Recruiting · Football
2026 Player Rankings
The industry composite, via CollegeFootballData. Updated daily.
RankPlayerPosHt / WtRatingStatus
- 344Lance DawsonAvon (Avon, OH)DL · 6-5 / 250★★★★★0.9020DL6-5 / 250★★★★★0.9020DL #36 · OH #17
Cincinnati - 774Markell TaylorNorth Paulding (Dallas, GA)S · 6-1 / 190★★★★★0.8789S6-1 / 190★★★★★0.8789S #67 · GA #84
Cincinnati - 804Jaidon WindomMartin Luther King (Detroit, MI)S · 6-1 / 170★★★★★0.8778S6-1 / 170★★★★★0.8778S #70 · MI #17
Cincinnati - 833Jonathan RuloBelleville East (Belleville, IL)DL · 6-2 / 285★★★★★0.8767DL6-2 / 285★★★★★0.8767DL #95 · IL #23
Cincinnati - 921Austin HoaneCookeville (Cookeville, TN)IOL · 6-4 / 280★★★★★0.8744IOL6-4 / 280★★★★★0.8744IOL #78 · TN #28
Cincinnati - 1174Joshua SmithColumbus Africentric Early College (Columbus, OH)ATH · 6-5 / 190★★★★★0.8689ATH6-5 / 190★★★★★0.8689ATH #79 · OH #57
Cincinnati - 1211Jalen WilliamsBloomington South (Bloomington, IN)TE · 6-5 / 215★★★★★0.8678TE6-5 / 215★★★★★0.8678TE #72 · IN #22
Cincinnati - 1263Luke CollinsGahanna Lincoln (Columbus, OH)IOL · 6-4.5 / 275★★★★★0.8667IOL6-4.5 / 275★★★★★0.8667IOL #104 · OH #63
Cincinnati - 1308Solomon MathisHephzibah (Hephzibah, GA)OT · 6-5 / 285★★★★★0.8656OT6-5 / 285★★★★★0.8656OT #114 · GA #126
Cincinnati - 1438Jaxon NewtonOxford (Oxford, AL)LB · 6-3 / 200★★★★★0.8633LB6-3 / 200★★★★★0.8633LB #127 · AL #59
Cincinnati - 1474Dadrien WallerGuntersville (Guntersville, AL)WR · 6-5 / 200★★★★★0.8622WR6-5 / 200★★★★★0.8622WR #217 · AL #65
Cincinnati - 1474Gavin GregoryWest Branch (Beloit, OH)TE · 6-7 / 240★★★★★0.8622TE6-7 / 240★★★★★0.8622TE #86 · OH #72
Cincinnati - 1474H'eij JacksonMcDonogh 35 (New Orleans, LA)WR · 6-3.5 / 190★★★★★0.8622WR6-3.5 / 190★★★★★0.8622WR #216 · LA #42
Cincinnati - 1566Luke GroverOlentangy (Lewis Center, OH)OT · 6-5 / 272★★★★★0.8600OT6-5 / 272★★★★★0.8600OT #140 · OH #76
Cincinnati - 1654Keegan HornHueytown (Hueytown, AL)EDGE · 6-3 / 225★★★★★0.8589EDGE6-3 / 225★★★★★0.8589EDGE #135 · AL #74
Cincinnati - 1654Nathan ZappitelliLake Catholic (Mentor, OH)IOL · 6-4 / 260★★★★★0.8589IOL6-4 / 260★★★★★0.8589IOL #125 · OH #84
Cincinnati - 1708Xavier StarksClay-Chalkville (Pinson, AL)S · 6-0 / 185★★★★★0.8578S6-0 / 185★★★★★0.8578S #174 · AL #76
Cincinnati - 1754Jamarion McKinneyGreenville (Greenville, SC)CB · 5-10 / 175★★★★★0.8567CB5-10 / 175★★★★★0.8567CB #153 · SC #35
Cincinnati - 1806Brooks GoodmanBlessed Trinity Catholic (Roswell, GA)QB · 6-2.5 / 205★★★★★0.8556QB6-2.5 / 205★★★★★0.8556QB #103 · GA #178
Cincinnati - 1806Kameron HurstLift for Life Academy (St. Louis, MO)CB · 6-0 / 170★★★★★0.8556CB6-0 / 170★★★★★0.8556CB #158 · MO #33
Cincinnati - 1881Adam KirtleyTaft (Cincinnati, OH)LB · 6-1 / 215★★★★★0.8544LB6-1 / 215★★★★★0.8544LB #179 · OH #102
Cincinnati - 1914Darrius SimmonsGadsden County (Havana, FL)DL · 6-2.5 / 317★★★★★0.8533DL6-2.5 / 317★★★★★0.8533DL #201 · FL #219
Cincinnati - 1976Evan WeinbergSpringboro (Springboro, OH)EDGE · 6-3 / 230★★★★★0.8522EDGE6-3 / 230★★★★★0.8522EDGE #159 · OH #114
Cincinnati - 2022Jayzon ThompsonBearden (Knoxville, TN)RB · 5-9.5 / 168★★★★★0.8511RB5-9.5 / 168★★★★★0.8511RB #134 · TN #67
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