MaxPreps high school football Class of 2018 Top 50 Watch List

If incoming freshmen are mostly foreign to high school football fans, to college coaches they are anything but.

The trend of early recruiting has hardly slowed, and the Class of 2018 is already well-known on the recruiting front.

Take Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.) defensive back Tyreke Johnson.

He earned varsity minutes as a seventh-grader for the private school powerhouse and, just a few months later, had scholarship offers.

Fellow Class of 2018 standout Jahlen Jack, whose brother Myles starred at UCLA last season, also earned an offer as a seventh-grader. Nearly two years later and now an incoming freshman at Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.), he has still yet to play a down of varsity football.

This class also features the token blue-chip quarterback committed to an elite program before entering high school in Zadock Dinkelmann, an impressive signal-caller who has given a verbal pledge to LSU.



The group features the younger brothers of former (and in some cases, current) top recruits like Marlon Humphrey, Myles Jack, De'Andre Johnson and Equanimeous St. Brown, among others.

New names will emerge, and some current stars will fade. However it's clear that even before it makes its high school debut, the class of 2018 has a very bright future.

Rank	Name
NR	Cortez Bandy, DBColumbus North (Columbus, IN)5-11/175
NR	Nikolas Bonitto, DLUniversity (Fort Lauderdale, FL)6-4/205
NR	Jairus Brents, DBDuPont Manual (Louisville, KY)5-10/155
NR	Leddie Brown, LBEastern Christian Academy (Elkton, MD)6-0/180
NR	Elijah Brown, DLPhillip O. Berry Academy of Technology (Charlotte, NC)6-3/240
NR	Malcolm Brunson, WRSt. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)5-11/185
NR	Thomas Burns, DBNorthwestern (Miami, FL)5-9/140
NR	Jay Curtis, LBCurtis (River Ridge, LA)5-10/200
NR	Tyler Desue, QBOcean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA)6-0/170
NR	Zadock Dinkelmann, QBSomerset (TX)6-4/200
NR	Michael Dowell, RBSt. Edward (Lakewood, OH)5-11/180
NR	Dejuan Ellis, QBBishop OConnell (Arlington, VA)5-10/195
NR	Rico Frye, RBStarrs Mill (Fayetteville, GA)5-7/150
NR	Kalon Gervin, DBCass Tech (Detroit, MI)5-11/165
NR	Demarcus Gregory, WRByrnes (Duncan, SC)6-2/190
NR	John Bailey Gullatt, LBWest Monroe (LA)6-0/200
NR	Jalen Hall, WR/DBHawkins (Los Angeles, CA)6-3/175
NR	Jalan Harris, DLHaynesville (LA)6-3/215
NR	Deltron Holloway, CBWashington (Miami, FL)5-9/160
NR	Keldrick Hooks, DLMonarch (Coconut Creek, FL)6-4/270
NR	E.J. Humphrey, ATHPowdersville (Greenville, SC)5-10/170
NR	Marion Humphrey, DBHoover (AL)5-9
NR	Jahlen Jack, RBEastside Catholic (Sammamish, WA)5-8/140
NR	Damon Johnson, WRChampagnat Catholic (Hialeah, FL)6-1/170
NR	Tyreke Johnson, CB/RBTrinity Christian (Jacksonville, FL)6-1/170
NR	Jamarye Joiner, QBSalpointe Catholic (Tucson, AZ)6-0/170
NR	Micah Jones, WR/ATHWarren (IL)6-3
NR	Garland Lafrance, WRSt. Augustine (New Orleans, LA)5-9/150
NR	Will Lawrence, OLHarding Academy (Memphis, TN)6-4/295
NR	Trevor Lawrence, QBCartersville (GA)6-3
NR	Devin Leary, QB/WRTimber Creek Regional (Erial, NJ)6-0/150
NR	Gavin Lewis, DLBob Jones (Madison, AL)6-4/200
NR	Justin Mascoll, DLSouth Gwinnett (Snellville, GA)6-3/205
NR	Jalen Mayden, QBSachse (TX)6-1/180
NR	Cade Mays, OLKnoxville Catholic (Knoxville, TN)6-4/290
NR	David McCormack, OL/DLNorfolk Academy (Norfolk, VA)6-9
NR	Berrell Neal, WRDon Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ)5-9/160
NR	Brendan Radley-Hines, DBBishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV)5-6/140
NR	Merlin Robertson, LBSerra (Gardena, CA)6-2/190
NR	Darryle Simmons, WRSt. Josephs Prep (Philadelphia, PA)6-2/180
NR	Jacob Sirmon, QBBothell (WA)6-3/193
NR	Ricky Slade, DBHylton (Woodbridge, VA)5-8/164
NR	Amon-Ra St. Brown, WRServite (Anaheim, CA)5-8/150
NR	Kelvin Stokes, LBStanhope Elmore (Millbrook, AL)6-1/185
NR	Noah Taylor, WRDeMatha (Hyattsville, MD)6-1/185
NR	Trevor Trout, DLChaminade (St. Louis, MO)6-2/260
NR	Taron Vincent, OLGilman (Baltimore, MD)6-1/245
NR	Kelan Walker, RBDeSoto (De Soto, TX)5-11/188
NR	Jack West, QBSaraland (AL)6-3/190
NR	Jaiden Woodbey, ATHSerra (Gardena, CA)5-8/160