State Recruiting
2008 Ohio High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Ohio prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 137
- Committed Programs
- 39
- Blue-Chips
- 16
Destination programs
- 16 recruits
- Bowling Green12 recruits
- Akron10 recruits
- Ball State8 recruits
- Toledo8 recruits
Ohio recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Adams Dublin Coffman | OT | Ohio State | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 2 | Kyle Rudolph Elder | TE | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.983 |
| 3 | DeVier Posey LaSalle | WR | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.977 |
| 4 | Devoe Torrence Washington | ATH | 4★ | 0.976 | |
| 5 | Jake Stoneburner Dublin Coffman | TE | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.964 |
| 6 | Brandon Moore Trotwood-Madison | TE | Michigan | 4★ | 0.944 |
| 7 | Michael Zordich Cardinal Mooney | OLB | Penn State | 4★ | 0.935 |
| 8 | Dan McCarthy Cardinal Mooney | S | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.926 |
| 9 | Michael Shaw Trotwood-Madison | RB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.919 |
| 10 | Brandon Beachum Cardinal Mooney | RB | Penn State | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 11 | Kevin Koger Whitmer | TE | Michigan | 4★ | 0.917 |
| 12 | Zebrie Sanders Northmont | OT | Florida State | 4★ | 0.914 |
| 13 | Nathan Williams Miami Trace | SDE | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.911 |
| 14 | Antonio Jeremiah Hilliard Darby | DT | Michigan State | 4★ | 0.903 |
| 15 | Cordale Scott Glenville | WR | Illinois | 4★ | 0.901 |
| 16 | Elliott Mealer Wauseon | OG | Michigan | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 17 | Roy Roundtree Trotwood-Madison | WR | 3★ | 0.887 | |
| 18 | Taylor Hill Cardinal Mooney | OLB | 3★ | 0.884 | |
| 19 | Darius Ashley St. Xavier | APB | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 20 | Fred Craig St. Xavier | OLB | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 21 | Johnny Adams Buchtel | CB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.879 |
| 22 | Nic DiLillo Madison | TE | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.874 |
| 23 | Trey Fairchild Dublin Coffman | ATH | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 24 | Zack Stoudt Dublin Coffman | PRO | 3★ | 0.866 | |
| 25 | Zach Domicone Beavercreek | CB | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 26 | Donnie Fletcher Glenville | CB | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 27 | Doug Rippy Trotwood-Madison | OLB | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 28 | Steve Gardiner Dublin Coffman | OLB | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 29 | Whitney Mercilus Garfield | SDE | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 30 | Ben Buchanan Westerville Central | P | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 31 | Jake Current Troy | OC | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 32 | Zac Dysert Ada | PRO | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 33 | Matt Mihalik Gilmour Academy | OG | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 34 | Kenny Anunike Olentangy | SDE | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 35 | Rolandis Woodland Harmony Community School | WR | Missouri | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 36 | George White Harmony Community School | ILB | 3★ | 0.855 | |
| 37 | Ike Iloegbu Harmony Community School | CB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 38 | Briggs Orsbon Crestview | WR | Ball State | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 39 | Will Fleming Archbishop Hoban | S | Akron | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 40 | Bakari Bussey Lakota West | WR | Ohio | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 41 | Greg Scruggs St. Xavier | SDE | Louisville | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 42 | Kenny Veal Hamilton | CB | Toledo | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 43 | Ryan Radcliff Fairview | PRO | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 44 | Nick Truesdell Anderson | WR | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 45 | Kevin Harper Mentor | K | Pittsburgh | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 46 | Josh Richardson Dublin Scioto | OLB | Kansas | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 47 | Steve Greer Solon | OLB | Virginia | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 48 | Jeremy Ebert Hilliard Darby | ATH | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 49 | Jamiihr Williams Trotwood-Madison | OLB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 50 | Sal Battles East | ATH | Kent State | 3★ | 0.821 |
| 51 | Luke Kelly Turpin | ILB | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 52 | Blaec Walker Middletown | OT | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 53 | Jordan Miller New Philadelphia | PRO | Akron | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 54 | Rick Schmeig Oak Hills | OG | Purdue | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 55 | Joey Madsen Chardon | OG | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 56 | Corey Freeman Cleveland Heights | WDE | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 57 | Aaron Van Kuiken Turpin | OT | Virginia | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 58 | Chad Hounshell Lake Catholic | OT | UCF | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 59 | Larry Black, Jr. Wyoming | DT | Indiana | 3★ | 0.804 |
| 60 | Damien McIntosh Hamilton | OLB | Toledo | 3★ | 0.804 |
| 61 | David Rolf Piqua | OLB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 62 | Marc Stevens Lexington | OT | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 63 | William Lowe Glenville | CB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.799 |
| 64 | Andy Cruse Turpin | WR | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.797 |
| 65 | Ike Washington Trotwood-Madison | ILB | Kent State | 2★ | 0.797 |
| 66 | J.K. Schaffer La Salle | OLB | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.796 |
| 67 | Phillip Manley Hamilton | OG | Toledo | 2★ | 0.791 |
| 68 | Aaron Pankratz Nordonia | PRO | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 69 | Evan Klepec Boardman | SDE | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 70 | Evan Davis Colerain | OG | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 71 | Mike McCarthy Strongsville | OG | Navy | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 72 | Ravelle Sadler Colerain | CB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 73 | Joshua Smith Withrow | S | Ball State | 2★ | 0.787 |
| 74 | Patrick Omameh St. Francis de Sales | OG | Michigan | 2★ | 0.786 |
| 75 | Andrew Phelan Lakota West | OG | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.786 |
| 76 | James Cravens Centerville | RB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 77 | Isaiah Ballard Rogers | S | Toledo | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 78 | Juandez Brown Withrow | DUAL | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 79 | Steve Bigach St. Ignatius | DT | Iowa | 2★ | 0.779 |
| 80 | Brad Bednar Mentor | OT | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 81 | Stephon Ball St. Xavier | TE | Louisville | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 82 | Vincent Harris Harmony Community School | OLB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.773 |
| 83 | Keith Morgan Bellefontaine | ATH | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 84 | Winston Etheridge Glenville | SDE | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 85 | Jay Taylor Reynoldsburg | APB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 86 | Jordan Thompson Parkway | OLB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 87 | Vince Carlotta Roger Bacon | OT | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 88 | Brian Wagner Catholic Central | OLB | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 89 | Joe Pachuta John Glenn | OT | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 90 | Travis Kelce Cleveland Heights | TE | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 91 | Dominique Sherrer Colerain | RB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 92 | Joe Gaglione Lake Catholic | WDE | Iowa | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 93 | Seamus Garvey Gahanna Lincoln | OT | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 94 | Justin Thompson St. Francis de Sales | TE | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 95 | Mike Chacksfield Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | OT | Purdue | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 96 | Hank Keighley Archbishop Alter | WDE | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 97 | Kenny Stafford St. Francis de Sales | WR | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 98 | Rodney Stewart Brookhaven | APB | Colorado | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 99 | Chandler Burden LaSalle | OT | Kentucky | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 100 | Troy Gilmer Wayne | RB | Akron | 2★ | 0.764 |
| 101 | Darius Reeves Gahanna Lincoln | CB | Toledo | 2★ | 0.753 |
| 102 | Corey Brown Troy | RB | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 103 | Steve Yoder Washington | WDE | Ball State | 2★ | 0.747 |
| 104 | Tim Marlowe Cardinal Mooney | ATH | Nebraska | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 105 | Jerry Phillips Clyde | K | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 106 | Tim German Licking Valley | OT | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 107 | Chip Robinson Middletown | OT | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 108 | Lane Robilotto Riverside | CB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 109 | D.J. Brown Lakota West | CB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 110 | Eric Herman Central Catholic | SDE | Ohio | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 111 | Nate Schuler Springfield | OLB | Akron | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 112 | Adam Bice Tri-valley | OG | Akron | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 113 | Torieal Gibson Glenville | WR | Ball State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 114 | Drew Serruto Centerville | SDE | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 115 | David Dick Chaminade Julienne | DT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 116 | Darrion Brown Withrow | WR | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 117 | Matt Rinehart Dover | K | Kent State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 118 | Josh Kline William Mason | OG | Kent State | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 119 | Teddy Jennings Chaminade Julienne | TE | UConn | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 120 | Quentin Sims Colerain | WR | Georgia Tech | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 121 | Evan Luxenburg Beachwood | DT | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 122 | Trevor Walls Waverly | PRO | New Mexico State | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 123 | Rhyne Ladrach Orrville | TE | Akron | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 124 | Steve Schott Washington | K | Ball State | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 125 | Nicholas Tuminello Boardman | SDE | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 126 | Anthony Stover Northwestern | OLB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 127 | Jonathan Davis Ravenna | CB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 128 | Joshua Greene Springboro | RB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 129 | Matthew Weller Twinsburg | K | Ohio | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 130 | Jared Province John F. Kennedy | S | Akron | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 131 | Andrew Colosimo Upper Arlington | TE | Akron | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 132 | Adam Morris Dublin Scioto | OG | Ball State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 133 | Andre Dawson Olentangy | WR | Ball State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 134 | Mark Nelson Big Walnut | ILB | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 135 | Ryan Kuhlman Findlay | SDE | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 136 | Andrew Robiskie Chagrin Falls | OG | SMU | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 137 | Anthony Washington Fairborn | S | Toledo | 2★ | 0.700 |