States with the most recruits in the latest 2028 Rivals300 rankings
The latest update to the Rivals300 for the 2028 recruiting class has been released, and the traditional powerhouses continue to dominate. The states producing the highest volumes of elite high school football talent, typically those with large populations and strong recruiting pipelines, are prominently featured once again. In the most recent Rivals300 update for the 2028 recruiting class, Georgia has taken the top spot nationally for producing the most elite rising junior prospects, narrowly edging out Texas in second place.
Florida sits in third, just ahead of California in fourth. New Jersey and Tennessee are tied for fifth in terms of the number of players ranked within the Rivals300 for this cycle. With the rankings release, Rivals is breaking down where the top 300 2028 prospects in the country this cycle hail from as we’re in the off-season phase of the high school football season: Georgia – 45 In the latest Rivals300 update for the 2028 recruiting class, Georgia (the Peach State) maintains a slim lead over Texas (the Lone Star State) in producing top-tier talent.
The margin is razor-thin, with Georgia holding just three more players in the rankings than Texas. This narrow edge underscores Georgia’s emergence as a powerhouse in the cycle, as numerous prospects from the state have delivered standout on-field performances and solidified their status among the nation’s absolute elite recruits. Georgia’s highest ranked player from this 2028 class is four-star safety Casey Barner of McEachern.
Barner is joined by five other players inside of the Top 50 in this latest cycle update. Texas – 42 In the most recent Rivals300 update for the 2028 recruiting class, Texas holds steady at No. 2 behind Georgia.
The gap to the third-place state, Florida, is a solid six players in Texas’s favor within this rankings tier. With talent spread far and wide across the massive state, the Lone Star State’s count looks poised to climb even higher as evaluations continue and more prospects emerge or rise through the ranks in the coming months. Taking the top spot amongst all the 2028 prospects this time around is four-star wide receiver Jaylen Addai of Shadow Creek.
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