The leading quartet of states when it comes to the 247Sports composite rankings for the top 100 high school football players in the Class of 2026 includes California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas.
A total of fifty-one players hail from these four states, with Florida and Georgia each contributing 14 athletes to the list.
The Sunshine State showcases talents like Dia Bell of American Heritage (Plantation), Derrek Cooper of Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood), and Calvin Russell Jr. of Northwestern (Miami).
From Georgia, leading players include Tyler Atkinson of Grayson (Loganville), Kaiden Prothro of Bowdon, Xavier Griffin of Gainesville, and Bryce Perry-Wright of Buford.
Texas ranks third with 12 players, featuring standout names such as John Turntine III of North Crowley (Fort Worth), Keisean Henderson of Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Spring), Ethan Feaster of DeSoto, and Davian Groce of Lone Star (Frisco).
California rounds out the group with 11 players. Notable among them are Chris Henry Jr., Mark Bowman, and Kodi Greene—all from last year’s National Champions, Mater Dei (Santa Ana).
Douglas County (Douglasville, Ga.) stands out as the only other school to have three players represented, with Aaron Gregory, Jordan Carter, and Devin Carter all making the top 100 recruits in the Class of 2026.
Several other esteemed institutions also had two players included: Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), Edna Karr (New Orleans), IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), Jackson (Ala.) and St. Frances Academy (Baltimore).
In the rankings, Jackson Cantwell of Nixa (Mo.) is recognized as the top overall player. This five-star offensive tackle was honored as the 2024 Missouri Player of the Year during his junior year.
C.J. Sadler from Cass Tech (Detroit), Jett Washington of Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), Faizon Brandon of Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.), and Jared Curtis of Nashville Christian (Nashville, Tenn.) are among others who were also named State Player of the Year during their junior season.
Top 100 Football Players from the Class of 2026
Alabama (8)
EDGE Anthony Jones, St. Paul’s Episcopal (Mobile)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 245
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 11
WR Cederian Morgan, Benjamin Russell (Alexander City)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 210
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 18
EDGE Hezekiah Harris, Mae Jemison (Huntsville)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 220
Status: Committed to Auburn
Overall rank: 51
CB Zyan Gibson, Gadsden City (Gadsden)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 175
Status: Committed to Alabama
Overall rank: 58
EDGE Jaquez Wilkes, Wadley
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 225
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 83
RB Ezavier Crowell, Jackson
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 215
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 87
QB Landon Duckworth, Jackson
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 200
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 98
LB Shadarius Toodle, Cottage Hill Christian Academy (Mobile)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 210
Status: Committed to Auburn
Overall rank: 100
California (11)
WR Chris Henry Jr., Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 205
Status: Committed to Ohio State
Overall rank: 6
ATH Brandon Arrington, Mount Miguel (Spring Valley)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 180
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 9
QB Ryder Lyons, Folsom
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 225
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 12
TE Mark Bowman, Mater Dei
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 225
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 20
OT Kodi Greene, Mater Dei
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 310
Status: Committed to Oregon
Overall rank: 29
CB R.J. Sermons, Rancho Cucamonga
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 185
Status: Committed to USC
Overall rank: 31
S Davon Benjamin, Oaks Christian (Westlake Village)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 170
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 36
CB Brandon Lockhart, Loyola (Los Angeles)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 165
Status: Committed to USC
Overall rank: 55
LB Talanoa Ili, Orange Lutheran (Orange)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 56
WR Vance Spafford, Mission Viejo
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 185
Status: Committed to Georgia
Overall rank: 61
QB Brady Smigiel, Newbury Park
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 205
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 68
Florida (14)
QB Dia Bell, American Heritage (Plantation)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 215
Status: Committed to Texas
Overall rank: 14
ATH Derrek Cooper, Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 205
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 24
WR Calvin Russell Jr., Northwestern (Miami)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 190
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 26
EDGE Jake Kreul, IMG Academy (Bradenton)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 235
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 35
WR Jabari Brady, Monarch (Coconut Creek)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 57
CB Justice Fitzpatrick, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 59
WR Naeem Burroughs, Bolles (Jacksonville)
Height:
6-0 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 63
EDGE Trenton Henderson, Pensacola Catholic (Pensacola)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 225
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 65
OT Keenyi Pepe, IMG Academy
Height: 6-7 | Weight: 315
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 67
LB Jordan Campbell, Carol City (Miami)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 200
Status: Committed to Miami
Overall rank: 75
CB Chauncey Kennon, Booker (Sarasota)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 78
IOL Micah Smith, Vero Beach
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 315
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 84
LB Simeon Caldwell, Bolles
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 190
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 85
LB Izayia Williams, Tavares
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 215
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 91
Georgia (14)
LB Tyler Atkinson, Grayson (Loganville)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 205
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 10
TE Kaiden Prothro, Bowdon
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 210
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 22
EDGE Xavier Griffin, Gainesville
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 200
Status: Committed to USC
Overall rank: 25
DL Bryce Perry-Wright, Buford
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 250
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 43
WR Aaron Gregory, Douglas County (Douglasville)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 180
Status: Committed to Texas A&M
Overall rank: 44
LB Brayden Rouse, Kell (Marietta)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 210
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 47
EDGE Jordan Carter, Douglas County
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 235
Status: Committed to Texas A&M
Overall rank: 48
EDGE Tristian Givens, Carver (Columbus)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 215
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 49
CB Dorian Barney, Carrollton
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 76
WR Devin Carter, Douglas County
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 175
Status: Committed to Auburn
Overall rank: 79
DL Deuce Geralds, Collins Hill (Suwanee)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 265
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 82
EDGE Cam Brooks, Thomas County Central (Thomasville)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 235
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 95
CB Jorden Edmonds, Sprayberry (Marietta)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 180
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 97
RB Jonaz Walton, Central (Carrollton)
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 210
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 99
Illinois (1)
QB Jonas Williams, Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 205
Status: Committed to Oregon
Overall rank: 93
Kansas (1)
Ian Premer, Great Bend
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 220
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 52
Louisiana (6)
Lamar Brown, University Lab (Baton Rouge)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 290
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 8
S Blaine Bradford, Catholic (Baton Rouge)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 200
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 16
S Aiden Hall, Edna Karr (New Orleans)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 185
Status: Committed to LSU
Overall rank: 50
DL Richard Andedson, Edna Karr
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 300
Status: Committed to LSU
Overall rank: 53
OT Brysten Martinez, East Ascension (Gonzales)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 290
Status: Committed to LSU
Overall rank: 54
WR Jabari Mack, Destrehan
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 195
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 72
Maryland (3)
OT Immanuel Iheanacho, Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 345
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 3
EDGE Zion Elee, St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220
Status: Committed to Maryland
Overall rank: 4
S Jireh Edwards, St. Frances Academy
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 205
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 45
Michigan (1)
ATH C.J. Sadler, Cass Tech (Detroit)
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 170
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 89
Mississippi (6)
WR Tristen Keys, Hattiesburg
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 7
S Bralan Womack, Hartfield Academy (Flowood)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 195
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 28
DL Nolan Wilson, Picayune
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 250
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 80
WR Xavier Mcdonald, Morton
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 165
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 81
DL JaReylan McCoy, Tupelo
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 250
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 86
RB Damarius Yates, Kemper County (DeKalb)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 190
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 92
Missouri (1)
OT Jackson Cantwell, Nixa
Height: 6-7 | Weight: 300
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 1
Nevada (1)
S Jett Washington, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 200
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 38
North Carolina (7)
QB Faizon Brandon, Grimsley (Greensboro)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 205
Status: Committed to Tennessee
Overall rank: 5
TE Kendre Harrison, Reidsville
Height: 6-7 | Weight: 245
Status: Committed to Oregon
Overall rank: 13
EDGE Rodney Dunham, Myers Park (Charlotte)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 230
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 32
DL Aiden Harris, Weddington (Matthews)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 255
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 37
IOL Pierre Dean, West Forsyth (Clemmons)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 305
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 41
IOL Ekene Ogboko, South Garner (Garner)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 280
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 69
CB Samari Matthews, Hough (Cornelius)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 73
Ohio (2)
CB Elbert Hill, Archbishop Hoban (Akron)
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 21
CB Victor Singleton, Central Catholic (Toledo)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 165
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 66
Oregon (1)
DL Tony Cumberland, Willamette (Eugene)
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 250
Status: Committed to Oregon
Overall rank: 74
Pennsylvania (3)
OT Kevin Brown, Harrisburg
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 270
Status: Committed to Penn State
Overall rank: 33
IOL Tyler Merrill, Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 325
Status: Committed to Notre Dame
Overall rank: 88
ATH Joey O’Brien, La Salle College (Wyndmoor)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 94
South Carolina (1)
J’Zavien Currence, South Pointe (Rock Hill)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 205
Status: Committed to South Carolina
Overall rank: 77
Tennessee (3)
QB Jared Curtis, Nashville Christian (Nashville)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 225
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 2
WR Joel Wyatt, The Webb School (Bell Buckle)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 195
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 62
WR Tyreek King, Knoxville Catholic (Knoxville)
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 170
Status: Committed to Tennessee
Overall rank: 96
Texas (12)
OT John Turntine III, North Crowley (Fort Worth)
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 275
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: Uncommitted
ATH Keisean Henderson, Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Spring)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 190
Status: Committed to Houston
Overall rank: 19
WR Ethan Feaster, DeSoto
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 23
ATH Davian Groce, Lone Star (Frisco)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 190
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 30
RB K.J. Edwards, Carthage
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 39
DL Jamarion Carlton, Temple
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 240
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 40
RB Tradarian Ball, Texas (Texarkana)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 185
Status: Committed to Oregon
Overall rank: 42
WR Jalen Lott, Panther Creek (Frisco)
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 170
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 46
RB Javian Osborne, Forney
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 195
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 60
RB Jonathan Hatton Jr., Steele (Cibolo)
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 215
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 64
OT Felix Ojo, Lake Ridge (Mansfield)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 275
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 70
WR Kaydon Finley, Aledo
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 195
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 90
Utah (2)
TE Brock Harris, Pine View (St. George)
Height: 6-6 | Weight: 240
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 34
ATH Salesi Moa, Fremont (Plain City)
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 175
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 71
Virginia (2)
RB Savion Hiter, Louisa County (Mineral)
Height: 5-11 | Weight: 200
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 17
IOL Darius Gray, St. Christopher’s (Richmond)
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 280
Status: Uncommitted
Overall rank: 27
