State Recruiting
2012 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
- 70
- Committed Programs
- 23
- Blue-Chips
- 9
Destination programs
- 24 recruits
- Rutgers10 recruits
- Boston College6 recruits
- Temple6 recruits
- UConn4 recruits
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 | Darius Hamilton Don Bosco Prep | SDE | Rutgers | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 2 | Devin Fuller Northern Valley Regional - Old Tappan | ATH | UCLA | 4★ | 0.981 |
| 3 | Yuri Wright Don Bosco Prep | CB | Colorado | 4★ | 0.969 |
| 4 | Elijah Shumate Don Bosco Prep | S | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.960 |
| 5 | Leonte Carroo Don Bosco Prep | WR | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.929 |
| 6 | Quanzell Lambert Timber Creek | ILB | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.907 |
| 7 | Jamil Pollard West Deptford | DT | Penn State | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 8 | Kaiwan Lewis St. Joseph | ILB | South Carolina | 4★ | 0.895 |
| 9 | Ryan Brodie Long Branch | OT | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.891 |
| 10 | Ruhann Peele Linden | WR | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.885 |
| 11 | Mike Strizak Don Bosco Prep | ILB | Boston College | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 12 | Julian Pinnix-Odrick Montclair | SDE | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 13 | Sean Maguire Seton Hall Prep | PRO | Florida State | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 14 | Ryan Morris Barnegat | TE | Purdue | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 15 | Davon Jacobs De Paul Catholic | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 16 | Brandon Napoleon St. Peter's Prep | ATH | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 17 | Steve Longa Saddle Brook Mid/high Sch | OLB | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 18 | Jevon Tyree South Brunswick | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 19 | Christian Brown Bridgeton | DT | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 20 | Jazmarr Clax Freehold Borough | ILB | UConn | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 21 | Greg Johnson West Orange | ATH | 3★ | 0.850 | |
| 22 | Dan Mastromatteo Holy Spirit | OLB | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 23 | Jim Cashman Haddonfield Memorial | OT | Boston College | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 24 | Michael Giacone St. Peter's Prep | TE | Boston College | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 25 | Max Valles St. Joseph | ATH | 3★ | 0.844 | |
| 26 | Austin Johnson St Augustine Preparatory School | DT | 3★ | 0.842 | |
| 27 | Kye Morgan Franklin Township | RB | Virginia | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 28 | Delon Stephenson Sayreville War Memorial | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.837 |
| 29 | Tajae Sharpe Piscataway | WR | Massachusetts | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 30 | Dan Crimmins A.J. Demarest Alternative | WR | Boston College | 3★ | 0.835 |
| 31 | Tyler Samra Don Bosco Prep | OC | UConn | 3★ | 0.835 |
| 32 | Carlton Agudosi Franklin Township | WR | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 33 | Nigel Jones Holy Spirit | RB | 3★ | 0.832 | |
| 34 | Stephaun Marshall Montclair | S | Temple | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 35 | Sean Henigin Bridgeton | OT | 3★ | 0.824 | |
| 36 | Malcolm Culmer Willingboro | WR | Maryland | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 37 | Vin Ascolese North Bergen | ILB | Arkansas | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 38 | Dominic Twitty Rancocas Valley Reg H | SDE | New Mexico | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 39 | Wendy Laurent Hun School | DT | Penn State | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 40 | Matt Ioannidis Hunterdon Central | SDE | Temple | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 41 | Darius Merriweather Eastern | WR | 3★ | 0.810 | |
| 42 | Nate Ortiz St Anthony | TE | 2169 | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 43 | John Ferranto Burlington Township | OT | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.808 |
| 44 | Raymond Korang Rancocas Valley Reg H | OT | Temple | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 45 | Khalif Herbin Montclair | ATH | Temple | 3★ | 0.804 |
| 46 | Malachi Moore Pope John XXIII | SDE | Boston College | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 47 | Anthony Nyers Woodbridge | WR | 3★ | 0.800 | |
| 48 | Marcus Coleman Camden Catholic | DT | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.799 |
| 49 | Malik Bush Hackensack | PRO | 3★ | 0.798 | |
| 50 | LaKai Robinson Paul VI | OG | 2★ | 0.790 | |
| 51 | Shahbaz Ahmed Paul VI | WDE | Temple | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 52 | Nico D'Angelo Holy Spirit | OG | 2★ | 0.783 | |
| 53 | Tyrell Smith Lacey Township | DT | 2★ | 0.781 | |
| 54 | Tevin Shaw Piscataway | ATH | 2★ | 0.778 | |
| 55 | Bobby Bradley Shawnee | OG | Tulane | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 56 | Avery Ellis Montclair | ILB | Temple | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 57 | Ethan Gambale Holy Spirit | ILB | 2★ | 0.770 | |
| 58 | Keith Capers Woodbridge | OG | 2★ | 0.770 | |
| 59 | Najee Glass St. Peter's Prep | WR | 2★ | 0.768 | |
| 60 | Errol McCarthy De Paul Catholic | DT | 2★ | 0.767 | |
| 61 | Shayne Jones Immaculata | CB | 2★ | 0.767 | |
| 62 | Elijah St. Hilaire Palisades Park Jr-sr | ATH | 2★ | 0.758 | |
| 63 | Richard Levy Trenton Central | OT | UConn | 2★ | 0.752 |
| 64 | Davion Samuels De Paul Catholic | DT | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 65 | J.R. Robinson St. Peter's Prep | ATH | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 66 | Nick Golz De Paul Catholic | OG | 2★ | 0.743 | |
| 67 | David Dudeck Hun School | ATH | Boston College | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 68 | Michael Casimos Don Bosco Prep | OT | Akron | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 69 | Omaine Stephens East Orange Campus | OLB | UConn | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 70 | Larry Alston Matawan Regional | ILB | 2★ | 0.730 |