Daily Blog •December 19, 2012

Covering college football as I do takes 52 weeks a year as it is and while I personally do not scout the high school games and rate each player I do compile my rankings based on the many different recruiting services across the country that follow and scout HS football year round. I not only like to use all of the biggest and best services, but I also use regional reports as well. The colleges themselves use many of these services to get the latest information on recruits.

When we receive a recruiting magazine, we translate each player's ranking into a points system from 1-100 and then log each and every player into the computer and give them a point total from each source. Naturally, the more they are mentioned and the higher they are rated by each publication, the more total points they accrue. After months of entering all of this information, I sort the list by position and by total points and then rank the players from most points to least. The top HS Senior lists have already been released by ESPN, Rivals, 247 Sports, Tom Lemming, Super Prep, G&W and Scout and all of them were compiled into this list.

In today's blog I have included the top High School Seniors that will be incoming frosh for 2013. By no means is this list final and it will be fluid until next February after the players sign. Since we want the college preview to continue to be the most in-depth and accurate magazine out there, if you find any information that is wrong or if you are questioning a player's ranking please contact brandon@philsteele.com.

Phil Steele's Updated "Top 100"

2013 Frosh Prospects

Rk Pos First Name Last Name Ht Wt 40 Hometown/High School St College
1 DL Robert Nkemdiche 6-5 260 4.8 Loganville Grayson GA N/A
2 LB Reuben Foster 6-2 228 4.6 Auburn AL N/A
3 QB Max Browne 6-5 202 4.7 Sammamish Skyline WA USC
4 DL Montravius Adams 6-3 285 4.8 Vienna Dooly County GA N/A
5 OL Laremy Tunsel 6-6 295 5.2 Lake City Columbia FL N/A
6 LB Jaylon Smith 6-3 218 4.55 Fort Wayne Bishop Luers IN Notre Dame
7 DB Vernon Hargreaves 5-11 185 4.45 Tampa Wharton FL Florida
8 DL Kenny Bigelow 6-3 322 5 Elkton Eastern Christian Academy MD USC
9 WR Ricky Seals-Jones 6-5 215 4.6 Sealy TX Texas A&M
10 DB Kendall Fuller 5-11 189 4.5 Olney Our Lady Of Good Counsel MD Virginia Tech
11 DB Su'a Cravens 6-1 205 4.5 Murrieta Vista Murriesta CA USC
12 DL Carl Lawson 6-2 253 4.7 Alpharetta Milton GA Auburn
13 DL Dee Liner 6-2 274 4.7 Muscle Shoals AL Auburn
14 LB Matthew Thomas 6-4 210 4.71 Miami Booker T Washington FL N/A
15 RB Ty Isaac 6-3 215 4.5 Joliet Catholic IL USC
16 QB Shane Morris 6-3 183 4.6 Warren De La Salle MI Michigan
17 TE OJ Howard 6-6 226 4.7 Prattville Autauga Academy AL Alabama
18 DB Cameron Burrows 6-0 203 4.5 Trotwood-Madison OH Ohio St
19 WR Jalin Marshall 6-0 190 4.5 Middletown OH Ohio St
20 RB Derrick Green 5-11 220 4.45 Richmond Hermitage VA N/A
21 RB Thomas Tyner 6-0 200 4.4 Beaverton Aloha OR Oregon
22 WR Laquon Treadwell 6-3 190 4.5 Crete-Monee IL N/A
23 DL Jonathan Allen 6-3 225 4.5 Ashburn Stone Bridge VA Alabama
24 RB Greg Bryant 5-11 197 4.5 Delray Beach American Heritage FL Notre Dame
25 DB Jalen Ramsey 6-0 190 4.45 Brentwood Academy TN USC
26 DL Eddie Vanderdoes 6-3 302 4.9 Auburn Placer CA USC
27 OL Ethan Pocic 6-7 285 5.3 Lemont IL LSU
28 DB Leon Mcquay 6-1 185 4.6 Seffner Armwood FL N/A
29 DL Joey Bosa 6-5 260 4.75 Fort Lauderdale St Thomas Aquinas FL Ohio St
30 WR Marquez North 6-3 210 4.48 Charlotte Mallard Creek NC N/A
31 DB Antonio Conner 6-1 205 4.53 Batesville South Panola MS N/A
32 QB Christian Hackenberg 6-4 215 4.6 Fork Union Military Academy VA Penn St
33 OL Kent Perkins 6-5 300 5.1 Dallas Lake Highlands TX Texas
34 DL A'Shawn Robinson 6-4 302 5.1 Fort Worth Arlington Heights TX Texas
35 WR Derrick Griffin 6-6 215 4.6 Rosenberg Terry TX Texas A&M
36 DB Max Redfield 6-2 195 4.5 Mission Viejo CA N/A
37 RB Altee Tenpenny 5-11 200 4.4 North Little Rock AR Alabama
38 RB Kelvin Taylor 5-11 215 4.6 Belle Glade Glades Day FL Florida
39 RB Taquan Mizzell 5-10 183 4.5 Virginia Beach Bayside VA Virginia
40 DB Eli Woodard 6-1 185 4.5 Voorhees Eastern NJ Ohio St
41 LB Mike Mitchell 6-4 215 4.58 Plano Prestonwood Christian TX N/A
42 DL Demarcus Walker 6-4 279 4.65 Jacksonville Sandalwood FL Alabama
43 TE Adam Breneman 6-5 228 4.6 Camp Hill Cedar Cliff PA Penn St
44 RB Ryan Green 5-10 190 4.4 St Petersburgh Catholic FL Florida St
45 RB Derrick Henry 6-3 241 4.58 Yulee FL Alabama
46 DB Mackensie Alexander 5-11 185 4.5 Immokalee FL N/A
47 LB Alex Anzalone 6-3 229 4.5 Wyomissing PA Notre Dame
48 LB EJ Levenberry 6-3 226 4.65 Woodbridge Cd Hylton VA Florida St
49 WR Robert Foster 6-2 180 4.44 Monaca Central Valley PA N/A
50 LB Larenz Bryant 6-2 210 4.58 Charlotte Zebulon B Vance NC South Carolina
51 QB Ryan Burns 6-5 218 4.7 Ashburn Stone Bridge VA Stanford
52 WR Ardarius Stewart 6-3 190 4.5 Fultondale AL Alabama
53 WR Stacy Coley 6-1 175 4.5 Oakland Park Northeast FL N/A
54 WR Earnest Robinson 6-3 200 4.8 Pinson Valley AL Auburn
55 LB Michael Hutchings 6-2 210 4.6 Concord De La Salle CA USC
56 LB Dorian O'Daniel 6-1 200 4.5 Olney Our Lady Of Good Counsel MD Clemson
57 DB Tahaan Goodman 6-2 190 4.52 Rancho Cucamonga CA N/A
58 DL Tim Williams 6-4 230 4.7 Baton Rouge Lsu Laboratory School LA N/A
59 DL Justin Manning 6-2 275 5 Dallas Justin F Kimball TX Texas A&M
60 WR Steven Mitchell 5-11 170 4.5 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany CA USC
61 DB Tre'Davious White 5-11 160 4.4 Shrevport Green Oaks LA LSU
62 WR Demarcus Robinson 6-2 195 4.5 Fort Valley Peach County GA Clemson
63 DL Kendell Beckwith 6-2 220 4.7 East Feliciana Parish Encrichme LA N/A
64 OL Darius James 6-5 319 5.3 Killeen Harker Heights TX Texas A&M
65 TE Hunter Henry 6-6 240 4.8 Little Rock Pulaski Academy AR Arkansas
66 QB Tyrone Swoopes 6-5 220 4.6 Whitewright TX Texas
67 DB Marcell Harris 6-2 200 4.52 Orlando Dr Phillips FL Florida
68 DL Alquadin Muhammad 6-3 230 4.65 Ramsey Don Bosco Prep NJ N/A
69 DL Henry Poggi 6-4 260 4.9 Baltimore Gilman MD Michigan
70 WR Robbie Rhodes 6-1 186 4.5 Fort Worth Southwest TX Baylor
71 OL Steve Elmer 6-6 305 5 Midland MI Notre Dame
72 OL Jake Raulerson 6-5 250 5.1 Celina TX Texas
73 DB Priest Willis 6-2 190 4.45 Tempe Marcos De Niza AZ N/A
74 OL Patrick Kugler 6-5 280 4.9 Wexford North Allegheny PA Michigan
75 OL Grant Hill 6-6 315 5.4 Huntsville AL Alabama
76 OL Kyle Bosch 6-5 285 5.2 Wheaton St Francis IL Michigan
77 DL Kylie Fitts 6-4 260 4.8 Redlands East Valley CA USC
78 WR Demorea Stringfellow 6-2 185 4.5 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde CA Washington
79 RB Tyren Jones 5-8 185 4.5 Marietta Walton GA Alabama
80 WR James Quick 6-1 175 4.4 Louisville Trinity KY N/A
81 RB Keith Ford 5-11 195 4.5 Cypress Ranch TX Oklahoma
82 RB Justin Davis 6-1 195 4.5 Stockton Lincoln CA USC
83 LB Trey Johnson 6-1 220 4.6 Lawrenceville Central Gwinnett GA Auburn
84 OL John Montelus 6-5 295 5.2 Everett MA Notre Dame
85 RB Tyler Boyd 6-1 175 4.5 Clairton PA N/A
86 OL Khaliel Rodgers 6-3 300 5.2 Elkton Eastern Christian Academy MD USC
87 DB Dymonte Thomas 6-1 175 4.5 Alliance Marlington OH Michigan
88 RB Terrell Newby 5-10 180 4.4 West Hills Chaminade CA N/A
89 LB Deoundrei Davis 6-3 215 4.55 Cypress Woods TX Texas
90 TE Desean Smith 6-4 220 4.68 Lake Charles Barbe Alfred M LA LSU
91 RB TJ Logan 5-11 165 4.45 Greensboro Northern Guilford NC North Carolina
92 DL Elijah Daniel 6-3 252 4.8 Avon IN N/A
93 OL Austin Golson 6-4 277 5.2 Prattville AL Florida St
94 LB Holland Fisher 6-1 202 4.5 Midlothian Manchester VA Virginia Tech
95 DB Tray Matthews 6-1 190 4.5 Newnan GA Georgia
96 LB Peter Kalambayi 6-2 235 4.6 Matthews David W Butler NC Stanford
97 WR Ahmad Fulwood 6-4 189 4.47 Jacksonville Bishop Kenny FL Florida
98 DL Isaac Rochell 6-5 260 4.8 Mcdonough Eagle'S Landing Christian GA Notre Dame
99 OL Chris Fox 6-6 297 5.3 Parker Ponderosa CO Michigan
100 QB Cooper Bateman 6-3 190 4.7 Salt Lake City Cottonwood Senior UT Alabama

Most Top 100 Commits

USC 11
Alabama 9
Michigan 6
Notre Dame 6
Texas 5
Auburn 4
Florida 4
Ohio St 4
Texas A&M 4
Clemson 3
Florida St 3
LSU 3
Penn St 2
Stanford 2
Virginia Tech 2