How the Denver Broncos were ranked in high school

– Dallas Jackson, NationalHSFootball.com

Super Bowl XLVIII is set and the Seattle Seahawks will take on the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Many players in the game are superstars at the highest level but not all were among the most coveted coming out of high school.

Players that have been in the league for seven years or less have all been through evaluations as prospects prior to entering college and ranked by Rivals.com — the industry standard.

Based on the rankings out of high school it is surprising the team made it this far.

Of the 64 players listed on the teams roster only 13 were ranked as four-star players or higher.

By contrast 14 members of the team were deemed to be two-star prospects by the service entering college.

The Broncos are considerably older than the Seahawks as the team had 13 players on the roster that went to high school prior to the first class ranked by Rivals.com and eight players that have double-digit years in the NFL.

Below is how each player was evaluated in high school including his star ranking and positional ranking.

The players are listed in alphabetical order.

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DENVER BRONCOS CURRENT ROSTER
PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL	COLLEGE	RANKING
Mike Adams	S	Wayne (N.J.) Passaic Tech	Delaware	Prior to rankings.
CJ Anderson	RB	Vallejo (Cali.) High	Cal	Unranked
Robert Ayers	DE	St. Clio (S.C.) Marlboro Co.	Tennessee	Four-stars. No. 10-ranked LB
Champ Bailey	CB	Folkston (Ga.) Charlton Co.	Georgia	Prior to rankings.
Montee Ball	RB	Wentzville (Mo.) Timberland	Wisconsin	Four-stars. No. 33-ranked RB
Zane Beadles	OG	Midvale (Utah) Hillcrest	Utah	Two-stars. Unranked at OT
Omar Bolden	RB	Ontario (Cali.) Colony	Arizona St.	Four-stars. No. 7-ranked at RB
Stewart Bradley	LB	Salt Lake (Utah) Highland	Nebraska	Prior to rankings.
Aaron Brewer	RB	Fullerton (Cali.) Troy	San Diego St.	Two-stars. Unranked at ATH
David Bruton	S	Miamisburg (Ohio) High	Notre Dame	Three-stars. No. 36-ranked S
Andre Caldwell	WR	Tampa (Fla.) Jefferson	Florida	Five-stars. No. 4 overall player
Quinton Carter	S	Las Vegas (Nev.) Cheyenne	Oklahoma	Three-stars. No. 48-ranked ATH
Tony Carter	CB	Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin	Florida St.	Four-stars. No. 32 overall player
Ryan Clady	OT	Rialto (Cali.) Eisenhower	Boise St.	Two-stars. Unranked at OT
Chris Clark	OT	New Orleans (La.) McDonough	So. Miss.	Two-stars. Unranked at OT
Marquice Cole	CB	Chicago (Ill.) Hillcrest	Northwestern	Unranked
Britton Colquitt	P	Knoxville (Tenn.) Bearden	Tennessee	Three-stars. No. 28-ranked K
Eric Decker	WR	Cold Spring (Minn.) Rocori	Minnesota	Two-stars. Unranked at WR
Joel Dreessen	TE	Ida Grove (Iowa) Ft. Morgan	Colorado St.	Prior to rankings.
Zac Dysert	QB	Ada (Ohio) High	Miami (OH)	Three-stars. No. 22-ranked QB
Orlando Franklin	OT	Delray Beach (Fla.) Atlantic	Miami	Four-stars. No. 23-ranked OT
Sione Fua	DT	Encino (Cali.) Crespi	Stanford	Three-stars. No. 47-ranked DT
Virgil Green	TE	Tulare (Cali.) Union	Nevada	Two-stars. Unranked at WR
Chris Harris	CB	Bixby (Okla.) High	Kansas	Two-stars. Unranked at ATH
Ronnie Hillman	RB	La Habra (Cali.) High	San Diego St.	Three-stars. Unranked at ATH
Trindon Holliday	WR	Zachary (La.) Northeast	LSU	Three-stars. Unranked at ATH
Michael Huff	S	Irving (Texas) Nimitz	Texas	Prior to rankings.
Duke Ihenacho	S	Gardena (Cali.) Serra	San Jose St.	Two-stars. Unranked at S
Nate Irving	LB	Teachey (NC) Wallace-Rose	N.C. State	Two-stars. Unranked at ATH
Malik Jackson	DE	Lake Balboa (Cali.) Birmingham	USC	Four-stars. No. 10-ranked DE
Quentin Jammer	CB	Angleton (Texas) High	Texas	Prior to rankings.
Steven Johnson	LB	Media (Pa.) Strath Haven	Kansas	Unranked
Winston Justice	OT	Long Beach (Cali.) Poly	USC	Four-stars. No. 56 overall player
Terrance Knighton	DT	New Berlin (NJ) Milford	Temple	Three-stars. Unranked at DE
Dan Koppen	OC	Whitehall (Pa.) High	Boston College	Prior to rankings.
Chris Kuper	OG	Anchorage (Alaska) Dimond	North Dakota	Prior to rankings.
Paris Lenon	LB	Varina (Va.) Heritage	Richmond	Prior to rankings.
Peyton Manning	QB	New Orleans (La.) Newman	Tennessee	Prior to rankings.
Brandon Marshall	LB	Las Vegas (Nev.) Cimarron	Nevada	Two-stars. Unranked at LB
Lerentee McCray	LB	Dunnellon (Fla.) High	Florida	Four-stars. No. 115 overall player
Von Miller	DE	DeSoto (Texas) High	Texas A&M	Four-stars. No. 15-ranked DE
Jeremy Mincey	DE	Statesboro (Ga.) High	Florida	Unranked
Rahim Moore	S	Los Angeles (Cali.) Dorsey	UCLA	Four-stars. No. 71 overall player
Knowshon Moreno	RB	Middleton (N.J.) South	Georgia	Four-stars. No. 73 overall player
Brock Osweiler	QB	Kalispell (Mont.) Flathead	Arizona St.	Three-stars. No. 26-ranked QB
Vinston Painter	OT	Norfolk (Va.) Maury	Virginia Tech	Four-stars. No. 126 overall player
Shaun Phillips	DE	Willingboro (NJ) High	Purdue	Prior to rankings.
Matt Prater	K	Ft Myers (Fla.) Estero	UCF	Two–stars. Unranked at K
Manny Ramirez	OC	Sugarland (Texas) Willowridge	Texas Tech	Three-stars. No. 6-ranked C
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	CB	Bradenton (Fla) Lakwood Rnch	Tennessee St.	Unranked
Quanterus Smith	DE	Loganville (Ga.) Grayson	WKU	Two-stars. Unranked at DE
Jacob Tamme	TE	Danville (Ky.) Boyle Co.	Kentucky	Three-stars. No. 67-ranked WR
Demaryius Thomas	WR	Dublin (Ga.) West Laurens	Georgia Tech	Three-stars. No. 58-ranked WR
Julius Thomas	TE	Lodi (Cali.) Tokay	Portland St.	Unranked
Danny Trevathan	LB	Leesburg (Fla.) High	Kentucky	Two-stars. Unranked at LB
Mitch Unrein	DT	Eaton (Colo.) High	Wyoming	Unranked
Steve Vallos	OC	Youngstown (Ohio) Boardman	Wake Forest	Unranked
Louis Vasquez	OG	Corsicana (Texas) High	Texas Tech	Three-stars. No. 24-ranked OT
Kevin Vickerson	DT	Detroit (Mich.) ML King	Michigan St.	Prior to rankings.
Kayvon Webster	CB	Opa Locka (Fla.) Msgn. Pace	USF	Three-stars.No. 28-ranked CB
Wes Welker	WR	OKC (Okla.) Heritage Hall	Texas Tech	Prior to rankings.
Sylvester Williams	DT	Jefferson City (Mo.) High	North Carolina	Unranked
Derek Wolfe	DT	Lisbon (Ohio) Beaver	Cincinnati	Two-star. Unranked at DT
Wesley Woodyard	LB	LeGrange (Ga.) High	Kentucky	Three-star. No. 49-ranked LB