High school football: No. 1 Mater Dei, No. 9 St. John Bosco rosters feature 76 players with at least one FBS offer

Aydin Breland, Elijah Brown, Brandon Baker, Marcelles Williams, Peyton Woodyard, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa headline talent featured in Friday's matchup.

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Oct 10, 2023, 10:00am
When No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and No. 9 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) meet Friday at Panish Family Stadium, 76 players with at least one FBS offer are expected to take the field. There are a combined 44 players rated as a three-star recruit or higher on 247Sports.

Over the past decade, Mater Dei-St. John Bosco has become the biggest game in high school football and hottest rivalry. Since 2016, both have finished ranked in the top 10 nationally in every season and have combined for four national championships. 

Mater Dei went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in 2017 and 2021. The 2017 team never trailed at any point in the season. St. John Bosco finished No. 1 in 2019 and 2022.

The top-ranked Monarchs have 40 players with at least one FBS offer. Twenty-four of them are rated as a three-star recruit or higher. Most of the program's Class of 2026 and 2027 stars haven't been evaluated yet so that number isn't entirely reflective of the depth of talent on the roster. 

St. John Bosco has 36 players with at least one FBS offer. Twenty are rated as a three-star recruit or higher. The Braves have a combined 38 players that are rated as a three-star recruit or higher, or have landed at least one FBS offer. Two players rated as three-stars are yet to land an FBS offer.


The high point of the rivalry may have been the 2019 CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship. Bosco erased a 28-5 first-half deficit and pulled out a 39-34 win after scoring 34 unanswered points. DJ Uiagalelei threw for 446 yards and five touchdowns while Bryce Young threw for 405 yards and five scores.

After St. John Bosco won six in a row from 2011 until 2015, the Monarchs have won eight of the last 12 meetings. The Braves prevailed in the last meeting, 24-22, in the 2022 CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship en route to claiming their second MaxPreps National Championship since 2019 and handing Mater Dei its only loss since 2020.

Read on for a rundown of the stars on both teams heading into Friday's game. Player rankings are via 247Sports.
Mater Dei (40)

Class of 2024 (16)

Five-stars (2)

DL — Aydin Breland | 6-5 | 290 | Uncommitted
No. 6 overall | No. 2 DL | No. 1 CA

OL — Brandon Baker | 6-5 | 285 | Texas
No. 24 overall | No. 1 OT | No. 2 CA

Four-stars (4)

CB — Zabien Brown | 6-0 | 180 | Alabama
No. 45 overall | No. 5 CB | No. 4 CA

OL — DeAndre Carter | 6-4 | 340 | Auburn
No. 55 overall | No. 1 IOL | No. 6 CA

QB — Elijah Brown | 6-1 | 200 | Stanford
No. 90 overall | No. 8 QB | No. 11 CA

RB — Nate Frazier | 5-11 | 210 | Georgia
No. 143 overall | No. 10 RB | No. 16 CA

Three-stars (8)

S — Jeilani Davis | 6-1 | 190 | Utah
No. 86 S | No. 62 CA

WR — Jack Ressler | 5-11 | 195 | Oregon
No. 114 WR | No. 64 CA

LB — Tanner Williams | 6-1 | 210 | Uncommitted
No. 88 LB | No. 80 CA

DL — Zeus Venegas | 6-4 | 255 | Uncommitted
No. 120 DL | No. 91 CA

LB — Ramere Davis | 6-1 | 190 | Uncommitted
No. 148 LB | No. 123 CA

DL — Kaho Tuihalamaka | 6-4 | 340 | Arizona
No. 166 DL | No. 136 CA

RB — Ajon Bryant | 5-8 | 170 | Uncommitted
No. 139 RB | No. 171 CA

WR — Marcus Brown | 5-10 | 170 | Uncommitted
No. 257 WR | No. 200 CA

No stars but at least one offer (2)

OL — Kainoa Davis | 6-3 | 285 | Uncommitted
Four offers led by Arizona State.

LS — Rylan Vagana | 6-0 | 200 | Texas Tech

Class of 2025 (9)

Four-stars (5)

EDGE — Nasir Wyatt | 6-2 | 210 | Uncommitted
No. 40 overall | No. 6 EDGE | No. 1 CA

CB — Daryus Dixson | 6-1 | 180 | Uncommitted
No. 44 overall | No. 5 CB | No. 2 CA

RB — Jordon Davison | 5-11 | 205 | Uncommitted
No. 74 overall | No. 4 RB | No. 8 CA

WR — Marcus Harris | 5-11 | 180 | Uncommitted
No. 80 overall | No. 11 WR | No. 11 CA

CB — Chuck McDonald III | 6-1 | 180 | Uncommitted
No. 142 overall | No. 21 CB | No. 17 CA

Three-stars (4)

LB — Abduall Sanders | 6-2 | 210 | Uncommitted
No. 39 LB | No. 47 CA

OL — Sione Tohi | 6-2 | 310 | Uncommitted
No. 36 IOL | No. 73 CA

LB — Lucas Campizta | 6-2 | 215 | Uncommitted
No. 80 LB | No. 147 CA

DL — Semi Taulanga | 5-11 | 280 | Uncommitted
No. 87 DL | No. 158 CA

Class of 2026 (9)

Four-stars (1)

DL — Tomu Topui | 6-3 | 290 | Uncommitted
No. 41 overall | No. 7 DL | No. 5 CA

No stars but at least one offer (8)

LB — Brady Bowman | 6-2 | 210 | Uncommitted
Offers from UNLV and Western Kentucky.

DB — Jayden Crowder | 5-11 | 165 | Uncommitted
Six offers led by Colorado, Miami and Texas A&M.

DB — C.J. Lavender | 5-10 | 165 | Uncommitted
Twenty-three offers led by Colorado, Georgia, Miami, Oklahoma and USC.

WR — Jewellz Parm | 5-11 | 140 | Uncommitted
Ten offers led by Colorado and Maryland.

EDGE — Shaun Scott | 6-3 | 225 | Uncommitted
Fourteen offers led by Colorado, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas and USC.

TE — Owen Shannon | 6-7 | 220 | Uncommitted
Offers from Charlotte, UNLV and Western Kentucky.

WR — Jonah Smith | 6-1 | 170 | Uncommitted
Sixteen offers led by Colorado, Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame and Oregon.

DB — Therman Williams | 5-11 | 170 | Uncommitted
Six offers led by Colorado.

Class of 2027 (6)

RB — Caleb Bey Jr. | 5-10 | 185 | Uncommitted
Offers from Louisville and Maryland.

QB — Furian Infererra | 6-3 | 190 | Uncommitted
Five offers led by Nebraska and Oregon State.

OL — Lex Mailangi | 6-3 | 330 | Uncommitted
Five offers led by Louisville and Oregon.

DL — Montana Toilolo | 6-3 | 260 | Uncommitted
Offer from Washington.

QB — Reagan Toki | 5-10 | 195 | Uncommitted
Offers from Michigan and USC.

DB — Aaryn Washington | 6-0 | 150 | Uncommitted
Offer from Arizona.

St. John Bosco (38)

Class of 2024 (17)

Four-stars (4)

CB — Marcelles Williams | 5-11 | 185 | USC
No. 53 overall | No. 7 CB | No. 5 CA

LB — Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | 6-3 | 230 | Notre Dame
No. 87 overall | No. 9 LB | No. 10 CA

S — Peyton Woodyard | 6-2 | 190 | Alabama
No. 153 overall | No. 11 S | No. 17 CA

S — Jason Mitchell II | 6-3 | 185 | Uncommitted
No. 213 overall | No. 18 S | No. 21 CA

Three-stars (12)

RB — Cameron Jones | 6-1 | 215 | UCLA
No. 47 RB | No. 43 CA

LB — Jordan Lockhart | 6-3 | 230 | Texas A&M
No. 48 LB | No. 52 CA

LB — Khmori House | 6-1 | 205 | Washington
No. 71 LB | No. 60 CA

OL — King Large | 6-4 | 295 | SMU
No. 94 OT | No. 95 CA

LB — Ashtin Kekahuna-Lopes | 6-3 | 215 | Utah
No. 141 LB | No. 112 CA

CB — Frankie Edwards III | 5-11 | 175 | Idaho
No. 170 CB | No. 159 CA

RB — Chauncey Sylvester | 5-11 | 205 | Uncommitted
No. 128 RB | No. 161 CA

WR — Stacy Dobbins | 5-7 | 165 | Uncommitted
No. 234 WR | No. 162 CA

S — Tamal Johnson | 6-0 | 170 | Uncommitted
No. 179 S | No. 197 CA

QB — Caleb Sanchez | 6-4 | 230 | Uncommitted
No. 127 QB | No. 217 CA

LB — Sir Tyler Thomas | 6-0 | 210 | Uncommitted
No. 202 LB | No. 248 CA

S — Dillon Rickenbacker | 6-1 | 200 | Uncommitted
No. 218 S | No. 308 CA

No stars but at least one offer (1)

WR Tommy Maher | 5-10 | 175 | Uncommitted
Offers from Penn and San Diego.

Class of 2025 (5)

Three-stars (4)

WR — Kamryn Jones | 6-3 | 165 | Uncommitted
No. 97 WR | No. 85 CA

EDGE — Epi Sitanilei | 6-5 | 210 | Uncommitted
No. 68 EDGE | No. 118 CA

OL — Matai Jefferson | 6-4 | 350 | Uncommitted
No. 54 IOL | No. 124 CA

OL — Matthew Perdue | 6-2 | 280 | Uncommitted
No. 63 IOL | No. 153 CA

No stars but at least one offer (1)

DB — Jacob Holmes | 6-1 | 175 | Uncommitted
Six offers led by Louisville.

Class of 2026 (12)

LB — Jacob Cruz | 6-0 | 200 | Uncommitted
Offer from Louisville.

WR — Christian Davis | 5-11 | 175 | Uncommitted
Four offers led by Arizona State and Louisville.

QB — Matai Fuiava | 6-3 | 190 | Uncommitted
Offers from Arizona and UNLV.

ATH — Joshua Holland II | 6-2 | 175 | Uncommitted
Offers from Oklahoma, USC and Washington.

EDGE — Dutch Horisk | 6-3 | 235 | Uncommitted
Eleven offers led by Auburn, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and USC.

DB — Tay Lockett | 6-0 | 175 | Arkansas

LB — Matthew Muasau | 6-1 | 220 | Uncommitted
Offers from Arizona and Charlotte.

WR — Daniel Odom | 6-1 | 180 | Uncommitted
Six offers led by Michigan, Notre Dame and Washington.

QB — Ashton Pannell | 6-2 | 175 | Uncommitted
Five offers led by Arizona State and Indiana.

OT — Maddux Sorenson | 6-4 | 270 | Uncommitted
Offers from Charlotte and Michigan.

OT — Adrian Tavui | 6-4 | 295 | Uncommitted
Offer from Charlotte.

WR — Madden Williams | 6-2 | 185 | Uncommitted
Sixteen offers led by Georgia, Notre Dame, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Class of 2027 (4)

LB — Ethan Coach | 6-2 | 190 | Uncommitted
Offer from Arizona.

LB — Justin Coach | 6-2 | 205 | Uncommitted
Offer from Arizona.

CB — Jashaun Shaffer | 6-0 | 175 | Uncommitted
Offer from Central Michigan.

S — Isala Wily-Ava | 6-2 | 190 | Uncommitted
Offer from BYU.

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