Video: Top 10 football players from California
Watch two elite quarterbacks, three wide receivers, two cornerbacks, two safeties and a linebacker in action.
Surfing, movie-making and Disneyland.
California is famous for all those things, but here's something else: Producing great football players.
Consider these California products: Tom Brady, John Elway, Aaron Rodgers, Ronnie Lott and Marcus Allen. There are more than 30 California natives in the NFL Hall of Fame.
Here are the 10 most recruited California football players from the Class of 2018 according to
247Sports composite rankings. Note that all 10 are among the top 75 ranked players in the country. Also three of the 10 have transferred to new schools for the 2017 season, including the top two players.
Top 10 California football players from the Class of 2018
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1. WR — Jalen Hall, Long Beach Poly The 6-foot-4, 192-pounder has a staggering 43 offers. The ones at the top of his list are USC, UCLA, Stanford, Alabama and Arizona. Hall, who should benefit greatly from the transfer of the No. 2 player on this list, is ranked the second-best receiver in the country and No. 12 recruit overall. Hall himself is a transfer from Hawkins (Los Angeles), where he caught 50 passes for 1,134 yards and 11 touchdowns last season for the 13-1 Hawks.
2. QB — Matt Corral, Long Beach PolyThe 6-2, 196-pounder is a 5-star recruit and considered the No. 2 pro-style quarterback in the country. He's ranked the 15th best recruit overall. He has only six offers because his commitment to USC is so firm. Corral transferred from Oaks Christian in the winter.
3. WR — Amon-Ra St. Brown, Mater Dei (Santa Ana)Another 5-star recruit, St. Brown is a 6-foot, 191-pound burner with great hands and toughness for one of the country's top teams. Ranked the third-best receiver in the country (No. 19 recruit overall), St. Brown figures to join his brother Osiris at Notre Dame, though USC, Michigan, Ohio State and Stanford all are making strong pitches. St. Brown had 60 catches for 1,229 yards and a team best 21 touchdowns last year. Sophomore All-American quarterback J.T. Daniels returns for Mater Dei, which finished 13-1 last year. Daniels completed 315 of 423 for 4,849 yards, 67 touchdowns and just six interceptions last year.
4. S — Jaiden Woodbey, St. John Bosco (Bellflower)The 6-1, 210-pounder has committed to Ohio State. The 4-star recruit is ranked the third-best safety in the country and is the No. 30 recruit overall.
5. CB — Isaac Taylor-Stuart, St. Augustine (San Diego)The 6-2, 187-pounder is ranked the fourth-best cornerback in the country and No. 32 recruit overall. Alabama, USC and Washington appear his three top suitors.
6. CB — Olaijah Griffin, Mission ViejoThe 6-foot, 170-pounder helped Mission Viejo to a state title as a sophomore. He's now ranked the sixth-best cornerback in the country and No. 42 recruit overall. He's received 12 offers and is likely to stay local, to either UCLA or USC.
7. LB — Solomon Tuliaupupu, Mater DeiAnother elite recruit should help coach Bruce Rollinson, who starts his 29th season. Tuliaupupu is ranked the third-best inside linebacker in the country and No. 57 recruit overall. He's got a healthy 32 college offers, but USC is his most likely destination. Ohio State, Washington, Alabama and Arizona are other top candidates. Tuliaupupu recorded 126 tackles — 18 for losses — last season at Claremont.
8. WR — Marquis Spiker, Murrieta Valley (Murrieta)The 6-3, 188-pounder has already committed to Washington after hauling in 90 passes for 1,737 yards and 26 touchdowns last year. With sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier returning (3,862 yards, 46 touchdowns), Spiker should put even bigger numbers. He has 14 offers, including all the Pac-12 schools, along with Michigan, Boston College and Missouri. He's considered the 12th-best receiver in the country and No. 70 recruit overall.
9. QB — Tanner McKee Centennial (Corona)The 6-6, 220-pounder is ranked the fifth-best pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 74 recruit overall. He's been highly successful in Centennial's prolific spread system, passing for 4,238 career yards, 45 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. He also rushed for 539 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior. McKee has 20 offers, including Alabama, but most think it's a choice between Stanford or BYU.
10. S — Steve Stephens, Edison (Fresno)The 6-foot, 185-pounder has already committed to Oregon, though he has 12 other offers. The 4-star recruit is ranked the seventh-best safety in the country and No. 78 overall.