State Recruiting
2008 New Jersey High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest New Jersey prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 45
- Committed Programs
- 25
- Blue-Chips
- 6
New Jersey recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Hill St. Peter's Prep | S | Florida | 5★ | 0.998 |
| 2 | J.B. Fitzgerald West Windsor-Plainsboro South | OLB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.945 |
| 3 | Dejuan Miller Metuchen | WR | Oklahoma | 4★ | 0.926 |
| 4 | Brandon Smith New Brunswick | S | Michigan | 4★ | 0.925 |
| 5 | Art Forst Manasquan | OT | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.910 |
| 6 | Marcus Witherspoon Holy Spirit | OLB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 7 | Hafis Williams Elizabeth | DT | 3★ | 0.886 | |
| 8 | Ausar Walcott Hackensack | ILB | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 9 | Keith Baker Scotch Plains Fanwood | ILB | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 10 | Eric LeGrand Colonia | ILB | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.879 |
| 11 | Rashad White Teaneck | APB | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.879 |
| 12 | Matt Furstenburg Hun School | TE | Maryland | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 13 | Jack Crawford St Augustine Preparatory School | SDE | Penn State | 3★ | 0.876 |
| 14 | Patrick Neumann St Joseph Regional | OT | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 15 | Tim Wright Wall | ATH | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 16 | Dwayne Gratz Piscataway | CB | 3★ | 0.862 | |
| 17 | Alexander DiSanzo Don Bosco Prep | OLB | Boston College | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 18 | Grant Mayes Seton Hall Prep | CB | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 19 | Bill Schautz Bergen Catholic | WDE | Virginia | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 20 | Lynell Payne Cherokee | WR | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 21 | Zach Kane Toms River North | ATH | Miami | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 22 | Ed Imeokparia Blair Academy | S | Florida State | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 23 | David Stevens Millburn | TE | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 24 | Marquise Hamm New Brunswick | SDE | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 25 | Christian Klein St Joseph Regional | WDE | Boston College | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 26 | Marvin Booker Piscataway | OLB | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 27 | Dwayne Beckford Irvington | OLB | Purdue | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 28 | Jerome Williams Holy Cross | SDE | UConn | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 29 | Gavin Roberts Franklin Township | ATH | Purdue | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 30 | Stephen Shimko Ewing | PRO | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 31 | Brandon Jones Winslow Township | WR | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 32 | Jarel Lowery Paterson Catholic | DT | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 33 | Keith Robinson Winslow Township | APB | SMU | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 34 | Paul Vigo New Brunswick | ATH | Colorado | 3★ | 0.809 |
| 35 | Nadir Brown East Orange Campus | WR | Akron | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 36 | Bryan Burnham Moorestown Friends School | S | Tulsa | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 37 | Jawan Carson Marist | APB | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.787 |
| 38 | Patrick Kivlehan St Joseph Regional | S | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.773 |
| 39 | Maurice Jones Belleville Sr. | CB | Temple | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 40 | Matt Marshall Camden | OLB | Arkansas | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 41 | Mike Catapano Central Regional | FB | 163 | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 42 | Deven Baker Bound Brook | WR | Temple | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 43 | Tahir Whitehead West Side | S | Temple | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 44 | J.D. Griggs Piscataway | SDE | Iowa | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 45 | Mark Singer Holy Cross | S | Toledo | 2★ | 0.722 |