Last week ESPN released the list of the top 300 recruits for the Class of 2018 with the Dallas-Fort Worth area accounting for 11 of the players on that list. There are four offensive players, including two quarterbacks and seven defensive players. The Dallas-Fort Worth representatives are:
41. QB, Denton Ryan, Spencer Sanders
76. OL, Justin Northwest, Darrell Simpson
145. DB, Hebron, Verone McKinley III
153. LB, Lovejoy, Bumper Pool
164. S, Sachse, Isaiah Humphries
178. QB, Sachse, Jalen Mayden
185. S, South Grand Prarie, Atanza Vongor
207. LB, Rockwall, Alston Orji
224. DT, Bishop Dunne, Calvin Avery
269. DT, Arlington Lamar, Bobby Brown
287. RB, Allen, Kirby Bennett.
The players listed are all going to be juniors this upcoming fall; which means they captured attention came from their play as sophomores. Other notable Texas players that cracked the top 100 include:
10. S, Angleton High, B.J. Foster
26. CB, Houston Lamar, Anthony Cook
30. WR, Manvel, Jalen Preston
40. TE, Ridge Point, Mustapha Muhammed
58. ATH, Yoakum, Josh More
65. CB, John H. Reagan, Jalen Green
73. DE, James E. Taylor, Max Wright
89. DT, Westfield, Keondre Coburn
90. QB, Waco Midway, Tanner Mordecai
The remaining players from Texas that made the list can be found on ESPN.com