The NJ.com Top 50 is BACK! countdown to New Jersey’s No. 1 HS football recruit (Part 1 of 5)

Football: St. Joseph (Mont.) vs. Donovan Catholic, September 30, 2022

Jimmy Mullen (23) of St. Joseph (Mont.) after the football game between No. 5 St. Joseph (Mont.) and No. 19 Donovan Catholic at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Friday, September 30, 2022. Scott Faytok | NJ Advance Media

New Jersey’s 2022 high school football season is in the rearview mirror, and our all-state and all-group teams were picked by our high school staff last month. Now, let’s turn our attention to recruiting — a different subject altogether — and learn which local stars have the ears of college football’s biggest names and the flashy programs they lead.

As we head into the football offseason, we are counting down the state’s top 50 high school football recruits regardless of grade, culminating on Friday with the Top 10 and crowning of N.J.’s No. 1 high school football recruit. We will also drop the “Next 25″ list of recruits who just missed the cut, along with trends and analytics coaxed from the list.

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