
11Mike Madaras
Our Lady of Good Counsel
OTMaryland3★0.889
12Greg Pyke
The Boys' Latin School
OTGeorgia3★0.886
13Brian Gaia
Gilman
OGPenn State3★0.884
14Ian Thomas
Franklin
WRRutgers3★0.878
15Roderick Rook-Chungong
Our Lady of Good Counsel
SDEGeorgia Tech3★0.875
16Brandon Banks
Gwynn Park
CBVanderbilt3★0.864
17Marchez Coates
McDonogh School
CBNC State3★0.858
18Jarrod Harper
Mountain Ridge
SWest Virginia3★0.853
19Roman Braglio
McDonogh School
SDEMaryland3★0.851
20Kenny Goins
Gilman
RBMaryland3★0.851
21Devon Porchia
Gilman
OLBPittsburgh3★0.847
22DaQuan Davis
Calvert Hall College
CBPenn State3★0.845
23Allen Jackson
McDonogh School
SDEDuke3★0.839
24Trevor Williams
Calvert Hall College
WRPenn State3★0.832
25Stefan Houston
Clarksburg
ATHMaryland3★0.831
26Ian Fisher
Brunswick
PROJames Madison3★0.828
27Ernest Hawkins
Dunbar
ILBUTEP3★0.824
28Donovan Riley
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
SVirginia Tech3★0.823
29Jordan Floyd
Loyola Blakefield
WRUConn3★0.821
30Michael Westray
Westlake
SDuke3★0.821
31Sunny Odogwu
St. Frances Academy
OT—3★0.815
32Samuel Benjamin
Mount Saint Joseph
WRTemple3★0.809
33Joe Riddle
Linganore
RBMaryland3★0.804
34Demetrius Lofton
Friendly
WDE—3★0.804
35Colton Kmetz
Urbana
WDEKent State3★0.803
36Brandon Neverdon
Calvert Hall College
RB—3★0.800
37Jalen Gee
Frederick
WR—3★0.799
38Shawn Petty
Eleanor Roosevelt
ATHMaryland2★0.795
39Ben Lewis
Middletown
WRSyracuse2★0.794
40Daniel Nwosu
Duval
TEColorado State2★0.790
41Shayne Sullivan
Archbishop Spalding
OT—2★0.786
42Thomas Stuart
Calvert Hall College
PRO—2★0.774
43Lavar Highsmith
Dunbar
ILB—2★0.772
44Josh McPhearson
Riverdale Baptist
ATH—2★0.768
45Daquan Smith
Baltimore City College
S—2★0.767
46Davon McGill
Bladensburg
ATH—2★0.767
47Silas Ademola
Bladensburg
SDE—2★0.767
48Alex Robinson
Bowie
WDE—2★0.767
49Uriah Bethea
Dr. Henry Wise
RB—2★0.767
50Tyrone Temoney
Eleanor Roosevelt
ATH—2★0.767
51Dominic Bryan
Georgetown Preparatory School
RB—2★0.767
52Mike Boland
Georgetown Preparatory School
OT—2★0.767
53Drew Stefanelli
Our Lady of Good Counsel
FB—2★0.767
54Michael Nicastro
Our Lady of Good Counsel
OLB—2★0.767
55Dondre Echols
Potomac
RB—2★0.767
56Tavon Young
Potomac
CBTemple2★0.763
57C.J. Williams
Calvert Hall College
SNavy2★0.748
58Avery Williams
Archbishop Curley
ATHTemple2★0.743
59Terrence Williams
Dunbar
CBUTEP2★0.743
60David Jones
Maurice J. McDonough
RB—2★0.738
61Monte Taylor
Charles Herbert Flowers
SDENorth Carolina2★0.733
62Dan Collura
DeMatha Catholic
OTBuffalo2★0.733
63Nate Hairston
Johnson
ATHTemple2★0.733
64Auctavius Bennett
River Hill
RB—2★0.730
65Garrett Keene
Calvert Hall College
RB—2★0.720