State Recruiting
2002 Michigan High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Michigan prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 52
- Committed Programs
- 18
- Blue-Chips
- 5
Destination programs
- Central Michigan12 recruits
- 8 recruits
- Eastern Michigan6 recruits
- Western Michigan4 recruits
- Akron3 recruits
Michigan recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabe Watson Southfield | DT | Michigan | 5★ | 0.984 |
| 2 | Kyle Brown West Bloomfield | WR | Michigan State | 4★ | 0.971 |
| 3 | William Cooper Northern Commencement Academy | CB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.964 |
| 4 | Drew Stanton Harrison | PRO | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 5 | Carl Tabb Huron | WR | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 6 | Darnell Hood Harper Woods | APB | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 7 | Agim Shabaj Harrison | WR | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 8 | Tom Berishaj Adlai Stevenson | OG | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 9 | Clifton Ryan Arthur Hill | SDE | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 10 | Kyle Cook Dakota | OT | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 11 | Matthew Trannon Northern Commencement Academy | WR | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 12 | Joseph Karaska Southfield-lathrup | OT | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 13 | Edward Johnson Crockett | SDE | Penn State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 14 | Brandon Horn Detroit Country Day | WR | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 15 | Jeff Jenkins Huron | RB | Notre Dame | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 16 | Stephon Hopkins Renaissance | RB | Minnesota | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 17 | Antoine Bagwell East Lansing | RB | Nebraska | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 18 | Terrill Mayberry Harrison | CB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 19 | Ted Piepkow Lumen Christi | OLB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 20 | Terna Nande Creston | S | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 21 | Mario Harris Northern Commencement Academy | DUAL | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 22 | Mike Bradshaw Northern Commencement Academy | CB | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 23 | David Hector Southfield-lathrup | DT | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 24 | Joe DiGiorgio Eisenhower | OT | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 25 | Delando Bradford Wylie E. Groves | CB | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 26 | Mike Ogle Caledonia | S | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 27 | Charles Archie Creston | CB | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 28 | Markus Naves Creston | WR | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 29 | Dave Condeni Harrison | TE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 30 | Robert Daugherty Harrison | TE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 31 | Damon Petty Kettering | SDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 32 | Doug Kress Lapeer West Senior | S | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 33 | Dan Bazuin Mcbain | WDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 34 | Orlando Walton Muskegon | CB | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 35 | Tyrone Kelly Renaissance | CB | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 36 | Eric Karbowski Standish-Sterling Central | OT | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 37 | Dennis Doe Utica | SDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 38 | Jason Robert Athens | DT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 39 | Robert Seehase Cadillac Senior | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 40 | Courtney Evans Central | WR | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 41 | Dan Fugate Dundee Community | WR | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 42 | Kevin Howe Grand Haven | TE | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 43 | Geoffrey Pope University Of Detroit Jesuit | CB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 44 | Travis Dambach Jackson | OT | Kansas | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 45 | Tim Miller Detroit Country Day | CB | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 46 | Deion Washington Cooley | WR | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 47 | Oral Hylton Cooley | FB | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 48 | Dominic Moran Adams | OLB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 49 | Paul Tithef Chesaning Union | ILB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 50 | Joel Pfaendtner Dakota | OG | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 51 | Ameer Ismail West Ottawa Campus | FB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 52 | Jim Devine Lumen Christi | SDE | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.767 |