Tom Lemming's 2012 Top 25 inside linebackers

By Staff Report Aug 30, 2011, 9:02am

Jabari Ruffin is the nation's top inside linebacker.

RankNameCollege
1Jabari Ruffin, LBDowney (CA)6-4/230 USC
2Dillon Lee, LBBuford (GA)6-4/225Alabama
3Trey Granier, LBThibodaux (LA)6-1/225 LSU
4Vince Biegel, LBLincoln (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)6-3/220 Wisconsin
5Antonio Morrison, ILBBolingbrook (IL)6-3/220 Florida
6Camren Williams, LBCatholic Memorial School (West Roxbury, MA)6-2/215 Penn State
7James Ross, LBSt. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake, MI)6-0/220 Michigan
8Reggie Northrup, ILBFirst Coast (Jacksonville, FL)6-2/220 Miami
9Donavin Newsom, ILBParkway North (St. Louis, MO)6-2/225 Missouri
10Joe Robinson, ILBChaparral (Temecula, CA)6-2/240 
11Jordan Richmond, LBRyan (Denton, TX)6-1/220 Texas A&M
12Michael Barton, LBDe La Salle (Concord, CA)6-0/200 California
13Timothy Cole, LB/RBBrenham (TX)6-2/205 Texas
14Alex De La Torre, LBRyan (Denton, TX)6-0/223 Texas
15Raphael Kirby, LBStephenson (Stone Mountain, GA)6-0/208 Miami (FL)
16Kwontie Moore, LB/RBNorfolk Christian (Norfolk, VA)6-2/243 Virginia
17Ukeme Eligwe, ILBStephenson (Stone Mountain, GA)6-2/205 Florida State
18Joe Bolden, LBColerain (Cincinnati, OH)6-2/225 Michigan
19Aaron Porter, ILBLa Habra (CA)6-2/230 UCLA
20Clay Norgard, DEMountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, CO)6-2/240 Colorado
21Kaleb Ringer, LBNorthmont (Clayton, OH)6-0/219 Michigan
22Mike Scherer, ILBMICDS (St. Louis, MO)6-3/235 Missouri
23Hardy Nickerson, ILBBishop ODowd (Oakland, CA)6-0/215 California
24Michael Rose, LBRockhurst (Kansas City, MO)6-0/230 Nebraska
25Quanzell Lambert, ILBTimber Creek Regional (Erial, NJ)6-2/230