State Recruiting
2018 New York High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest New York prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 45
- Committed Programs
- 22
- Blue-Chips
- 3
Destination programs
- Buffalo5 recruits
- Rutgers5 recruits
- 4 recruits
- Boston College4 recruits
- Syracuse3 recruits
New York recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Ruckert Lindenhurst | TE | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.981 |
| 2 | Matthew Jones Erasmus Hall | OC | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.965 |
| 3 | Trill Williams Archbishop Stepinac | ATH | Syracuse | 4★ | 0.892 |
| 4 | Qadir White Cardinal Hayes | OT | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.887 |
| 5 | Amad Anderson Curtis | ATH | Purdue | 3★ | 0.881 |
| 6 | Aron Cruickshank Erasmus Hall | ATH | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 7 | Zihir Lacewell Tottenville | WR | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.874 |
| 8 | Elijah Jones Cardinal Hayes | ATH | Boston College | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 9 | Jalin Cooper Medina | WR | Toledo | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 10 | Messiah Swinson Long Island Lutheran | TE | Missouri | 3★ | 0.858 |
| 11 | Sean Ryan Erasmus Hall | WR | Temple | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 12 | Paul Woods Canisius | WR | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 13 | Matthew Thomas Midwood | WDE | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 14 | Gabe Horan Charles W Baker | OT | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 15 | Matt Valecce Fordham Prep | PRO | Boston College | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 16 | Stevie Scott III Christian Brothers Academy | RB | Indiana | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 17 | David Nwaogwugwu Dewitt Clinton | SDE | Temple | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 18 | Christian Izien Erasmus Hall | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 19 | Kessawn Abraham Erasmus Hall | ATH | Rutgers | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 20 | Kyiev Bennermon Spackenkill | DT | Boston College | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 21 | Lucas Nunez Cardinal Hayes | WR | 2529 | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 22 | Tyler Days Cicero-North Syracuse | ATH | Boston College | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 23 | Shamel Lazarus Erasmus Hall | CB | UConn | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 24 | Joseph Petti Fordham Prep | DT | Navy | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 25 | Patrick McSweeney Monsignor Farrell | WR | Coastal Carolina | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 26 | Dylan McDuffie Sweet Home Senior | RB | Buffalo | 3★ | 0.805 |
| 27 | Antonio Colclough Cardinal Hayes | WDE | Temple | 3★ | 0.804 |
| 28 | Cory Gross Brockport | CB | Buffalo | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 29 | Michael Taylor Holy Cross | WDE | 222 | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 30 | Dan Fedor Elmira | OT | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 31 | Heron Maurisseau St. Anthony's | WR | UConn | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 32 | D'Andre Jenkins Lockport | SDE | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 33 | Matt Myers Bishop Timon-St. Jude | PRO | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 34 | Romeo Holden New Rochelle | RB | 2405 | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 35 | John Kelly Monsignor Farrell | ILB | Navy | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 36 | Randy Brito Cardinal Hayes | CB | 2529 | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 37 | Calique Cato-Jacobs Erasmus Hall | CB | 2619 | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 38 | Chris Campbell Tottenville | OLB | 2619 | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 39 | Mike Novitsky Victor Senior | TE | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 40 | Isaiah Walker Archbishop Stepinac | ATH | 2★ | 0.764 | |
| 41 | Jalen Walters Erasmus Hall | WR | 2★ | 0.760 | |
| 42 | Derek Ferraro Iona Preparatory School | OT | Rice | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 43 | Keno Moore Harborfields | S | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 44 | Chris Marchisotto Tottenville | OC | 2681 | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 45 | Robert Javier Cardinal Hayes | CB | 119 | 2★ | 0.740 |