Best plays by leading college football recruits: Elite wide receivers
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 23, 2023, 07:20 AM ET Prior to they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, several of the leading employees in the 2024 ESPN 300 are playing below the lights on weeknights.Cameron Coleman(No.
8 general in 2024) is the top-ranked receiver in the 2024 class for a factor. On Thursday night for Central High School(Alabama), the luxury wideout showed why yet again. The future Texas A&M Aggie had three touchdown receptions in a 55-0 success over JAG High School(Alabama). Part of a class for Jimbo Fisher that ESPN has actually ranked ninth, Coleman has 23 catches for 461 backyards and nine goals in five games this season.Here’s how some other of the country’s leading employees looked today.
The future Tiger was multidimensional in Midlothian High School’s(Texas)game
Thursday against Cleburne High School(Texas). In the 48-15 triumph, Wesco (No. 22 general in 2024)had 2 getting touchdowns– including this one to begin the 4th quarter– and a 65-yard punt return for a score.Hey @dctf, we got one heck of an emphasize! 30 yard TD amazing catch by @Bryantwesco19 #WinTheDay #PantherPride @MISD_Athletics @MHSPanthers #SCTop 10 pic.twitter.com/Z33lY8hsvb!.?.!— MHS Panther Football( @MidloPanthers)September 22, 2023 Wesco, one of 2 ESPN 300 wide receivers(T.J. Moore, No. 220 total)in the Tigers’13th-ranked class, has 26 receptions for 389 backyards and 10 goals through five games this season. Smith(No. 9 general)and Trader (No. 11 general)were at it once again Thursday for Chaminade-Madonna Prep(Florida)versus Miami Central.For the third straight week,
Smith discovered pay dirt at least two times in a game as the future Buckeye assisted the Lions go toe-to-toe with Miami Central and take out a 31-28 victory.Trader is the highest-ranked player in the Hurricanes ‘class, which is 14th in ESPN’s latest team rankings.5 ⭐ Ohio St. dedicate Jeremiah Smith makes it look EASY. These offenses are looking SHARP.
@Jermiah_Smith1|@Nadeboyz pic.twitter.com/e2vKnkFb9j!.?.!— SportsCenter NEXT(@SCNext)September 22, 2023 Smith, who’s the top-ranked recruit in Ohio State’s No. 2-ranked class, has 42 receptions for 617 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
Carr was on point when he needed to be for Saline High School(Michigan)on Friday.The No. 35-ranked player, the highest-ranked promise in Notre Dame’s class, threw a set of touchdown passes to break a 28-28 tie
in the 2nd half, ultimately directing his group to a 42-35 win over
Monroe High School( Michigan ). Goal Keyes from CJ Carr! Saline 42 Monroe 28 pic.twitter.com/iPe9rbNsHX!.?.!— TheSalinePost (@TheSalinePost)September 23, 2023 Notre Dame’s class, which has eight ESPN 300 players in the fold, is 16th overall.
A top-50 prospect in the 2024 class, Carr(No. 43 general)had a productive Friday night for Colquitt County High( Georgia )versus Cedar Grove(Georgia). Carr is among 10 top-100 potential customers in ESPN’s top-ranked class and was dynamic in the Packers’50-42 success. He had 4 receptions for 94 yards and a score. play 0:18 Georgia commit Ny Carr hauls in a TD
Georgia dedicate Ny Carr generates a 23-yard touchdown for Colquitt County.In four games entering Friday, Carr had 30 catches for 489 yards and nine touchdowns.
Carr isn’t the only
ability player of note for Georgia’s Colquitt County High School.Thomas(No. 47 total in 2024)at first dedicated to the Seminoles as an eighth-grader prior to changing to Georgia and then back to Florida State in April.The cycle’s leading tight end, Thomas made certain to offer a contribution on Friday. He captured 4 passes for 72 backyards and tallied three TDs– including 2 on the ground by means of the Wildcat formation– in the 50-42 triumph.Colquitt County (GA) QB Neko Fann scrambles and discovers future Florida State Seminole Landen Thomas for 6! @FannNeko @Landen_Thomas18 @CCPackersFball pic.twitter.com/Zn6YWUZKQO!.?.!— SportsCenter NEXT(@SCNext)September 22, 2023 Mike Norvell’s class is seventh in ESPN’s newest team rankings. As the top-ranked hire in Florida State’s class, Bolden(No. 16 overall in 2024) certainly amasses a great deal of attention in highlighting a top-10 class.But the versatile Bolden should have a large majority of it as he showed once again on Friday as Georgia’s Buford
High School beat Marietta 30-3. KJ Bolden with the long rushing touchdown!!! @buford_football leads marietta 23-0 in the 2nd quarter!!! if you can’t enjoy on your television watch on the link bellow!!https://t.co/uI6EkyWwuo@RustyMansell_ pic.twitter.com/NMXnrh4nrf!.?.!— rating Atlanta(@scoreatlanta)September 23, 2023 Through 4 games for the Wolves, he taped 17 tackles(9 solo) with 2 interceptions while making the most of his seven receptions– four of which have opted for ratings.