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2012 College Football Recruiting Rankings: WR/TE

Who signed the top high school pass catchers in the nation in the 2012 class?

By: Braden Gall | 3/9/12, 6:00 AM EST

Who signed the top high school pass catchers in the nation in the 2012 class?

- by Braden Gall (@BradenGall on twitter)

The next batch of in-coming college football All-Americans have inked their respective letters of intent. Recruiting is the life blood of the greatest sport on the planet, and, while coaching stills plays the biggest role in winning a championship, having better players can go a long way to earning a trip to the BCS.

Recruiting is an inexact science by definition. It is virtually impossible to accurately peg the mental make-up of any 17-year old child -- much less high-profile, over-coddled 17-year-old athletes. But team recruiting rankings offer the best indication of which team has the best ingredients each coach has to work with each season.

Related: Athlon's Top 25 Recruiting Classes of 2012

Offensive Positional Rankings: QB | RB | WR/TE | OL
Defensive Positional Rankings: DL | LB | DB | ATH

No receiving class will ever compare to the 2008 haul that included top-100 talents like Julio Jones, A.J. Green, Michael Floyd, Jonathan Baldwin, DeAndre Brown, DeVier Posey and Joe Adams. But the 2012 group can make the case that it has the most highly-touted wide recevier to enter the collegiate ranks in years. He is the nation's all-time leading prep receiver and is the No. 1 prospect in the nation. And he is going to Missouri.

Here are the best incoming wide receivers in the nation (tight ends below):

  Name HT WT Hometown AC100 College
1. Dorial Green-Beckham 6'6" 220 Springfield, MO No. 1 Missouri
2. Eddie Williams 6'3" 204 Panama City Beach, FL No. 12 Alabama
3. Nelson Agholor 6'1" 180 Tampa, FL No. 26 USC
4. Thomas Johnson 5'11" 180 Dallas, TX No. 29 Texas A&M
5. Shaq Roland 6'1" 173 Lexington, SC No. 41 South Carolina
6. Chris Black 5'11" 180 Jacksonville, FL No. 42 Alabama
7. Deontay Greenberry 6'3" 185 Fresno, CA No. 52 Houston
8. Amari Cooper 6'1" 185 Miami, FL No. 58 Alabama
9. Cayleb Jones 6'3" 198 Austin, TX No. 59 Texas
10. Durron Neal 6'1" 195 St. Louis, MO No. 74 Oklahoma
11. Germone Hopper 6' 170 Charlotte, NC No. 81 Clemson
12. Kendall Sanders 6' 175 Athens, TX No. 87 Texas
13. Bryce Treggs 5'11" 171 Bellflower, CA No. 92 Cal
14. Joel Caleb 6'3" 205 Midlothian, VA No. 95 Virginia Tech
15. JaQuay Williams 6'4" 205 Tyrone, GA No. 99 Auburn
16. Sterling Shepard 5'11" 185 Oklahoma City, OK No. 100 Oklahoma
17. Aaron Burbridge 6'1" 190 Farmington Hills, MI No. 104 Michigan State
18. Ricardo Louis 6'2" 210 Miami Beach, FL No. 121 Auburn
19. Jordan Payton 6'2" 205 Westlake Village, CA No. 124 UCLA
20. Darreus Rogers 6'2" 195 Compton, CA No. 125 USC
21. Domnique Wheeler 6'1" 176 Crockett, TX No. 127 Texas Tech
22. Gabriel Marks 5'11" 175 Los Angeles, CA No. 131 Washington St
23. Eugene Lewis 6'2" 185 Wilkes-Barre, PA No. 151 Penn State
24. Avery Johnson 6'2" 180 Pompano Beach, FL No. 166 LSU
25. Darius Powe 6'2" 186 Lakewood, CA No. 168 Cal
26. Malcolm Lewis 6' 194 Miramar, FL No. 173 Miami, Fla.
27. D'Vario Montgomery 6'3" 210 Winter Park, FL No. 174 USF
28. Drae Bowles 6'1" 198 Jackon, TN No. 180 Tennessee
29. Leonte Carroo 6'1" 190 Edison, NJ No. 185 Rutgers
30. Justin Ferguson 6'2" 205 Pembroke Pines, FL No. 186 Notre Dame
31. Reginald Davis 6'1" 185 Tenaha, TX No. 187 Texas Tech
32. Quinshad Davis 6'4" 185 Gaffney, SC No. 195 North Carolina
33. Latroy Pittman 6' 195 Citra, FL No. 203 Florida
34. Brandon Shepard 6'1" 195 Creve Coeur, MO No. 205 Oklahoma St
35. Corey Coleman 5'11" 180 Richardson, TX No. 208 Baylor
36. Derrick Woods 6'1" 185 Inglewood, CA No. 210 Oklahoma
37. Dwayne Stanford 6'5" 185 Cincinnati, OH No. 213 Oregon
38. Alton Howard 5'9" 180 Orlando, FL No. 219 Tennessee
39. Cedric Dozier 5'11" 175 Lakewood, WA No. 232 Cal
40. Kwinton Smith 6'4" 206 Hamer, SC No. 235 South Carolina
41. Jason Croom 6'5" 200 Norcross, GA No. 240 Tennessee
42. Jaydon Mickens 5'11" 175 Los Angeles, CA No. 257 Washington

Here are the best incoming tight ends in the nation:

  Name HT WT Hometown AC100 College
1. Kent Taylor 6'5" 225 Land O'Lakes, FL No. 65 Florida
2. Ricky Parks 6'4" 235 Hogansville, GA No. 90 Auburn
3. Colin Thompson 6'4" 252 Warminster, PA No. 136 Florida
4. Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick 6'5" 260 Rocklin, CA No. 145 USC
5. Pharaoh Brown 6'6" 220 Lyndhurst, OH No. 168 Oregon
6. John Thomas* 6'5" 245 Bossier City, LA No. 220 LSU
7. Taylor McNamara 6'5" 235 San Diego, CA No. 234 Oklahoma
8. Sean Price 6'3" 235 Citra, FL No. 236 USF

2012 Athlon Sports Positional Recruiting Rankings:

College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Running Backs
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Linebackers
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Defensive Linemen
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Defensive Backs
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Offensive Linemen
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Quarterbacks
College Football 2012 Positional Recruiting Rankings: Athletes

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