| Scout.com 2008 New Jersey Top 40 | |||||
| Rank | Name | Pos | High School (City, State) | Ht/Wt | Verbal |
| 1 | Will Hill | S | Jersey City (NJ) St. Peters Prep | 6-3/195/4.50 | Florida |
| 2 | Brandon Smith | S | New Brunswick | 6-2/210/4.50 | Michigan |
| 3 | DeJuan Miller | WR | Metuchen | 6-5/200/4.61 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | J.B. Fitzgerald | SLB | Princeton Junction (W.W.P.H.S. North) | 6-3/225/4.70 | Michigan |
| 5 | Jack Crawford | DE | Richland (St. Augustine Prep) | 6-6/250/4.6 | Penn State |
| 6 | Reuben Johnson | CB | Atco (Winslow Township) | 5-9/175/4.4 | |
| 7 | Art Forst | OT | Manasquan | 6-8/305 | Rutgers |
| 8 | Marcus Witherspoon | WLB | Absecon (Holy Spirit) | 6-2/210/4.55 | Michigan |
| 9 | Hafis Williams | DT | Elizabeth | 6-4/260 | Notre Dame |
| 10 | Timothy Wright | WR | Wall | 6-4/200/4.5 | Rutgers |
| 11 | Patrick Neumann | OT | Montvale (St. Josephs Regional) | 6-6/260/5.1 | Boston College |
| 12 | Chris Pantale | DE | Wayne (Wayne Valley) | 6-5/250/4.7 | Boston College |
| 13 | Colin Larmond | WR | Morristown (Morristown-Beard) | 6-2/185/4.5 | Boston College |
| 14 | Eric LeGrand | MLB | Colonia | 6-2/230/4.65 | Rutgers |
| 15 | Rashad White | Rb | Teaneck | 5-10/155/4.35 | Rutgers |
| 16 | Marquise Hamm | DE | New Brunswick | 6-4/215/4.7 | Rutgers |
| 17 | Dwayne Gratz | CB | Piscataway | 6-0/180/4.45 | Connecticut |
| 18 | Ausar Walcott | S | Hackensack | 6-3/190/4.5 | Virginia |
| 19 | Lynell Payne | WR | Marlton (Cherokee) | 6-3/205/4.60 | Cincinnati |
| 20 | Tyrone McBride | S | Atco (Winslow Township) | 6-2/210/4.6 | |
| 21 | Grant Mayes | CB | West Orange (Seton Hall Prep) | 6-1/185/4.5 | Syracuse |
| 22 | Jerome Williams | MLB | Delran (Holy Cross) | 6-1/240/4.60 | Uconn |
| 23 | Jarel Lowery | DT | Paterson (Catholic) | 6-4.5/280 | Syracuse |
| 24 | Kenneth Howard | RB | Princeton (The Hun School) | 6-0/225/4.56 | |
| 25 | Marvin Booker | WLB | Piscataway | 6-2.5/190/4.65 | Rutgers |
| 26 | Matthew Brown | CB | Hightstown (The Peddie School) | 5-6/175/4.43 | |
| 27 | Ed Imeokparia | RB | Blairstown (Blair Academy) | 5-11/185/4.4 | |
| 28 | Doug Alston | DE | Paterson (Catholic) | 6-3/220/4.6 | |
| 29 | Maurice Jones | CB | Belleville | 5-10/180/4.5 | Temple |
| 30 | Alex DiSanzo | SLB | Ramsay (Don Bosco Prep) | 6-3/220/4.6 | Boston College |
| 31 | Christian Klein | TE | Montvale (St. Josephs Regional) | 6-4/240/4.8 | Boston College |
| 32 | Zach Kane | MLB | Toms River (North) | 6-2/215/4.7 | Miami |
| 33 | Greg Wanamaker | RB | Lindenwold | 6-1/195/4.50 | |
| 34 | Bill Schautz | QB | Oradell (Bergen Catholic) | 6-3/203/4.65 | Virginia |
| 35 | Phil Morman | MLB | Cresskill | 6-2/220/4.7 | |
| 36 | Steven Pease | CB | Atco (Winslow Township) | 6-0/180/4.5 | |
| 37 | Keith Baker | WLB | Scotch Plains (Scotch Plains-Fanwood) | 6-4/215/4.55 | Temple |
| 38 | Paul Vigo | WLB | New Brunswick | 6-0/215 | |
| 39 | Deven Baker | WR | Bound Brook | 6-4/180/4.50 | Temple |
| 40 | Marquis Spann | S | Paterson (J.F.K.) | 6-0/200/4.6 | Delaware State |