The California board, the games of September 10 and 11

Recruit Intel scored every recorded box score in its database for the current weekly window and ranked the field by RPM, our Recruit Performance Metric. California's share of the September 15 run is 2841 scored performances across 359 schools. What follows is the 10 highest of those California scores, from games played on September 10 and 11. Every stat line below comes from our canonical database, drawn from recorded box scores, and every player named is verified by record identifier against a 2026 stat row at the school he is credited to.

The 10 highest scores

RPM is a percentile score computed within a position family, quarterbacks against quarterbacks and defenders against defenders, across the full national pool scored in this window. A score near 100 means the performance sat at the very top of its family nationally. The 10 below are tightly bunched, 0.57 of a point separating the top score from the 10th, and all 10 carry the same grade of A+. By class they break 8 from the class of 2027 and 2 from 2028.

  1. Jordan Malikin, QB at Warren (Downey), class of 2027. RPM 99.92. Against Orange Vista, ranked 385 in California, Warren won 41-2; he completed 18 of 26 passes for 396 yards and 6 touchdowns.
  2. Gunnar Marsh, WR at Christian Brothers (Sacramento), class of 2027. RPM 99.87. Against Nevada Union, ranked 611 in California, Christian Brothers won 49-22; he caught 12 passes for 326 yards and 6 touchdowns.
  3. Kaylem Valencia, LB at Burbank (Burbank), class of 2027. RPM 99.84. Against Golden Valley, ranked 432 in California, Burbank won 22-15; he made 12 tackles with 3 for loss, and added a receiving touchdown on offense.
  4. Shamar Warren, RB at Crawford (San Diego), class of 2028. RPM 99.64. Against Mountain Empire, ranked 592 in California, Crawford won 42-41; he carried 22 times for 276 yards and 3 touchdowns, and added a catch for 15 yards.
  5. Lincoln Ly, LB at Linden (Linden), class of 2027. RPM 99.61. Against Golden Valley, ranked 432 in California, Linden won 28-14; he made 12 solo tackles among 16 total, with 2 for loss, a sack, an interception and 2 forced fumbles.
  6. Finley Rivera, ATH at Acalanes (Lafayette), class of 2027. RPM 99.61. Against St. Ignatius College Preparatory, ranked 57 in California, Acalanes fell 38-42; he caught 11 passes for 175 yards and 3 touchdowns.
  7. Koa Regalado, QB at Colton (Colton), class of 2027. RPM 99.49. Against Palm Springs, ranked 474 in California, Colton won 57-34; he completed 18 of 22 passes for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran 10 times for 115 yards and 2 more scores.
  8. Mathew Dalhover, LB at Downey (Downey), class of 2028. RPM 99.45. Against Los Alamitos, ranked 174 in California, Downey won 28-21; he made 13 solo tackles among 20 total, with 6 for loss.
  9. Henry Sosa, DE at Millennium (Tracy), class of 2027. RPM 99.40. Against Foresthill, ranked 134 in California (provisional at two games rated), Millennium fell 6-12; he made 11 solo tackles among 13 total, with 4 for loss and 3 sacks.
  10. Preston Leomiti, MLB at Carson (Carson), class of 2027. RPM 99.35. Against Long Beach Poly, ranked 87 in California, Carson won 17-14; he made 13 tackles with 2 for loss, a sack, 2 forced fumbles and a recovery.

How the board is built

The ranking is the top 10 California scores by RPM with at least one game in the window, after our standard filters remove merged duplicate records, players our database does not treat as recruitable, and rows with no listed position. Ties would break to the younger class, then to record identifier, though no tie occurred inside this board. Opponent rankings are our own California team rankings as of September 16, printed because California is one of the 14 states where our team rankings are live.