State Recruiting
2008 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
- 54
- Committed Programs
- 19
- Blue-Chips
- 8
Destination programs
- Michigan State11 recruits
- Central Michigan7 recruits
- Eastern Michigan7 recruits
- 6 recruits
- Ball State3 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 | Nick Perry Martin Luther King | WDE | USC | 4★ | 0.971 |
| 2 | Dann O'Neill Grand Haven | OT | Michigan | 4★ | 0.966 |
| 3 | Jonas Gray Detroit Country Day | RB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.957 |
| 4 | Mark Ingram Southwestern Commencement Academy | RB | Alabama | 4★ | 0.944 |
| 5 | Boubacar Cissoko Cass Technical | CB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.937 |
| 6 | Fred Smith Southwestern | WR | Michigan State | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 7 | Mike Martin Catholic Central | DT | Michigan | 4★ | 0.915 |
| 8 | Kenny Demens Detroit Country Day | ILB | 4★ | 0.893 | |
| 9 | Charles Burrell Southeastern | S | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 10 | DeOn'tae Pannell Wylie E. Groves | OG | Penn State | 3★ | 0.880 |
| 11 | Ethan Ruhland Lake Orion Community | OG | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 12 | Tyler Hoover Novi | DT | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 13 | Tim Dandridge Highland Park Community | CB | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 14 | Cortez Smith Cass Technical | CB | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 15 | Keshawn Martin John Glenn | WR | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 16 | Glenn Winston Denby | ATH | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 17 | Anthony Woods Melvindale | OT | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 18 | George Winn University Of Detroit Jesuit | RB | 3★ | 0.839 | |
| 19 | Sam Gaymon Renaissance | WR | Toledo | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 20 | Chris McDonald Henry Ford II | OG | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 21 | Darrin Williams Martin Luther King | APB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 22 | Mitch Zajac Holt Senior | ILB | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 23 | Trenton Robinson Bay City Central | S | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 24 | Marvon Sanders Ypsilanti | WR | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 25 | John Deyo Gull Lake | OT | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 26 | Kirk Cousins Holland Christian | PRO | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 27 | John Potter Grand Haven | K | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 28 | Norman Shuford Farmington | APB | Akron | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 29 | Adam Follett Caledonia | PRO | Indiana | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 30 | Myles White Stevenson | WR | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 31 | Austin Holtz Holton | OT | Ball State | 2★ | 0.797 |
| 32 | Joel Foreman Milford | OG | Michigan State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 33 | Zach Hueter North Branch | OT | Michigan State | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 34 | Valtorrey Showers Crockett | WR | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 35 | Tre Bishop Airport Senior | SDE | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 36 | Steven Winston Muskegon Heights | SDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 37 | Fadi Farha Pioneer | OT | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 38 | Johnathan Lamb Southfield | WDE | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 39 | Tyler Thomas Jackson | RB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.753 |
| 40 | Scott Kovanda Catholic Central | K | Ball State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 41 | David Blackburn De La Salle Collegiate | TE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 42 | Darryll Stinson Jackson | WDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 43 | Mike Repovz Lansing Catholic | WDE | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 44 | Darren Keyton Traverse City West | OT | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 45 | Jason Semmes St. Mary's | WDE | Iowa | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 46 | Alex Debniak Hudsonville | OLB | Stanford | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 47 | Zach Line Oxford | ILB | SMU | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 48 | Scott MacLeod De La Salle Collegiate | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.723 |
| 49 | Armand Staten Inkster | OLB | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 50 | Nate Hardy New Haven | ATH | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 51 | Joshua Howard Inkster | S | Ball State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 52 | Josh Williams Brandon | ATH | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 53 | Kyle DeMaster Dakota | OLB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 54 | L'shane Bynum Truman | OLB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 |