2026 New Jersey HS Football Player Rankings

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Discover the top high school football players in New Jersey's class of 2026. Our comprehensive player rankings cover 695 athletes from high schools across the state. Find out where your favorite player stacks up in the rankings and read the latest scouting reports on them by subscribing to Prep Redzone.

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Ranked Players

540 players

Rank	Player	Height	Weight	Position	High School
1	Jordan Thomas	6’1″	185	DB	Bergen Catholic
2	Luke Wafle	6’6″	245	DL	The Hun School
3	Damari Simeon	6’3″	270	DL	St. Augustine Prep
4	CJ Edwards	6’4″	190	DL	St. Joseph’s Metuchen
5	Nakeem Powell	5’10”	160	ATH	Winslow

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Watch List Players

155 players

Player	Height	Weight	Position	High School
Joey Acinapura	6’0″	165	LB	Cranford
Thomas Adamsky	5’9″	135	QB	Pope John
Carmine Aliperti	6’0″	200	WR	Holmdel
Nick Anderson	5’10”	170	WR	Morristown-Beard
Xavier Andujar	5’11”	170	DB	Cedar Grove

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– Bergen Catholic
– The Hun School
– St. Augustine Prep
– St. Joseph's Metuchen
– Winslow
– St. Joseph's Regional (Montvale)
– Bergen Catholic
– Saint Joseph Regional
– Don Bosco Prep
– DePaul Catholic
– Glassboro
– DePaul Catholic
– Delbarton
– Millville
– Donovan Catholic
– Bergen Catholic
– DePaul Catholic
– Winslow
– St. Peter's Prep
– The Hun School
– St. Augustine Prep
– DePaul Catholic
– St. Joseph Regional
– Matawan
– Franklin
– Spotswood
– DePaul Catholic
– The Hun School
– Paramus Catholic
– DePaul Catholic
– Pope John
– St. Joseph Regional
– Camden
– Pope John
– Bergen Catholic
– Oakcrest
– The Hun School
– Washington Township
– Summit
– St. Thomas Aquinas
– St. Joe's Regional
– Jackson Memorial
– Pennsauken
– Pingry
– The Pennington School
– The Hun School
– Camden
– Winslow
– The Hun School
– Bergen Catholic
– Holmdel
– Don Bosco
– DePaul Catholic
– Cedar Creek
– Bergen Catholic
– Don Bosco
– Paramus Catholic
– Weequahic
– Winslow
– Shabazz
– Camden Catholic
– Glassboro
– East Orange
– Piscataway
– Cedar Creek
– Union City
– Phillipsburg
– Montgomery
– St. Joseph's Regional
– Westwood Regional
– St. Augustine
– Passaic
– Red Bank Catholic
– St. Thomas Aquinas
– The Pennington School
– Saint Joseph
– Bergen Catholic
– Glassboro
– DePaul
– Cedar Creek
– Weequahic
– St. Peter's Prep
– Wayne Valley
– JFK Iselin
– Cherry Hill West
– Camden
– Camden
– Winslow
– Lawrenceville
– Seneca
– Cedar Creek
– Morristown
– St. Peter's Prep
– Moorestown
– Keyport
– Glassboro
– Delbarton
– St. Augustine Prep
– Delbarton
– Bergen Catholic
– Seneca
– Don Bosco Prep
– Nutley
– Mainland
– St. Joseph Regional
– Hanover Park
– St. Joseph (Metuchen)
– The Pennington School
– Rumson-Fair Haven
– Elizabeth
– Pope John
– Bergen Catholic
– Barringer
– Brick Memorial
– Elizabeth
– Scotch Plains-Fanwood
– Rancocas Valley
– Willingboro
– Winslow
– Middle Township
– Paramus Catholic
– St. Joseph Regional
– Blair Academy
– Wayne Valley
– Elizabeth
– Belvidere
– Plainfield
– Rahway
– Delbarton
– Bergen Catholic
– St. Joseph's Metuchen
– Don Bosco Prep
– Paul VI
– West Orange
– Sparta
– West Orange
– Ramsey
– Pascack Valley
– Holy Spirit
– Bayonne
– Paramus Catholic
– Glassboro
– Pennington School
– Brick Township
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Kingsway
– North Hunterdon
– Seneca
– Princeton
– Wayne Valley
– Ramapo
– Summit
– Rumson-Fair Haven
– Mount Olive
– Neptune
– The Peddie School
– Montgomery
– Pope John XXIII Regional Highschool
– Phillipsburg
– Wayne Hills
– Hillsborough
– Triton Regional
– Dayton
– Rancocas Valley
– Timber Creek
– Newark Central
– Pleasantville
– Delsea
– Ramapo
– St. John Vianney
– Rumson-Fair Haven
– Old Bridge
– St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
– Millville
– Hammonton
– St. John Vianney
– Weequahic
– Don Bosco Prep
– Passaic Valley
– Glen Rock
– New Providence
– Kingsway Regional
– Pope John
– HiggPoint
– Cedar Creek
– Weehawken
– Red Bank Catholic
– Randolph
– Brick Memorial
– Newton
– Camden
– St. Thomas Aquinas
– Hillside
– Voorhees
– Glassboro
– Mount Olive
– Butler
– New Milford
– Union City
– Ramapo
– Hackensack
– Camden
– Mainland
– Chatham
– Haddonfield
– Don Bosco
– Rumson-Fair Haven
– Ocean City
– Newark Eastside
– Ramsey
– Bayonne
– Union City
– Atlantic City
– North Brunswick
– Burlington Township
– Ridge
– Verona
– Passaic Valley
– St. John Vianney
– Wildwood
– South Plainfield
– St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
– Bayonne
– Pinelands
– Cedar Creek
– Marlboro
– St. John Vianney
– St. Joseph's Metuchen
– Cedar Grove
– Phillipsburg
– New Providence
– Manalapan
– The Lawrenceville School
– Cumberland
– Cinnaminson
– Plainfield
– Pascack Valley
– Warren Hills
– Spotswood
– Camden
– West Morris
– Ramapo
– Central Regional
– Middletown North
– Colonia
– Summit
– Kingsway Reginal
– Seton Hall Prep
– Northern Highlands
– Red Bank Regional
– St. Augustine
– Hillsborough
– Asbury Park
– West Essex
– Ramapo
– Absegami
– Whippany Park
– Cedar Creek
– DePaul Catholic
– Millville
– Sparta
– Eastern Regional
– Passaic County Tech
– Kingsway Regional
– Shawnee
– Red Bank Catholic
– Glassboro
– Franklin
– Burlington City
– Camden Catholic
– Point Pleasant Boro
– Piscataway
– The Pennington School
– Bayonne
– Colonia
– North Brunswick
– Jackson Memorial
– Camden
– Haddonfield
– Summit
– Hightstown
– Morris Knolls
– Rancocas Valley
– St. Augustine Prep
– Phillipsburg
– North Hunterdon
– Ridgewood
– Cedar Grove
– Colonia
– Holmdel
– Willingboro
– Waldwick
– Burlington Township
– Paul VI
– Chatham
– Manasquan
– Abraham Clark
– Rancocas Valley
– Seton Hall Prep
– Paul VI
– St. Thomas Aquinas
– East Orange
– High Point
– Oakcrest
– Nutley
– Clifton
– Washington Township
– Manchester
– Lenape Valley
– Lawrence
– Washington Township
– Don Bosco
– Cherry Hill East
– Montville
– Holy Spirit
– Timber Creek
– Linden
– Notre Dame
– East Orange
– Hackensack
– Trenton Central
– Pope John
– Hackensack
– St. Joseph Regional
– Washington Township
– Brick Memorial
– JFK Iselin
– Point Pleasant Boro
– Wallkill Valley
– Mendham
– Passaic Valley
– Bayonne
– Haddonfield
– Bernards
– Ramsey
– Shore Regional
– Caldwell
– Freehold Township
– Montgomery
– Verona
– Hackensack
– Notre Dame
– Middletown North
– Willingboro
– Burlington Township
– Demarest
– Delran
– Timber Creek
– Middletown South
– Middletown South
– Kingsway
– Don Bosco Prep
– Irvington
– Washington Township
– DePaul Catholic
– Pascack Valley
– JFK Iselin
– Middletown North
– Whippany Park
– Old Tappan
– Pascack Valley
– Notre Dame
– Bridgeton
– Riverside
– Spotswood
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Montgomery
– Snyder
– Steinert
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– New Providence
– South Brunswick
– Warren Hills
– Passaic County Tech
– Kingsway
– Northern Highlands
– Wall Township
– Mountain Lakes
– Shabazz
– North Bergen
– Colonia
– Camden
– Haddon Heights
– Union City
– Old Bridge
– Jefferson
– Saint Augustine Prep
– Bayonne
– Collingswood
– East Orange
– St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
– South Plainfield
– Hackensack
– Pequannock
– Holy Cross Prep
– St. Augustine Prep
– Manchester Township
– Morris Knolls
– Butler
– Hasbrouck Heights
– Red Bank Catholic
– Glen Rock
– Rancocas Valley
– Delaware Valley
– Voorhees
– Bayonne
– Washington Township
– Holy Spirit
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Glen Rock
– St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
– Seton Hall Prep
– Union City
– West Deptford
– Saint Peters
– St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
– DePaul Catholic
– West Milford
– Manalapan
– Hudson Catholic
– Ramsey
– Delran
– Mainland
– Ramsey
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Metuchen
– Rancocas Valley
– West Morris Central
– Winslow
– Bergen Catholic
– St. Mary's
– Shabazz
– Montgomery
– Newark East Side
– St. Thomas Aquinas
– Irvington
– West Orange
– Hillsborough
– Camden
– St. Mary Rutherford
– Ramsey
– North Plainfield
– Summit
– Piscataway
– St. Peter's Prep
– Riverside
– Saint John Vianney
– Millville
– Metuchen
– Brick
– Jefferson Township
– DePaul Catholic
– Watchung Hills
– Rahway
– Phillipsburg
– Roselle Park
– Old Bridge
– Jackson Memorial
– Hawthorne
– Washington Township
– East Orange
– St. Joseph's Hammonton
– Demarest
– Brick Township
– North Hunterdon
– Immaculata
– Middletown South
– New Egypt
– Elmwood Park
– Hopewell Valley
– Camden
– Bishop Eustace
– Hawthorne
– Woodbridge
– Mainland
– Freehold Township
– Watchung Hills
– West Deptford
– Randolph
– Notre Dame
– North Bergen
– Atlantic County Institute Of Technology
– Central Regional
– Elmwood Park
– Millburn
– Delran
– Holy Spirit
– Wallkill Valley
– Teaneck
– Timber Creek Regional
– Kingsway
– Arthur P. Schalick
– South Plainfield
– Manville
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Newark Central
– Hammonton
– Neptune
– Bound Brook
– Wall
– Washington Township
– Freehold Boro
– Lawrence
– Verona
– Penns Grove
– Highland Park
– Holy Cross Prep
– Westfield
– Manchester Township
– Plainfield
– Ridgefield Park
– Belvidere
– Piscataway
– Lakewood
– Toms River North
– Montgomery
– West Windsor Plainsboro North
– Princeton
– Morristown Beard
– Bernards
– Dumont
– Bayonne
– Deptford
– Paramus Catholic
– JFK Iselin
– Jackson Memorial
– Long Branch
– Delsea
– River Dell
– Plainfield
– Saddle Brook
– Abraham Clark
– Red Bank Catholic
– Manville
– Hillsborough
– Abraham Clark
– Roselle Park
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Metuchen
– Hackettstown
– Cranford
– Pope John
– Holmdel
– Morristown-Beard
– Cedar Grove
– Toms River North
– Ocean Township
– Weequahic
– Vineland
– Cedar Grove
– Delbarton
– East Orange Campus
– West Deptford
– Abraham Clark
– Paulsboro
– Bergen Catholic
– Camden
– Passaic Valley
– Wall
– Hunterdon Central
– Union City
– Pequannock
– Toms River North
– Fair Lawn
– Franklin
– Pascack Valley
– Ocean City
– Mountain Lakes
– Bergen Catholic
– Cherokee
– Colonia
– Wall
– Mountain Lakes
– Wayne Valley
– Morristown
– Southern Regional
– West Windsor-Plainsboro
– Winslow
– Atlantic City
– St. Mary's
– Montville
– Southern Regional
– Bishop Eustace
– Mountain Lakes
– Old Bridge
– Egg Harbor Township
– Mountain Lakes
– Hillsborough
– Millburn
– New Providence
– Manchester Regional
– Highland Park
– Pennsville
– Paul VI
– Paulsboro
– Lenape
– Scotch Plains-Fanwood
– Jackson Memorial
– New Egypt
– Passaic Valley
– Point Pleasant Beach
– Sayreville
– East Orange
– Steinert
– East Orange
– Lenape
– Lakewood
– Delran
– South Brunswick
– Moorestown
– Newark East Side
– New Providence
– Butler
– Hunterdon Central
– Haddonfield
– Cedar Grove
– Bridgewater-Raritan
– Old Bridge
– Cherokee
– West Essex
– Timber Creek Regional
– Cherokee
– Metuchen
– Pennsauken
– Elizabeth
– Timber Creek
– Shawnee
– Long Branch
– Hanover Park
– Colonia
– Middletown North
– Delsea
– New Providence
– Ocean City
– Paulsboro
– Pascack Valley
– Chatham
– Old Tappan
– Passaic County Tech
– East Orange
– Phillipsburg
– Brick
– Passaic
– Rumson-Fair Haven
– Donovan Catholic
– Shawnee
– New Egypt
– Ridgewood
– Watchung Hills
– Northern Highlands
– Millville
– Union City
– Pennsauken
– Pennsauken
– Don Bosco Prep
– Willingboro
– Paul VI
– Audubon
– Atlantic City
– Riverside
– Old Tappan
– Washington Township
– Atlantic City
– Holmdel
– Wood-Ridge
– Saint Peter's Prep
– Eastern Regional
– Colts Neck
– Schalick
– Washington Township
– Hasbrouck Heights
– Don Bosco Prep
– Cherokee
– Pascack Valley
– Perth Amboy
– North Plainfield
– Manasquan
– Garfield
– Spotswood
– Glassboro
– West Milford
– Old Bridge
– Pequannock
– Clayton
– Vernon
– Paramus Catholic
– Irvington
– Dwight-Morrow
– Hudson Catholic
– Pennington
– Peddie Prep
– Randolph
– Morris Catholic
– Paulsboro

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Ranked Players

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New Jersey Football 2026 Player Rankings

New Jersey High School Football

What scouts are saying about New Jersey's 2026 class

’26 Rankings Update: Watchlist Prospects that Entered Top 250+

’26 Rankings Update: The Wide Receiver Film Room, Part III

’26 Rankings Update: Shake Up within the Top-150 Ranked, Part III

’26 Rankings Update: The Defensive Back Film Room, Part III

’26 Rankings Update: The Offensive Line Film Room, Part II

’26 Rankings Update: The Linebacker Film Room, Part III

’26 Rankings Update: The Athlete Film Room, Part II

’26 Rankings Update: The Tight End Film Room

’26 Rankings Update: Watchlist Prospects that Entered the Top 250

’26 Rankings Update: The Quarterback Film Room, Part II

Ranked Players

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