New Jersey’s Top Class of 2022 Defensive Backs

Prep Redzone will release an updated list of the top Class of 2022 New Jersey High School football players during the month of May. In the meantime, we will spend the next several weeks doing research on prospects. Prep Redzone New Jersey is always open to hear from coaches. If you know of a Class of 2022 defensive backs that should be considered for this list, email us at easternparecruits@gmail.com. <strong>No. 13 [player_tooltip player_id="140800" first="Ahsin" last="Jacobs"]/5-9/180/S/Eastside</strong> Jacobs has an offer from UMass. <strong>No. 12 Curtis Whiting/5-11/185/CB/Hackensack</strong> Whiting has an offer from Army. <strong>No. 11 Francesco Barone/6-1/195/S/Hun School</strong> Barone has FBS offers from Air Force, Navy, and Army. <strong>No. 10 Ty Bartrum/6-1/195/S/Cherokee</strong> Bartrum has an offer from Bowling Green and Toledo. <strong>No. 9 [player_tooltip player_id="27976" first="Nasir" last="Hill"]/6-1/190/S/St. Augustine Prep</strong> Hill has offers from Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Temple, and UMass. It’s worth noting that he’s being recruited as an athlete too. Hill made 22 total tackles and caught three interceptions on defense last season. Offenisvely, he caught 18 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns. <strong>No. 8 [player_tooltip player_id="27985" first="Christian" last="LeBrun"]/6-1/210/S/St. Peter’s Prep</strong> Boston College, Maryland, UMass, Nebraska, and Old Dominion are among his 10-plus offers. <strong>No. 7 [player_tooltip player_id="140787" first="Thomas" last="Amankwaa"]/6-0/180/CB/Hillsborough</strong> Amankwaa has FBS offers from Akron, Ball State, Kent State, UMass, Pittsburgh, South Alabama, Syracuse, and Western Michigan. He was impressive on the offensive side of the football during the 2020 season. Amankwaa caught 27 passes for 558 yards and five touchdowns last season. <strong>No. 6 [player_tooltip player_id="27975" first="Nicholas" last="Alvarado"]/6-0/190/S/Union City</strong> Alvarado’s 10-plus offers include Pittsburgh, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Temple, and Indiana. <strong>No. 5 [player_tooltip player_id="115063" first="A’Khoury" last="Lyde"]/6-0/170/CB/DePaul Catholic</strong> Boston College, Wisconsin, Akron, Buffalo, and Duke are among Lyde’s 15-plus offers. Lyde had a productive season on the offensive side of the football in 2020. He caught 20 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns in six games. <strong>No. 4 [player_tooltip player_id="115059" first="Avery" last="Powell"]/5-10/170/CB/St. Peter’s Prep</strong> Powell is one of several cornerbacks on this list with a crazy amount of offers. Mississippi State, Rutgers, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Penn State, and Wisconsin are among Powell’s 35-plus offers. He played in four out of six games last year. Statistically, it wasn’t a great season for Powell. But then again, who in their right mind would throw to the side of one of the top cornerbacks in the nation? <strong>No. 3 [player_tooltip player_id="27980" first="Davison" last="Igbinosun"]/6-3/185/CB/Union</strong> Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Boston College, and Central Michigan are among his 15-plus offers. Igbinosun racked up an impressive 71 tackles in the 12 games he played in last season. <strong>No. 2 [player_tooltip player_id="27963" first="Jayden" last="Bellamy"]/6-1/175/CB/Bergen Catholic</strong> Notre Dame, Penn State, Ohio State, Boston College, and Rutgers are among the 20-plus offers for Bellamy. He recently picked up an offer from Clemson. <strong>No. 1 [player_tooltip player_id="27961" first="Jaeden" last="Gould"]/6-2/190/CB/Bergen Catholic</strong> Gould earned a first-team selection on the Super Football Conference post-season team as a defensive back.  He has over 35-plus reported offers that include Penn State, Michigan, Rutgers, USC, and Alabama.