Editor's note: This story was originally published in June 2020. It has been updated with NFL statistics and the inclusion of recruits from the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Evaluating college football prospects has proved to be an inexact science. It's extremely difficult to predict how 18-year-old high school players will adjust to all the unknown variables at the college level.
But No. 1 talent level on tape will stand out to even the most inexperienced scout in the room. Each of the players listed here dominated the high school landscape and had the physical skills and transferable talent to project highly as college prospects.