When we began releasing the top high school football players in the Class of 2024, we began with quarterback Dylan Raiola, who at the time of the story, was at Pinnacle High School in Arizona. Shortly after that, the No. 1 quarterback and overall No. 1 college football prospect, transferred to powerful Buford in Georgia.
Today, we reveal the top safeties in America, starting with one of Raiola’s offensive weapons, two-way star KJ Bolden, the overall No. 1 guy at safety, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. Bolden is also a very good receiver.
Buford is the No. 1 public school in the High School Football America 100 for public schools, powered by NFL Play Football. Overall, Buford is the No. 7 team in our preseason national rankings.
Related: HSFA 300 preseason rankings heading into 2023
On August 5, Bolden will announce his college choice. His finalists are Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia and Ohio State.
Bolden is one of two 5-star safeties in the rankings. The other is No. 2 Xavier Filsaime of McKinney High School in Texas. The 6-1, 180-pounder has given his verbal to the Florida Gators.
Other Top Class of 2024 Safeties
Name/School/State/Verbal Commitment
Dayton Aupiu – Pacifica (Oxnard, California) – California
Jarvis Boatwright – Clearwater (Florida) – USC
Leontre Bradford – East St. Louis (Illinois) – Purdue
Dontae Carter – Cibolo Steele (Texas) – Vanderbilt
Landyn Cleveland – Mansfield Legacy (Texas) – Oklahoma State
Jeilani Davis – Mater Dei (California) – Utah
Myles Davis – Judson (Texas) – Texas A&M
Noah Dixon – Troup County (Georgia) – Clemson
Ka’Davion Dotson – Duncanville (Texas) – SMU
Raphael Dunn – Lawrenceville School (New Jersey) – Wisconsin
Malik Esquerra – Shoemaker (Texas) – Texas Tech
Edrees Farooq – St. Frances Academy (Maryland) – Tennessee
Kensley Faustin – Naples (Florida) – Auburn
Aaron Flowers – Forney (Texas) – Oregon
Marquis Gallegos – Sierra Canyon (California) – USC
Fred Gaskin III – Vanguard (Florida) – Uncommitted
Jakob Gude – Langston Hughes (Georgia) – UCF
Jaydan Hardy – Lewisville (Texas) – Oklahoma
CJ Heard – Woodward Academy (Georgia) – Florida State
Jaylen Heyward – Rockledge (Florida) – Uncommitted
Kelvin Hunter – West Florence (South Carolina) – South Carolina
Brandon Jacob – Evans (Orlando, Florida) – Maryland
Ju’Juan Johnson – Lafayette Christian Academy (Louisiana) – LSU
Lavonte Johnson – North Shore (Texas) – Uncommitted
Jordon Johnson-Rubell – IMG Academy (Florida) – Texas
Ricardo Jones – Northside (Warner Robins, Georgia) – Clemson
Kenyan Kelly – Denison (Texas) – UTSA
Joshua Lair – Fort Bend Marshall (Texas) – Uncommitted
Dejuan Lane – Gilman (Maryland) – Penn State
Kingston Lopa – Grant Union (Sacramento, California) – Oregon
D’Mon Marable – Clinton (Tennessee) – Purdue
Damani Maxson – Clear Lake (Texas) – Kansas
Dashawn McBryde – Denham Springs (Louisiana) – LSU
Jaylen McClain – Seton Hall Prep (New Jersey) – Ohio State
Kyan McDonald – O’Dea (Washington) – Uncommitted
Paul Mencke, Jr. – Clemens (Texas) – Duke
Zavier Mincey – Mainland (Florida) – Uncommitted
Jason Mitchell – St. John Bosco (California) – Uncommitted
Peyton Morgan – Weiss (Texas) – Texas Tech
Red Morgan – Central (Phenix City, Alabama) – Florida State
Jacob Oden – Harper Woods (Michigan) – Michigan
Jaiden Patterson – Mill Creek (Georgia) – North Carolina
Zaquan Patterson – Chaminade-Madonna (Florida) – Uncommitted
Koi Perich – Lincoln Secondary (Minnesota) – Minnesota
Christian Peterson – Westlake (Atlanta, Georgia) – UCF
Reggie Powers – Centerville (Ohio) – Michigan State
Kahmir Prescott – Northeast (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – Wisconsin
Jordan Pride – Blountstown (Florida) – Texas A&M
Cameron Pruitt – Theodore (Alabama) – Miami (Florida)
Quentin Reddish – Independence (North Carolina) – Virginia Tech
Joel Rogers – West Feliciana (Louisiana) – LSU
Marqavious Saboor – Kell (Georgia) – Cincinnati
Kaj Sanders – Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) – Rutgers
Tylen Singleton – Many (Louisiana) – LSU
Isaiah Thomas – Clearwater Academy International (Florida) – Miami (Florida)
Damian Thompson – Mars Hill Bible (Alabama) – Uncommitted
Jalon Thompson – Olympia (Florida) – North Carolina
Vaboue Toure – Irvington (New Jersey) – Penn State
Kennedy Urlacher – Chandler (Arizona) – Notre Dame
Antonio White – Parkview (Georgia) – Rutgers
Tyshun White – Buford (Georgia) – North Carolina
Brayshon Williams – Lakeland (Florida) – Uncommitted
Luke Williams – Naperville North (Illinois) – Purdue
Maurice Williams – Shadow Creek (Texas) – Houston
Kristopher Wokomah – Bowie (Arlington, Texas) – Baylor
Peyton Woodyard – St. John Bosco (California) – Georgia
