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Ohio High School Football: Wide Receiver and Tight End watchlist

rivalsby: Rivals Staff08/21/25Rivals
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Elite Ohio Wide Receiver & Tight End Prospects to Watch

The Rivals Ohio team has identified standout wideouts and tight ends for 2025, based on 2024 All-Ohio honors, postseason performances, and breakout seasons. These pass catchers represent the next wave of playmakers ready to extend Ohio’s tradition of producing elite skill talent and attracting the attention of college recruiters nationwide.

Spanning the Classes of 2026–2028, this watchlist features receivers and tight ends from across the Buckeye State who showcased speed, route running, reliable hands, and red-zone dominance during the 2024 season. Whether stretching the field, moving the chains, or creating mismatches in the middle, these prospects have already proven they can change games on Friday nights.

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2026 Ohio Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Aaron McFarlandCleves Taylor2026
Ace CooperCincinnati Mt. Healthy2026
Aidan StewartAvon Lake2026
Alex EspayStrongsville2026
Andrew McKnightCopley2026
Austin HaynesMechanicsburg2026
Avery PowellNew Matamoras Frontier2026
Blake RhonehousePaulding2026
Brayden FogleLexington2026
Caleb AnthonyColumbus Africentric2026
Caleb CarlisleNew Philadelphia2026
Calix LempWadsworth2026
CJ OldingSidney Lehman Catholic2026
Colton TeepeUrbana2026
Cooper EnochsMiami Trace2026
Day’Lynn GarrettCovington2026
Demetrius Morris-WilliamsOxford Talawanda2026
Derron Gray Jr.Columbus Africentric2026
DeVonte TaylorYoungstown Ursuline2026
Evan O’LearySidney Lehman Catholic2026
Hayden McFaddenJeromesville Hillsdale2026
Jacob ChambersGalion2026
Jaxon LongSpringboro2026
Joseph SaffoldLakewood St. Edward2026
Josh AdelspergerHarrison2026
Josh PazelLowellville2026
Jovon McBrideColumbus Hamilton Township2026
Justen HodgeMentor2026
Kaden PageWapakoneta2026
Karter GoonAshland Crestview2026
Kenyon EvansWheelersburg2026
Landen MireeCincinnati Princeton2026
Landen SchultianBethel Bethel-Tate2026
Landon FriesNorwalk St. Paul2026
Logan AllmanCanal Fulton Northwest2026
Marcus HughbanksBatavia2026
Matty GiannantonioDublin Jerome2026
Milan ParrisCuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit2026
Preston FryzelToledo Central Catholic2026
Roy SimmonsMalvern2026
Rusty HutchinsonCarroll Bloom-Carroll2026
Ryan SeimetzJackson2026
Seth ElchertLiberty-Benton2026
Tanner PepperVincent Warren2026
Trevon BaxterColumbus Grove2026
Zach HacklemanLakewood St. Edward2026

2027 Ohio Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Aden OsborneWashington Court House2027
Brady BasingerColumbus Grove2027
Brady BowmanShelby2027
Carter SmithZanesville West Muskingum2027
Charlie MallettGates Mills Hawken2027
Cooper HowellWoodsfield Monroe Central2027
Griff RichardsNew Madison Tri-Village2027
Jack HamakerCasstown Miami East2027
Jamier Averette-BrownHuber Heights Wayne2027
Jaxon MagnoneGenoa Area2027
Josiah GaultCincinnati Wyoming2027
Logan OlingerSherwood Fairview2027
Ryan BeckerStrasburg-Franklin2027
Yomar CastellanoFairport Harbor Fairport Harding2027

2028 Ohio Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Thomas HucklebyCincinnati Country Day2028