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Ohio High School Football: Quarterback watchlist

rivalsby: Rivals Staff08/21/25Rivals
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Elite Ohio Quarterback Prospects to Watch

The Rivals Ohio team has identified standout quarterback prospects for 2025, based on 2024 All-Ohio honors, postseason performances, and breakout seasons under center. These players represent the next wave of signal-callers poised to lead Ohio’s tradition-rich programs and capture the attention of college recruiters nationwide.

Spanning the Classes of 2026–2028, this watchlist features quarterbacks from across the Buckeye State who showcased arm strength, decision-making, and playmaking ability throughout the 2024 season. Whether running spread offenses or commanding pro-style attacks, these QBs have already proven they can lead their teams and change games on Friday nights.

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2026 Ohio Quarterbacks

Austin BuescherWest Jefferson2026
Blake SipesFredericktown2026
Bodhi WolfordJackson2026
Brayden DeVitoShelby2026
Braylon RuckerWheelersburg2026
Brody MortonCamden Preble Shawnee2026
Bubba SmartSt. Bernard Roger Bacon2026
Burke LowryFairview Park Fairview2026
Caleb MoyerWapakoneta2026
Carson HarrisBatavia2026
Carson WelshGrove City2026
Cy ChristensenLorain Clearview2026
Drew BellisariColumbus Watterson2026
Drew LuidhardtPemberville Eastwood2026
Dylan UrbanWillow Wood Symmes Valley2026
Eric Manley Jr.Pike Eastern2026
Ethan KingreyPortsmouth Notre Dame2026
Hayden KeithCollins Western Reserve2026
Hudson PhalinCircleville2026
Jack JudkinsDover2026
Jack PhillipsNew Washington Buckeye Central2026
Jake LaVerdeKirtland2026
Jaki ThreetBridgeport2026
JD HendersonRichmond Edison2026
Jeremiah ThomasBeloit West Branch2026
Joshua SmithColumbus Africentric2026
Levi DavisLewis Center Olentangy Orange2026
Luke GullionPiketon2026
Luke StarrWooster Triway2026
Marquis LucasColumbus Walnut Ridge2026
Matt PonatoskiCincinnati Moeller2026
Nathan BernhardAshland2026
Preston FauberChillicothe Paint Valley2026
Rocco WilliamsPickerington Central2026
Sam SchweinfurthSandusky Perkins2026
Trey SagesterNew Madison Tri-Village2026
Turner LacheySidney Lehman Catholic2026
William ZeedykSherwood Fairview2026

2027 Ohio Quarterbacks

Carter HignightDalton2027
Grady LantzUrbana2027
Hayden JonesWaterford2027
Isaac CoyChillicothe Unioto2027
Kael LewisJeromesville Hillsdale2027
Larkin ThomasTipp City Tippecanoe2027
Monsanna TorbertCincinnati Taft2027
Ricky WilrichLowellville2027
Ryker WilliamsGnadenhutten Indian Valley2027
Zach ShaferCuyahoga Heights2027

2028 Ohio Quarterbacks

Jackson SzaboWorthington Kilbourne2028