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2018 college football recruiting class
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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The college football recruiting class of 2018 refers to the recruiting of high school athletes to play college football starting in the fall of 2018. The scope of this article covers: (a) the colleges and universities with recruiting classes ranking among the top 20 in the country as assessed by at least one of the major media companies, and (b) the individual recruits ranking among the top 20 in the country as assessed by at least one of the major media companies. Georgia was rated by 247Sports, Rivals and On3 as having the No. 1 recruiting class in 2018. Ohio State was rated by the same selectors at No. 2.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was rated by Rivals, 247Sports, and USA Today as the No. 1 recruit in the 2016 class. Lawrence played for Clemson from 2018 to 2020 and for the Jacksonville Jaguars since 2021.

Quarterback Justin Fields was rated by the same selectors as the No. 2 recruit. Fields played for Georgia in 2018, Ohio State in 2019 and 2020, and the Chicago Bears since 2021.

Top ranked classes[edit]

School 247[1] Rivals[2] On3[3]
Georgia 1 1 1
Ohio State 2 2 2
Texas 3 4 3
USC 4 3 4
Alabama 5 7 6
Penn State 6 5 5
Clemson 7 8 7
Miami (FL) 8 6 12
Oklahoma 9 8 8
Notre Dame 10 11 9
Florida State 11 10 13
Auburn 12 12 10
Oregon 13 13 17
Florida 14 17 16
LSU 15 14 11
Washington 16 15 15
Texas A&M 17 16 14
South Carolina 18 18 19
UCLA 19 19 20
North Carolina 20 23 25
Tennessee 21 20 26
Nebraska 23 21 18

Top ranked recruits[edit]

Player Position School Rivals[4] 247Sports[5] USA Today[6] ESPN[7]
Trevor Lawrence Quarterback Clemson 1 1 1 2
Justin Fields Quarterback Georgia 2 2 2 1
Eyabi Anoma Defensive end Alabama 7 4 3 3
Amon-Ra St. Brown Wide receiver USC 3 11 12 35
JT Daniels Quarterback USC 4 16 16 64
Xavier Thomas Defensive end Clemson 5 3 3 4
Micah Parsons Linebacker Penn State 6 5 5 7
Patrick Surtain II Cornerback Alabama 8 6 6 5
Jamaree Salyer Offensive guard Georgia 9 10 10 23
Zamir White Running back Georgia 10 9 9 15
Nick Petit-Frere Offensive tackle Ohio State 11 7 7 13
Adam Anderson Defensive end Georgia 12 18 19 56
Lorenzo Lingard Running back Miami (FL) 13 25 26 60
Tyreke Johnson Safety Ohio State 14 34 35 37
Justyn Ross Wide receiver Clemson 15 45 48 74
Jackson Carman Offensive tackle Clemson 16 17 17 21
Brendan Radley-Hiles Cornerback Oklahoma 17 38 39 101
Justin Shorter Wide receiver Penn State 18 8 7 8
Cade Mays Offensive tackle Georgia 19 22 23 25
Teradja Mitchell Linebacker Ohio State 20 44 43 24
Tyson Campbell Cornerback Georgia 25 12 11 9
Terrace Marshall Jr. Wide receiver LSU 27 13 13 10
KJ Henry Defensive end Clemson 26 14 14 6
Palaie Gaoteote IV Linebacker USC 21 15 15 18
Caden Sterns Safety Texas 24 19 19 39
Taron Vincent Defensive tackle Ohio State 40 20 18 19
Brenton Cox Jr. Defensive end Georgia 33 23 22 11
B.J. Foster Safety Texas 57 24 24 12
Asante Samuel Jr. Cornerback Florida State 46 60 57 14
Devon Williams Athlete USC 47 40 38 16
Ricky Slade Running back Penn State 37 27 25 17
Brevin Jordan Tight end Miami 49 33 30 20

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 Recruit Football Team Rankings". 247Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "2018 Team Rankings". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "2018 Consensus Football Team Recruiting Rankings". On3.
  4. ^ "Rivals 250". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "2018 Top Football Recruits". 247Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "USA Today Sports' 2018 Composite Football Player Recruiting rankings". USA Today.
  7. ^ "2018 ESPN 300". ESPN.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_college_football_recruiting_class