2023 Elite 11 quarterbacks announced

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20 of the best high school football quarterbacks in America will descend upon Los Angeles in two weeks for the Elite 11 finals. All of the finalists are on High School Football America’s list of the best QBs in the Class of 2024 that was released last weekend.

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The overall No. 1 college football prospect in the nation, Dylan Raiola of Pinnacle High School in Arizona, headlines the field. The Georgia-recruit is one of two Arizona QB’s in the field. Joining Raiola and Desmond Williams of Basha, who led the Bears to the state’s Open Division title last year and a No. 22 ranking in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

Half of the field led their programs to Top 300 finishes last season.

Texas has four quarterbacks in the field, the most of any states. California, Connecticut, Florida and Georgia have two entrants each.

Below are the other finalists:

2023 Elite 11 Finalists

  • Elijah Brown, Mater Dei (California)
  • C.J. Carr, Saline (Michigan)
  • Jadyn Davis, Providence Day (North Carolina)
  • Ethan Grunkemeyer, Olentangy (Ohio)
  • Will Hammond, Hutton (Texas)
  • Mike Hawkins, Emerson (Texas)
  • Hauss Hejny, Aledo (Texas)
  • Colin Hurley, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida)
  • Trever Jackson, West Orange (Florida)
  • Daniel Kaelin, Bellevue West (Nebraska)
  • Luke Kromenhoek, Benedictine (Georgia)
  • D.J. Lagway, Willis (Texas)
  • Air Noland, Langston Hughes (Georgia)
  • Danny O’Neil, Cathedral (Indiana)
  • Ryan Puglisi, Avon Old Farms (Connecticut)
  • Dylan Raiola, Pinnacle (Arizona)
  • Dante Reno, Cheshire Academy (Connecticut)
  • Julian Sayin, Carlsbad (California)
  • Desmond Williams, Basha (Arizona)
  • Isaac Wilson, Corner Canyon (Utah)

Raiola and Davis are 5-star recruits in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Brown, Carr, Hejny, Kromenhoek, Lagway, Noland, Puglisi, Reno, Sayin, Williams and Wilson are 4-star prospects.

Grunkemeyer, Hammond, Hawkins, Hurley, Jackson, Kaelin and O’Neil are 3-star recruits.

The finals are set for June 14-16.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.