HERO Sports is giving you a feel for all things FCS recruiting.
How did we come to this conclusion?
- The Top 300 is below …
- This isn’t the 247Sports “star” rating formula, or Rivals.com. It’s only based on scholarship offers. If you held at least three FCS offers? You added bonus points to your school’s ranking. But no matter what? If you signed with your school, you helped in the ranking below in our formula.
- This is based ONLY on incoming true freshmen (high school or prep school). Mixing true freshmen with transfers evaluation is “apples and oranges” in our estimation. Our JUCO and FBS/FCS transfer rankings will come this summer after spring ball has cleared and all transfers have been announced by schools. We separate those rankings. Teams that choose to go heavily the transfer route will get that recognition later when all of the transfer news has finalized.
- We consider all D-1 scholarship offers of the 2,500 or so FCS signees … P5 offers? FBS offers? FCS? How many? And if you signed with your favorite school? The offers are “tiered” and you helped the “score” because we gave credence to quantity AND quality. Once again, everybody who signed with an FCS school helped their school’s rating in the formula.
- Conferences like the NEC and Pioneer League — who tend to sign players late into the later NCAA national signing period until May — will be ranked as a conference at a later date when their full classes have gone public, though some of their players are recognized in our individual signee rankings.
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FCS TOP 300 SIGNEE RANKING
| RK | FCS CHOICE | POS | PROSPECT | HOMETOWN | OTHER D-1 OPTIONS |
| 1 | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DL | Carl Williams | Lufkin, TX | Arkansas decommit, 8 P5 offers |
| 2 | MAINE | LB | Kolin Demens | Southfield, MI | UCLA decommit, multiple P5s |
| 3 | HARVARD | DL | Nate Leskovec | Solon, OH | 8 P5 offers, 14 total |
| 4 | TENNESSEE TECH | WR | Justin Oden | Columbia, TN | 8 P5 offers last year |
| 5 | ETSU | LB | Deven Brantley | Riverdale, GA | 6 P5s, 19 FBS offers |
| 6 | YALE | RB | Josh McKenzie | Oradell, NJ | 8 P5 offers, 13 total |
| 7 | MERCER | DL | Richard Benton | Atlanta, GA | 17 FBS offers, 34 total offers |
| 8 | FLORIDA A&M | LB | Moezies Telfort | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Ga. State decommit, 5 P5s, 10 FBS offers |
| 9 | NICHOLLS | OL | Caleb Etienne | New Orleans, LA | 4 P5 offers – Ole Miss decommit |
| 10 | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | RB | Ahmad Antoine | New Orleans, LA | 5 P5 offers, 16 FBS offers, 20 total |
| 11 | SOUTHERN U. | DB | Bertrand Carrell | Baton Rouge, LA | 3 SEC offers, 4 P5, 11 FBS |
| 12 | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DB | Myles Brooks | Pflugerville, TX | Arkansas decommit – 4 P5 offers |
| 13 | DARTMOUTH | TE | Jordan Kirkbride | Columbus, OH | 3 P5s, 15 FBS, 23 total |
| 14 | MURRAY STATE | DB | A.J. McCorkle | Conyers, GA | Syracuse, 16 FBS, 20 total |
| 15 | N.C. CENTRAL | OL | Michael Cartwright | Hialeah, FL | Indiana decommit, 3 P5s, 15 FBS offers |
| 16 | PORTLAND STATE | DL | Justus Legg | Auburn, WA | 4 P5s, 7 FBS offers |
| 17 | FLORIDA A&M | LB | Omari Fiffer | Jacksonville, FL | 3 P5s, 17 total |
| 18 | YOUNGSTOWN ST. | DL | Cheriff Jamison | Youngstown, OH | Kentucky, 12 FBS offers |
| 19 | FORDHAM | DB | Prince-Elijah Degroat | Staten Island, NY | Bost.Coll., Syracuse, Rutg., 11 offers |
| 20 | NORTHERN IOWA | LB | Cameron Baker | Council Bluffs, IA | Indiana, Iowa, Cent. Mich, NDSU |
| 21 | NDSU | LB | Luke Weerts | Batavia, IL | Kansas St., 6 FBS, 18 total |
| 22 | JAMES MADISON | LB | Julio Ayamel | Olney, MD | Kentucky – 15 total offers |
| 23 | VILLANOVA | DL | Jack Stanton | Alpharetta, GA | 9 FBS offers, 30 total |
| 24 | VILLANOVA | LB | Josh Slay | Atlanta, GA | 8 FBS, 31 total offers; Furman decommit |
| 25 | WEST. CAROLINA | DE | Christian Harris | Chattanooga, TN | 8 FBS offers, 31 total |
| 26 | BETHUNE-COOKMAN | OL | Travis Robinson | Daytona Beach, FL | Florida, Louisville, Missouri, FAU |
| 27 | ILLINOIS STATE | WR | Jabari Khepera | Dallas, TX | 3 P5s, 5 FBS offers |
| 28 | ILLINOIS STATE | RB | Nigel White | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Louisville, Syracuse, Utah, 8 offers |
| 29 | VILLANOVA | DB | Jaaron Hayek | Wayne, NJ | Rutgers decommit, 8 FBS, 26 total |
| 30 | TENN-MARTIN | WR | Jaden Gibbs | Knoxville, TN | Kentucky, South Carolina – 9 offers |
| 31 | WEST. CAROLINA | RB | Syheam McQueen | Laurinburg, NC | N.C. State, South Carolina, UNC |
| 32 | TENNESSEE STATE | OL | Jaalon Gupton | Nashville, TN | South Carolina, Louisville, Memphis |
| 33 | DELAWARE | WR | Jourdan Townsend | Farrell, PA | Michigan St., Kansas St., 8 FBS offers |
| 34 | RICHMOND | TE | Ben Castellano | Purcellville, VA | Indiana, Syracuse, 10 FBS, 18 total |
| 35 | ALABAMA A&M | WR | Jurial Caldwell | Jacksonville, FL | Auburn, Utah, 8 FBS, 14 total |
| 36 | PRINCETON | DE | Cole Aubrey | Bellflower, CA | Boston College, 6 FBS, 22 offers |
| 37 | EASTERN WASH. | DB | Trey Edwards | Harbor City, CA | Utah, UCLA, Colorado St. decommit, Montana St. |
| 38 | GRAMBLING STATE | WR | Kash Foley | Reserve, LA | Kentucky, Kansas, 11 FBS offers |
| 39 | JACKSONVILLE ST. | LB | Brandon Hudgins | Eufaula, AL | Ga. Tech, Wake Forest, 8 offers |
| 40 | HARVARD | QB | Curt Casteel | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Syracuse, Boston College, Cincy |
| 41 | JACKSONVILLE ST. | WR | Edward Gipson | Pelham, AL | Indiana, 7 FBS, 12 total |
| 42 | HAMPTON | OL | Erik Walker | Gibsonville, NC | N.C. State, North Carolina, Tulane |
| 43 | IDAHO STATE | DB | Keithan Gooden | Calabasas, CA | Colorado, Iowa State, Colo. State |
| 44 | SACRAMENTO ST. | RB | Daniel Fortune | San Bernardino, CA | Utah, Iowa State |
| 45 | ALCORN STATE | LB | Jordan Richo | Yulee, FL | Minnesota, Rutgers, USF, 7 offers |
| 46 | PORTLAND STATE | DB | Greg Oliver | Las Vegas, NV | UCLA, BYU, UNLV, No. Ariz. |
| 47 | JAMES MADISON | LB | Jalen Green | Olney, MD | Virginia – 6 total offers |
| 48 | NORTHWESTERN ST. | ATH | Aubrey Scott | Stonewall, LA | Florida, 4 FBS, 8 total |
| 49 | NORTHERN IOWA | QB | Nate Martens | St. Louis, MO | Syracuse, Temple, 8 total |
| 50 | HARVARD | QB | Charlie Dean | Tampa, FL | Maryland, UCF, 8 FBS, 12 total |
| 51 | FURMAN | OL | Evan Jumper | Myrtle Beach, SC | Rutgers, 12 FBS, 20 total offers |
| 52 | WEST. CAROLINA | DB | Neil Ilenrey | Alpharetta, GA | 3 P5s, 7 FBS offers, 13 total |
| 53 | SAMFORD | DL | Nick Jackson | Winter Park, FL | Duke, 4 FBS, 17 total offers |
| 54 | SOUTHERN U. | DB | Corey Williams | Bellaire, TX | Kansas, 4 FBS offers, 8 total |
| 55 | PRINCETON | WR | Jojo Hawkins | Buena Park, CA | Utah, 7 FBS, 14 total offers |
| 56 | HARVARD | DL | Aidan Wells | Cleveland, OH | Virginia,7 FBS offers, 14 total |
| 57 | HOUSTON BAPTIST | LB | Philip Ossai | Conroe, TX | Kansas St., 7 FBS, 9 total |
| 58 | HARVARD | DL | North Peters | Mystic, CT | Syracuse, 4 FBS, 12 total |
| 59 | COLUMBIA | DL | Mitch Moyer | Claymont, DE | Rutgers, 6 total offers |
| 60 | MONMOUTH | LB | Isaiah Bishop | Boyds, MD | Missouri, 4 FBS, 7 total |
| 61 | CHARLESTON SOUTH. | WR | Kaleb Chatmon | Cartersville, GA | West Virginia, 8 FBS offers |
| 62 | JAMES MADISON | RB | C.J. Jackson | Richmond, VA | Purdue, 8 FBS offers |
| 63 | YALE | DB | Ben Montgomery | Katy, TX | Tex. Tech, Dartmouth, 8 FBS offers |
| 64 | PENN | OL | Ben Hoitink | Slinger, WI | 2 P5 PWO, 6 FBS, 16 total |
