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Quick: Top 10 Football Players Ever

by Mike Quick on Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:50 PM  / Updated Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:31 AM

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Mike Quick makes his picks for the all-time top 10 high school football players from the tri-state.

 

Top 10:

01. Brian Toal  RB/LB Don Bosco Prep, NJ (2004)

02. Will Hill QB/DB St. Peter's Prep, NJ (2008)

03. Tyrell Dortch RB/DB Hoboken, NJ (2000)

04. Brian Cushing RB/LB Bergen Catholic, NJ (2005)

05. Ray Rice RB/DB New Rochelle, NY (2005)

06. Steve Gregory QB/RB/DB Curtis, NYC (2001)

07. Knowshon Moreno RB/LB Middletown South, NJ (2006)

08. John Sullivan  C/NG Greenwich, CT (2003)

09. Greg Olsen TE/DE Wayne Hills, NJ (2003)

10. TO BE DETERMINED

 

 

Honorable Mention

1996
Cooper Rego- RB/DB- St. Joseph H.S. (NJ)


1997
Cassell Smith- RB/DB- Tottenville H.S. (NYC)

Derric Rossy- LB/TE- Patchogue- Med. (LI)

Jim Kennedy- DL/OL- Roosevelt H.S. (NY)

Eric McCoo- RB/DB- Red Bank H.S. (NJ)

Vince Ciurciu- FB/LB- St. Joseph H.S. (NJ)

Pat Cyraglis- All Purpose- Kearny H.S. (NJ)


1998
Greg Toal- RB/DB- Ramapo H.S. (NJ)

Gerald Hayes- LB/RB- Passaic Tech (NJ)

Rich Scanlon- LB/FB- Bergen Catholic H.S. (NJ)

Clifton Smith- LB/FB- Freeport H.S. (LI)

Brian Flores- RB/SS- Poly Prep (NYC)


1999
Nathan Jones- RB/DB- Scotch Plains (NJ)

Grant Adams- WR/DB- Glen Rock H.S. (NJ)

Doug Goodwin- DE/OL- Holy Trinity H.S. (LI)


2000
Brandon Hoyte- LB/QB- Sayreville H.S. (NJ)

Brandon Sebald- TE/DE- Rondout Valley H.S. (NY)

Matt Bernstein- FB/LB- Edgemont H.S. (NY)

Ryan Grant- RB/DB- Don Bosco Prep (NJ)


2001
John Pannozzo- LB/FB- Poly Prep (NYC)

Kelvin Smith- FB/LB- North Rockland H.S. (NY)

Anthony Fasano- TE/DE- Verona H.S. (NJ)

D'Brickashaw Ferguson- OT/DE- Freeport H.S. (LI)


2002
Matt Albanese- LB/FB- Farmingdale H.S. (LI)

Joe Sandberg- RB/S- Bergen Catholic H.S. (NJ)

Corey Boyd- RB/S- Orange H.S. (NJ)

Nigel Morris- RB/S- Nyack H.S. (NY)


2003
Dwayne Jarrett- WR/S- New Brunswick H.S. (NJ)

Ron Girault- RB/DB- St. Joseph (Montvale) H.S. (NJ)

Marquis Liverpool- WR/DB- Don Bosco Prep (NJ)

Matt Hahn- RB- St. Anthony's H.S. (LI)


2004
Michael Ray Garvin- RB/DB- Don Bosco Prep (NJ)

Jason Gwaltney- RB/LB- North Babylon H.S. (LI)

Geoff McDermott- QB/DE- New Rochelle H.S. (NY)

P.J. Hill- RB/LB- Poly Prep (NYC)

Jason McCourty- RB/DB- St. Joseph (Montvale) H.S. (NJ)

Malcolm Jenkins- WR/DB- Piscataway H.S. (NJ)


2005
Eric Olsen- OL/DL- Poly Prep (NYC)

Alex Wujciak- LB/TE- Seton Hall Prep (NJ)

Blair Bines- LB/FB- Floyd H.S. (LI)

Aaron Weaver- WR/DB- Baldwin H.S. (LI)


2006
Joe Martinek- RB/DB- Hopatcong H.S. (NJ)


2007
Brandon Smith- QB/S- New Brunswick (NJ)


2009
Silas Reed- RB/DB- King (CT)

Kevin Pierre- Louis- LB/RB- King (CT)


2010
Tanner McEvoy- QB/WR/S- Bergen Catholic H.S. (NJ)

Brian Dowling- RB/CB- Wayne Hills H.S. (NJ)

John Robertson- QB/DB- Paramus H.S. (NJ)

Devon Cajuste- WR/S- Holy Cross (NYC)

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