247Sports put three Miami 2027 commits on its preseason state player of the year board, matching Alabama and Indiana and trailing only Minnesota.
Florida ATH A'mir Sears, Illinois QB Israel Abrams and South Carolina EDGE Jaiden Bryant were each named the top high school player in their state heading into the 2026 season. No other ACC program has more than one.
Minnesota has four state winners (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota).
Alabama's three are quarterback Trent Seaborn (in-state), Delaware linebacker Tysir Young and Louisiana quarterback Elijah Haven. Indiana's are D.C. running back Da'Jon Talley-Rhodes, in-state receiver Monshun Sales and New Jersey quarterback Lukas Prock.
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247Sports preseason players of the year by state
- Alabama: Trent Seaborn, QB, Alabama
- Alaska: Ethan Yarrington, ATH, uncommitted
- Arizona: Will Mencl, QB, Oregon
- Arkansas: Cain Price, QB, Arkansas State
- California: Honor Fa'alave-Johnson, ATH, USC
- Colorado: Jackson Coleman, WR, Notre Dame
- Connecticut: Mekai Brown, EDGE, USC
- D.C.: Da'Jon Talley-Rhodes, RB, Indiana
- Delaware: Tysir Young, LB, Alabama
- Florida: A'Mir Sears, ATH, Miami
- Georgia: DJ Jacobs, EDGE, Ohio State
- Hawaii: Hunter Fujikawa, QB, uncommitted
- Idaho: Quincey Clay, WR, uncommitted
- Illinois: Israel Abrams, QB, Miami
- Indiana: Monshun Sales, WR, Indiana
- International: Viktor Lachambre, QB, BYU
- Iowa: Tate Wallace, LB, Minnesota
- Kansas: Cooper Ohnmacht, ATH, Kansas State
- Kentucky: Ja'Hyde Brown, WR, Louisville
- Louisiana: Elijah Haven, QB, Alabama
- Maine: Alex Martin, ATH, uncommitted
- Maryland: Raylaun Henry, CB, Texas A&M
- Massachusetts: Peter Bourque, QB, Virginia Tech
- Michigan: Donald Tabron, QB, Texas A&M
- Minnesota: David Mack, WR, Minnesota
- Mississippi: Mitchell Turner, DL, Ole Miss
- Missouri: Kingston Miles, RB, Missouri
- Montana: Steele Harris, ATH, Wisconsin
- Nebraska: Trae Taylor, QB, Nebraska
- Nevada: Zyren Menor, WR, uncommitted
- New Hampshire: Joel Gomez, TE, UMass
- New Jersey: Lukas Prock, QB, Indiana
- New Mexico: Isaiah Carpenter, QB, New Mexico State
- New York: Elijah Kimble, RB, Syracuse
- North Carolina: Jaxon Dollar, TE, Georgia
- North Dakota: Brooks Bakko, TE, Minnesota
- Ohio: Brayton Feister, ATH, Oregon
- Oklahoma: Gabe Osborne, CB, Oklahoma
- Oregon: Zeke Thomas, QB, Boise State
- Pennsylvania: Kemon Spell, RB, Georgia
- Rhode Island: Elijah Guertin, EDGE, Penn State
- South Carolina: Jaiden Bryant, EDGE, Miami
- South Dakota: Drake Mikkelsen, TE, Minnesota
- Tennessee: David Gabriel Georges, RB, Tennessee
- Texas: Landen Williams-Callis, RB, Texas
- Utah: Bode Sparrow, ATH, Oklahoma
- Vermont: Jason Sperry, RB, uncommitted
- Virginia: Iveon Lewis, WR, South Carolina
- Washington: Blake Moser, ATH, Iowa State
- West Virginia: Maddox Twigg, QB, uncommitted
- Wisconsin: Kingston Allen, RB, Wisconsin
- Wyoming: Cache McFadden, ATH, Wyoming
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