Top Freshman Prospects
 
Best Freshman College Football Players

last updated: 12/16/07

The following is a list of top freshmen prospects, very loosely ranked. It's still very early and things can change significantly-- new names will emerge and rankings will change in time.

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QUARTERBACK
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Sam Bradford ~ Oklahoma

Jake Locker ~ Washington

Mitch Mustain ~ Southern California

Adam Weber ~ Minnesota

Colin Kaepernick ~ Nevada

Jimmy Clausen ~ Notre Dame

Ryan Mallett ~ Michigan

Wesley Carroll ~ Miss. State

Chris Smelley ~ South Carolina

T.J. Yates ~ North Carolina

Kevin Riley ~ California

Trevor Vittatoe ~ U.T.E.P.

Tyrod Taylor ~ Virginia Tech

Cody Hawkins ~ Colorado

Pat Bostick ~ Pittsburgh

Kodi Burns ~ Auburn

Cameron Newton ~ Florida

Jeff Ehrhardt ~ Murray State

Case Keenum ~ Houston

Dale Fink ~ Sacred Heart

Scott Riddle ~ Elon

Giovanni Vizza ~ North Texas


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RUNNINGBACK
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Knowshon Moreno ~ Georgia

DeMarco Murray ~ Oklahoma

LeSean McCoy ~ Pittsburgh

Graig Cooper ~ Miami-Florida

Joe McKnight ~ Southern California

Noel Devine ~ West Virginia

Kendall Hunter ~ Oklahoma State

Mike Ford ~ South Florida

Brandon Saine ~ Ohio State

Jahvid Best ~ California

Evan Royster ~ Penn State

Terry Grant ~ Alabama

Mario Fannin ~ Auburn

Vondrell McGee ~ Texas

Harvey Unga ~ Brigham Young

Deonte Jackson ~ Idaho

Nicholas Grigsby ~ Arizona

Derrick Locke ~ Kentucky

Armando Allen ~ Notre Dame

Karrington Bush ~ Texas State

Dan Dierking ~ Purdue

Ryan Mattews ~ Fresno State

Josh Adams ~ W.F.U.

Darius Marshall ~ Marshall University

Jeremy Avery ~ Boise State

Antwain Easterling ~ Southern Miss.

James Berezik ~ Grand Valley State

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FULLBACK
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Stanley Havili ~ Southern California

Quentin Castille ~ Nebraska

Charles Clay ~ Tulsa

Vince Helmuth ~ Michigan

Keith Payne ~ Virginia

Patrick DiMarco ~ South Carolina

Joe Trombetta ~ Cal-Davis

Anthony Davis ~ Connecticut

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WIDE RECEIVER
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Michael Crabtree ~ Texas Tech

Jeremy Maclin ~ Missouri

Arrelious Benn ~ Illinois

Kyle Jefferson ~ Wisconsin

Duval Kamara ~ Notre Dame

Terrance Toliver ~ Louisiana State

Scotty McKnight ~ Colorado

Trae Johnson ~ Tulsa

Marcus Barnett ~ Cincinnati

Desmond Bryant ~ Oklahoma State

Derrell Johnson-Koulianos ~ Iowa

Demaryius Thomas ~ Georgia Tech

Dezmon Briscoe ~ Kansas

James Cleveland ~ Iowa

Staton Jobe ~ Virginia

LaQuan Williams ~ Maryland

Dion Lecorn ~ South Carolina

David Ausberry ~ Southern California

Kamar Aiken ~ Central Florida

Carlton Mitchell ~ South Florida

Darrell Catchings ~ Oregon State

Delashaun Dean ~ Arizona

Ronald Johnson ~ Southern California

Dane Sanzenbacher ~ Ohio State

Antonio Brown ~ Central Michigan (KR)

Aaron Pflugrad ~ Oregon

Denarius Moore ~ Tennessee

Dominique Johnson ~ U.C.L.A.

Kevin Grayson ~ Richmond

Mark Dell ~ Michigan State

Colin Sandeman ~ Iowa

Golden Tate ~ Notre Dame

Chris Culliver ~ South Carolina

Marquel Pittman ~ Western Carolina

Jeshua Anderson ~ Washington State

Junior Hemingway ~ Michigan

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TIGHT END
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Rob Gronkowski ~ Arizona

James Casey ~ Rice

Drake Dunsmore ~ Northwestern

Aaron Hernandez ~ Florida

Zach Pianalto ~ North Carolina

Brian Linthicum ~ Clemson

Wesley Saunders ~ South Carolina

Gabe Miller ~ Oregon State

Mike Ragone ~ Notre Dame

D.J. Williams ~ Arkansas

Brett Brackett ~ Penn State (WR)

Luke Stocker ~ Tennessee


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OFFENSIVE TACKLE
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Trinton Sturdivant ~ Georgia

Lee Ziemba ~ Auburn

Anthony Castonzo ~ Boston College

Butch Lewis ~ Southern California

Gabe Carimi ~ Wisconsin

Ramone Johnson ~ Tennessee

Ryan Miller ~ Colorado

Jaivorio Burkes ~ Nebraska

Ryan Pugh ~ Auburn

Jake Vermiglio ~ North Carolina State

Carl Johnson ~ Florida

Micah Hannam ~ Washington State

Perry Dorrestein ~ Michigan

Ben Lamaak ~ Iowa State

Ian Wolfe ~ Kansas

Bryan Morgan ~ Duke

David Arkin ~ Missouri State


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OFFENSIVE GUARD
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Rodney Hudson ~ Florida State

Stephen Schilling ~ Michigan

Anthony Davis ~ Rutgers

Bryan Bulaga ~ Iowa

Maurkice Pouncey ~ Florida

Stefen Wisniewski ~ Penn State

Clint Boling ~ Georgia

Chaz Ramsey ~ Auburn

Chris Davis ~ Georgia

D.J. Burris ~ Minnesota

Maurice Hurt ~ Florida

Colin Baxter ~ Arizona

Julian Vandervelde ~ Iowa

Orlando Franklin ~ Miami-Florida

Zack Heberer ~ Southern California

Zach Hermann ~ South Florida

Josh Evans ~ Marshall University

Michael Switzer ~ Ball State

Andrew Nierman ~ Tulane

Dominik Riley ~ Memphis

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OFFENSIVE CENTER
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Kris O'Dowd ~ Southern California

Buck Burnette ~ Texas

Kai Maiava ~ Colorado

Mike Pouncey ~ Florida

Beau Warren ~ Virginia Tech

Colin Miller ~ Central Michigan

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DEFENSIVE END
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Everson Griffen ~ Southern California

Greg Romeus ~ Pittsburgh

Kirk DeCremer ~ Wisconsin

Aaron Maybin ~ Penn State

Carlos Dunlap ~ Florida

Martez Wilson ~ Illinois

Justin Trattou ~ Florida

Jeremy Beal ~ Oklahoma

Bruce Miller ~ Central Florida (OLB)

Scott Solomon ~ Rice

Paul Kruger ~ Utah

Adrian Clayborn ~ Iowa

Cameron Jordan ~ California

Antoine Carter ~ Auburn

Christian Ballard ~ Iowa

Sean Gottschalk ~ Virginia

Jake Laptad ~ Kansas

Duke Lemmens ~ Florida

Justin Lawrence ~ Morgan State

Ben Martin ~ Tennessee

Wesley Oglesby ~ Duke

Michael Janac ~ Marshall University

Ryan Winterswyk ~ Boise State

Will Shoppa ~ Rice

Victor Visoky ~ Western Illinois

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DEFENSIVE TACKLES
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Marvin Austin ~ North Carolina

Brian Price ~ U.C.L.A.

Gerald McCoy ~ Oklahoma

Cameron Heyward ~ Ohio State

Colby Whitlock ~ Texas Tech

Dexter Larimore ~ Ohio State

Ollie Ogbu ~ Penn State

Ladi Ajiboye ~ South Carolina

Markus Kuhn ~ North Carolina State

Ian Williams ~ Notre Dame

Derrick Hill ~ California

Jon Hargis ~ Arizona State

Scooter Berry ~ West Virginia

Linval Joseph ~ East Carolina

Damario Ambrose ~ Arkansas

Lawon Scott ~ Ole Miss

Lawrence Marsh ~ Florida

D.J. Reese ~ Alabama-Birmingham

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LINEBACKERS
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Scott Lutrus ~ Connecticut

Cliff Matthews ~ South Carolina

Rolando McClain ~ Alabama

Lawrence Wilson Connecticut

Greg Jones ~ Michigan State

Obi Ezeh ~ Michigan

Almondo Sewell ~ Akron (DE)

Adrian Moten ~ Maryland

Chike Amajoyi ~ Stanford

A.J. Jones ~ Florida

Brian Duncan ~ Texas Tech

Ben Jacobs ~ Fresno State

Rennie Curran ~ Georgia (DB)

Craig Stevens ~ Auburn

Casey Matthews ~ Oregon

Mason Foster ~ Washington

Quan Sturdivant ~ North Carolina

D.J. Smith ~ Appalachian State

Akeem Dent ~ Georgia

Nick Bellore ~ Central Michigan

Lawrence Young ~ Central Florida

Marcus Clark ~ Texas State

Eric Gordon ~ Michigan State

Brian Smith ~ Notre Dame

Nick Macaluso ~ Stanford

Jeffrey Williams ~ Gardner-Webb

Freddy Burton ~ Arkansas

Eric McBride ~ Richmond

E.J. Webb ~ Georgia Southern

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CORNERBACK
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Eric Berry ~ Tennessee (FS)

Tavious Polo ~ Florida Atlantic

DeAndre McDaniel ~ Clemson

Donovan Warren ~ Michigan

Joe Haden ~ Florida

Omar Bolden ~ Arizona State

Kareem Jackson ~ Alabama

Davon House ~ New Mexico State

Chris Conte ~ California

Chris Harris ~ Kansas

Charles Brown ~ North Carolina

Aaron Henry ~ Wisconsin

Chima Nwachukwu ~ Washington State

Brent Vinson ~ Tennessee

Chimdi Chekwa ~ Ohio State

Carl Gettis ~ Missouri

Marcus Gilchrist ~ Clemson

Kendric Burney ~ North Carolina (BASEBALL)

Ras-I Dowling ~ Virginia (RANK LOWER)

Michael Holmes ~ Syracuse

Jeremy Kellem Middle Tenn. State

Anthony Walters ~ Delaware

Chykie Brown ~ Texas

DeMarcus Van Dyke ~ Miami-Florida

Rashad Haynes ~ Eastern Illinois (DB)

Vonzell McDowell Jr. ~ Washington

Julian Posey ~ Ohio University

C.J. Bailey ~ Southern Miss.

Eugene Clifford ~ Ohio State

Jai Eugene ~ Louisiana State

Travis Simmons ~ East Carolina

Chris Fox ~ Boston College

Justin Rogers ~ Richmond (KR)

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SAFETIES
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Chad Jones ~ Louisiana State

Major Wright ~ Florida

Reshad Jones ~ Georgia

Deunta Williams ~ North Carolina

Ryan Downard ~ Eastern Michigan

Brett Greenwood ~ Iowa

Davonte Shannon ~ Buffalo

Zac Etheridge ~ Auburn

Alex Kube ~ Northern Illinois

Joseph Lefeged ~ Rutgers

Taylor Skaufel ~ Stanford

Nate Williams ~ Washington

Martel Moody ~ Villanova

Max Suter ~ Syracuse (KR)

Zach Smith ~ Miss. State

Darrius Middlebrooks ~ Indiana State

Mike Tashman ~ Alabama-Birmingham

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