NJ Advance Media presents the Sept. 24 update of the NJ.com Top 50, a ranking of the top 50 high school football recruits in New Jersey. Although the list encompasses the state's most highly-recruited prospects, grades 9 through 12, it is not specifically a list of the state’s top players, as that distinction is better reflected in our all-state and all-group teams, released in December of each year.
This list is also not to be confused with the list of 75 best high school players in N.J. generated by our high school beat writers -- each specializing in their own assigned areas of the state.