23 prospects to watch during ESPN’s 2023 High School Football Kickoff
ESPN will be broadcasting seven games during the first week of the 2023 season as the GEICO ESPN Football Kickoff enters its 14th year. The first will take place on Friday, August 18, when two Georgia powerhouses face off as Langston Hughes visits Carrollton.
The following Friday, there’s Saraland (Ala.) hosting Lipscomb Academy (Tenn.), then on Saturday the 26th, there’s a ton of games. The showcase ends on Sunday, the 27th, with Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.) vs. St. Edward (Ohio). You can find the complete schedule here.
This will be our first chance to see the top recruits in the nation playing this season. Here are the top 23 prospects to watch, going by ESPN’s rankings.
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) WR Chance Robinson
IMG Academy (Fla.) WR Jerrae Hawkins
Lipscomb (Tenn.) CB Kaleb Beasley
IMG Academy (Fla.) WR NiTareon Tuggle
St. John Bosco (Calif.) OLB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
St. Frances Academy (Md.) CB Ify Obidegwu
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.) RB Dilin Jones
Carrollton (Ga.) TE Caleb Odom
St. John Bosco (Calif.) S Peyton Woodyard
St. John Bosco (Calif.) CB Marcelles Williams
IMG Academy (Fla.) CB Jordon Johnson-Rubell
IMG Academy (Fla.) G Jordan Seaton
Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.) S Zaquan Patterson
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.) LB Aaron Chiles
IMG Academy (Fla.) ATH Jonathan Echols
IMG Academy (Fla.) RB Jerrick Gibson
Langston Hughes (Ga.) QB Air Noland
St. Frances Academy (Md.) QB Michael Van Buren
Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.) WR Joshisa Trader
Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.) WR Jeremiah Smith
IMG Academy (Fla.) DT David Stone
Carlsbad (Calif.) QB Julian Sayin
IMG Academy (Fla.) CB Ellis Robinson IV
