Team Recruiting Class
2018 Cincinnati Recruiting Class
Follow the full Cincinnati class board with ratings, high schools, hometowns, and links back into national and state recruiting surfaces.
- Recruits
- 24
- Blue-Chips
- 1
- Avg Rating
- 0.844
- States
- 5
Class context
2018 Cincinnati recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2018 Cincinnati signing group its own crawlable home, with commit names, positions, star grades, ratings, high schools, and hometown context visible in one place.
The class includes 24 recruits, 1 blue-chip prospect, and players from 5 states. Use the hub for filters and the national rankings page for class-wide comparison.
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Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Stars | Rating | Hometown | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonard Taylor Springfield | TE | 4★ | 0.900 | Springfield, OH Ohio recruits | 6'6" / 246 lbs |
| 2 | Tavion Thomas Dunbar | RB | 3★ | 0.886 | Dayton, OH Ohio recruits | 6'2" / 225 lbs |
| 3 | Josh Whyle LaSalle | TE | 3★ | 0.886 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'6" / 215 lbs |
| 4 | Malik Vann Fairfield | SDE | 3★ | 0.882 | Fairfield, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 270 lbs |
| 5 | Meechi Harris Xenia | WR | 3★ | 0.880 | Xenia, OH Ohio recruits | 6'2" / 188 lbs |
| 6 | Arquon Bush — | CB | 3★ | 0.865 | — | 5'11" / 167 lbs |
| 7 | Ben Bryant Lyons Township | PRO | 3★ | 0.864 | La Grange, IL Illinois recruits | 6'3" / 190 lbs |
| 8 | Lorenz Metz Germany | ATH | 3★ | 0.854 | Germany, GERM | 6'9" / 280 lbs |
| 9 | Charles McClelland Clinch County | ATH | 3★ | 0.852 | Homerville, GA Georgia recruits | 5'11" / 180 lbs |
| 10 | Myjai Sanders Raines | WDE | 3★ | 0.851 | Jacksonville, FL Florida recruits | 6'4" / 223 lbs |
| 11 | Daeshon Martin Archbishop Hoban | SDE | 3★ | 0.851 | Akron, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 240 lbs |
| 12 | Ryan Montgomery Franklin | RB | 3★ | 0.848 | Franklin, OH Ohio recruits | 5'11" / 190 lbs |
| 13 | Alec Pierce Glenbard West | WR | 3★ | 0.847 | Glen Ellyn, IL Illinois recruits | 6'3" / 196 lbs |
| 14 | Yanez Rogers Blanche Ely | ATH | 3★ | 0.841 | Pompano Beach, FL Florida recruits | 6'2" / 179 lbs |
| 15 | Ty Van Fossen St. Francis de Sales | ILB | 3★ | 0.841 | Columbus, OH Ohio recruits | 6'2" / 205 lbs |
| 16 | Blake Bacevich St. Xavier | WDE | 3★ | 0.837 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'4" / 215 lbs |
| 17 | Taj Ward Solon | CB | 3★ | 0.836 | Solon, OH Ohio recruits | 6'0" / 170 lbs |
| 18 | Jeremy Cooper Mount Carmel | OG | 3★ | 0.834 | Mount Carmel, IL Illinois recruits | 6'3" / 295 lbs |
| 19 | Ja'von Hicks Colerain | WR | 3★ | 0.834 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'2" / 185 lbs |
| 20 | Jayshon Jackson Simeon | WR | 3★ | 0.832 | Chicago, IL Illinois recruits | 5'10" / 165 lbs |
| 21 | Darnell Shields — | S | 3★ | 0.831 | — | 6'0" / 180 lbs |
| 22 | Colin Woodside Fairfield Union | OT | 3★ | 0.809 | Lancaster, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 265 lbs |
| 23 | Dylan OQuinn Lake | TE | 3★ | 0.805 | Millbury, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 255 lbs |
| 24 | Colin Thurman Archbishop Moeller | RB | 2★ | 0.700 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 5'10" / 197 lbs |