2018 Quarterback Recruiting News & CFB Recruiting Rankings 2019

CFB Recruiting Rankings 2019

CFB Today 2019 Recruiting Rankings use the S.T.E.P ratings algorithm to rank top college football recruits. 

2019 QB Recruit Rankings

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All Recruits Twitters will finish being linked as we move toward our 2019 Top 300 Recruit Rankings end of regular season edition. Top 40 QB Recruits can be found on our 2019 CFB Today Top QB recruits page or at the end of our "explanation" & scouting page below. 

Top 2019 QB Recruits

Grant Gunnell of St.Pius X HS (TX) was able to throw for 3632 yards (403.6YPG) and 43 touchdowns, while only throwing 5 interceptions all season long. He has thrown for 185 touchdowns in his historic career in Texas HS football and the 2019 Arizona Wildcat commit now holds the Texas all-time passing record for TD passes thrown. 

Sam Howell out of Sun Valley HS (NC) shows glimpses of brilliant play in this film and outstanding overall athletics for a 2019 QB recruit. This Florida State football commit will be able to launch the Willie Taggyrt era into high gear, as Willie knows what a truly talented QB looks like as he was mentored by the legend Jim Harbaugh. Sam has 110 carries for 999 yards and 12 TD's, while he has also thrown for 2606 yards and 32 touchdowns, with only 5 interceptions. 

Alabama Football Commit Taulia Tagovailoa

Taulia Tagovailoa of Thompson HS (AL) was able to throw for 3026 yards and 29 touchdowns through 9 games thus far, while only throwing 5 interceptions for the season. While he is the younger brother of Tua Tagovailoa, he brings a different dynamic to a offense with his amazing escapability in the pocket when under duress. Taulia is committed to Alabama and we really like the progression he has showed since last season, as does LSU. 

TCU QB Commit

Max Duggan of Lewis Central HS (IA) was injured last season after only a few games and came back this season with one of the quickest releases I have seen in his class. Gary Patterson has a outstanding dual-threat QB coming in this young man. 

Tanner Rickle of Findlay HS (OH) was able to throw for 1,755 yards and amassed 22 touchdowns (5 games), as arguably one of the best dual-threat QB recruits to ever come out of that region of the United States. Many CFB programs are waiting to see how his recruiting process plays out, as FCS coaches around the nation highly covet this 2019 QB Recruit. Tanner Rickle will be competing in Dallas,Texas as a Scout Trout All-American, after suffering a season ending injury.
Last 2019 Re-Rank will be after NFL Reese's Senior Bowl weekend
(1st week of Feb before National Signing day)

Brenden Taylor of Broome HS (SC) shows some of the most brilliant athletics as a 2019 ATH recruit and as a 2019 QB Recruit. When you flip on Brenden's highlight's, you will see what looks like the next Johnny Football, until you see him at FS or as a elite WR recruit. Taylor has the ability to change a football teams offensive dynamics immediately at the next level, as his versatility on the gridiron is pure bliss to CFB recruiters. Taylor will be playing in Dallas and was selected as to play in the South Carolina All-Star game! - Moving to 2019 ATH Recruit Rankings  

bama football recruiting

Paul Tyson - Alabama Football Commit 

More news will be added on each recruit next re-rank, which will take place after HS football playoffs have finished nationally. 

Notre Dame football recruiting

Brendon Clark - 27 TD's - 0 INT's. - Notre Dame Football Commit 

Grant Tisdale - Ole Miss Football Commit 

Brendan Costello - Oklahoma State Football Commit

Spencer Rattler - Oklahoma Commit

Bo Nix  - Auburn Commit 

James Pearson - most dynamic playmaker and winning QB in 2019

Dylan Morris - Washington Commit 

Taisun Pommachanh out of Avon Old Farms school (CT) brings a Deshawn Watson type skill set back to the Clemson Tigers football team, as he has verified 4.54, 40 yard dash speed, along with outstanding QB play. There is not much listed this season online, as far as stats are concerned and not much new film has surfaced from his senior season. But this Clemson Tigers commit proved he is among the elite QB's in all of the land when you flip on his junior season highlights. 

Hank Bachmeier out of Murrieta HS (CA) is committed to Boise State football and had yet another electrifying season in the talent rich state of California. Hank was able to throw for 3,149 yards (286.3avg) and 32 touchdowns, with 9 interceptions in total in his senior campaign. He also was able to show off his dual-threat capabilities, as he rushed for 520 yards on 93 carries and 10 touchdowns on the season. Boise State looks like they will have yet another NCAA football prolific passer heading to play on the blue turf at Boise State.  

Graham Mertz - Wisconsin Football Commit

Jakson Thomson - 7 D1 Offers

Ryan Hilinski out of Orange Lutheran HS (CA) is committed to South Carolina football and will look to bounce back from a sub-par performance against Mater Dei. He holds up to 25 offers according to Rivals.com and was able to throw for 2,641 yards and 28 touchdowns, while throwing 10 interceptions thus far in his senior campaign. Hilinski is a Pro-Style QB recruit who could be able to deliver big numbers for the gamecocks, if they offensive scheme is tailored to a pocket passing QB. 

Spencer Brasch out of Higley HS (AZ) was offered and committed to Cal Football shortly after the release of our first recruit rankings. Spencer had two bad games this season, where he had a 49.6 QB rating and a 38.3 QB rating most recently on 10/26, against Williams Field HS (AZ). Spencer had a breakout season last year running the football with nearly 900 yards rushing and this season has around 500 yards on the ground with 9 touchdowns. This season Spencer has improved overall through the air with 2,934 yards on 348 passing attempts and has thrown 40 touchdowns, compared to only 8 interceptions. 

michigan football recruiting

Cade McNamara - Michigan Football Commit 

Zach Calzada - Texas A & M Football Commit 

Miles Johnson - Northmont HS (OH) 

Michael Kern - Wake Forest Football Commit 

Braden Sherron Jr - Flour Bluff HS (TX) 

Owen Easley - Christian Academy (CA)

Cameron Jones - Cincinnati Football Commit 

Cade Ledman - Panama City Beach HS (FL)

Jarrett Guest - Southern Miss Football Commit 

Tai Lavatai - Navy Football Commit 

Garrison Hand - 6 D1 Offers 

Dawson Ashford 

Jalon Jones - Florida Football Commit 

Kevin Costa - Mary Star of The Sea HS (CA)

The Following are QB Recruits who are ranked in the ATH recruit rankings - All positions will be released to tomorrow and the 2019 Top 300. The 2020 Top 100, 2021 Top 50 & 2022 Top 40 will be released by the weekend. 

Nate Downing - ATH/QB - Hirschi HS (TX) 

Isaiah Williams - ATH/QB - Illinois Football Commit 

Zayne Guthrie - ATH/QB - Addison HS (AL) 

How are college football recruits ranked
The Scout Trout Elite LLC S.T.E.P Algorithm is algorithmic program used to rank incoming recruits that fill out a college football evaluation. We now have over 250 algorithmic rules that correlate to being a top ranked college football recruit and then we employ our sorting algorithm to have players move up and down our recruit rankings. Players are awarded S.T.E.P points using the football recruit formula below. 
STEP Rating Formula 
?(R) = [COMBINE (C) + FB SKILL (B) + UPSIDE (U) + ACHIEVEMENTS (H) + RECRUIT STOCK (S) + EXPOSURE (E) + INTANGIBLES (I) + ACADEMICS (A)] / 10

• (C) - Combine Events - (Chart on S.T.E.P ratings article) 
• (B) - Football Skill - game footage and workout videos 
• (U) - Upside - Potential recruit has to improve 
• (H) - Achievements - All-American nominations, national rank and local awards
• (S) - Recruit Stock - Offers, Interest and mail accumulate increments adjustments in score. 
• (E) - Exposure - how often is your name being heard and talked about in the college football community and media.
• (I) - Intangibles - hardest category to grade on a computer, but a lot can be determined game film, social media and other common factors like morals and integrity. Your must be accountable. 
• (A) - Academics - 80% of evaluated recruits have academics available. The 20% that did not received a average rating. ​

28 SUB-CATEGORIES USED TO DETERMINE THE MAJOR 8 CATEGORIES 

CFB Recruiting Rankings for the Class of 2019 started back in May when the S.T.E.P ratings were initially formed for Scout Trout Elite student-athletes.We formed this process to not only gain exposure for the athletes we train, but get better in every capacity needed to obtain their goal of receiving a CFB scholarship. We have witnessed over 80% of NFL stars go broke as former pro/college players ourselves, who would have benefitted substantially from the mental training we our providing. The term competition breeds greatness is true, only if you know who and where your competition comes from. In order to create opportunities in the CFB recruiting world, we all must not only make choices, but take calculated risks for the betterment of the overall process. Once we figured out how 247, Rivals and ESPN ranked CFB recruits from AL.Com's John Talty, we knew with our football and tech knowledge alone, we were ready to take a chance, knowing the ridicule that would follow. Knowing everyday we must practice what we preach mentally, we chose to deflect their opinions and move forward with our new recruit rankings S.T.E.P Ratings process. 

Top 2019 QB Recruit Rankings (Top 40)