New Jersey 2024 Rankings: Positional Breakdown
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Prep Redzone has released its initial Class of 2024 rankings for the state of New Jersey. We expected this list to take several shapes in the next few years. There will be a mid-season change to this list that should…
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Continue ReadingPrep Redzone has released its initial Class of 2024 rankings for the state of New Jersey. We expected this list to take several shapes in the next few years. There will be a mid-season change to this list that should include the addition of more players. For now, let’s take a position-by-position look at the 2024 prospect rankings.
Note: There was a late addition to the rankings. We will update the rankings to reflect the rankings in this article.
QUARTERBACKS
No. 24 DeAngello Conquest DeAngello Conquest 6'4" | 190 lbs | QB Overbrook | 2024 State NJ /6-2/165/Overbrook
No. 26 Patrick Grusser Patrick Grusser 6'2" | 190 lbs | QB St. Joes Regional | 2024 State NJ /6-1/175/DePaul Catholic
No. 27 Chris Dietrich Chris Dietrich 6'3" | 205 lbs | QB Pope John | 2024 State NJ /6-3/190/Bernards
Breakdown
DeAngello Conquest DeAngello Conquest 6'4" | 190 lbs | QB Overbrook | 2024 State NJ gets the early nod for now because he’s the quarterback with the most in-game experience. He’s shown the most at the varsity level out of the 2024 quarterbacks currently ranked. Conquest completed 67-of-119 passes for 835 yards, nine touchdowns, and eight interceptions. With a year under his belt, he should be able to improve his touchdown-to-interception ratio.
Patrick Grusser Patrick Grusser 6'2" | 190 lbs | QB St. Joes Regional | 2024 State NJ will be one to keep an eye out on as well.
RUNNING BACKS
No. 10 Yasin Willis Yasin Willis 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB St. Joseph's | 2024 State NJ /6-1/200/St. Joseph’s
No. 12 Micah Ford Micah Ford 6'1" | 205 lbs | ATH Tom Rivers North | 2024 State NJ /5-11/205/Tom River’s North
No. 23 Dan Cruz Dan Cruz RB Allentown | 2024 NJ /Allentown
Breakdown
Yasin Willis Yasin Willis 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB St. Joseph's | 2024 State NJ has offers from Temple, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
Micah Ford Micah Ford 6'1" | 205 lbs | ATH Tom Rivers North | 2024 State NJ has an offer from West Virginia.
Dan Cruz Dan Cruz RB Allentown | 2024 NJ does not have an offer but did enough in his freshman year campaign to crack the list.
WIDE RECEIVERS
No. 16 Zekai Wimberly Zekai Wimberly 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB West Orange | 2024 State NJ /6-2/220/West Orange
No. 17 Jahide LeSaine Jahide LeSaine 6'5" | 235 lbs | DL Irvington | 2024 State NJ /6-3/225/Pope John XXIII
Breakdown
Zekai Wimberly Zekai Wimberly 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB West Orange | 2024 State NJ has an offer from Mississippi.
Jahid Lesaine has an offer from Mississippi.
Kenyon Massey has an offer from Syracuse.
TIGHT END
No. 13 Owen Wafle Owen Wafle 6'3" | 235 lbs | DL The Hun School | 2024 State NJ /6-3/235/The Hun School
Wafle has an offer from Rutgers
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No. 5 Malachi Bethea Malachi Bethea 6'4" | 275 lbs | OL East Side | 2024 State NJ /6-3/295/East Side
No. 6 Jaheem Reddick Jaheem Reddick 6'3" | 375 lbs | OL Sterling | 2024 State NJ /6-3/375/Sterling
No. 21 Damien Eichler Damien Eichler 6'4" | 320 lbs | DL Woodstown | 2024 State NJ /6-4/320/Woodstown
Breakdown
Malchai Bethea has an offer from Mississippi.
Jaheem Reddick Jaheem Reddick 6'3" | 375 lbs | OL Sterling | 2024 State NJ has an offer from Mississippi.
Damien Eichler Damien Eichler 6'4" | 320 lbs | DL Woodstown | 2024 State NJ has an offer from Temple.
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No. 9 Xavier Miles Xavier Miles 6'2" | 325 lbs | OL St. Peter's Prep | 2024 State NJ /6-2/325/St. Peter’s Prep
No. 12 Raquan Harvey/6-3/230/St. Joseph’s
Breakdown
Miles has offers from Mississippi and Rutgers.
Harvey has an offer from Mississippi.
LINEBACKERS
No. 4 Vaboue Toure Vaboue Toure 6'0" | 185 lbs | ATH Irvington | 2024 State NJ /6-0/185/Irvington
No. 21 Gabe Perez Gabe Perez 5'10" | 220 lbs | LB Bergenfield | 2024 State NJ /5-10/220/Bergenfield
No. 24 James Hill Jr. James Hill Jr. 5'11" | 180 lbs | RB Woodstown | 2024 State NJ /5-10/180/Woodstown
Breakdown
Vaboue Toure Vaboue Toure 6'0" | 185 lbs | ATH Irvington | 2024 State NJ has offers from Massachusetts and Pittsburgh.
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No. 2 Jaylen McClain Jaylen McClain 6'0" | 175 lbs | DB Seton Hall | 2024 State NJ /5-11/175/Seton Hall
No. 8 Eric Lee Eric Lee 6'1" | 185 lbs | DB Woodrow Wilson | 2024 FL /6-1/185/Woodrow Wilson
No. 19 William Love William Love 6'1" | 190 lbs | DB Camden Eastside | 2024 State NJ /6-1/190/Woodrow Wilson
No. 25 Jaeden Jones Jaeden Jones 5'11" | 190 lbs | DB Colonia | 2024 State NJ /5-9/Colonia
Breakdown
Jaylen McClain Jaylen McClain 6'0" | 175 lbs | DB Seton Hall | 2024 State NJ has offers from Massachussetts, Mississippi, Rutgers, Syracuse, and Temple.
Eric Lee Eric Lee 6'1" | 185 lbs | DB Woodrow Wilson | 2024 FL has offers from Mississippi and Temple.
Judah Anthony Judah Anthony 5'10" | 160 lbs | WR Woodrow Wilson | 2024 State NJ has an offer from Mississippi.
William Love William Love 6'1" | 190 lbs | DB Camden Eastside | 2024 State NJ has an offer from Mississippi.
ATHLETE
No. 1 Fatim Diggs Fatim Diggs 6'3" | 225 lbs | ATH Woodrow Wilson | 2024 State NJ /6-3/225/Woodrow Wilson
No. 3 Nyreek Clybrurn/6-5/215/East Side
No. 10 Elijah Jennings Elijah Jennings 5'8" | 160 lbs | ATH Pennsauken | 2024 State NJ /5-8/160/Pennsauken
No. 15 Anthony Reagan Anthony Reagan 5'7" | 175 lbs | ATH Woodbury | 2024 State NJ /5-7/175/Woodbury
No. 16 Kenyon Massey/5-10/170/St. Joe’s (Montvale)
Breakdown
Diggs has offers from Mississippi, Temple, and West Virginia.
Clyburn has offers from Mississippi and Rutgers.
Reagan has an offer from West Virginia.
Jennings has offers from Temple and Mississippi.
OTHER THOUGHTS
It’s pretty clear that Mississippi is doing its best to make an in-road to the state of New Jersey. They have sent out the most offers of any school to 2024 prospects in class. Temple, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers have all taken an early look at New Jersey’s top 2024 prospects. You can expect this list to grow in the upcoming months.