2027 North Carolina Football Recruiting: Consensus Player Rankings

A statewide look at North Carolina’s top prospects based on national recruiting services — NC Football News is tracking how the major recruiting services rank North Carolinas top 2027 high school prospects

North Carolina continues to produce top-level high school football talent. This page will track a consensus ranking of North Carolina’s top 2027 high school prospects by combining national evaluations from major recruiting outlets 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.

We’ll update this page several times per year as rankings shift, offers roll in and commitments stack up.

🕒 Last updated: March 1, 2026

🏈 2027 NC Consensus Player Rankings

Here are the top 2027 North Carolina high school prospects as determined by major recruiting services 247Sports, Rivals (which recently merged with On3) and ESPN. The following table contains an average “consensus score” based on each service’s in-state ranking.

A player’s “status” is blank unless he has made a public verbal commitment to a college program.

RANK	NAME	247	RIVALS	ESPN	AVG	POS	HOMETOWN	SCHOOL	STATUS
1	Joshua Dobson	1	1	1	1.00	CB	Cornelius, NC	Hough HS
T-2	Jaxon Dollar	2	2	4	2.67	TE	Denver, NC	East Lincoln HS
T-2	Xavier Hasan	3	3	2	2.67	CB	Raleigh, NC	Cardinal Gibbons HS	Committed to Notre Dame
4	Rashad Streets	6	5	3	4.67	EDGE	Raleigh, NC	Millbrook HS
5	John Archer	4	7	6	5.67	DT	Fayetteville, NC	Seventy-First HS
6	Davion Jones	8	8	5	7.00	SAF	Charlotte, NC	West Charlotte HS
7	Nate Kamba	5	12	8	8.33	DL	Charlotte, NC	Corvian Community
8	Aroson Randle Jr.	13	4	9	8.67	LB	Garner, NC	Garner HS
9	Quinton Cypher	7	10	11	9.33	LB	Raleigh, NC	Millbrook HS	Committed to Ohio State
T-10	Jalaythan Mayfield	14	6	10	10.00	LB	Lincolnton, NC	Lincolnton HS
T-10	Marquis Bryant	9	9	12	10.00	SAF	Rolesville, NC	Rolesville HS	Committed to UNC
12	Jayden Broadie	10	14	13	12.33	EDGE	Raleigh, NC	Rolesville HS
13	Antwan McKoy	11	15	14	13.33	DL	Saint Pauls, NC	Saint Pauls HS
14	Anthony Roberts	19	11	17	15.67	WR	Rolesville, NC	Rolesville HS
15	Andrew Rogers	12	13	25	16.67	EDGE	Greensboro, NC	Grimsley HS
16	Amir Brown	16	29	7	17.33	RB	Raleigh, NC	Rolesville HS	Committed to Nebraska
17	Jonathan Dillon	18	18	19	18.33	WR	Durham, NC	Southern Durham HS
T-18	Akedran Crumel	20	16	21	19.00	CB	Clayton, NC	Clayton HS
T-18	Namajay Thompson	15	17	25	19.00	WR	Shelby, NC	Crest HS
20	Griff Galloway	17	25	18	20.00	DL	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School
21	Robert Geathers III	22	23	16	20.33	SAF	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School
22	Jesiah Fields	28	20	15	21.00	DL	Charlotte, NC	Corvian Community
23	Lance Henderson	21	24	20	21.67	ATH	Durham, NC	Southern Durham HS
24	King Kalama	25	19	25	23.00	EDGE	Pfafftown, NC	Reagan HS	Committed to Duke
25	Cairo Williams	23	22	25	23.33	SAF	Raleigh, NC	Millbrook HS
26	Xavier Perkins	26	26	25	25.67	DL	Durham, NC	Jordan HS
27	Qualteau Hawkins	33	21	25	26.33	TE	Cramerton, NC	Cramer HS
28	Keland Shelton Jr.	24	32	25	27.00	SAF	Charlotte, NC	Providence HS
T-29	Caleb Cooper	27	33	23	27.67	ATH	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School
T-29	Christian Freeman	31	28	24	27.67	RB	Raleigh, NC	Southeast Raleigh HS	Committed to NC State
31	Griffin Cockerham	32	30	22	28.00	TE	Raleigh, NC	Cardinal Gibbons HS	Committed to NC State
32	Michael Griffin Jr.	30	31	25	28.67	LB	Charlotte, NC	West Charlotte HS
33	Kamari Holloway	40	27	25	30.67	RB	Durham, NC	Southern Durham HS
34	Elijah Davis	29	39	25	31.00	RB	Pfafftown, NC	Reagan HS
35	Ethan Royal	34	39	25	32.67	QB	Cornelius, NC	Hough HS
T-36	Steele Fletcher	38	35	25	32.67	WR	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School	Committed to Wake Forest
T-36	Vermont Carmack	37	36	25	32.67	ATH	Greensboro, NC	Dudley HS
T-38	Alex Haynes	40	34	25	33.00	CB	Charlotte, NC	Metrolina Christian
T-38	Marcus Sales Jr.	35	39	25	33.00	ATH	Concord, NC	Cannon School
40	Charlie Reece	36	39	25	33.33	OT	Winston-Salem, NC	Oak Grove HS	Committed to Wake Forest
T-41	Sean Kraft	39	38	25	34.00	LS	Swannanoa, NC	Asheville Christian	Committed to Notre Dame
T-41	Tyson Broadway	40	37	25	34.00	QB	Reidsville, NC	Reidsville HS
T-43	Brennan Drummond	40	39	25	34.67	S	Charlotte, NC	Providence Day School
T-43	Bryson Gray	40	39	25	34.67	QB/ATH	Raleigh, NC	Millbrook HS
T-43	Tai Phillips	40	39	25	34.67	RB	Fayetteville, NC	Cape Fear HS

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📌 Consensus Rankings Methodology

Our consensus rankings are built using a simple formula. We chart in-state rankings released publicly by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN, then we take an average of the three.

If a player is unranked on a service list, we assign them the last listed rank + 1 for that service. Everyone that is mentioned by at least one rankings service makes our consensus list.

📊 Early Takeaways from the 2027 Rankings (Late Winter 2026)

We plan to track the Class of 2027 through spring and summer, the upcoming season and through the two signing periods in December 2026 and early February 2027.

Here are a few first impressions from our rankings list as of March 1, 2026.:

Clear No. 1: Cornerback Joshua Dobson (Hough HS), is the consensus No. 1 pick across all three major recruiting services after transferring into the state from South Carolina’s Catawba Ridge High. He’ll play for Hough High, the defending 8A state champs.
Tight race at the top: Just 1.67 average points separate the No. 2 and No. 4 spots, signaling a competitive early tier.
Defensive strength: EDGE, DL, LB and DB prospects dominate the Top 20.
Strength in numbers: Schools like Providence Day, Millbrook, Rolesville and Southern Durham have multiple prospects ranked by the national outlets.
In-state commits already active: Heading into March, 10 prospects from our rankings had already made commitments, including two to NC State, Wake Forest and Notre Dame.
Quarterback watch: The QB group currently sits outside the Top 30 consensus tier, but that could shift after junior film evaluation season.

Top North Carolina high school football recruits in the 2027 Rivals300📍

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✅ Where’s Home? Tracking All 2027 North Carolina Commitments

We strive to follow all North Carolina prospects who commit to college programs, whether it’s FBS or FCS levels or other non-Division I levels. To see every committed prospect from our state, view the 2027 North Carolina High School Football Commitment Tracker

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