With National Signing Day and the 2022 recruiting cycle in the books, it’s time to get to know the next wave of elite high school football recruits.
The class of 2023 is loaded from top to bottom with stars at each position. In order to explore the depths of the class, USA Today High School sports is going position-by-position to spotlight the top-end prospects who are set to take their talents to the college ranks next year.
Let’s meet the top 23 running back recruits in the class of 2023.
Read more of our 23 in ’23 series: Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver
1
Duce Robinson
Photo: Brandon Huffman, 247Sports
High School: Pinnacle (Ariz.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 225 pounds
2
Luke Hasz
Photo: Tim Verghese, 247Sports
High School: Bixby (Okla.)
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 220 pounds
College Commitment: Arkansas
3
Pearce Spurlin
Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports
High School: South Walton (Fla.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 220 pounds
College Commitment: Georgia
4
Walker Lyons
Photo: Brandon Huffman, 247Sports
High School: Folsom (Calif.)
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 230 pounds
5
Mac Markway
Photo: Steve Wiltfong, 247Sports
High School: DeSmet Jesuit (Mo.)
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 250 pounds
6
Riley Williams
Photo: Brandon Huffman, 247Sports
High School: Central Catholic (Ore.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 230 pounds
7
Ty Lockwood
Photo: Brandon Huffman, 247Sports
High School: Independence (Tenn.)
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 225 pounds
College Commitment: Ohio State
8
Ethan Davis
Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports
High School: Collins Hill (Ga.)
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 221 pounds
College Commitment: Tennessee
9
Shamar Easter
Photo via Twitter/@easter_shamar
High School: Ashdown (Ark.)
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 225 pounds
College Commitment: Arkansas
10
Jelani Thurman
Photo: Jason Caldwell, 247Sports
High School: Langston Hughes (Ga.)
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 230 pounds
11
Cooper Flanagan
Photo: Brandon Huffman, 247Sports
High School: De La Salle (Calif.)
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 228 pounds
College Commitment: Notre Dame
12
Brett Norfleet
Photo via Twitter/@brettnorfleet15
High School: Francis Howell (Mo.)
Height: 6-foot-7
Weight: 220 pounds
College Commitment: Missouri
13
Lawson Luckie
Photo: Gaby Urrutia, 247Sports
High School: Norcross (Ga.)
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 225 pounds
College Commitment: Georgia
14
Jackson Bowers
Photo: Blair Angulo, 247Sports
High School: Mountain View (Ariz.)
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 225 pounds
15
Jaden Platt
Photo: Andrew Hattersley, 247Sports
High School: Eaton (Texas)
Height: 6-foot-4.5
Weight: 235 pounds
College Commitment: Stanford
16
Jaden Hamm
Photo: Ryan Wallace, 247Sports
High School: Eudora (Kan.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 225 pounds
College Commitment: Arkansas
17
Javonte Vereen
Photo: Don Callahan, 247Sports
High School: Havelock (N.C.)
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 205 pounds
18
Brennan Parachek
Photo: Allen Trieu, 247Sports
High School: Dexter (Mich.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 235 pounds
College Commitment: Michigan State
19
Andrew Rappleyea
Photo: HUDL
High School: Milton Academy (Mass.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 235 pounds
College Commitment: Michigan
20
Adam Moore
Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports
High School: Booker T. Washington (Fla.)
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 220 pounds
21
Randy Pittman
Photo: Zach Blostein, 247Sports
High School: A. Crawford Mosley (Fla.)
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 230 pounds
College Commitment: Florida State
22
Khamari Anderson
Photo: Allen Trieu, 247Sports
High School: Cass Technical (Mich.)
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 225 pounds
College Commitment: Cincinnati
23
Deakon Tonielli
Photo: Ryan Callahan, 247Sports
High School: Oswego (Ill.)
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 215 pounds
