PALM BEACH COUNTY – It is time to provide our first set of player rankings for the Class of 2028.
We have spent a lot of time watching Hudl film 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.
You will see for yourself how we endeavor to give our amazing athletes the love and recognition they rightfully deserve. Also with these player rankings, you will see where their respective college recruiting statuses stand at currently.
So with that being said, here is our Class of 2028 player rankings for Palm Beach County.
TOP 20: CLASS OF 2028
1. WR Demetrius Gibson (Royal Palm Beach)
Offers: Maryland, Western Kentucky, Bethune-Cookman
Photo credits: Tuff Shot Media / James Harden
2. QB Pedro Martinez Jr. (Delray Beach Atlantic)
Offers: None at this time
3. QB Marcus Stracke (Delray Beach American Heritage)
Offers: None at this time
4. TE/DE Ty Kirkpatrick (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: Auburn, Kentucky, Syracuse, etc. – 6 total
5. OL Jasiah Thomas (Cardinal Newman)
Offer: Western Kentucky
6. ATH Justin Barrera (Delray Beach Atlantic)
Offers: Auburn, Western Kentucky, FAU
7. LB Ethan Hook (Delray Beach Atlantic)
Offers: Cal, Western Michigan, Western Kentucky, etc. – 5 total
8. DE Michael Louidort (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: Nebraska, Syracuse, USF, etc. – 5 total
9. LB Chris Laborde (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: None at this time
10. OL Zayden Gatling (Palm Beach Central)
Offers: Miami, Kentucky, Syracuse, etc. – 13 total
11. OL/DL Nicky Arcaro (Palm Beach Gardens)
Offers: Wake Forest, Nebraska, Syracuse, etc. – 5 total
12. DB Gavin Meeks (Jupiter Christian)
Offer: Western Kentucky
13. DT Zachary Stelus (Spanish River)
Offer: Warner
14. CB/WR Markel Etienne (Benjamin)
Offers: None at this time
15. WR/DB Jacaris Jones (Glades Day)
Offers: None at this time
16. WR Knox Fletcher (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: None at this time
17. ATH Kamden Gilles (Benjamin)
Offers: None at this time
18. WR Ryder Zuniga (Jupiter Christian)
Offers: None at this time
19. LB/FB Cooper Clark (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: None at this time
20. WR/DB Johanthan Cesar (Delray Beach American Heritage)
Offers: None at this time
CLOSE TO 20: CLASS OF 2028
•DB Trenton Bell (Royal Palm Beach)
Offer: FIU
•QB DJ Beneby (King’s Academy)
Offers: None at this time
•ATH Gabe Owens (Benjamin)
Offers: None at this time
•ATH Kahlil Gabaud (Cardinal Newman)
Offers: None at this time
•FS/WR Carlton Jackson III (West Boca Raton)
Offers: None at this time
•WR Jayvontay Louis (Spanish River)
Offers: None at this time
•DE Makarion Owens (West Boca Raton)
Offers: None at this time
•WR Fabian Pompilus (Dr. Joaquin Garcia)
Offer: Georgia State
•WR Jarmell Sine (Santaluces)
Offers: None at this time
•WR/DB Mike Sineace (Dr. Joaquin Garcia)
Offers: None at this time
•LB/DB Dejon Smith (Delray Beach Atlantic)
Offers: None at this time
•ATH Kyrell Thomas (Delray Beach Atlantic)
Offers: None at this time
•WR Jacob Tome (King’s Academy)
Offers: None at this time
•DE AJ Walker (Pahokee)
Offers: None at this time
•CB Kendrick Williams (Spanish River)
Offers: None at this time
PLEASE NOTE: We will update the Class of 2028 player rankings sometime in either December 2025 or January 2026.
PHOTO CREDITS: Tuff Shot Media (Instagram) / James Harden
VIDEO CREDITS: Solitario Visuals (Instagram) / Tyrell Brown
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