Domonique Orange, a Kansas City, Missouri native from North High School, was a four-star recruit from Rivals and the 15th-best defensive tackle nationally and fourth-best player in his state. He was a two-time all-state selection, three-time all-district player, and finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award recognizing the top large-class lineman or linebacker in the Kansas City metro area. Orange chose Iowa State over powerhouse offers from Arkansas, Florida State, and Texas A&M, entering the Cyclones roster as a top-100 defensive lineman per 247Sports and On3.

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Rayshaun Benny, born May 8, 2002, in Detroit, Michigan, was a two-way player, playing on both the offense and defensive line at Oak Park High School, earning four-star recruit status from 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals. Despite missing the start of his senior season due to knee surgery, he returned to help his team advance to the district finals. His versatility and production earned him multiple Dream Team selections. Benny was one of the top prospects in Michigan, ultimately committing to the University of Michigan after initially pledging to Michigan State.

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Darrell Jackson Jr. began his collegiate career at Maryland in 2021, appearing in all 13 games with a start in the Pinstripe Bowl. Ranked as the 44th strongside defensive end in the Class of 2021 by Rivals from Gadsden County High School in Florida, he reached the semifinal round of the 4A state playoffs during his senior year. His high school teammate was former Florida State defensive tackle Joshua Farmer, who is currently with the New England Patriots.

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Zion Young grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and played his high school career at Westlake High School, where he earned first-team all-region honors as a senior and helped lead his team to a 30-9 record with three straight playoff appearances, while being a consensus three-star recruit. Originally signed with Michigan State in the 2022 class, he spent two seasons with the Spartans, appearing in 20 games (11 starts) and posting 47 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, and 2.5 sacks, earning Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2023.

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Harold Perkins Jr. immediately made an impact the moment he arrived at LSU, earning many different honors as a true freshman in 2022 and becoming a problem for SEC offenses. A New Orleans native who relocated to the Houston area after Hurricane Katrina, Perkins was awarded LSU’s No. 7 jersey, reserved for the top playmaker from the state of Louisiana, which shows how his coaches feel about his ability to make a difference for their defense.

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Sawyer Robertson, from Lubbock, Texas, was a standout high school quarterback at Coronado High School, earning a consensus four-star ranking and being one of the nation’s top pocket passers. He was near the top of the all-time Texas high school records, with over 11,000 career passing yards and 135 touchdowns, finishing his senior season by throwing for 4,509 yards and 58 touchdowns while leading his team to a 12-1 record and the regional semifinals, earning the Gatorade Texas Player of the Year award. From an athletic family—his father was a first-round MLB draft pick, and his cousin Jarrett Stidham played quarterback at Baylor and Auburn—Robertson initially committed to Mississippi State, where he saw limited action over two seasons before transferring to Baylor in 2023.

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Antonio Williams, from Irmo, South Carolina, was a 4-star recruit from Dutch Fork High School, where he had 137 receptions for 2,458 yards and 23 touchdowns. Ranked as a top-100 national prospect by Rivals (No. 74 overall) and ESPN (No. 83 overall), Williams was one of the top wide receivers in his class and selected for the 2022 Under Armour All-America Game.

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DJ Campbell, a highly touted recruit from Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, was the consensus top-rated offensive guard and an All-American who played in the 2022 Under Armour All-America Game. Ranked as the No. 1 guard nationally, he anchored a dominant offensive line throughout high school, which averaged over 290 rushing yards per game as a sophomore and reached the playoffs multiple times. His multisport background in basketball and track & field speaks to his athleticism, which has become a major part of his game at the college level.

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Giovanni El-Hadi was a four-star recruit out of Adlai Stevenson High School in Sterling Heights, Michigan, ranked as a top-100 national prospect and the No. 4 player in the state. He was selected to the Under Armour All-America Game and helped lead Stevenson to a MAC Red title as a senior while allowing only one sack across his final two prep seasons. El-Hadi stayed home and enrolled at Michigan, redshirting in 2021 after appearing in one game.

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Max Bredeson is a fifth-year senior and two-time team captain (2024, 2025) from Hartland, Wisconsin, who walked on at Michigan and developed into one of the Wolverines’ most respected leaders. The younger brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneer offensive lineman Ben Bredeson, Max was a multi-sport athlete at Arrowhead High School, where he played quarterback and outfield in baseball. Over his career, he appeared in 54 games with 18 starts, primarily as an in-line tight end, H-back, and fullback, while also contributing regularly on special teams.

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Brandon Cleveland enrolled at North Carolina State in May 2022 as a four-star strong-side defensive end from Tampa, having played his final two high school seasons at Carrollwood Day School after starting at Seffner Christian. Across his high school career, he racked up 211 total tackles, 73 TFLs, and 32.5 sacks. Since high school, he has added good weight to his frame and turned himself into a true interior defender.

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Keyshaun Elliott grew up in the small town of Richmond, Missouri, where he became a three-sport athlete at Richmond High School, starting as a quarterback and a linebacker, and even the team’s punter—earning First-Team All-State honors at both linebacker and punter while accounting for 128 touchdowns on offense and 180 tackles with 20 sacks on defense.

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Chris Adams is a redshirt senior left tackle from Memphis who began his college career at Old Dominion before transferring to Memphis prior to the 2024 season. A former three-star recruit out of South Hagerstown High School, Adams redshirted his true freshman year at ODU, playing in two games as a redshirt freshman (one start at RT before a season-ending injury), then broke out as a redshirt sophomore in 2023 by starting all 13 games and becoming the only Monarch to play every offensive snap that fall.

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Max Iheanachor was born on January 12, 2002, in Nigeria, where he initially pursued soccer before his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 13, and he shifted his focus to basketball at King Drew Medical High School. Without a football program at his high school, he didn’t start playing the sport until 2021, enrolling at East Los Angeles College to develop his skills over two seasons while playing both tackle positions. He became a highly sought-after junior college prospect, ranked as high as No. 2 among JUCO offensive tackles.

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Jordyn Tyson was a three-star recruit ranked among the top 200 wide receivers nationally, as he finished his senior year at Allen High School with 80 catches for 1,512 yards and 12 touchdowns while helping his team to an 11-3 record. As a junior at Independence, he had 21 receptions for 305 yards and five touchdowns. His brother Jaylon Tyson was selected 20th overall in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers after starring at California.

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Skyler Bell, from Watertown, Connecticut, attended Taft School before heading to Wisconsin. After redshirting in 2021, he burst onto the scene as a redshirt freshman in 2022, starting 12 games for the Badgers, hauling in 30 passes for 444 yards and five touchdowns while also flashing big-play ability as a runner with five carries for 160 yards.

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Jude Bowry, from Germantown, Maryland, was a product of St. Frances Academy and enrolled at Boston College as a three-star recruit, ranking as Maryland’s top offensive tackle by Rivals and the No. 14 overall player in the state by 247Sports. He saw the field immediately as a true freshman in 2022, appearing in seven games with starts at right tackle against Wake Forest and UConn. After a redshirt year in 2023 that included spot duty at both tackle spots, Bowry locked down the starting left tackle job as a redshirt sophomore in 2024, starting all 12 games and allowing only two sacks.

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Logan Taylor began his collegiate career at the University of Virginia, where he spent two seasons before transferring to Boston College. As a true freshman in 2021, he appeared in just two games, but by 2022, he started every game at offensive tackle for the Cavaliers. During that starting season, he allowed only four sacks across 437 pass-blocking snaps according to PFF.

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Davis, from Oakland, California, where he attended McClymonds High School, earned second-team all-conference honors as a senior and second-team all-city as a junior. He began his collegiate career at Contra Costa College in 2021, securing All-CCCA First Team recognition as a freshman.

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From Shawnee, Kansas, Sam Hecht played offensive line and was a back-to-back state champion at Mill Valley High School, earning first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior. A four-year academic letterwinner in high school, he redshirted in 2021 at Kansas State before working his way into a reserve role in 2022 and 2023.

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