College Football Playoff: Where every player was rated coming out of high school

By Thomas Frey Dec 28, 2023, 11:00am

There will be 32 five-star players taking the field on New Year’s Day in the Rose and Sugar bowls with a trip to the national championship on the line.

The College Football Playoff kicks off Monday as No. 1 Michigan takes on No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl and No. 2 Washington will square off against No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl.

Between the four squads, 32 five-star players according to 247Sports are expected to take the field. Of those, 19 play for Alabama. Three of the Crimson Tide's five-stars Jihaad Campbell, J.C. Latham and Dezz Ricks went to IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.).

Washington doesn't have any five-star players but the Huskies have 21 four-stars and 32 three-stars including quarterback Michael Penix Jr., the Maxwell Award winner from Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa, Fla.).

In addition to Penix at the quarterback position, Quinn Ewers of Texas and J.J. McCarthy of Michigan were five-star prospects while Jalen Milroe of Alabama was a four-star.

In total, 36 states are represented with a player along with Washington D.C.



Players who participated in at least one snap this season and haven't transferred are included on the list.
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
Five-star prospects (32)

Alabama (19)
Jeremiah Alexander, Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Terrion Arnold, St. John Paul II (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Chris Braswell, St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Jihaad Campbell, IMG Academy
Caleb Downs, Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)
Jalen Hale, Longview (Texas)
Justice Haynes, Buford (Ga.)
J.C. Latham, IMG Academy
Deontae Lawson, Mobile Christian (Mobile, Ala.)
Kool-Aid McKinstry, Pinson Valley (Pinson, Ala.)
Damon Payne Jr., Belleville (Mich.)
Yhonzae Pierre, Eufaula (Ala.)
Elijah Pritchett, Carver (Columbus, Ga.)
Kadyn Proctor, Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)
Dezz Ricks, IMG Academy
Ty Simpson, Westview (Martin, Tenn.)
James Smith, Carver Montgomery (Montgomery, Ala.)
Tim Smith, Sebastian River (Sebastian, Fla.)
Dallas Turner, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Texas (10)
Kelvin Banks Jr., Summer Creek (Houston, Texas)
C.J. Baxter, Edgewater (Orlando, Fla.)
D.J. Campbell, Bowie (Arlington, Texas)
Alfred Collins, Cedar Creek (Texas)
Johntay Cook II, DeSoto (Texas)
Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Anthony Hill Jr., Ryan (Denton, Texas)
Arch Manning, Newman (New Orleans, La.)
Ja'Tavion Sanders, Ryan
Jordan Whittington, Cuero (Texas)

Michigan (3)
Donovan Edwards, West Bloomfield (Mich.)
Will Johnson, Grosse Pointe South (Grosse Pointe, Mich.)
J.J. McCarthy, IMG Academy

Four-star prospects (151)

Alabama (46)
Cole Adams, Owasso (Okla.)
Olaus Alinen, Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor, Conn.)
Kendrick Blackshire, Duncanville (Texas)
Isaiah Bond, Buford
Tyler Booker, IMG Academy
James Brockermeyer, All Saints (Fort Worth, Texas)
Tyler Buchner, Helix (La Mesa, Calif.)
Jermaine Burton, Calabasas (Calif.)
Darrian Dalcourt, St. Frances Academy
Justin Eboigbe, Forest Park (Ga.)
Terrence Ferguson II, Peach County (Fort Valley, Ga.)
Wilkin Formby, Northridge (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Monkell Goodwine, Rock Creek Christian Academy (Upper Marlboro, Md.)
Jaren Hamilton, Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.)
Edric Hill, North Kansas City (Mo.)
Bray Hubbard, Ocean Springs (Miss.)
Jahlil Hurley, Florence (Ala.)
Ian Jackson, Prattville (Ala.)
Tim Keenan III, Ramsay (Birmingham, Ala.)
Antonio Kite, Anniston (Ala.)
Keanu Koht, Vero Beach (Fla.)
Jah-Marien Latham, Pickens County (Reform, Ala.)
Kendrick Law, Captain Shreve (Shreveport, La.)
Ty Lockwood, Independence (Thompson's Station, Tenn.)
Dylan Lonergan, Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.)
Trezmen Marshall, Clinch County (Homerville, Ga.)
Jase McClellan, Aledo (Texas)
Miles McVay, East St. Louis (Ill.)
Jalen Milroe, Tompkins (Katy, Texas)
Tony Mitchell, Thompson
Roq Montgomery, Anniston
Malachi Moore, Hewitt-Trussville (Trussville, Ala.)
Shawn Murphy, Unity Reed (Manassas, Va.)
Amari Niblack, Lakewood (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Jaheim Oatis, Columbia (Miss.)
Khurtiss Perry, Pike Road (Pike Road, Ala.)
Jake Pope, Buford
Kobe Prentice, Calera (Ala.)
Shazz Preston, St. James (La.)
Jordan Renaud, Tyler Legacy (Tyler, Texas)
Jaeden Roberts, North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Quandarrius Robinson, Jackson-Olin (Birmingham, Ala.)
DeVonta Smith, La Salle (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Kristian Story, Lanett (Ala.)
Roydell Williams, Hueytown (Ala.)
Richard Young, Lehigh (Lehigh Acres, Fla.)

Michigan (45)
Raheem Anderson, Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)
Karsen Barnhart, Paw Paw (Mich.)
Kechaun Bennett, Suffield Academy (Suffield, Conn.)
Rayshaun Benny, Oak Park (Mich.)
Zeke Berry, De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Cameron Brandt, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Cole Cabana, Dexter (Mich.)
Cameron Calhoun, Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Darrius Clemons, Westview (Portland, Ore.)
Junior Colson, Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Blake Corum, St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Greg Crippen, IMG Academy
Cristian Dixon, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Tavierre Dunlap, Del Valle (Texas)
Giovanni El-Hadi, Sterling Heights Stevenson (Sterling Heights, Mich.)
Karmello English, Central (Phenix City, Ala.)
Enow Etta, Covenant Christian (Colleyville, Texas)
Andrew Gentry, Columbine (Littleton, Colo.)
Mason Graham, Servite (Anaheim, Calif.)
Kenneth Grant, Merrillville (Ind.)
Jaylen Harrell, Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.)
Amir Herring, West Bloomfield
Matthew Hibner, Lake Braddock (Burke, Va.)
Jyaire Hill, Kankakee (Ill.)
Brandyn Hillman, Churchland (Portsmouth, Va.)
Myles Hinton, Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross, Ga.)
Jaydon Hood, St. Thomas Aquinas
Cornelius Johnson, Brunswick School (Greenwich, Conn.)
Quinten Johnson, St. John's (Washington, District of Columbia)
Kody Jones, Germantown (Tenn.)
Trente Jones, Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Trevor Keegan, Crystal Lake South (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Colston Loveland, Gooding (Idaho)
Braiden McGregor, Port Huron Northern (Port Huron, Mich.)
Derrick Moore, St. Frances Academy
Rod Moore, Northmont (Clayton, Ohio)
Tyler Morris, Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, Ill.)
Kalel Mullings, Milton Academy (Milton, Mass.)
Makari Paige, West Bloomfield
Jeffrey Persi, JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Jimmy Rolder, Marist (Chicago, Ill.)
Keon Sabb, IMG Academy
Jack Tuttle, Mission Hills (San Marcos, Calif.)
Roman Wilson, St. Louis (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Zak Zinter, Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Cambridge, Mass.)

Texas (39)
Malik Agbo, Beamer (Federal Way, Wash.)
Tausili Akana, Skyridge (Lehi, Utah)
Jahdae Barron, Pflugerville Connally (Austin, Texas)
Morice Blackwell Jr., Martin (Arlington, Texas)
Jaray Bledsoe, Marlin (Texas)
Jaydon Blue, Klein Cain (Houston, Texas)
Jonathon Brooks, Hallettsville (Texas)
Terrance Brooks, Little Elm (Texas)
Vernon Broughton, Cypress Ridge (Houston, Texas)
Aaron Bryant, Southaven (Miss.)
Ethan Burke, Westlake (Austin, Texas)
Jaydon Chatman, Harker Heights (Texas)
Kitan Crawford, Tyler (Texas)
Justice Finkley, Hewitt-Trussville
David Gbenda, Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas)
Trevor Goosby, Melissa (Texas)
Jaylon Guilbeau, Port Arthur Memorial (Port Arthur, Texas)
Cole Hutson, Frisco (Texas)
Austin Jordan, Ryan
Liona Lefau, Kahuku (Hawaii)
Jake Majors, Prosper (Texas)
Jelani McDonald, Connally (Waco, Texas)
Adonai Mitchell, Cane Ridge (Nashville, Tenn.)
Sydir Mitchell, Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
DeAndre Moore Jr., St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Malik Muhammad, South Oak Cliff (Dallas, Texas)
Byron Murphy II, DeSoto
Ryan Niblett, Eisenhower (Houston, Texas)
Warren Roberson, Red Oak (Texas)
Keilan Robinson, St. John's
Zac Swanson, Brophy College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)
J'Mond Tapp, Ascension Catholic (Donaldsonville, La.)
Jerrin Thompson, Lufkin (Texas)
Larry Turner-Gooden, Alemany (Mission Hills, Calif.)
Neto Umeozulu, Allen (Texas)
Ryan Watts, Little Elm (Texas)
Derek Williams Jr., Westgate (New Iberia, La.)
Cameron Williams, Duncanville
Xavier Worthy, Central (Fresno, Calif.)



Washington (21)
Sam Adams II, Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.)
Germie Bernard, Liberty (Henderson, Nev.)
Jacob Bandes, Pittsburg (Calif.)
Julius Buelow, Kapolei (Hawaii)
Kamren Fabiculanan, Westlake (Westlake Village, Calif.)
Landen Hatchett, Ferndale (Wash.)
Geirean Hatchett, Ferndale
Elishah Jackett, El Modena (Orange, Calif.)
Giles Jackson, Freedom (Oakley, Calif.)
Nate Kalepo, Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.)
Tuli Letuligasenoa, De La Salle
Jalen McMillan, San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno, Calif.)
Dylan Morris, Graham-Kapowsin (Graham, Wash.)
Daniyel Ngata, Folsom (Calif.)
Rome Odunze, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Ryan Otton, Tumwater (Wash.)
Roger Rosengarten, Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Asa Turner, Carlsbad (Calif.)
Faatui Tuitele, St. Louis
Rashid Williams, Pittsburg
Troy Fautanu, Liberty

Three-star prospects (91)

Alabama (7)
Trey Amos, Catholic - N.I. (New Iberia, La.)
C.J. Dippre, Lakeland (Jermyn, Pa.)
Jaylen Key, Godby (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Seth McLaughlin, Buford
Robbie Ouzts, Rock Hill (S.C.)
Will Reichard, Hoover (Ala.)
Conor Talty, St. Rita (Chicago, Ill.)

Michigan (35)
Reece Atteberry, Eaglecrest (Centennial, Colo.)
AJ Barner, Aurora (Ohio)
Michael Barrett, Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
Tristan Bounds, Choate Rosemary Hall School (Wallingford, Conn.)
Jayden Denegal, Apple Valley (Calif.)
Eamonn Dennis, St. John's (Shrewsbury, Mass.)
Tommy Doman, St. Mary's Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.)
Dominick Giudice, Mater Dei (New Monmouth, N.J.)
Cam Goode, St. John's
German Green, DeSoto
T.J. Guy, Mansfield (Mass.)
Benjamin Hall, North Cobb (Kennesaw, Ga.)
Ernest Hausmann, Columbus (Neb.)
LaDarius Henderson, Waxahachie (Texas)
Kris Jenkins, Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
Connor Jones, Palmer Ridge (Monument, Colo.)
Marlin Klein, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Rabun Gap, Ga.)
Joey Klunder, Grosse Pointe South
Caden Kolesar, St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
Aymeric Koumba, France
Ja'Den McBurrows, St. Thomas Aquinas
Fredrick Moore, Cardinal Ritter College Prep (St. Louis, Mo.)
Semaj Morgan, West Bloomfield
Drake Nugent, Highlands Ranch (Colo.)
Alex Orji, Sachse (Texas)
Trey Pierce, Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
Micah Pollard, Bartram Trail (St. Johns, Fla.)
Myles Pollard, Ravenwood
Mike Sainristil, Everett (Mass.)
Adam Samaha, Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Josaiah Stewart, Everett
Noah Stewart, North Muskegon (Mich.)
C.J. Stokes, Hammond (Columbia, S.C.)
Amorion Walker, Ponchatoula (La.)
Josh Wallace, DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)

Texas (17)
Patrick Bayouth, Episcopal (Bellaire, Texas)
Trill Carter, Lee County (Leesburg, Ga.)
Hayden Conner, Taylor (Texas)
Juan Davis, Everman (Texas)
Jaylan Ford, Lone Star (Frisco, Texas)
Sawyer Goram-Welch, Longview
Gunnar Helm, Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Gavin Holmes, Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.)
Christian Jones, Cypress Woods (Cypress, Texas)
Savion Red, Grand Prairie (Texas)
Connor Robertson, Westlake
Ryan Sanborn, Francis Parker (San Diego, Calif.)
Barryn Sorrell, Holy Cross (New Orleans, La.)
T'Vondre Sweat, Huntsville (Texas)
Billy Walton III, South Oak Cliff
Quintrevion Wisner, DeSoto
Ky Woods, Clear Springs (League City, Texas)

Washington (32)
Darren Barkins, Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Deven Bryant, St. John Bosco
Leroy Bryant, Rodriguez (Fairfield, Calif.)
Carson Bruener, Redmond (Wash.)
Devin Culp, Gonzaga Prep (Spokane, Wash.)
Tristan Dunn, Sumner (Wash.)
Makell Esteen, Lawndale (Calif.)
Drew Fowler, Bellevue (Wash.)
Soane Faasolo, Menlo-Atherton (Atherton, Calif.)
Thaddeus Dixon, Paramount (Calif.)
Ralen Goforth, St. John Bosco
Jaivion Green, Lamar (Houston, Texas)
Zachary Henning, Grandview (Aurora, Colo.)
Dominique Hampton, Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.)
Maurice Heims, Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Lance Holtzclaw, Desert Ridge (Mesa, Ariz.)
Elijah Jackson, Lawndale
Dillon Johnson, St. Joseph (Greenville, Miss.)
Jalen Klemm, Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)
Jacob Lane, Emerald Ridge (South Hill, Wash.)
Matteo Mele, Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.)
Dyson McCutcheon, Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.)
Michael Penix Jr., Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa, Fla.)
Samuel Peacock, Gig Harbor (Wash.)
Ja'Lynn Polk, Lufkin (Texas)
Keith Reynolds, Adelanto (Calif.)
Tybo Rogers, Bakersfield (Calif.)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Pearl City (Hawaii)
Alphonzo Tuputala, Federal Way (Wash.)
Voi Tunuufi, East (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Bralen Trice, O'Connor (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Richard Newton, Palmdale (Calif.)

Two-star prospects (9)

Michigan (1)
Noah Howes, Rochester (Rochester Hills, Mich.)



Texas (3)
Jett Bush, Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas)
Lance St. Louis, Williams Field (Gilbert, Ariz.)
Will Stone, Regents (Austin, Texas)

Washington (5)
Jaden Green, Mesa (Ariz.)
Alex Johnson, Bishop Blanchet (Seattle, Wash.)
Bradley McGannon, Yelm (Wash.)
Edefuan Ulofoshio, Bishop Gorman
Mason Wheeler, Skyview (Vancouver, Wash.)

Unrated (60)

Alabama (9)
Jonathan Bennett, Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.)
Malik Benson, Lansing (Kan.)
James Burnip, Australia
Zarian Courtney, Mansfield Timberview (Arlington, Texas)
Kneeland Hibbett, Florence
Justin Jefferson, Bartlett (Tenn.)
Miles Kitselman, Lyndon (Kan.)
Charlie Skehan, Cardinal Newman (Columbia, S.C.)
Sam Willoughby, Vestavia Hills (Ala.)

Michigan (25)
Trevor Andrews, Ravenwood
Nico Andrighetto, Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.)
Christian Bartholomew, Kalamazoo United (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Josh Beetham, Yorkville (Ill.)
Christian Boivin, Traverse City West (Traverse City, Mich.)
Max Bredeson, Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.)
Micah Davis, Dexter
Henry Donohue, Bronxville (N.Y.)
Leon Franklin, Southfield Arts & Tech (Southfield, Mich.)
Keshaun Harris, Waverly (Lansing, Mich.)
Jalen Hoffman, Lake Braddock
Hudson Hollenbeck, Collierville (Tenn.)
Danny Hughes, Naperville Central (Naperville, Ill.)
Joshua Luther, Clarkston (Mich.)
Joel Metzger, Lakeview (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Jerome Nichols, Renaissance (Detroit, Mich.)
Peyton O'Leary, Governor's Academy (Byfield, Mass.)
Zach Peterson, Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.)
Will Rolapp, Suffield Academy
Greg Tarr, Romeo (Mich.)
Joe Taylor, Chelsea (Mich.)
Jake Thaw, Staples (Westport, Conn.)
James Turner, Saline (Mich.)
William Wagner, Alpharetta (Ga.)
Davis Warren, Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Texas (6)

Paxton Anderson, Highland Park (Dallas, Texas)
Bert Auburn, Flower Mound (Texas)
Marshall Landwehr, Highland Park
Tannahill Love, All Saints
Colin Page, Anderson (Austin, Texas)
Michael Taaffe, Westlake

Washington (20)
Sekai Asoau-Afoa, Fife (Wash.)
Davon Banks, San Jacinto (Calif.)
Jakson Berman, Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.)
Braydon Bruener, Redmond
Josh Cuevas, Campbell Hall (North Hollywood, Calif.)
Jackson Girouard, Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton, Calif.)
Grady Gross, Horizon (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Austin Harnetiaux, Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.)
Antonio Hill, Bellevue
Milton Hopkins Jr., O'Dea (Seattle, Wash.)
Jake Jennings, Gig Harbor
Jack McCallister, King's (Seattle, Wash.)
Griffin Miller, Eastlake (Sammamish, Wash.)
Anay Nagarajan, Saint Francis
Jake Parnagian, Clovis North (Fresno, Calif.)
Addison Shrock, Squalicum (Bellingham, Wash.)
Camden Sirmon, Sentinel (Missoula, Mont.)
Griffin Waiss, Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose, Calif.)
Tristan Warner, Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jack Westover, Mount Si (Snoqualmie, Wash.)