Join our linker program. Named Super Prep Dixie Defensive Player of the Year. Brock landed one Super Bowl appearance, in 1995 for the San Diego Chargers. Recorded 207 tackles with 10 sacks, 3 blocked FGs, 8 INTs and 6 TDs via kick or punt returns in HS career. Grants Pass: Graduated in 1966. Third overall pick of the 2003 NFL draft. Passed for 2,053 yards for 9-1 team that missed out on the playoffs in the old points system as a senior. Finished college career with 3,331 yards, including 13 100-yard games. Did it all for Apopka, even punting, and was a first-team All-State pick as a LB. He also helped the Ravens win a Super Bowl in 2012 with Hall of Famers Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. Pro: A 12th-round draft pick in 1971, Blanchard went to play 11 years in the NFL as a punter, for New Orleans. Played for Denver Broncos in NFL. He was the Southern Section Player of the Year after rushing for 2,168 yards and scoring 232 points. Smith won three Super Bowls and became the NFL's career leading rusher. He signed a letter-of-intent at DePaul but later was ruled academically ineligible. Had 4,262 yards total offense and 32 TD passes in college career. One of the top OL to ever come out of Florida. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Newman played both sides of the ball, but in high school was more known for his running back accomplishments, as he was Oregons 4A offensive player of the year as a senior. Eight year . Played in 3 Super Bowls and 8 Pro Bowls. Went on to brilliant collegiate career at Miami. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Smith wasn't impressed, saying that he could stay home in North Carolina and recruit players who were just as good or better. Had 12-year NFL career that included 2 Super Bowls. Fielded 141 punts without calling for a fair catch in 5 NFL seasons. Learn more and register, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, Conference USA. Mountain View: Graduated in 2000. A key player along with DE Don Latimer on 1971 Fort Pierce Central team that went 13-0 and defeated Tampa Robinson 29-13 in Class 4A state championship game. All rights reserved (About Us). Pro: Picked in the first round, No. Page 55. The organizations that chose the teams were Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, and The Sporting News. All rights reserved. Started all 16 games for Saints in 2006. Bryce was a can't-miss running back when he signed with Tennessee but left the school after one season. Dec. 30. Mason invited North Carolina coach Dean Smith to evaluate his star player. Charles Woodson was a legendary high school athlete in Ohio, and in addition to being all-state in football on offense, defense and special teams, he played point guard on the basketball team and ran track. A do-it-all player who was an All-America selection in sophomore year at Miami where he played both ways. Pro: The 12th pick of the 1980 draft, Brock played 16 years in the NFL, most with New Orleans. Meet Dylan Moses and the 2017 Parade All-America Football Team. All-league and all-state as a senior on both sides. Returned 6 INTs for TDs as senior to lead Atlantic to state championship game. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Last Name. Butkus played both ways for the Illini, at center and linebacker, and played all nine seasons of his NFL career with the Chicago Bears. Finished HS career with 47 TDs. Now in 7th NFL season with the Oakland Raiders. Hes the only primarily defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy and won it the same year he led the Wolverines to a national title. Now in his 9th NFL season, entered 2007 with 10,385 rushing yards. Others weren't big enough or fast enough or simply not good enough to succeed at the next level. After a highly successful prep career, became a multi-year starter for University of Florida. Dickerson's recruitment can still spark a heated debate in parts of Texas. Scored 29 TDs in 10 games as a senior in an era when scoring was much lower than today. Closing in on 500 career catches and 7,000 yards. Played both sides of the ball, holds the schools defensive record with 18 career interceptions. Was a member of the NFL's all-time 75th anniversary team in 1994. Earned All-American honors at the University of Florida. Caught 191 passes in 3 seasons for Crusaders. Poll: Who is Oregon's best-ever running back? Larry Gagner, OL, Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 1961. Selected in 3rd round of NFL draft by Seattle. Attended Duke. Played 128 games in 9 NFL seasons, 6 seasons as a starter, for the Houston Oilers and New York Jets. Derrick Brooks DB Washington (Pensacola) 1990. In football, the list includes Fenwick's Jim DiLullo, Maine South's Tom Spotts, Evanston's Carlos Matthews, Lane Tech's Ken Ferguson, Tilden's Dempsey Norman, St. Rita's John Foley, Lane Tech's Alex Rodriguez, Naperville Central's Tim Lavery, New Trier's Mark Floersch, Proviso East's Philip Macklin, Naperville Central's Ryan Clifford, Maine South's Sean Price and Charlie Goro. The nation got a chance to meet Justin Fields during the second season of the hit Netflix show "QB1: Beyond the Lights" and saw a player who looked as NFL ready as anyone in the last decade. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Delivered game-winning HR in bottom of 7th inning at Orlando's Tinker Field to give Forest a 1975 state baseball championship. We like to think we know something great when we see it. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Was team MVP at Kathleen in junior and senior seasons, playing LB, RB and KR. Ran for 1,840 yards and scored 31 TDs as a senior. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. February 16, 1979 - DeSmet super star Steve Stipanovich, center, dunks over two CBC players. Sean Taylor DB Gulliver Prep (Miami) 2000. Has played in the NFL for 7 years, racking up around 6,000 career yards. Played football and baseball at Florida. Led Raines to undefeated season and state championship in1998. High school: Sealy High School (Sealy, Texas), High school highlights: Class 2A state champion (1978), Class 2A championship game MVP (1978), College highlights: Two-time AP All-American (1981, 1982), Heisman Trophy finalist (1982), two-time SWC Offensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982), NFL career: Los Angeles Rams (1983-87), Indianapolis Colts (1987-91), Los Angeles Raiders (1992), Atlanta Falcons (1993). Most Recent Games and Any Score Since 1869. Never drafted by NFL because of medical condition. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. A Parade All-America selection. Led Tigers to 2005 Class 5A state championship. High school: Madison High School (Houston, Texas), High school highlights: Parade Magazine Player of the Year (2001), Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year (2001), Sporting News High School Player of the Year (2001), U.S. Army All-American Bowl MVP (2002), College highlights: BCS national champion (2006), Heisman Trophy finalist (2005), Maxwell Award (2005), Davey O'Brien Award (2005), AP All-American (2005), Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (2005), Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2003), NFL career: Tennessee Titans (2006-10), Philadelphia Eagles (2011). Pitched 2 consecutive no-hitters in 1 tournament. Attended the University of Miami as a safety. Find out more. Led Gators to their first national championship and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1996. Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. College: Stanford. Played 10 NFL seasons with just under 1,000 all-purpose yards. 1 overall recruit across all of the major recruiting services, he led Cartersville to two state titles and won 41 straight games at one point. College: Blanchard spent four years at Oregon, playing punter and quarterback. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. The 6-8 FitzPatrick towered over the competition as a senior, where he was first-team all-state on both sides of the ball and co-player of the year on defense. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. All rights reserved. Named to multiple high school All-America teams. Parade All American. All-SEC pick and semifinalist for the Outland Trophy as a senior. First-round draft pick of the New York Jets in 1979. First-team All-ACC and second-team All-American in 1995. A key member of the Crimson Tide's 1978 national championship team. Walter lands on this list more for his post-high school accomplishments, as he played football only as a senior at Sheldon. Played 12 NFL seasons, with 23 INTs, 2 Super Bowl rings and 3 Pro Bowl appearances. Currently plays for Minnesota Vikings. Manti Teo was the first five-star recruit out of Hawaii since 2002 and picked Notre Dame over BYU and USC. Or write about sports? [4] Since 1957, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, including all NCAA championship sports. Burns: Graduated in 2000. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least half of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Some, like Macklin, Nathan, Fields and Richmond, were strapped with personal or academic issues. First-team All-State K/P as HS senior. Or write about sports? As a senior, Enyart earned several national honors following a 1,304-yard, 17-touchdown campaign. Jan. 04. Was 3-year starter for Irish and collegiate All-American as a senior. Jerome Brown DL Hernando (Brooksville) 1982. Not to mention playing styles have changed, and whos to say a great quarterback from the 1940s could excel in todays game? The AFCA was a poll of college coaches. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Sheppard was honored twice on the All-American Team in 3 years at University of Florida. Hackenbruck was a first-team all-stater at linebacker and running back as a senior, earning 4A offensive player of the year honors. He played in the Philippines, Venezuela, Turkey, Lebanon and Greece. Received first team All-State honors in football and basketball. Signed with University of Florida in 1992. Leading receiver for FSU (42 catches for 525 yards) as a senior in 1974. Set a still-standing state career scoring record with 658 points (also kicked in HS). We like to think we can see talent when it's right in front of our face. Possibly the most heralded interior defensive line recruit of all time, Gerald McCoy had 40 sacks over his final two high school seasons and decided to stay in-state and play for Bob Stoops and the University of Oklahoma. Probably the most coveted wide receiver recruit of the last decade, he picked in-state Missouri over Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas but was dismissed from the team at Missouri after two seasons and two drug arrests. Blocked several punts as a DE and caught 6 TDs as senior. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Played 12 years in NFL. Michael Timpson RB/WR/KR Hialeah-Miami Lakes 1985. Marcus Dupree was an athletic freak of nature at 6-foot-3 and 229 pounds. Named No. Attended Ohio State. Devin Hester WR/CB/RB/KR Suncoast (Riviera Beach) 2001. Rushed for 3,449 yards and 59 TDs as one of 3 backs in prolific wishbone during HS career. Played 9 years in the NFL. Set single-season records as a senior with 5,552 yards (4286 passing, 1266 rushing) and 70 TDs (46/24) for 11-2 team. High school: Harrison High School (Kennesaw, Georgia), High school highlights: Elite 11 QB Camp MVP (2017), 247Sports No. Cyril Pinder Ath Crispus Attucks (Hollywood) 1963. Haloti Ngata is the highest-rated recruit in Utah history and was rated as the No. Caught 99 passes (still a state record) for 1,716 yards and 19 Tds as a senior. 1977. Currently is in 10th NFL season. College: Bohlander was a solid, dependable offensive lineman at UCLA, starting the final 38 games of his career and earning all-Pac-10 honors as a senior. Eric Dickerson entered Texas high school football lore at tiny Sealy High, where he racked up 2,667 rushing yards on the way to a state title in 1978. Vince Wilfork DL Santaluces (Lantana) 1999. Put Central Florida on college football map as star QB who completed 73.6 percent of his passes. Set several school and Big Ten records at Michigan. Parade All-American as a senior, was picked to all-time All-Broward County team by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Also starred for state championship baseball teams in 1959 and 1960. The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1979. Also spent time with the Cowboys before retiring with Dolphins in 1973. [5] Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[6] The Sporting News (TSN),[7] and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Was picked to Pro Bowl in 1982. First team All-American as a senior at Miami in 1963, when he led the nation in total offense and tied NCAA record for pass completions. Here's a look at the greatest high school football recruits of all time and what happened to them after we anointed them. Set single-season state records as a senior that stood for two decades 93 receptions (now No. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. In an age way, way, way before recruiting services, Dick Butkus was a midwestern phenomenon at linebacker when he was in high school. One of state's top all-time, all-around athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. 2 all-time). One of only 3 players in NFL with more than 400 career FGs. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Knapple. Caught 59 passes for 987 yards and 12 TDs during senior season for Raiders. Player Game Finder, School Game Finder. "The kid did not like the hoopla, all the attention. State's co-record holder for TDs (44) in a season. Had 270 tackles, 105 hurries, 32 sacks and 7 forced fumbles in 5 seasons with Philadelphia Eagles. Set state scoring record with 44 TDs as a member of Gulliver Prep's 14-1 Class 2A state title team in 2000. Set numerous all-time marks in Broward history 2,011 yards in a season (2000), 7,105 career yards, 107 career TDs (tied state record), 484 points in 3 straight seasons. Ranks 4th on Eagles' all-time INT list with 32. Finished college career at South Carolina State. Pro: Picked No. Has a Super Bowl ring with the New England Patriots (2004). Switched from LB to RB in final 2 years at Glades Central. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. A 1st-round draft pick of Philadelphia Eagles. Named MVP in state all-star game. Co-MVP of University of Miami's 2001 national title team. Florida. High school: Punahou School (Honolulu, Hawaii), High school highlights: USA Today Defensive Player of the Year (2008), HHSAA state champion (2008), Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year (2008), College highlights: Maxwell Award (2012), Butkus Award (2012), three-time AP All-American (2010-12), Heisman Trophy finalist (2012), NFL career: San Diego Chargers (2013-16), New Orleans Saints (2017-19). Started in 3 bowl games at Florida. All-Southwest Conference football and basketball player at Arkansas. Played 14 NFL seasons. CARL BANKS, LB, BEECHER (1976-1979): A dominating defender and all-state player for the Buccaneers, Banks is one of the greatest high school players ever from the city of Flint. In May, the magazine compiled a list of 10 high schools who have produced the most All-Americans. First team Class 3A All-State, All-South and Florida Super 24 selection. All-American in 1969 and first-team All-SWAC in 1968 and 1969 at Texas Southern University. All were accorded can't-miss accolades by college coaches, recruiting analysts and media observers. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. The Palm Beach Post. Born: Dec. 3, 1997 (Plainfield, New Jersey), High school: Paramus Catholic High School (Paramus, New Jersey), High school highlights: USA Today Defensive Player of the Year (2015), Under Armour All-American Game MVP (2016), USA Today All-American (2015), College highlights: Two-time All-Big Ten (2017, 2018), NFL career: Green Bay Packers (2019-present). Selected to All-Southern Team and named Orlando Sentinel state player of the year as a junior when he caught 64 passes for 1,035 yards and 15 TDs. Was a mainstay on the OL for Florida Gators from 1963-65. But college and professional accomplishments are a significant factor; its hard to ignore a 10-year NFL stint, a Heisman Trophy, or an NFL Hall of Fame induction. At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, he played defensive end and running back, was all-state in basketball and won a state championship as a sprinter in track. Set career highs in 2007 with 103 receptions for 1,147 yards and 5 TDs. Named to Florida's All-Time High School Team by Sports Illustrated in 1988. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Ainge caught 82 passes combined during his sophomore and junior seasons, before moving to quarterback as a senior. A 4-time Pro Bowler. Born: April 25, 1993 (St. Louis, Missouri), High school: Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri), High school highlights: USA Today Offensive Player of the Year (2011), two-time USA Today All-American (2010, 2011), U.S. Army All-American (2012), College highlights: Sporting News Freshman All-American (2012), All-SEC (2013), NFL career: Tennessee Titans (2015), Philadelphia Eagles (2016). James Massey RB Jefferson County (Monticello) 1982. He was just as good in college at the University of South Carolina and left school one year early to enter the NFL draft, where he was the No. David "Deacon" Jones DL Hungerford (Eatonville) 1956. For more information, please visit Rawlings.com or by phone at (314) 819-2800. Grant: Graduated in 2005. The son of San Jose State head coach Jack Elway, John decided to play baseball and football at Stanford. After Powlus chose Notre Dame in 1993, former ESPN college football analyst Beano Cook predicted he would win the Heisman Trophy twice, but injuries derailed Powlus' career. USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year and Florida's first Mr. Football award winner as a senior. He was second-team all-Pac 12 as a senior. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1978 season. Born: Jan. 21, 1984 (Inglewood, California), High school: Highland High School (Salt Lake City, Utah), High school highlights: USA Today All-American (2001), Utah Gatorade Player of the Year (2001), rugby national champion (2002). Tyrone Moss RB Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach) 2002. One of the most coveted high school quarterbacks of all time, John Elway was the No. Also: Renfro is a member of the PIL, state of Oregon, University of Oregon and Pro Football halls of fame.