Area dominate state football player rankings

Blake Corum from St. Frances Academy
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
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
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
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
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
Marlowe Wax, Mount St. Joseph
Position: Running back
State rank: No. 39 (247Sports)
College verbally committed: Syracuse