Team Recruiting Class
2017 Louisville Recruiting Class
Follow the full Louisville class board with ratings, high schools, hometowns, and links back into national and state recruiting surfaces.
- Recruits
- 17
- Blue-Chips
- 3
- Avg Rating
- 0.862
- States
- 11
Class context
2017 Louisville recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2017 Louisville 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 17 recruits, 3 blue-chip prospects, and players from 11 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 | Colin Wilson Clay | RB | 4★ | 0.913 | Green Cove Springs, FL Florida recruits | 6'1" / 220 lbs |
| 2 | CJ Avery Grenada | S | 4★ | 0.913 | Grenada, MS Mississippi recruits | 6'1" / 196 lbs |
| 3 | Russ Yeast Center Grove | CB | 4★ | 0.901 | Greenwood, IN Indiana recruits | 5'11" / 178 lbs |
| 4 | Caleb Chandler Jefferson | OT | 3★ | 0.887 | Jefferson, GA Georgia recruits | 6'5" / 295 lbs |
| 5 | Mekhi Becton Highland Springs | OT | 3★ | 0.884 | Highland Springs, VA Virginia recruits | 6'7" / 345 lbs |
| 6 | Justin Marshall Newton | WR | 3★ | 0.879 | Covington, GA Georgia recruits | 6'2" / 185 lbs |
| 7 | Josh Johnson Woodward Academy | WR | 3★ | 0.871 | Atlanta, GA Georgia recruits | 5'11" / 175 lbs |
| 8 | Corey Reed Roswell | WR | 3★ | 0.868 | Atlanta, GA Georgia recruits | 6'3" / 200 lbs |
| 9 | TreSean Smith LaSalle | S | 3★ | 0.864 | Cincinnati, OH Ohio recruits | 6'1" / 180 lbs |
| 10 | Cole Bentley Belfry | OG | 3★ | 0.863 | Belfry, KY Kentucky recruits | 6'5" / 290 lbs |
| 11 | Kemari Averett Grady | TE | 3★ | 0.863 | Atlanta, GA Georgia recruits | 6'7" / 240 lbs |
| 12 | Toryque Bateman Gadsden City | OT | 3★ | 0.862 | Gadsden, AL Alabama recruits | 6'8" / 305 lbs |
| 13 | Dorian Etheridge Capital | ILB | 3★ | 0.852 | Charleston, WV West Virginia recruits | 6'3" / 210 lbs |
| 14 | Lyndarious Strange North Florida Christian | S | 3★ | 0.844 | Tallahassee, FL Florida recruits | 6'3" / 190 lbs |
| 15 | Malik Clark Baldwin | OLB | 3★ | 0.821 | Milledgeville, GA Georgia recruits | 6'4" / 235 lbs |
| 16 | Nick Okeke Smyrna | OLB | 2★ | 0.791 | Smyrna, TN Tennessee recruits | 6'3" / 225 lbs |
| 17 | Mitch Hall Clayton | LS | 2★ | 0.774 | Clayton, NC North Carolina recruits | 6'2" / 205 lbs |