HERO Sports will take you position-by-position with FCS recruiting, and let you know who looks like the biggest recruit at each spot on the field.
Today, we rank FCS defensive line commitments — D-tackles and D-ends combined.
Today's ranking (below) takes into account only high school recruits (NOTE: JUCOs and other transfers will be evaluated later this spring) who have committed to FCS schools as of the night of Jan. 22. Further updates will continue through national signing day. How do we rank? We pay more attention to the scholarship offers an athlete received than any kind of star rating from a recruiting service. If an FCS recruit holds 17 offers and 6 are of the FBS variety? That will rank him above a recruit who holds three — we let the colleges do the evaluations of film, they're the ones who get paid well to do that. Full final rankings will be released for teams and prospects on Monday, Feb. 11 at 12 p.m. ET[divider]
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FCS' TOP 2019 DEFENSIVE LINE RECRUITS
| 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 | HARVARD | DL | Nate Leskovec | Solon, OH | 8 P5 offers, 14 total |
| 3 | MERCER | DL | Richard Benton | Atlanta, GA | 17 FBS offers, 34 total offers |
| 4 | PORTLAND STATE | DL | Justus Legg | Auburn, WA | 4 P5s, 7 FBS offers |
| 5 | YOUNGSTOWN ST. | DL | Cheriff Jamison | Youngstown, OH | Kentucky, 12 FBS offers |
| 6 | VILLANOVA | DL | Jack Stanton | Alpharetta, GA | 9 FBS offers, 30 total |
| 7 | WEST. CAROLINA | DL | Christian Harris | Chattanooga, TN | 8 FBS offers, 31 total |
| 8 | PRINCETON | DL | Cole Aubrey | Bellflower, CA | Boston College, 6 FBS, 22 offers |
| 9 | SAMFORD | DL | Nick Jackson | Winter Park, FL | Duke, 4 FBS, 17 total offers |
| 10 | HARVARD | DL | Aidan Wells | Cleveland, OH | Virginia,7 FBS offers, 14 total |
| 11 | HARVARD | DL | North Peters | Mystic, CT | Syracuse, 4 FBS, 12 total |
| 12 | COLUMBIA | DL | Mitch Moyer | Claymont, DE | Rutgers, 6 total offers |
| 13 | DELAWARE | DL | Akie Nance | Newark, NJ | Kentucky, Temple, 7 Total |
| 14 | NDSU | DL | Reed Ryan | Waunakee, WI | 7 FBS offers, 14 total |
| 15 | FURMAN | DL | Jack Barton | Roswell, GA | 8 FBS offers, 22 offers |
| 16 | HOLY CROSS | DL | Thomas Kiessling | Cincinnati, OH | 8 FBS offers, 13 offers |
| 17 | NORTH CAROLINA A&T | DL | Tyquan Johnson | Cordova, SC | Wake Forest, 5 FBS, 8 total |
| 18 | SOUTHERN ILL. | DL | Nate Thurman | St. Louis, MO | Kentucky, Bowling Green, EIU |
| 19 | KENNESAW STATE | DL | Joel Parker | Birmingham, AL | 4 FBS, 15 total |
| 20 | EASTERN ILLINOIS | DL | Dominic Moore | Chicago, IL | Illinois, 4 FBS offers |
| 21 | WOFFORD | DL | Eric Mizell | Alabaster, AL | Troy, Navy, 18 total offers |
| 22 | TEXAS SOUTHERN | DL | Viramontes Pippens | DeSoto, TX | Colorado, Alabama A&M |
| 23 | IDAHO STATE | DL | Will Vea | Sammamish, WA | Utah |
| 24 | NORTHWESTERN ST. | DL | Ja'Quez Jackson | Monroe, LA | Kansas State, La Monroe |
| 25 | ALABAMA A&M | DL | Davion Wheeler | Dallas, TX | Colorado, 3 FBS offers |
| 26 | HOWARD | DL | Deion Harry | Crete, IL | Oregon St., 7 total offers |
| 27 | STONY BROOK | DL | Keith Winfrey | Mastic Beach, NY | Boston College, Maine, UNH, Yale |
| 28 | PRINCETON | DL | Reece Hite | Mission Viejo, CA | Utah State, Air Force, 10 offers |
| 29 | JACKSONVILLE ST. | DL | Nathan Sapp | Hogansville, GA | 4 FBS offers, 6 total |
| 30 | SOUTHERN U. | DL | Jaylon Ned | Lake Charles, LA | SE Louisiana decommit; 5 FBS, 11 total |
| 31 | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | DL | O'Tay Baker | Mesquite, TX | Baylor, SMU, McNeese |
| 32 | SDSU | DL | Jarod DePriest | Farmington, IL | 5 FBS, multiple MVFC |
| 33 | FURMAN | DL | Devonte Jones | Anderson, SC | 4 FBS, 11 offers |
| 34 | FORDHAM | DL | Dajour Dixon | Lancaster, CA | Hawaii, Air Force, UTEP, 8 offers |
| 35 | EASTERN KENTUCKY | DL | Josiah Ezirim | Hilliard, OH | Cincy, Bowling Green, Youngstown St. |
| 36 | COLGATE | DL | Zack Pelland | Gurnee, IL | 2 Academies, NDSU, 11 offers |
| 37 | LEHIGH | DL | Michael Callahan | Plano, TX | All 3 Academies, 9 total |
| 38 | CENTRAL ARKANSAS | DL | James Kitt | Pensacola, FL | UAB, Southern Miss, USA, 6 total |
| 39 | PENN | DL | Will Seiler | Atlanta, GA | 3 FBS offers, 13 total offers |
| 40 | HARVARD | DL | Kevens Grammont | Charlotte, NC | 2 FBS, 11 total |
| 41 | SAM HOUSTON STATE | DL | Jevon Leon | Houston, TX | 2 FBS, 12 total offers |
| 42 | NDSU | DL | Javier Derritt | Lenexa, KS | 2 FBS offers, 12 total offers |
| 43 | JAMES MADISON | DL | Sean Johns | Washington, DC | 4 FBS, 12 total |
| 44 | NICHOLLS | DL | Dillion Davis | Donaldsonville, LA | 6 FBS offers, 11 total |
| 45 | EASTERN WASH. | DL | Soli Paleso'o | Fife, WA | Utah St., Wyoming, 6 total |
| 46 | KENNESAW STATE | DL | Demetric Barnes | Lithonia, GA | Troy, 13 FCS offes |
| 47 | ROBERT MORRIS | DL | Colton Richards | New Wilmington, PA | 2 FBS, 3 CAA, 10 total |
| 48 | JACKSONVILLE ST. | DL | Dacorrion West | Columbus, GA | 2 FBS offers, 9 total |
| 49 | TENNESSEE TECH | DL | Michael Dixon | Kennesaw, GA | 5 FBS offers, 8 total |
| 50 | ILLINOIS STATE | DL | Dallas Culpepper | Beech Grove, IN | 3 MAC offers, Indiana State |
