The five biggest games in North Florida this week
These are the five North Florida games this week with the most Division 1 talent on the field, and the players to watch in each one. We ranked every matchup by how many players on the two current rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, FBS or FCS, with total offers as the tiebreak. Across the five games, 57 players hold a Division 1 offer and 700 Division 1 offers sit between them. Every figure here comes from our canonical database.
1. The Bolles School at University Christian
Played in Jacksonville, FL. 16 players across the two rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, 247 Division 1 offers between them.
University Christian players to watch:
- Asher Ghioto, EDGE, class of 2028, 69 offers.
- Xander Edwards, RB, class of 2028, 37 offers.
The Bolles School players to watch:
- Julius LaRosa III, DL, class of 2027, 27 offers.
- Geedarious Thomas, DL, class of 2029, 10 offers.
2. Mainland at Nease
Played in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 14 players across the two rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, 169 Division 1 offers between them.
Nease players to watch:
- Kash Kolbow, ATH, class of 2027, 25 offers.
- Chase Phifer, TE, class of 2027, 23 offers.
Mainland players to watch:
- Tamaj Woodard, LB, class of 2027, 21 offers.
- Braylyn Simmons, ATH, class of 2027, 10 offers.
3. Trinity Christian Academy at Lincoln
Played in Tallahassee, FL. 10 players across the two rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, 125 Division 1 offers between them.
Lincoln players to watch:
- Kahmaree Crumity, CB, class of 2028, 44 offers.
- Trevor Jacobs, WR, class of 2027, 10 offers.
Trinity Christian Academy players to watch:
- Za'khari Greene, ATH, class of 2028, 16 offers.
- Terrell Pinkney II, LB, class of 2027, 12 offers.
4. Raines at Ed White
Played in Jacksonville, FL. 9 players across the two rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, 109 Division 1 offers between them.
Ed White players to watch:
- Jacquari Parks, CB, class of 2027, 29 offers.
- Mark Shiloh, DE, class of 2027, 15 offers.
Raines players to watch:
- Troy Butler, DE, class of 2027, 22 offers.
- Zion Green, ATH, class of 2028, 21 offers.
5. Zarephath Academy at Bradford
Played in Starke, FL. 8 players across the two rosters hold at least one verified Division 1 offer, 50 Division 1 offers between them.
Bradford players to watch:
- Jordan Cason, WR, class of 2027, 19 offers.
Zarephath Academy players to watch:
- Omari Lawson, OL, class of 2028, 18 offers.
How we picked these
One top-10 North Florida program, Mandarin, is not on the board because it is idle this week. Three of the five games, The Bolles School at University Christian, Mainland at Nease and Trinity Christian Academy at Lincoln, were added from a program's published schedule after no schedule row was on file. Trinity Christian travels to Tallahassee, so that game is played in the Panhandle. Two players were removed before the counts were set because their team history did not place them at the listed school for 2026.
The ranking counts only Division 1 offers, FBS or FCS. Each player's own figure above is their total verified offers on file, so a player's number can sit a notch above the Division 1 count when a school outside that group has also offered. Offer counts and roster attribution were pulled on 2026-09-04, the day this ran, from our own offer feed. Kickoff times are left off on purpose: no source we read published a time we could corroborate, so each game line prints the home city and state rather than an unverified time or an invented stadium. Home sites and dates come from each school's published schedule.
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