Team Recruiting Class
2026 Cincinnati Recruiting Class
Follow the full Cincinnati class board with ratings, high schools, hometowns, and links back into national and state recruiting surfaces.
- Recruits
- 19
- Blue-Chips
- 1
- Avg Rating
- 0.860
- States
- 10
Class context
2026 Cincinnati recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2026 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 19 recruits, 1 blue-chip prospect, and players from 10 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 | Lance Dawson Avon | DL | 4★ | 0.894 | Avon, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 250 lbs |
| 2 | Jalen Williams Bloomington South | TE | 3★ | 0.868 | Bloomington, IN Indiana recruits | 6'5" / 215 lbs |
| 3 | Luke Collins Gahanna Lincoln | IOL | 3★ | 0.863 | Columbus, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 275 lbs |
| 4 | Jaxon Newton Oxford | LB | 3★ | 0.863 | Oxford, AL Alabama recruits | 6'3" / 200 lbs |
| 5 | Dadrien Waller Guntersville | WR | 3★ | 0.862 | Guntersville, AL Alabama recruits | 6'5" / 200 lbs |
| 6 | Heij Jackson McDonogh 35 | WR | 3★ | 0.862 | New Orleans, LA Louisiana recruits | 6'4" / 190 lbs |
| 7 | Solomon Mathis Hephzibah | OT | 3★ | 0.861 | Hephzibah, GA Georgia recruits | 6'5" / 285 lbs |
| 8 | Jonathan Rulo Belleville East | DL | 3★ | 0.860 | Belleville, IL Illinois recruits | 6'2" / 285 lbs |
| 9 | Darrius Simmons Gadsden County | DL | 3★ | 0.860 | Havana, FL Florida recruits | 6'3" / 317 lbs |
| 10 | Jamarion McKinney Greenville | CB | 3★ | 0.860 | Greenville, SC South Carolina recruits | 5'10" / 175 lbs |
| 11 | Luke Grover Olentangy | OT | 3★ | 0.860 | Lewis Center, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 272 lbs |
| 12 | Keegan Horn Hueytown | EDGE | 3★ | 0.859 | Hueytown, AL Alabama recruits | 6'3" / 225 lbs |
| 13 | Nathan Zappitelli Lake Catholic | IOL | 3★ | 0.859 | Mentor, OH Ohio recruits | 6'4" / 260 lbs |
| 14 | Xavier Starks Clay-Chalkville | S | 3★ | 0.858 | Pinson, AL Alabama recruits | 6'0" / 185 lbs |
| 15 | Brooks Goodman Blessed Trinity Catholic | QB | 3★ | 0.856 | Roswell, GA Georgia recruits | 6'3" / 205 lbs |
| 16 | Kameron Hurst Lift for Life Academy | CB | 3★ | 0.856 | St. Louis, MO Missouri recruits | 6'0" / 170 lbs |
| 17 | Adam Kirtley Taft | LB | 3★ | 0.854 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'1" / 215 lbs |
| 18 | Evan Weinberg Springboro | EDGE | 3★ | 0.852 | Springboro, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 230 lbs |
| 19 | Austin Hoane Cookeville | IOL | 3★ | 0.840 | Cookeville, TN Tennessee recruits | 6'4" / 280 lbs |