Top 20 Running Backs
1. Jalen Ortiz – Centennial 2. Chans Cox – Blue Ridge 3. Kani Benoit – Thunderbird 4. Mauriece Lee – Marcos de Niza 5. Treshawn Favors – Mountain Ridge 6. Jarek Hilgers – Desert Vista 7. Nick Brown - Florence 8 Michael Alexander – Ironwood 9. Seivion Morris – Westview 10. D’Amani Grayer – Brophy 11. Johnny Pena – Salpointe 12. Jordan Mitchell – Cibola 13. J.J. Husar – Desert Ridge 14. Rajhan Meriweather (JR) – Basha 15. Antony Thompson – Willow Canyon 16. Thomas Warren – Mountain Pointe 17. Nick Cole – Notre Dame Prep 18. Kentrell Coleman – Maricopa 19. Kyle Woolard – Desert Edge 20. Gena Adams - Saguaro Riser- Basha’s Rajhan Meriweather shared carries with Myles Smith and J.J. Husar last year but with both transferring out, he will get a chance to be the man. Sleeper- Marche Dennard missed his junior year with an injury, leading to D’Amani Grayer’s breakout 2011. He is back and healthy and will give the Broncos a great 1-2 punch. No one has talked about Valley Vista’s John Everett but keep an eye out for him. He’s a great looking kid that didn’t play as a junior. Out of position? How do you classify players like Kaleb Germinaro from Desert Vista, Frankie Felix from Hamilton and Nick Brown from Florence? Germinaro lined up in the slot and got a lot of carries in DV’s fly-sweep. Felix will line up in the slot for the Huskies this year so I will rank both as wide receivers. Brown plays QB but rushed for 1,000+ yards last year. I ranked Brown as a RB despite ASU potentially playing him in the slot. Others to Watch Thomas Bush – Higley- 6-0 190 Elijah Castro (JR) – Sunrise Mountain Nolan Cook (JR) - Gilbert Christian- 5-10 200 Zac Davis – Moon Valley- 5-7 155 Matt Dietz – Pinnacle- 5-11 195 Mark Dogbah – Greenway- 5-8 170 Jackson Drumgoole – Tombstone- 5-10 180 Alfred Erives - Arizona Lutheran- 5-11 160 J.D. Espree - Willow Canyon- 5-7 180 Dustin French – Poston Butte- 5-9 185 Lavonta Hatcher – Millennium- 5-8 200 Chance Hatfield (JR) - Empire Gerard Hernandez (JR) – North Canyon- 5-11 200 Sammy Jones – McClintock- 5-10 170 Weston Kimmel - Marana Mt View- 5-9 170 Stephen Landeros – Boulder Creek- 5-8 170 Da’Quan Lee - Youngker- 5-8 180 Brandon Long (SOPH) - River Valley Brian McCarty - Nogales- 5-8 160 Jaquese Moore – Marcos de Niza- 5-5 160 Frank Ogas - Morenci Reggie Blader – Perry- 5-11 170 Wesley Pritchett - Flowing Wells- 6-0 210 Jonny Rentaria - Globe Raekwon Robinson – Westwood- 5-8 160 Matt Rodriguez (JR) – Centennial- 5-11 200 Thomas Romack – Buena- 6-0 180 Chris Salsberry (JR) - Shadow Ridge Clarence Smith - Verrado Myles Smith - Basha- 5-9 180 Chris Snodgrass - Sahuarita Jabril Taylor – Buckeye- 5-8 160 Evan Thompkins – Pinnacle- 5-11 170 Kevin Walters - Hamilton- 5-7 150 Kelly Wood (JR) – Winslow
