Highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from New Jersey
Every year college football teams and fans wait for high school recruits to reveal which school they will attend and which team they will play for in the following academic year.
In the Class of 2021, Alabama and Ohio State both signed three of the top 10 recruits while USC signed the #1 overall recruit, defensive lineman Korey Foreman. Alabama has signed the highest-rated class in three of the last four years. Only two teams ranked within the top 50 recruiting classes in 2021 were not in Power 5 conferences: Cincinnati (#44) and Memphis (#47) of the American Athletic Conference.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from New Jersey using data from 247sports.
Keep reading to find out who you will likely be watching play college football in 2022.
#41: Nazir Dale (ATH)
- High school: Camden (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,389 (3 stars, 0.8215 rating)
- Position ranking: #131 (ATH)
- Offers: Temple, West Virginia
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#40: David Siegel (OT)
- High school: Hun School (New Canaan, CT)
- National ranking: 1,382 (3 stars, 0.8254 rating)
- Position ranking: #142 (OT)
- Offers: Vanderbilt, Duke, Louisville, Bowling Green, Bryant
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#39: Damir McCrary (LB)
- High school: Woodrow Wilson (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,353 (3 stars, 0.8265 rating)
- Position ranking: #137 (LB)
- Offers: Boston College, Massachusetts, Miami, Virginia Tech
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#38: Christian LeBrun (S)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,334 (3 stars, 0.8265 rating)
- Position ranking: #82 (S)
- Offers: Boston College, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Old Dominion
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#37: Vince Carpenter (OT)
- High school: Red Bank Catholic (Little Silver, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,333 (3 stars, 0.8265 rating)
- Position ranking: #135 (OT)
- Offers: Purdue, Buffalo, Columbia, Connecticut, Dartmouth
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#36: Nicholas Alvarado (S)
- High school: Union City (Union City, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,332 (3 stars, 0.8265 rating)
- Position ranking: #81 (S)
- Offers: Northern Illinois, Akron, Boston College, Buffalo, Indiana
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#35: Nasir Hill (ATH)
- High school: St. Augustine Prep (Richland, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,310 (3 stars, 0.8315 rating)
- Position ranking: #122 (ATH)
- Offers: Buffalo, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Temple
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#34: Kanye Udoh (RB)
- High school: St. Augustine Prep (Richland, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,287 (3 stars, 0.8326 rating)
- Position ranking: #100 (RB)
- Offers: Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Nebraska
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#33: Pat Caughey (TE)
- High school: Delbarton School (Morristown, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,245 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #77 (TE)
- Offers: Arizona State, Buffalo, Rutgers, Wake Forest, West Virginia
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#32: Marcus Johnson (Edge)
- High school: Woodrow Wilson (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,232 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #51 (Edge)
- Offers: Boston College, Central Michigan, East Carolina, Temple, Virginia Tech
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#31: Matt Fries (OT)
- High school: Cranford Sr (Cranford, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,154 (3 stars, 0.8416 rating)
- Position ranking: #115 (OT)
- Offers: Illinois, Arizona State, Indiana, Akron, Arizona
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#30: Donovan Leary (QB)
- High school: Timber Creek (Sicklerville, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,126 (3 stars, 0.8416 rating)
- Position ranking: #78 (QB)
- Offers: Illinois, Boston College, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Colorado State
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#29: André Oben (OT)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,125 (3 stars, 0.8416 rating)
- Position ranking: #111 (OT)
- Offers: Purdue, Columbia, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Fordham
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#28: LeQuint Allen (RB)
- High school: Millville (Millville, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,095 (3 stars, 0.8427 rating)
- Position ranking: #80 (RB)
- Offers: Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple, Virginia
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#27: Owen Anderson (TE)
- High school: Hun School (Skillman, NJ)
- National ranking: 1,087 (3 stars, 0.8431 rating)
- Position ranking: #62 (TE)
- Offers: Illinois, Bucknell, Buffalo, Georgia Tech, Lehigh
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#26: Zion Cheeks (LB)
- High school: Penns Grove (Penns Grove, NJ)
- National ranking: 999 (3 stars, 0.8477 rating)
- Position ranking: #97 (LB)
- Offers: Cincinnati, Boston College, Buffalo, Indiana, Maryland
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#25: Nelson Monegro (OT)
- High school: Union City (Union City, NJ)
- National ranking: 983 (3 stars, 0.8485 rating)
- Position ranking: #100 (OT)
- Offers: Rutgers, Akron, Arizona State, Buffalo, Central Michigan
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#24: Kyle Louis (ATH)
- High school: East Orange Campus (East Orange, NJ)
- National ranking: 977 (3 stars, 0.8488 rating)
- Position ranking: #84 (ATH)
- Offers: Temple, Buffalo, Kent State, Marshall, Maryland
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#23: Joe De Croce (OT)
- High school: Northern Valley Regional (Demarest, NJ)
- National ranking: 924 (3 stars, 0.8519 rating)
- Position ranking: #87 (OT)
- Offers: Rutgers, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Louisville
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#22: Justin Evans-Jenkins (DL)
- High school: Irvington (Irvington, NJ)
- National ranking: 871 (3 stars, 0.8538 rating)
- Position ranking: #121 (DL)
- Offers: Alabama, Boston College, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky
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#21: Kenny Soares (ATH)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (New Canaan, CT)
- National ranking: 870 (3 stars, 0.8538 rating)
- Position ranking: #71 (ATH)
- Offers: Army, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Columbia, Connecticut
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#20: Denis Jaquez (Edge)
- High school: St. Augustine Prep (Richland, NJ)
- National ranking: 852 (3 stars, 0.8559 rating)
- Position ranking: #36 (Edge)
- Offers: Northwestern, Air Force, Akron, Appalachian State, Army
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#19: Alex Bauman (Edge)
- High school: Red Bank Catholic (Red Bank, NJ)
- National ranking: 839 (3 stars, 0.8566 rating)
- Position ranking: #35 (Edge)
- Offers: Buffalo, Coastal Carolina, Connecticut, Elon, Massachusetts
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#18: A'Khoury Lyde (CB)
- High school: DePaul Catholic (Wayne, NJ)
- National ranking: 769 (3 stars, 0.8588 rating)
- Position ranking: #76 (CB)
- Offers: Wisconsin, Duke, Pittsburgh, Akron, Boston College
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#17: Taj White (OT)
- High school: Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 763 (3 stars, 0.8593 rating)
- Position ranking: #71 (OT)
- Offers: Rutgers, Akron, Boston College, Buffalo, Maryland
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#16: Jojo Bermudez (WR)
- High school: Cedar Creek (Egg Harbor City, NJ)
- National ranking: 741 (3 stars, 0.8614 rating)
- Position ranking: #104 (WR)
- Offers: Rutgers, Central Michigan, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Princeton
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#15: Avery Powell (CB)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 714 (3 stars, 0.863 rating)
- Position ranking: #71 (CB)
- Offers: Nebraska, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Wisconsin
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#14: Q'yaeir Price (DL)
- High school: DePaul Catholic (Wayne, NJ)
- National ranking: 696 (3 stars, 0.8638 rating)
- Position ranking: #101 (DL)
- Offers: Syracuse, West Virginia, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut
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#13: Nyair Graham (LB)
- High school: Woodrow Wilson (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 631 (3 stars, 0.8688 rating)
- Position ranking: #66 (LB)
- Offers: Maryland, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Georgia Tech
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#12: Sam Martin Jr (RB)
- High school: Curtis (Staten Island, NY)
- National ranking: 605 (3 stars, 0.8699 rating)
- Position ranking: #50 (RB)
- Offers: California, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers
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#11: Davison Igbinosun (CB)
- High school: Union (Union, NJ)
- National ranking: 542 (3 stars, 0.8739 rating)
- Position ranking: #55 (CB)
- Offers: Rutgers, Duke, Pittsburgh, Akron, Boston College
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#10: Devin Kargman (QB)
- High school: Woodrow Wilson (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 505 (3 stars, 0.8784 rating)
- Position ranking: #33 (QB)
- Offers: Temple, West Virginia
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#9: Kenny Fletcher (Edge)
- High school: Delran (Delran, NJ)
- National ranking: 486 (3 stars, 0.8796 rating)
- Position ranking: #25 (Edge)
- Offers: Rutgers, Boston College, Duke, Kentucky, Louisville
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#8: Trent McGaughey (TE)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 483 (3 stars, 0.8797 rating)
- Position ranking: #22 (TE)
- Offers: Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Boston College
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#7: Peter Delaportas (QB)
- High school: Jefferson Twp H (Oak Ridge, NJ)
- National ranking: 455 (3 stars, 0.8827 rating)
- Position ranking: #31 (QB)
- Offers: Boston College, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse
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#6: Jayden Bellamy (CB)
- High school: Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
- National ranking: 450 (3 stars, 0.883 rating)
- Position ranking: #43 (CB)
- Offers: Notre Dame, Penn State, Akron, Boston College, Clemson
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#5: Amari Clark (WR)
- High school: Woodrow Wilson (Camden, NJ)
- National ranking: 423 (3 stars, 0.885 rating)
- Position ranking: #61 (WR)
- Offers: Maryland, Akron, Baylor, Boston College, Buffalo
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#4: KJ Miles (DL)
- High school: St. Peters Prep (Jersey City, NJ)
- National ranking: 350 (4 stars, 0.8925 rating)
- Position ranking: #50 (DL)
- Offers: Georgia Tech, Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, Arizona State
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#3: Steve Angeli (QB)
- High school: Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
- National ranking: 233 (4 stars, 0.9124 rating)
- Position ranking: #16 (QB)
- Offers: Notre Dame, Arizona, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Iowa
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#2: Jaeden Gould (CB)
- High school: Bergen Catholic (Oradell, NJ)
- National ranking: 152 (4 stars, 0.9399 rating)
- Position ranking: #18 (CB)
- Offers: USC, Penn State, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas
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#1: Jacob Allen (OT)
- High school: Hun School (Princeton, NJ)
- National ranking: 118 (4 stars, 0.9505 rating)
- Position ranking: #13 (OT)
- Offers: Rutgers, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn
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