High School Football: 2024 Great Lakes Region Top LBs

By Eric Frantz Jul 31, 2024, 10:00am

Who are the top high school football players heading into the 2024 season? This is the latest article in a series cataloging the top prep players in the Great Lakes Region this upcoming season.

Who are the top high school football players heading into the 2024 season? This is the latest article in a series cataloging the top prep players in the Great Lakes Region. Athletes from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are eligible for recognition. All players mentioned are also eligible to make @EFrantMP’s Annual Preseason All-Great Lakes Football Teams, which will be released in August.
 
Here's a look at last year’s 2023 All-Great Lakes squads: offense/defense.
2024 Great Lakes Region Names to Know: Linebackers

* Maddox Arnold, Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio), 6-2, 225, sr. (Toledo)


* Reed Blake-Thomas, Brighton (Mich.), 6-1.5, 227, sr.







* Cooper Catalano, Germantown (Wis.), 6-2, 200, sr. (Wisconsin)





* Nathan Cleveland, Hoffman Estates (Ill.), 6-3, 215, sr. (Minnesota)


* Carson Cooney, Oswego (Ill.), 6-3, 215, sr. (Iowa)



* Chris Fileppo, La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 6-3, 210, sr. (West Virginia)




* Nathan Gersh, Dexter (Mich.), 6-2, 225, jr.

* Bradley Gompers, Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-5, 215, sr. (Duke)

* Nate Gregory, St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-0, 225, sr. (Coastal Carolina)

* Dylan Hudgens, Minnetonka (Minn.), 6-1, 215, sr. (South Dakota)

* Dominik Hulak, IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, Ill.), 6-3, 225, sr. (Notre Dame)





* Noah Knigga, Lawrenceburg (Ind.), 6-2, 208, sr. (Eastern Michigan)

* Gavin Leach, Castle (Newburgh, Ind.), 6-2, 200, sr. (Toledo)

* Eli Lee, Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 6-3, 215, sr. (Ohio State)




* Di'Mari Malone, Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 6-0, 200, sr. (Michigan State)

* Dante McClellan, McKinley (Canton, Ohio), 6-0.5, 210, sr. (Missouri)

* Vito McConnell, Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 6-4, 215., sr. (Miami, OH)







* Paul Nelson, Princeton (Cincinnati, Ohio), 6-2, 205, sr. (Cincinnati)



* Trey Rubinstein, Napoleon (Ohio), 6-3, 195, sr. (Kent State)




* Blake Schlitz, Pine Island (Minn.), 6-2, 220, sr. (North Dakota State)

* Cameron Smith, St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 6-0, 200, sr. (Duke)

* Ethan Stendel, Caledonia (Minn.), 6-2, 205, sr. (Minnesota)

* Lucas Szymborski, Crown Point (Ind.), 6-2, 200, sr. (Ball State)

* Alex Tatsch, Greater Latrobe (Latrobe, Pa.), 6-2, 213, sr. (Penn State)

* Rafael Terrero, Emmaus (Pa.), 6-3, 205, sr. (Kent State)




* Cam Thomas, Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 6-2, 217, jr.


* Josh Veldman, Lincoln-Way West (New Lenox, Ill.), 6-2, 205, sr. (Northwestern)





* Jacob Wrbanek, Maple Grove (Minn.), 6-3, 210, sr. (North Dakota State)