State Recruiting
2009 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
- 35
- Blue-Chips
- 17
Destination programs
- 21 recruits
- Bowling Green11 recruits
- Miami (OH)11 recruits
- Ohio State10 recruits
- Akron9 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 | Jamie Wood Pickerington Central | S | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.962 |
| 2 | Melvin Fellows Garfield Heights | SDE | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.955 |
| 3 | C.J. Barnett Northmont | CB | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.953 |
| 4 | Marcus Hall Glenville | OT | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.951 |
| 5 | Jack Mewhort St. John's Jesuit | OC | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.938 |
| 6 | Isaiah Bell Liberty | OLB | Michigan | 4★ | 0.923 |
| 7 | John Simon Cardinal Mooney | DT | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.922 |
| 8 | Corey Linsley Boardman | OG | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.919 |
| 9 | Chris Fields Harvey | WR | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 10 | D.J. Hunter Middletown | CB | 4★ | 0.916 | |
| 11 | Bud Golden Sycamore | RB | Illinois | 4★ | 0.907 |
| 12 | Storm Klein Licking Valley | OLB | 4★ | 0.901 | |
| 13 | Chris Williams Winton Woods | CB | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 14 | Fitzgerald Toussaint Liberty | SF | 4★ | 0.899 | |
| 15 | Chris Snook Highland | OLB | West Virginia | 4★ | 0.894 |
| 16 | Bradley McDougald Dublin Scioto | S | Kansas | 4★ | 0.893 |
| 17 | Mike Edwards Glenville | CB | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.891 |
| 18 | Davon Custis St. Francis de Sales | SDE | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.888 |
| 19 | Dan Fox St. Ignatius | ILB | 3★ | 0.887 | |
| 20 | Jonathan Newsome Glenville | OLB | 3★ | 0.884 | |
| 21 | Nate Klatt Northwest | OG | 3★ | 0.883 | |
| 22 | Adam Bellamy Aurora | DT | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 23 | Sam Longo Bellbrook | OT | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 24 | Will Studlien Big Walnut | ILB | 3★ | 0.879 | |
| 25 | Luke Kuechly St. Xavier | OLB | 3★ | 0.874 | |
| 26 | Pat Muldoon St. Xavier | SDE | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 27 | Adam Homan Coldwater | FB | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 28 | Patrick White Pickerington Central | WR | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 29 | Denicos Allen Hamilton | OLB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 30 | Ted Bolser Indian Hill | TE | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 31 | Brian Wozniak Loveland | TE | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 32 | Chris Freeman Trotwood-Madison | OT | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 33 | Maalik Bomar Winton Woods | OLB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 34 | Mike Marrow Central Catholic | FB | Alabama | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 35 | Dan France North Royalton | SDE | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.866 |
| 36 | Brad Rogers Central Catholic | FB | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 37 | Patrick Nicely South | PRO | 3★ | 0.859 | |
| 38 | Austen Bujnoch Elder | OG | 3★ | 0.858 | |
| 39 | Ryan Spiker Tri-valley | OG | 3★ | 0.858 | |
| 40 | Henry Conway Shaker Heights | OT | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 41 | Branko Busick Steubenville | ILB | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 42 | Steve Hull Sycamore | WR | Illinois | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 43 | Dale Peterman Ursuline | CB | Syracuse | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 44 | Josh Jones Elder | WR | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 45 | John Prior Portsmouth | OT | Florida State | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 46 | Ryan Cheek Lancaster | ILB | NC State | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 47 | Everett Horne North College Hill | CB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 48 | Jeff Duckworth Princeton | WR | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 49 | Jordan Paschal Trotwood-Madison | CB | Louisville | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 50 | Jake Brandt Bexley | OT | Akron | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 51 | Ricky Harris Westerville South | DT | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 52 | Pat McShane Walsh Jesuit | OG | Indiana | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 53 | Brian Slack Archbishop Hoban | TE | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 54 | Pat Hinkel St Ignatius | S | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 55 | Nate Cadogan Portsmouth | OT | Penn State | 3★ | 0.844 |
| 56 | John Anevski Elder | OG | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 57 | Adam Replogle Centerville | DT | Indiana | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 58 | Devontae Payne South | PRO | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 59 | Nate Freese Strongsville | K | Boston College | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 60 | Cody Pettit Patrick Henry | SDE | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 61 | Tyler Scott Howland | OLB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 62 | Austin Moore Springfield | ILB | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 63 | Jordan Hopgood Princeton | WR | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 64 | Aunre Davis Warren G Harding | CB | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 65 | Eric Page Springfield | CB | Toledo | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 66 | Darwin Cook Shaw | S | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 67 | Dwayne Woods Princeton | ILB | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 68 | Erik Finklea Woodward Career Technical | RB | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 69 | Micah Hyde Fostoria | CB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 70 | Javon Cornley Northland | SDE | Indiana | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 71 | Michael Hilty Olentangy Liberty | SDE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 72 | Blake Annen Upper Arlington | TE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 73 | Perez Ashford Shaker Heights | WR | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 74 | Jake Feldmeyer Centerville | OG | Illinois | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 75 | Tim Moore Mentor | S | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 76 | Brian Smith Walsh Jesuit | OT | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 77 | Bryan Wagner Crestwood | OT | Kent State | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 78 | Dan Molls Padua Franciscan | ILB | Toledo | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 79 | Zakee Bashir Walnut Ridge | OLB | Marshall | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 80 | Jerel Worthy Wayne | DT | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 81 | Alex Bayer Pickerington North | TE | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.814 |
| 82 | Romel Dismuke Benedictine | CB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.814 |
| 83 | Stephen Houston Lakota West | RB | Ole Miss | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 84 | Anthony Talbert Winton Woods | TE | NC State | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 85 | Jeremy Johnson Springfield | OT | Buffalo | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 86 | Javon Marshall Wayne | S | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 87 | Derek Hoebing Vermilion | TE | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 88 | John Pettigrew Cuyahoga Falls | RB | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 89 | Adam Schneid Avon Lake | OT | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 90 | Corey Freeman Cleveland Heights | WDE | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 91 | Sean McClellan Archbishop Moeller | OT | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 92 | Austin Boucher Archbishop Alter | PRO | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 93 | Colton Griffis Big Walnut | DT | Marshall | 3★ | 0.810 |
| 94 | Tyler Harrell Dublin Scioto | OLB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.808 |
| 95 | Roman Lawson Shaker Heights | ILB | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 96 | Danny Gress Northmont | ILB | Kent State | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 97 | Tyler Arend Paulding | OT | Kent State | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 98 | Tim Edmond La Salle | FB | Ohio | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 99 | Brian Smith Cuyahoga Falls | OT | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 100 | Terrence Owens Glenville | DUAL | Toledo | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 101 | Randy Greenwood Lake Catholic | ATH | Akron | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 102 | Mark Mays Northmont | RB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 103 | Evan Wiley St. John's Jesuit | OT | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 104 | Joe Vidovic South | OT | Akron | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 105 | Deji Olatoye Dublin Scioto | CB | Colorado | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 106 | Damon Sims Colerain | OLB | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 107 | Jairus Campbell Pickerington North | SDE | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 108 | Anthony Shoemaker Princeton | SDE | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.777 |
| 109 | Drew Stevens Olentangy | FB | Michigan State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 110 | Eric Jordan Sandusky | OLB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 111 | Erique Geiger Wayne | APB | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 112 | Collin Boucher Archbishop Alter | ILB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 113 | Bernard Pinckney Sylvania Southview | CB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 114 | Mario Dovell Whetstone | ATH | Ohio | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 115 | Joey Parris St. Ignatius | WR | Air Force | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 116 | Jordan Houser Fairborn | CB | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 117 | Adam Steiner GlenOak | OG | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 118 | Anthony Meriwether Midpark | WR | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 119 | David Anderson Purcell Marian | OLB | Akron | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 120 | Tristin Marvin Winton Woods | OLB | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 121 | Max Plunkett Archbishop Alter | OT | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 122 | Brian Winters Hudson | OT | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 123 | Luke Batton Nordonia | OLB | Kent State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 124 | T.J. Fatinikun Perrysburg | SDE | Toledo | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 125 | Tim Kynard St. John's Jesuit | WDE | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 126 | Richard Steele La Salle | CB | Toledo | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 127 | Greg Davison Elyria | WDE | Ohio | 2★ | 0.747 |
| 128 | Alex Gillett Clyde | PRO | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 129 | Josh Couch Carlisle | K | Akron | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 130 | Blake Fraley Hilliard Darby | OLB | Akron | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 131 | Garrett Gronowski Avon | S | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 132 | Vince German Licking Valley | WDE | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 133 | Sam Johnson Liberty Union | OG | Ohio | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 134 | Jeffvon Gill Euclid | RB | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 135 | Jacob Dooley Mars Hill Academy | ILB | Kent State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 136 | Ben Pike Mentor | SDE | Toledo | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 137 | Zac Kerin Olentangy | OC | Toledo | 2★ | 0.700 |