OCVarsity’s Dan Albano has put together a list of the college commitments – and potential destinations – for the top players in the county.
Orange County’s top football recruits for 2015
Rankings by Dan Albano
TOP COMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
HT. |
WT. |
POS. |
COMMITMENT |
|
1. Keisean Lucier-South |
Orange Lutheran |
6-6 |
230 |
DE/OLB |
UCLA |
|
2. Sam Darnold |
San Clemente |
6-4 |
215 |
QB |
USC |
|
3. Travis Waller |
Servite |
6-3 |
185 |
QB |
Oregon |
|
4. Cole Smith |
Mission Viejo |
6-3 |
270 |
C |
USC |
|
5. Quinten Pounds |
Cypress |
6-1 |
180 |
DB/WR |
Washington |
|
6. Olive Sagapolu |
Mater Dei |
6-3 |
295 |
DT |
Wisconsin |
|
7. George Wilson |
Tustin |
6-3 |
190 |
WR/DB |
Utah |
|
8. Jake Breeland |
Trabuco Hills |
6-5 |
225 |
TE |
Oregon |
|
9. Clayton Johnson |
Servite |
6-6 |
290 |
OL |
USC |
|
10. Ben Humphreys |
Mater Dei |
6-2 |
205 |
LB/S |
Duke |
|
11. Rick Wade |
Santa Margarita |
6-5 |
245 |
DL |
UCLA |
|
12. Austin Maihen |
Santa Margarita |
6-5 |
290 |
OL |
Stanford |
|
13. Kyle Penniston |
Mater Dei |
6-3 |
230 |
TE |
Wisconsin |
|
14. Keven Dixon |
Buena Park |
6-6 |
281 |
LT |
Utah |
|
15. Kyle Sweet |
Santa Margarita |
6-1 |
190 |
WR |
Washington State |
|
16. Matt Locher |
Los Alamitos |
6-3 |
245 |
LB |
Cal Poly SLO |
|
17. Riley Whimpey |
San Clemente |
6-3 |
205 |
LB |
Boise St. |
|
18. Will Sedgwick |
Laguna Hills |
6-3 |
215 |
LB |
BYU |
|
19. D.J. Bailey |
JSerra |
6-3 |
254 |
DE |
Harvard |
|
20. Maurice Davison |
Servite |
5-9 |
173 |
CB |
Northern Arizona |
|
21. Carlos Martin |
La Habra |
6-0 |
195 |
RB |
Portland State |
|
22. Denzal Brantley |
Los Alamitos |
6-0 |
203 |
RB |
Idaho |
|
23. Izrael Castellanos |
Mission Viejo |
6-5 |
275 |
OL |
New Mexico |
|
24. Riley Brand |
Orange Lutheran |
6-1 |
210 |
S |
Nevada |
|
25. Cole Norris |
Newport Harbor |
6-0 |
193 |
QB |
Northern Arizona |
|
26. Kameron Dennis |
Servite |
5-11 |
190 |
CB |
Cal Poly SLO |
|
27. Jake Smeltzer |
Tesoro |
6-3 |
195 |
WR |
Cal Poly SLO |
|
28. Brody Barrett |
JSerra |
6-2 |
310 |
DL |
Appalachian St. |
|
29. Jake McFetridge |
Huntington Beach |
6-6 |
290 |
OL |
Montana St. |
|
30. Blake Johnson |
Los Alamitos |
6-1 |
185 |
P |
Arkansas |
|
31. Nolan Thompson |
Huntington Beach |
6-3 |
200 |
WR |
Air Force |
|
32. Quinn Hudak |
Huntington Beach |
6-8 |
275 |
OT |
Penn |
|
33. Connor Hill |
Mission Viejo |
6-0 |
195 |
WR |
Penn |
|
34. Joe Wysocki |
Los Alamitos |
6-3 |
220 |
WR/TE |
Idaho |
|
35. AJ Carty |
Servite |
6-3 |
230 |
LS |
Washington |
|
36. Charlie Beall |
St. Margaret’s |
6-2 |
215 |
K |
Stanford |
Others (alphabetically): Tate Beachley, Servite, RB, Holy Cross; Caden Bevilacqua, Mater Dei, LB, Tufts; Harrison Carter, Corona del Mar, DL, Georgetown; Kenari Drayton, Segerstrom, LB, Brown; Grady Higgins, Santa Margarita, LB, Boston College (walk-on); William Latham, Buena Park, DB, Western New Mexico; Sam Philippi, JSerra, WR/DB, Penn; J.D. PicKell, Orange Lutheran, RB, Cornell; Nick Robinson, JSerra, QB, Georgia (walk-on); Jack Savage, Servite, LB, UCLA (walk-on); Trevor Shaw, Newport Harbor, NT, Chicago; Kaene Soto, Fullerton, WR, San Diego; Austin Thomas, Servite, DE, Williams (Mass.); Jake Watkins, Valencia, DB, Cornell; Mike Wheeler, La Habra, LB, Valparaiso; Ricky Wong, Buena Park, CB, Oberlin (Ohio)
TOP UNCOMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
HT. |
WT. |
POS. |
SCHOOLS OF INTEREST |
|
1. Equanimeous St. Brown |
Servite |
6-5 |
190 |
WR |
Notre Dame, Stanford, USC, Utah, Washington State |
|
2. Jaylinn Hawkins |
Buena Park |
6-1 |
196 |
ATH |
Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Utah, Washington |
|
3. Rasheed Williams |
Mater Dei |
6-3 |
265 |
DE |
Fresno State, Idaho St., Nevada, San Diego State, Stony Brook, UNLV |
|
4. Malik McMorris |
Mater Dei |
6-0 |
290 |
DL/FB |
Army, Azusa Pacific, Cal Poly SLO, Holy Cross, UC Davis |
|
5. Pat Di Carlo |
Foothill |
6-3 |
290 |
OL |
Army, Cal, Western New Mexico, Western Oregon |
|
6. Gerran Brown |
Mater Dei |
6-2 |
210 |
LB |
Cal Poly SLO, San Diego, Fresno State, UC Davis |
|
7. Parker Chase |
Corona del Mar |
6-3 |
215 |
DE |
Holy Cross |
Others (alphabetically): Julian Owens, Mission Viejo, DB, Azusa Pacific, Humboldt State; Jacob Painter, Los Alamitos, OL, Southern Utah; Brandon Sloss, Mission Viejo, DL, Humboldt State
Contact the writer: jbalan@ocregister.com
