Spring Top 30: Class of 2027 – Palm Beach County

PALM BEACH COUNTY – In the second iteration of Palm Beach County’s player rankings for the Class of 2027, some adjustments were made.

We have two new Top 10 entries. Both of them are linemen with more than 10 FBS offers to date, which counts for something these days. 

And from the 11-30 spots, we have three additional new entries there.

This means we have five total new entries, expanding the list from 25 to 30 players. We also have a Close to 30 list, which consists of 10 players that we strongly considered for the Top 30.

The focus was on at least three things:

•Spring game performance 

•Film study and evaluation of players

•Offer count and quality of offers

PLEASE NOTE: We will always place on-field production above all else. But now that college coaches are looking for players to commit to their schools as early as possible, we will place more of an emphasis on that as well.

With that said, we have spent a lot of time watching Hudl film, looked over and double-checked statistics throughout the ranked players’ junior seasons and for their spring games, pored over the quality and quantity of college scholarship offers they received, and heeded to advice from at least one highly credible outside source. 

DISCLAIMER: We will never reveal any of our sources who lead, guide, and direct us with our player rankings or anything else in relation to any content we release to the public. This is a standard journalistic practice that must always be strictly followed for confidentiality and credibility purposes.

SPRING TOP 30

1. DT Jamar Thompson (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 2]

Offers: Miami, Florida, Notre Dame, etc. – 24 total

2. LB Levi Champion (King’s Academy) [Previous: 1]

Offers: FAU, Western Kentucky

3. WR Jayden St. Fort (Oxbridge Academy) [Previous: 4]

Offers: Miami, Florida, Florida State, etc. – 10 total

4. DB Damari Jerry (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 3]

Offers: Miami, Florida State, Penn State, etc. – 15 total

5. DE Javion Herrington (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 5]

Offers: Miami, Auburn, Tennessee, etc. – 11 total

6. OL Zaquan Linton (Palm Beach Central) [Previous: New]

Offers: Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, etc. – 17 total

7. DT Tyler Alexander (Palm Beach Central) [Previous: New]

Offers: Missouri, Kentucky, Louisville, etc. – 14 total

8. LB Max Reid (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 8]

Offers: USF, Western Kentucky, Liberty, etc. – 6 total

9. LB Joe Sykes (Cardinal Newman) [Previous: 7]

Offers: Western Kentucky, Memphis, Keiser

10. QB Champ Smith (Spanish River) [Previous: 6]

Offers: Ole Miss, South Carolina, North Carolina, etc. – 14 total

11. WR/CB Zion Vilma (Dr. Joaquin Garcia) [Previous: 11]

Offer: FIU

12. ATH Turmarian Moreland Jr. (Palm Beach Lakes) [Previous: 12]

Offers: Miami, Florida, Florida State, etc. – 9 total

13. QB Max Griner (Royal Palm Beach) [Previous: 15]

Offers: Western Kentucky, Bowling Green

14. DB Daryl “DJ” Goring (Glades Central) [Previous: 9]

Offers: FIU, Western Kentucky, Troy, West Virginia State

15. QB Dorian Fauntleroy (Jupiter Christian) [Previous: 13] 

Offers: Arkansas, UCF, Western Kentucky, West Virginia State

16. WR Ryan Ferdinand (Palm Beach Lakes) [Previous: New] 

Offers: Syracuse, Western Kentucky

17. QB Trey Moran (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 16]

Offers: None at this time

18. ATH Dallas Crescenzo (Santaluces) [Previous: 24]

Offers: Florida State, UCLA, TCU, etc. – 11 total

19. WR Lorontae’ Davis (Palm Beach Gardens) [Previous: 14]

Offers: Syracuse, USF, Western Kentucky, etc. – 5 total

20. RB Janarro Sumpter (Cardinal Newman) [Previous: 10]

Offer: Mississippi Valley State

21. DB/RB Nicholas Bothe (Jupiter) [Previous: 18]

Offer: Rhode Island

22. RB Kelsey Gerard (Santaluces) [Previous: 21]

Offers: West Virginia, Pitt, UCLA, etc. – 14 total

23. K/P Cristian Clavijo (Santaluces) [Previous: 22]

Offers: Pitt, FIU

24. RB Jayden Lockhart (West Boca Raton) [Previous: 20]

Offers: FIU, Toledo, West Virginia State, Peru State

25. ATH Izayah Harris (Dr. Joaquin Garcia) [Previous: 17]

Offers: None at this time

26. K/P Tristan Lamb (West Boca Raton) [Previous: New] 

Offers: None at this time

27. ATH Jayden Cosby-Mosley (Benjamin) [Previous: 25]

Offers: None at this time

28. ATH Da’Coby Wooten (Glades Day) [Previous: 19]

Offers: Syracuse, FAU, FIU, etc. – 6 total

29. ATH Demetrice Rolle (Royal Palm Beach) [Previous: 23]

Offers: FAU, Western Kentucky, West Virginia State

30. QB Erik Lee Jr. (Lake Worth) [Previous: New]

Offers: None at this time

CLOSE TO 30

•OL Nate Allen (Delray Beach American Heritage)

Offers: None at this time

•RB Anderson Gracilien (West Boca Raton)

Offers: None at this time

•ATH Zachary Mitchell (Pahokee)

Offers: None at this time

•K/P Dean Murray (Jupiter)

Offers: None at this time

•OL Derrick Patterson (Royal Palm Beach)

Offers: None at this time

•RB/WR Omari St. Fort (Delray Beach Atlantic)

Offers: UCLA, Rhode Island, West Virginia State, Warner

•DE Wilzard Sterling (Somerset Academy Canyons)

Offers: Western Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, West Virginia State, UNC Pembroke

•ATH Phoenix Taylor (Palm Beach Central)

Offers: None at this time

•ATH Zeth Villarreal (Glades Day)

Offers: None at this time

•QB Joey Weber (Boca Raton Christian)

Offers: None at this time

NEXT UPDATE: Tuesday, July 1

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