State Recruiting
2018 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
- 130
- Committed Programs
- 38
- Blue-Chips
- 12
Destination programs
- 18 recruits
- Cincinnati14 recruits
- Michigan State9 recruits
- Toledo9 recruits
- Akron7 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 | Jackson Carman Fairfield | OT | Clemson | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 2 | Jaelen Gill Westerville South | APB | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.983 |
| 3 | Tyreke Smith Cleveland Heights | WDE | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.982 |
| 4 | Blue Smith Wayne | ATH | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.945 |
| 5 | Dallas Gant St. John's Jesuit | OLB | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.932 |
| 6 | Xavier Peters Lakota West | OLB | Florida State | 4★ | 0.931 |
| 7 | Trenton Gillison Pickerington Central | TE | Michigan State | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 8 | Joseph Scates Dunbar | WR | Iowa State | 4★ | 0.907 |
| 9 | Leonard Taylor Springfield | TE | Cincinnati | 4★ | 0.900 |
| 10 | Xavier Henderson Pickerington Central | ATH | Michigan State | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 11 | Darian Kinnard St Ignatius | OT | Kentucky | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 12 | Chris Oats Winton Woods | OLB | Kentucky | 4★ | 0.896 |
| 13 | Tavion Thomas Dunbar | RB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.886 |
| 14 | Josh Whyle LaSalle | TE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.886 |
| 15 | Chase Kline Chardon | ILB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.883 |
| 16 | Aeneas Hawkins Archbishop Moeller | DT | Penn State | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 17 | Malik Vann Fairfield | SDE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 18 | Michael Dowell St. Edward | S | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.882 |
| 19 | Alex Reigelsperger Wayne | WDE | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.881 |
| 20 | Meechi Harris Xenia | WR | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.880 |
| 21 | John Dirksen Marion Local | OT | Notre Dame | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 22 | Brian Asamoah St. Francis de Sales | OLB | Oklahoma | 3★ | 0.876 |
| 23 | Kory Taylor Hilliard Bradley | WR | Purdue | 3★ | 0.876 |
| 24 | Brenden Bates Archbishop Moeller | TE | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 25 | Blaine Scott Sciotoville | OG | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 26 | Alex Williams Pickerington North | WDE | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 27 | Brennan Armstrong Shelby | DUAL | Virginia | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 28 | Quintin Wilson Turpin | OC | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.871 |
| 29 | Derrius Mullins St. Francis de Sales | DT | Toledo | 3★ | 0.868 |
| 30 | Keaton Upshaw Lima Senior | TE | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 31 | Jornell Brooks Mansfield | WR | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.866 |
| 32 | Isaiah Bowser Sidney | RB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.864 |
| 33 | Jimmy McKenna Avon | OT | Purdue | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 34 | Isaiah Mullens Harvest Preparatory School | SDE | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 35 | Jeslord Boateng Dublin Coffman | OLB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 36 | Austin Beier St. John's Jesuit | OG | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 37 | Michael Rose Brecksville-Broadview Heights | OLB | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.858 |
| 38 | Chase Wolf St. Xavier | PRO | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 39 | Tyler Bentley Lakota West | DT | Pittsburgh | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 40 | Daeshon Martin Archbishop Hoban | SDE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 41 | Jacob Slade Olentangy | SDE | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.848 |
| 42 | Xavier Johnson Summit Country Day School | WR | Ohio State | 3★ | 0.848 |
| 43 | Ryan Montgomery Franklin | RB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.848 |
| 44 | Thomas Rush Marysville | OLB | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 45 | Daniel Bolden Colerain | ILB | Toledo | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 46 | Edward Warinner Olentangy Liberty | ILB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 47 | Jack Cravaack Madeira | TE | Purdue | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 48 | Ty Van Fossen St. Francis de Sales | ILB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 49 | Devan Rogers Sidney | DT | Toledo | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 50 | Eric Miller William Mason | OT | Purdue | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 51 | Antwuan Johnson Dunbar | ILB | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 52 | Javez Alexander Sandusky | DUAL | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.838 |
| 53 | Blake Bacevich St. Xavier | WDE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.837 |
| 54 | Taj Ward Solon | CB | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 55 | Josh Chandler McKinley | OLB | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.835 |
| 56 | Ja'von Hicks Colerain | WR | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 57 | Nate Bauer Archbishop Hoban | WR | Toledo | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 58 | Kenny Wilkins Bedford | RB | Marshall | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 59 | Jamal Hines Princeton | WDE | Toledo | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 60 | Ra'veion Hargrove Trotwood-Madison | RB | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 61 | Alex Morgan Pickerington Central | TE | Toledo | 3★ | 0.825 |
| 62 | Brandon Derrow St. Francis de Sales | SDE | Colorado State | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 63 | Kevin Brewer Bedford | CB | 3★ | 0.817 | |
| 64 | Jeremiah Wood Pickerington Central | CB | Ohio | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 65 | Jaret Pallotta Jackson | PRO | Massachusetts | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 66 | Zachary Slade Olentangy | SDE | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 67 | Jevon Henderson Centerville | DT | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 68 | Cameron Hoelscher Springfield | ILB | Army | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 69 | Tate Goodyear Sycamore | OG | 43 | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 70 | Colin Woodside Fairfield Union | OT | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.809 |
| 71 | Davion Johnson Bedford | WR | 3★ | 0.806 | |
| 72 | Dylan OQuinn Lake | TE | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.805 |
| 73 | Jalen Hooks Warren G Harding | WR | Akron | 3★ | 0.801 |
| 74 | Cecil Singleton Walnut Hills | ATH | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 75 | Dylan Drummond Cuyahoga Heights | WR | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 76 | Dallas Daniels Trotwood-Madison | WR | 2296 | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 77 | Conor Head Revere | OG | Toledo | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 78 | R.J. Kelly Archbishop Hoban | OG | Akron | 2★ | 0.795 |
| 79 | Jack McCrory Shawnee | ILB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 80 | Treon Sibley Coventry | WR | Akron | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 81 | Tyler Long Springfield | OC | Toledo | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 82 | LeMaro Smith Cleveland Heights | WR | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.785 |
| 83 | Elijah Ratliff Reynoldsburg | DT | Kent State | 2★ | 0.784 |
| 84 | Dalton Tomlison Eastern | OT | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 85 | Kylen McCracken Cleveland Heights | OG | Ohio | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 86 | Tye Evans Nordonia | RB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 87 | Patrick Gilliland Bishop Hartley | OT | Ohio | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 88 | Devanier Floyd East | RB | Akron | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 89 | James Lachey Grandview Heights | TE | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.779 |
| 90 | Vincent Fonte Copley | OT | Akron | 2★ | 0.779 |
| 91 | Antonio Smith Westerville South | SDE | 2★ | 0.775 | |
| 92 | Bryce Houston Olentangy | ILB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.775 |
| 93 | Javaughn Williams John Hay Campus | WR | Kent State | 2★ | 0.774 |
| 94 | Tadas Tatarunas Mentor | PRO | 2★ | 0.770 | |
| 95 | Jadon Rucker-Furlow Belmont | CB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 96 | Dallas Fields Central Catholic | S | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 97 | Tyler Potts Pickerington North | CB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 98 | Mikey Haney Maumee | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 99 | Brian Dooley St. John's Jesuit | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 100 | Daishawn Brimage East | WR | Akron | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 101 | Joseph Boggs Reynoldsburg | OT | Ball State | 2★ | 0.764 |
| 102 | Keye Thompson Barberton | OLB | Ohio | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 103 | Jerome Buckner Columbus Academy | WR | Ohio | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 104 | Tyler Leroux Gilmour Academy | OT | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 105 | Garrett Houser Archbishop Hoban | WR | Navy | 2★ | 0.753 |
| 106 | Abe Myers Big Walnut | ILB | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 107 | Chris Julian Jr. Howland | ILB | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 108 | Jaylin Garner Shaker Heights | ILB | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 109 | Caleb Johnson Trotwood-Madison | WR | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 110 | Mario Marset Western Reserve Academy | OG | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 111 | Zaire Porter Marion-Franklin | TE | 2198 | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 112 | Jimmy Weirick Pickerington North | DUAL | 2747 | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 113 | Markel Toney Brush | WR | 2754 | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 114 | Gavin Blunt Aurora | WR | Akron | 2★ | 0.748 |
| 115 | William Collier Archbishop Hoban | ATH | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 116 | Sam Vance Centerville | WDE | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 117 | Sean Blue II Central Catholic | ATH | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 118 | Ryan Wichmann Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | OT | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 119 | Davion Tyson Jefferson | WDE | Ball State | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 120 | Daulson Fitzpatrick Archbishop Hoban | OLB | 2198 | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 121 | Jakari Lumsden Fitch | OLB | 2198 | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 122 | Ty Wiley Pickerington North | WR | Toledo | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 123 | Andrew White GlenOak | TE | 2★ | 0.730 | |
| 124 | Ben Schmiesing Piqua | OLB | 2★ | 0.720 | |
| 125 | Marcus Borden Walnut Hills | WR | 2★ | 0.710 | |
| 126 | Zaid Hamdan William Mason | DT | Ohio State | 2★ | 0.710 |
| 127 | Matthew Trickett St Ignatius | K | Kent State | 2★ | 0.710 |
| 128 | Mason Copley Aurora | WDE | 107 | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 129 | Maurice Edmondson Licking Heights | WR | 2★ | 0.700 | |
| 130 | Colin Thurman Archbishop Moeller | RB | Cincinnati | 2★ | 0.700 |