State Recruiting
2021 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
- 58
- Committed Programs
- 24
- Blue-Chips
- 6
State recruiting summary
New Jersey has 58 ranked recruits in 2021, including 6 blue-chip prospects.
Top destinations
- Rutgers4
- 462
- Kent State2
- Massachusetts2
Destination programs
- Rutgers4 recruits
- 462 recruits
- Kent State2 recruits
- Massachusetts2 recruits
- Michigan2 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 | Tywone Malone Bergen Catholic | DL | Ole Miss | 4★ | 0.971 |
| 2 | Aaron Armitage Blair Academy | DL | Stanford | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 3 | Audric Estime St Joseph Regional | RB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.915 |
| 4 | Alijah Clark Camden | CB | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 5 | Khayri Banton West Side | LB | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.908 |
| 6 | George Rooks St. Peter's Prep | DL | Michigan | 4★ | 0.907 |
| 7 | Duce Chestnut Camden | CB | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 8 | Geno VanDeMark St Joseph Regional | IOL | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.888 |
| 9 | Jalen Cheek Winslow Township | CB | — | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 10 | Jordan Thompson Parsippany Hills | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.875 |
| 11 | Mikai Gbayor Irvington | LB | — | 3★ | 0.874 |
| 12 | Shaquan Loyal West Side | CB | — | 3★ | 0.864 |
| 13 | Mike Jarvis Shawnee | DL | — | 3★ | 0.863 |
| 14 | Al-Shadee Salaam East Orange Campus | RB | — | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 15 | Tahj Bullock St. Peter's Prep | QB | — | 3★ | 0.860 |
| 16 | Xavier Coleman Lenape | RB | — | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 17 | Desmond Igbinosun Union | S | — | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 18 | Will Towns Jackson Memorial | RB | — | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 19 | Jalen Hoyle Dwight Morrow | S | — | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 20 | Keshon Griffin St. Joseph | EDGE | — | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 21 | Demie Sumo-Karngbaye Willingboro | RB | — | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 22 | Corey Cuascut-Palmer Camden | WR | — | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 23 | Donovan Ezeiruaku Williamstown | LB | — | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 24 | Zaire Angoy Irvington | DL | — | 3★ | 0.844 |
| 25 | Jake Ketschek St. Augustine Prep | OT | — | 3★ | 0.844 |
| 26 | Jayson Raines West Orange | WR | Stanford | 3★ | 0.844 |
| 27 | Kevin Wigenton II Hun School | IOL | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 28 | Johnny Martin Timber Creek | RB | — | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 29 | Aljay Henderson Irvington | RB | Buffalo | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 30 | Christian Abraham St Joseph Regional | ATH | — | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 31 | Dominick Giudice Mater Dei | EDGE | Michigan | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 32 | Shakhi Carson West Orange | RB | Kent State | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 33 | Patrick Smith Holy Spirit | RB | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.825 |
| 34 | Joshua Nobles Eastside | EDGE | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 35 | Zahir Abdus-Salaam Union City | RB | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 36 | Nasir Robinson Penns Grove | RB | Navy | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 37 | Dorian Nowell St. Joseph Regional | QB | — | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 38 | Josh Toner Cherokee | IOL | James Madison | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 39 | Louce Julien Orange | EDGE | Massachusetts | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 40 | Liam Rempel Hun School | EDGE | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.809 |
| 41 | Corey Walker West Side | LB | — | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 42 | Mike Entwistle Don Bosco Prep | IOL | — | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 43 | Cam McNair Donovan Catholic | OT | — | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 44 | Ah-Shaun Davis Willingboro | QB | — | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 45 | Deon McLean The Lawrenceville School | S | UConn | 3★ | 0.798 |
| 46 | Naran Buntin Mater Dei | WR | Kent State | 2★ | 0.797 |
| 47 | Jayon Carter Penns Grove | ATH | — | 2★ | 0.796 |
| 48 | Aquan Robinson West Orange | DL | Massachusetts | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 49 | Angelo Vokolos St. Augustine Prep | LB | — | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 50 | Andrew Butler DePaul Catholic | QB | Boston College | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 51 | Patrick Colicchio Bergen Catholic | OT | — | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 52 | Ethan Hunt St. Joseph | DL | — | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 53 | Curtis Miller Timber Creek | DL | — | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 54 | Jaden Allen Washington Township | TE | — | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 55 | Zack Taylor Parsippany Hills | LS | Rutgers | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 56 | Miles Mitchell Paramus Catholic | LB | — | 2★ | 0.773 |
| 57 | Jahmir Dooley West Side | RB | — | 2★ | 0.773 |
| 58 | Michael Rhodes Ocean City | DL | — | 2★ | 0.768 |