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Dan Albano. Sports HS Reporter.

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Dan Albano’s list of the top committed football recruits (Class of 2015) in Orange County:

TOP COMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS

NAME

SCHOOL

HT.

WT.

POS.

COMMITMENT

1. Sam Darnold

San Clemente

6-4

215

QB

USC

2. Keisean Lucier-South

Orange Lutheran

6-6

230

DE/OLB

UCLA

3. Travis Waller

Servite

6-3

185

QB

Oregon

4. Cole Smith

Mission Viejo

6-3

270

C

USC

5. Olive Sagapolu

Mater Dei

6-3

295

DT

Wisconsin

6. Quinten Pounds

Cypress

6-1

180

DB/WR

Washington

7. George Wilson

Tustin

6-3

190

WR/DB

Utah

8. Jake Breeland

Trabuco Hills

6-5

230

TE

Oregon

9. Clayton Johnston

Servite

6-6

290

OL

USC

10. Rick Wade

Santa Margarita

6-5

245

DL

UCLA

11. Austin Maihen

Santa Margarita

6-5

290

OL

Stanford

12. Kyle Penniston

Mater Dei

6-3

230

TE

Wisconsin

13. Ben Humphreys

Mater Dei

6-2

205

LB/S

Duke

14. Kyle Sweet

Santa Margarita

6-1

190

WR

Washington St.

15. D.J. Bailey

JSerra

6-3

254

DE

Harvard

16. Izrael Castellanos

Mission Viejo

6-5

275

OL

New Mexico

17. Will Sedgwick

Laguna Hills

6-3

215

LB

BYU

18. Riley Brand

Orange Lutheran

6-1

210

S

Nevada

19. Cole Norris

Newport Harbor

6-0

193

QB

Northern Arizona

20. Brody Barrett

JSerra

6-2

310

DL

Appalachian St.

21. Jake McFetridge

Huntington Beach

6-6

290

OL

Montana St.

22. Blake Johnson

Los Alamitos

6-1

185

P

Arkansas

23. Nolan Thompson

Huntington Beach

6-3

200

WR

Air Force

24. AJ Carty

Servite

6-3

230

LS

Washington

25. Charlie Beall

St. Margaret’s

6-2

215

K

Stanford

Others (listed alphabetically): Tate Beachley, Servite, RB, Holy Cross; Caden Bevilacqua, Mater Dei, LB, Tufts; Kenari Drayton, Segerstrom, LB, Brown; Grady Higgins, Santa Margarita, LB, Boston College (walk-on); J.D. PicKell, Orange Lutheran, RB, Cornell; Kaene Soto, Fullerton, WR, San Diego; Austin Thomas, Servite, DE, Williams (Mass.); Ricky Wong, Buena Park, CB, Oberlin (Ohio)

TOP UNCOMMITTED O.C. PLAYERS

NAME

SCHOOL

HT.

WT.

POS.

SCHOOLS OF INTEREST

1. Jaylinn Hawkins

Buena Park

6-1

196

ATH

Arizona State, Boise State, Cal, Oregon, Utah, Washington

2. Equanimeous St. Brown

Servite

6-5

190

WR

Notre Dame, Stanford, Texas Tech, USC, Utah, Washington State

3. Keven Dixon

Buena Park

6-6

281

LT

Boise State, Colorado State, Oregon State, Utah

4. Riley Whimpey

San Clemente

6-3

205

LB

Boise State, Utah State

5. Matt Locher

Los Alamitos

6-3

245

LB

Air Force, Cal Poly SLO, Montana Start, UC Davis, Yale

6. Rasheed Williams

Mater Dei

6-3

265

DE

Idaho State, Nevada, San Diego State, Stony Brook, UNLV

7. Denzal Brantley

Los Alamitos

6-0

203

RB/LB

Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana State

8. Quinn Hudak

Huntington Beach

6-8

275

OT

Montana St., Nevada, Northern Arizona, Penn, Stony Brook, UC Davis, Washington State

9. Joe Wysocki

Los Alamitos

6-3

220

WR/TE

Air Force, Idaho, Montana State, New Mexico, San Diego, San Jose State, UC Davis

10. Malik McMorris

Mater Dei

6-0

290

DL/FB

Army, Azusa Pacific, Holy Cross, UC Davis, Virginia Union

11. Maurice Davison

Servite

5-9

173

CB

Cal Poly SLO, Eastern Washington, Idaho, New Hampshire, Northern Arizona; Montana State, Sacramento State, Villanova

12. Kameron Dennis

Servite

5-11

190

CB

Army, Idaho, Navy, Northern Colorado, San Diego

13. Jake Smeltzer

Tesoro

6-3

195

WR

Air Force, Cal Poly SLO, Holy Cross, Montana, Navy, Sacramento State, San Diego

14. Carlos Martin

La Habra

6-0

195

RB

Northern Arizona; Portland State; Sacramento State

15. Nick Robinson

JSerra

6-2

196

QB

Cornell, San Diego, Lafayette (Pa.)

16. Pat Di Carlo

Foothill

6-3

290

OL

Army

17. Gerran Brown

Mater Dei

6-2

210

LB

Cal Poly SLO, San Diego, UC Davis

Others (listed alphabetically): Will Latham, Buena Park, CB, Western New Mexico; Julian Owens, Mission Viejo, DB, Humboldt St.; Jacob Painter, Los Alamitos, OL, San Diego, Southern Utah, Valparaiso; Matt Nelson, Los Alamitos, TE, Humboldt St.; Brandon Sloss, Mission Viejo, DL, Humboldt St.

Contact the writer: dalbano@ocregister.com