State Recruiting
2009 North Carolina High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest North Carolina prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 62
- Committed Programs
- 19
- Blue-Chips
- 9
Destination programs
- East Carolina12 recruits
- North Carolina12 recruits
- Duke9 recruits
- 8 recruits
- Marshall3 recruits
North Carolina recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier Nixon Jack Britt | OT | Florida | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 2 | Donte Moss Northside | WDE | North Carolina | 5★ | 0.988 |
| 3 | Jheranie Boyd Ashbrook | WR | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.978 |
| 4 | Justin Dixon Smithfield-Selma | ILB | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.928 |
| 5 | Jared McAdoo Chapel Hill | DT | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.925 |
| 6 | Desmond Scott Hillside | APB | Duke | 4★ | 0.915 |
| 7 | Josh Hunter Mallard Creek | CB | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.908 |
| 8 | Terry Shankle North Stanly | CB | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.907 |
| 9 | Hawatha Bell Butler | ILB | North Carolina | 4★ | 0.896 |
| 10 | Curtis Porter Victory Christian Center School | DT | Miami | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 11 | Rickey Dowdy High Point Central | OLB | NC State | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 12 | Travis Bond Bertie | OT | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 13 | Michael Dobson Mount Airy | S | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 14 | Tucker Windle Charlotte Catholic | OLB | 3★ | 0.874 | |
| 15 | Tyler Shatley East Burke | DT | Clemson | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 16 | Spencer Shuey South Mecklenburg | ILB | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 17 | Quan Rucker West Iredell | WR | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 18 | Nick Allison A.C. Reynolds | OG | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 19 | Justin Jackson Richmond | OLB | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 20 | Everett Proctor Jack Britt | ATH | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 21 | Jerrell Rhodes C.E. Jordan | APB | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 22 | Whit Barnes Rocky Mount | OC | Wake Forest | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 23 | Quin Smith Hibriten | OLB | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 24 | Vincent Davis Sun Valley | WR | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 25 | Sylvester Crawford Northside Christian Academy | WDE | NC State | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 26 | David Collins East Forsyth | OT | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.852 |
| 27 | Corey Gattis Hillside | ATH | Duke | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 28 | Damonte Terry Scotland County | RB | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 29 | James Hopper Seventy-First | S | Virginia Tech | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 30 | Danny O'Brien East Forsyth | PRO | Maryland | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 31 | Zico Pasut Ardrey Kell | TE | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 32 | Hunter Furr Mount Tabor | ATH | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 33 | Ed Tinker North Carolina Tech | WR | Pittsburgh | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 34 | Will Simmons Hertford County | OG | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 35 | Ross Cockrell Charlotte Latin School | CB | Duke | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 36 | Justin Foxx Victory Christian Center School | WDE | Duke | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 37 | August Campbell Christ School | OLB | Duke | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 38 | Reese Wiggins Southern | WR | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.825 |
| 39 | Zach Greene Leesville Road | ATH | Duke | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 40 | Matt Milner Cardinal Gibbons | SDE | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 41 | Erik Highsmith West Craven | WR | North Carolina | 3★ | 0.806 |
| 42 | A.J. Ferguson South Brunswick | SDE | NC State | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 43 | Torrance Hunt C.E. Jordan | CB | East Carolina | 3★ | 0.798 |
| 44 | Garrett Hedrick Reynolds | OG | Air Force | 2★ | 0.792 |
| 45 | Joey Finison Ragsdale | OG | Duke | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 46 | Walter Aikens Harding University High | ATH | Illinois | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 47 | Walt Aikens Harding University High | ATH | Illinois | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 48 | Michael Rhynes Independence | WR | Marshall | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 49 | Matt Pickett Providence | OLB | Marshall | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 50 | Ian Thompson East Forsyth | WR | Louisiana | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 51 | Trevor Black West Mecklenburg | OLB | Marshall | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 52 | Perry Simmons Sanderson | OT | Duke | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 53 | Kevin Rojas Wakefield | OLB | Duke | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 54 | Dominique Tate Carver | CB | Wake Forest | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 55 | Michael Brooks Bartlett Yancey | DT | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 56 | Jimmy Booth J.H. Rose | DT | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 57 | Ty Holmes Lexington Senior | S | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 58 | Mike Price New Bern | WR | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 59 | Lamar McLendon Seventy-First | ILB | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 60 | Marke Powell West Montgomery | OLB | East Carolina | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 61 | Andrew Muller Charlotte Catholic | SDE | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 62 | Jeffrey Hutchison North Carolina Tech | TE | Ohio | 2★ | 0.700 |