Who are the top high school football running backs in the nation in the Class of 2024?
At quick glance of 247Sports Composite Rankings, five of the Top 10 play on teams that begin the season ranked in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Taylor Tatum – Longview (Texas)
Longview’s Taylor Tatum is considered the top RB in the nation. He’s the only back to receive a 5-star prospect rating in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.
This coming Friday, Tatum, who is also an excellent baseball player, will make his college announcement, choosing between Oklahoma and USC.
Longview enters 2023 ranked No. 81 in the HSFA 300. Last year, Taylor averaged 8.9 yards per carry over 1,840 yards. He ran for 33 touchdowns and caught three others while leading the Cowboys to the state semifinals in Class 5A Division I.
Jerrick Gibson – IMG Academy (Florida)
IMG Academy’s Jerrick Gibson has given his verbal to the University of Texas. Last year, in nine games last season, the 5-foot-11, 195-pounder ran for 608 yards with eight touchdowns. He averaged 7.3 yards per carry.
Nate Frazier – Mater Dei (California)
Nate Frazier has 24 college scholarship offers as the second best back statistically at powerful Mater Dei. Junior-to-be Jordan Davison has 50 offers after gaining 1,514 yards last year to Frazier’s 693. Frazier averaged 11.3 yards per carry, which was more than two-yards per carry more than Davison.
Here are the Top 10 runners, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings
- No. 1 Taylor Tatum – Longview (Texas)
- No. 2 Jerrick Gibson – IMG (Florida)
- No. 3 Kameron Davis – Dougherty (Georgia)
- No. 4 Nate Frazier – Mater Dei (California)
- No. 5 Kevin Riley – Tuscaloosa County (Alabama)
- No. 6 Jordan Marshall – Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)
- No. 7 James Peoples – San Antonio Veterans Memorial (Texas)
- No. 8 Dwight Phillips, Jr. – Pebblebrook (Georgia)
- No. 9 Caden Durham – Duncanville (Texas)
- No. 10 Chauncey Bowens – The Benjamin School (Florida)
Below are some of the other top ball carriers in the Class of 2024.
Other Top Class of 2024 RB’s
Name/School/State/Verbal Commitment
Frankie Arthur – Oak Ridge (Texas) – Uncommitted
Taji Atkins – Westfield (Texas) – Rice
Lloyd Avant – Summer Creek (Texas) – Tulsa
Jaylen Boardley – Pleasant Grove (Texas) – Uncommitted
Chauncey Bowens – The Benjamin School (Florida) – Georgia
Kobe Boykin – Los Alamitos (California) –
Isaac Brown – Homestead (Florida) – Louisville
Jason Brown – O’Dea (Washington) – Uncommitted
Ajon Bryant – Mater Dei (California) – Uncommitted
Blaine Burke – Moody (Alabama) – Arkansas State
J’Marion Burnette – Andalusia (Alabama) – Auburn
Jakorion Caffey – Avon (Ohio) – Cincinnati
Johann Cardenas – St. Thomas (Houston, Texas) – Vanderbilt
Anthony Carrie – Carrollwood Day (Florida) – Michigan State
Christian Clark – Mountain Pointe (Arizona) – Texas
Kahnen Daniels – West Point (Mississippi) – Florida
Chris Davis – Picayune (Mississippi) – Stanford
Andre Devine – North Fort Myers (Florida) – Uncommitted
Joseph Dodds – Tidehaven (Texas) – Baylor
Brevin Doll – A-D-M (Iowa) – Iowa
Kameron Davis – Dougherty (Albany, Georgia) – Florida State
Traevon Dunbar – Midland Valley (South Carolina) – Uncommitted
Darrion Dupree – Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) – Wisconsin
Jalen Dupree – Malvern (Arkansas) – Colorado State
Caden Durham – Duncanville (Texas) – Uncommitted
Trashon Dye – Passaic County Technical Institute (New Jersey) – Syracuse
Xai’Shaun Edwards – Clear Springs (Texas) – Uncommitted
David Eziomume – North Cobb (Georgia) – Clemson
Rodney Fields – Del City (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) – Oklahoma State
Micah Ford – Toms River North (New Jersey) – Stanford
Matthew Fuller – Wayne County (Georgia) – South Carolina
Stacy Gage – St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) – UCF
Rod Gainey, Jr. – Tampa Bay Tech (Florida) – Charlotte
Davion Gause – Chaminade-Madonna (Florida) – North Carolina)
Xavier Gayten – Brookhaven (Mississippi) – Mississippi State
Tito Glass – Marion-Franklin (Ohio) – Miami (Ohio)
Jueiz Goff – Central York (Pennsylvania) – Uncommitted
Jaden Hart – Michigan City (Indiana) – Syracuse
Kesean Henderson – Hopewell (Virginia) – Uncommitted
Daniel Hill – Meridian (Mississippi) – Uncommitted
Brandon Hood – Eagle’s Landing Christian (Georgia) – Uncommitted
Diore Hubbard – Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio) – West Virginia
Ohifame Ijeboi – William Penn Charter (Pennsylvania) – Minnesota
Gideon Ituka – Gaithersburg (Maryland) – Wisconsin
Bryan Jackson – McKinney (Texas) – Uncommitted
Elijah Jennings – Pennsauken (New Jersey) – Uncommitted
Cameron Jones – St. John Bosco (California) – UCLA
Dilin Jones – Good Counsel (Maryland) – Wisconsin
Josh Joyner – Pacifica (Oxnard, California) – Washington State
Micah Kaapana – Bishop Gorman (Nevada) – Michigan
Kewan Lacy – Lancaster (Texas) – Nebraska
Unterrio Latin-Henley – Washington (Sammamish, Washington) – Uncommitted
Dylan Lee – Williams Field (Arizona) – Iowa State
Peyton Lewis – Salem (Virginia) – Tennessee) – Uncommitted
Jordan Lyle – St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) – Ohio State
Devonte Lyons – St. Augustine (Florida) – Uncommitted
Jordan Marshall – Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) – Michigan
Red Martel – Beggs (Oklahoma) – Kansas
Tyler Mason – Mount Airy (North Carolina) – Virginia Tech
Jaedon Matthews – Saguaro (Arizona) – Georgia Tech
Jamauri McClure – Goshen (Alabama) – South Alabama
Derrick McFall – John Tyler (Texas) – Uncommitted
Tre McLeod – Cheltenham (Pennsylvania) – Uncommitted
Anthony McMIllan – Mater Dei Catholic (California) – San Diego State
Gerald Modest, Jr. – Booker T. Washington (Miami, Florida) – Uncommitted
Adam Mohammed – Apollo (Arizona) – Arizona
Tovani Mizell – Western (Florida) – Kentucky
Nate Palmer – Decatur (Texas) – TCU
Sean Patrick – Kenston (Ohio) – Akron
Jason Patterson – Sneads (Florida) – Uncommitted
Jeremy Payne – Hightower (Missouri City, Texas) – TCU
James Peoples – Veterans Memorial (San Antonio, Texas) – Ohio State
Keenan Phillips – Bainbridge (Georgia) – Uncommitted
Dwight Phillips, Jr. – Pebblebrook (Georgia) – Georgia
Tony Phillips – Kankakee (Illinois) – Uncommitted
Ryan Powell – Warren G. Harding – Uncommitted
John Price _ Blue Valley (Kansas) – Kansas State
Lamar Radcliffe – Sacramento (California) – Uncommitted
Cincere Rhaney – Serra (Gardena, California) – Uncommitted
Turbo Richard – Northwestern (South Carolina) – Boston College
Da’Juan Riggs – St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) – Oregon
Kevin Riley – Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) – Miami (Florida)
Xavier Robinson – Carl Albert (Oklahoma) – Oklahoma
D’Marius Rucker – Lakeland (Florida) – Uncommitted
Braylen Russell – Benton (Arkansas) – Arkansas
Gabe Sawchuk – Valor Christian (Colorado) – Uncommitted
Jayden Scott – Stockbridge (Georgia) – Uncommitted
Terrace Shelton – Franklin (Wisconsin) – Buffalo
Kayvion Sibley – Allen (Texas) – Uncommitted
Kiefer Sibley – Connally (Texas) – Uncommitted
Chauncey Sylvester – St. John Bosco (California) – Uncommitted
Corey Smith – Catholic Memorial (Wisconsin) – Penn State
Harry Stewart – Centennial (Frisco, Texas) – Kansas
Cole Tabb – Choctawhatchee (Florida) – Stanford
Brandon Tullis – Memorial (Frisco, Texas) – Oregon State
Ca’Lil Valentine – Chandler (Arizona) – Illinois
Jalen Washington – Houston (Mississippi) – Southern Mississippi
Jordan Washington – Jordan (Long Beach, California) – Arizona
Duke Watson – Mary Persons (Georgia) – Louisville
Micah Welch – Baldwin (Georgia) – Colorado
Chris Wheatley-Humphrey – South Broward (Florida) – Miami (Florida)
Jamaal Wiley – Stafford (Texas) – California
Aneyas Williams – Hannibal (Missouri) – Notre Dame
DeJuan Williams – St. Frances Academy (Maryland) – Maryland
DJ Williams – Austintown Fitch (Ohio) – Ball State
J’Koby Williams – Beckville (Texas) – Texas Tech
Sam Williams-Dixon – Pickerington North (Ohio) – Ohio State
Xavier Williams – Lake Central (Indiana) – Iowa
Yasin Willis – St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) – Uncommitted
Jaydon Wright – Bishop McNamara (Illinois) – Minnesota
Kendren Young – Lufkin (Texas) – Notre Dame
