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HOMETOWN
HT
WT
STARS
GRADE
SCHOOL
1
Anthony Hines III
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Plano, TX
Plano East Sr. High School
6'3''
222
84
Texas A&M
Signed
2
Leonard Warner
Video
|
Scouts Report
ILB
Snellville, GA
Brookwood High School
6'4''
224
83
Florida St
Signed
3
Jacob Phillips
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Nashville, TN
East Literature Magnet School
6'4''
228
83
LSU
Signed
4
Drew Singleton
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Paramus, NJ
Paramus Catholic High School
6'2''
214
82
Michigan
Signed
5
Walter Grant
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Cairo, GA
Cairo High School
6'4''
240
82
Georgia
Signed
6
Levi Draper
Video
|
Scouts Report
ILB
Collinsville, OK
Collinsville High School
6'4''
222
82
Oklahoma
Signed
7
Tyler Taylor
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Sugar Hill, GA
Lanier High School
6'3''
230
81
LSU
Signed
8
Ellis Brooks
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Richmond, VA
Benedictine College Prep
6'2''
230
81
Penn State
Signed
9
David Adams
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Central Catholic H. S.
6'2''
225
81
Notre Dame
Signed
10
Nate McBride
Video
|
Scouts Report
ILB
Vidalia, GA
Vidalia High School
6'2''
225
80
Georgia
Signed
11
Monty Rice
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Madison, AL
James Clemens High School
6'1''
228
80
Georgia
Signed
12
Kenney Britt
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Oxford, AL
Oxford High School
6'0''
232
80
Auburn
Signed
13
Will Ignont
Video
|
Scouts Report
ILB
New Market, AL
Buckhorn High School
6'1''
236
80
Tennessee
Signed
14
Avery Roberts
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Wilmington, DE
Concord High School
6'1''
218
80
Nebraska
Signed
15
Kendric Haynes
Video
|
Scouts Report
ILB
Mobile, AL
Murphy High School
6'1''
220
79
S Alabama
Signed
16
Tyler Dunning
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
6'1''
239
79
Miss. St
Signed
17
Drew White
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
6'1''
220
79
Notre Dame
Signed
18
Sampson Niu
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
San Diego, CA
Madison High School
6'0''
210
79
Oregon
Signed
19
Thomas Johnston
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Spanish Fort, AL
Spanish Fort High School
6'2''
215
78
UAB
Signed
20
Jamal Riggins
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Sebastian River, FL
Sebastian River High School
6'2''
210
77
Wake Forest
Committed
02/20/2016
21
Rayshard Ashby
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Chesterfield, VA
Lloyd C. Bird High School
5'11''
215
77
Virginia Tech
Signed
22
Malik Robinson
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Snellville, GA
South Gwinnett High School
6'0''
215
77
N Carolina
Signed
23
De'Morreal Burnam
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Conyers, GA
Salem High School
6'2''
215
77
Indiana
Signed
24
Sherrod Greene
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Rocky Mount, NC
Rocky Mount Senior High School
6'1''
219
77
S Carolina
Signed
25
Freddie Hartz
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Morton, MS
Morton High School
6'1''
244
76
S Miss
Signed
26
Daniel Green
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Portland, OR
Madison High School
6'2''
230
76
Kansas St
Signed
27
Joshua Brown
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
6'1''
243
76
Arizona
Signed
28
Raven Saunders
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Dwyer High School
6'0''
215
76
NC State
Signed
29
Thomas Allen
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Tampa Bay, FL
Plant Senior High School
6'2''
240
75
Indiana
Signed
30
Sterling Jones
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Montgomery, AL
Saint James School
6'1''
225
75
UCF
Signed
31
Darius Hodge
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Rolesville, NC
Wake Forest High School
6'1''
255
75
Marshall
Signed
32
Blake Gallagher
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Needham, MA
Saint Sebastians Country Day School
6'1''
220
75
Nrthwestrn
Signed
33
Dylan Meeks
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Orlando, FL
Dr. Phillips High School
6'2''
214
75
List
34
Mohamed Sanogo
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Plano, TX
Plano West High School
6'2''
239
75
Ole Miss
Signed
35
Andrew Ward
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Muskegon, MI
Muskegon High School
6'1''
210
75
Nebraska
Signed
36
Levani Damuni
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Hyrum, UT
Mountain Crest High School
6'0''
220
75
Stanford
Signed
37
Paul Theobald
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
West Orange, NJ
Seton Hall Prep
6'2''
215
74
Boston College
Signed
38
Riko Jeffers
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Sachse, TX
Sachse High School
6'1''
236
74
Texas Tech
Signed
39
Kyle Bolden
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Cincinnati, OH
Colerain High School
6'1''
215
74
Cincinnati
Signed
40
Loren Mondy
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Mansfield, TX
Lake Ridge High School
6'0''
234
74
Arizona St
Signed
41
Jeffery Burley
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Jackson, GA
Jackson High School
6'2''
210
74
Wake Forest
Signed
42
Cain McWilliams
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Lewisburg, TN
Marshall County High School
6'1''
225
73
Mid Tennessee
Signed
43
Kalia Davis
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Pensacola, FL
West Florida Tech High School
6'2''
223
73
UCF
Signed
44
Bryce Brand
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Concord, CA
Clayton Valley Charter High School
6'1''
250
73
Maryland
Signed
45
Ezekiel Noa
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
La Mesa, CA
Helix High School
6'0''
231
73
Boise State
Signed
46
Aaron Odom
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Jackson, MS
Callaway High School
6'3''
256
73
Miss. St
Signed
47
Feleti Afemui
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Maui, HI
Maui High School
6'2''
217
73
Vanderbilt
Signed
48
John Brannon
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Prosper, TX
Prosper High School
6'0''
220
72
Texas State
Signed
49
Chase Monroe
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Davidson, NC
Davidson Day School
6'2''
218
72
Wake Forest
Signed
50
Breydon Boyd
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Katy, TX
Katy High School
6'3''
220
72
Boise State
Signed
51
Kholbe Coleman-Abrams
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Birmingham, AL
Hoover High School
6'0''
215
72
Bowling Green
Signed
52
Derek Parish
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Pearland, TX
Pearland High School
6'1''
256
72
Houston
Signed
53
Patrick Moody
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Vero Beach, FL
Vero Beach Senior High School
6'1''
215
72
Colorado St
Signed
54
Demarco Guidry
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
La Marque, TX
La Marque High School
6'0''
210
71
UTSA
Signed
55
Farrell Hester
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School
6'0''
240
71
UNLV
Signed
56
Jay Dineen
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Lawrence, KS
Lawrence Free State High School
6'1''
225
70
Kansas
Signed
57
Giovannia Moore
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Columbus, GA
Carver High School
6'2''
230
70
List
58
Ronald Ladd
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Tunica, MS
Rosa Fort High School
6'2''
200
70
List
59
Chaton Mobley
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Knoxville, TN
Fulton High School
6'1''
235
70
Mid Tennessee
Signed
60
Matt Gahm
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Dallas, TX
Highland Park High School
6'2''
225
70
Virginia
Signed
61
Donovan Perkins
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Zachary, LA
Zachary High School
6'0''
225
70
UTSA
Signed
62
A.J. Ryan
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Westwood, MA
Xaverian Brothers High School
6'2''
230
70
Yale
Committed
02/01/2017
63
T.J. Pitts
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Williston, FL
Williston High School
6'2''
235
69
UCF
Signed
64
Christian Pluchino
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy
6'2''
235
69
List
65
Cooper Root
Video |
Scouts Report
ILB
Wichita, KS
Wichita Collegiate School
6'3''
215
67
Kansas
Signed
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