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Area dominate state football player rankings

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Baltimore is again well represented on the state and national high school football recruiting sheets with the 2019 football season start to begin in five weeks.

St. Frances Academy, the area’s No. 1 team the past three seasons, has 11 players among Rivals.com’s Maryland Top 35, led by outside linebacker Chris Braswell.

Braswell, the state’s No. 2 recruit, is rated 14th overall nationally by 247Sports and 22nd by Rivals. Braswell is verbally committed to the University of Alabama.

The Panthers also have defensive back Jordan Toles (4th), defensive linemen Demon Clowney (5th), defensive back Luke Hill (7th), running back Blake Corum (No. 8) and linebacker Osman Savage (9th) in Rivals’ Top 10 Maryland performers. Toles, Clowney, Hill and Corum are also in 247Sports’ Maryland Top 10 along with defensive linemen Dominic Bailey.

Bailey, who transferred to St. Frances from Wicomico on the Eastern Shore, is committed to Tennessee.

McDonogh School linebacker Curtis Jacobs is listed fourth by 247Sports and 10th by Rivals. Jacobs is committed to Penn State.

River Hill’s defensive back Beau Brade is the area’s top public school prospect. The Maryland commit is 24th by 247Sports and 30th by Rivals.

Damascus defensive linemen Bryan Breese is the state’s No. 1 recruit. The Clemson commit is rated No. 2 nationally by 247Sports and 4th by Rivals.

Here’s the complete list of area players (in alphabetical order) on Rivals’ and 247Sports’ top players in Maryland.

Al-Ma’hi Ali, St. Frances Academy

Position: Safety

State rank: No. 50 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: undecided

 

Dominic Bailey, St. Frances 

Position: Defensive tackle

State rank: 10th (247Sports); No. 14 (Rivals)

College verbally committed: Tennessee

 

Beau Brade, River Hill

Position: Safety

State rank: No. 24 (247Sports); No. 30 (Rivals)

College verbally committed: Maryland

 

Chris Braswell, St. Frances 

Position: Linebacker

State rank: No. 2 (Rivals and 247Sports)

College verbally committed: Alabama

 

Jahmer Carter, Archbishop Spalding

Position: Defensive tackle

State rank: No. 15 (Rivals); No. 22 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Virginia

 

 

Demon Clowney, St. Frances 

Position: Defensive end

State rank: No. 5 (Rivals); No. 6 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: LSU

 

Blake Corum, St. Frances 

Position: Running back

State rank: No. 8 (Rivals and 247Sports)

College verbally committed: Michigan

 

Osei Dixon, St. Vincent Pallotti

Position: Cornerback

State rank: No. 31 (Rivals); No. 38 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Massachusetts

 

Julian Ganthier, Pallotti

Position: Cornerback

State rank: No. 33 (Rivals); No. 42 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: undecided

 

Ja’Khi Green, St. Frances 

Position: Offensive tackle

State rank: No. 27 (Rivals); No. 36 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Maryland

 

Cole Herbert, Calvert Hall College

Position: Wide receiver

State rank: No. 32 (Rivals); No. 45 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: undecided

 

Luke Hill, St. Frances 

Position: Cornerback

State rank: No. 7 (247Sports & Rivals)

College verbally committed: Oregon

 

Nikhai Hill-Green, St. Frances 

Position: Linebacker

State rank: No. 14 (247Sports); No. 16 (Rivals)

College verbally committed: Michigan

 

Curtis Jacobs, McDonogh School

Position: Linebacker

State rank: No. 4 (247Sports); No. 10 (Rivals)

College verbally committed: Penn State

 

Bryce Johnson-Maith, St. Frances

Position: Defensive end

State rank: No. 40 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Buffalo

 

Micah Mazzccua, St. Frances 

Position: Offensive tackle

State rank: No. 22 (Rivals); No. 23 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Michigan

 

Osman Savage, St. Frances 

Position: Linebacker

State rank: No. 9 (Rivals); No. 12 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Michigan

 

Malik Scott, John Carroll School

Position: Wide receiver

State rank: No. 34 (Rivals)

College verbally committed: undecided

 

Michael Statham, St. Frances 

Position: Offensive tackle

State rank: No. 20 (Rivals); No. 21 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Pittsburgh

 

Jordan Toles, St. Frances

Position: Safety

State rank: No. 4 (Rivals); No. 5 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: LSU

 

Sean Tucker, Calvert Hall 

Position: Running back

State rank: No. 28 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Syracuse

 

Marlowe Wax, Mount St. Joseph

Position: Running back

State rank: No. 39 (247Sports)

College verbally committed: Syracuse