How the Seattle Seahawks 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 61 players listed on the teams roster only 11 were ranked as four-star players or higher.

By contrast 12 members of the team were not ranked by the service entering college.

The Seahawks are a relatively young team as only seven players on the roster were not in high school during the Rivals.com era and only one player has been in the NFL for double-digit years.

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

The players are listed in alphabetical order.

Click here to see how the Broncos were ranked as prospects, or to post on the board click here.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS CURRENT ROSTER
PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL	COLLEGE	RANKING
Cliff Avril	DE	Green Cove (Fla.) Clay	Purdue	Three-stars. No. 37-ranked OLB
Alvin Bailey	OT	Broken Arrow (Okla.) High	Arkansas	Three-stars. No. 27-ranked OG
Doug Baldwin	WR	Gulf Breeze (Fla.) High	Stanford	Two-stars. Unranked at WR
Michael Bennett	DE	Alief (Texas) Taylor	Texas A&M	Two-stars. Unranked at DE
Kenneth Boatright	DE	Bolingbrook (Ill.) High	Southern Illinois	Unranked.
Michael Bowie	OT	Sand Springs (Okla.) Page	Northeastern St.	Three-stars. No. 30-ranked OT
Brandon Browner	WR	Sylmar (Cali.) High	Oregon St.	Three-stars. No. 76-ranked WR
Red Bryant	DE	Jasper (Texas) High	Texas A&M	Three-stars. No. 40-ranked DT
James Carpenter	OG	Hephzibah (Ga.) High	Alabama	Two stars. Unranked at OG.
Kam Chancellor	S	Norfolk (Vir.) Maury	Virginia Tech	Three-stars. No.27-ranked QB
Chris Clemons	DE	Griffin (Ga.) High	Georgia	Prior to rankings.
Derrick Coleman	FB	Fullerton (Cali.) Troy	UCLA	Three-stars. No. 5-ranked FB
Kellen Davis	TE	Adrian (Mich.) High	Michigan St.	Three-stars. No. 7-ranked TE
Heath Farwell	LB	Fontana (Cali.) High	San Diego St.	Prior to rankings.
Chandler Fenner	CB	VA Beach (Vir.) Cox	Holy Cross	Unranked.
Breno Giacomini	OT	Malden (Mass.) High	Louisville	Two-stars. Unranked at DE.
Clint Gresham	LS	Corpus Christi (Texas) Ray	TCU	Unranked.
Percy Harvin	WR	VA Beach (Vir.) Landstown	Florida	Five-stars. No. 1 overall player
Caylin Hauptmann	OT	Beverly Hills (Cali.) High	FIU	Three-stars. No. 49-ranked OG
Steven Hauschka	K	Needham (Mass.) High	N.C. State	Unranked
Jordan Hill	DT	Steelton (Pa.) Highspire	Penn State	Two-stars. Unranked at DE
Brue Irvin	LB	Stone Mtn (Ga.) Stephenson	West Virginia	Two-stars. Unranked at DE
Tarvaris Jackson	QB	Montgomery (Ala.) Lanier	Alabama St.	Prior to rankings.
Lemuel Jeanpierre	OC	Orlando (Fla.) Timber Creek	South Carolina	Three-stars. No. 44-ranked DT
Jeron Johnson	S	Compton (Cali.) Dominquez	Boise State	Two-stars. Unranked at S
Jermaine Kearse	WR	Lakewood (Wash.) Lakes	Washington	Three-stars. No. 72-ranked WR
Jeremy Lane	CB	Tyler (Texas) John Tyler	Northwestern St.	Unranked
Ricardo Lockette	WR	Albany (Ga.) Monroe	Fort Valley St.	Unranked
Marshawn Lynch	RB	Oakland (Cali.) Tech	Cal	Four-stars. No. 28 overall player
Chris Maragos	S	Racine (Wisc.) Horlick	Wisconsin	Unranked
Byron Maxwell	CB	Fort Dorchester (S.C.) High	Clemson	Four-stars. No. 18-ranked CB
Benson Mayowa	DE	Inglewood (Cali.) High	Idaho	Unranked
Anthony McCoy	TE	Fresno (Cali.) Bullard	USC	Four-stars. No. 10-ranked TE
Tony McDaniel	DT	Columbia (S.C.) Keenan	Tennessee	Prior to rankings.
Clinton McDonald	DT	Jacksonville (Ark.) High	Memphis	Unranked
Paul McQuistan	OG	Lebanon (Ore.) High	Weber State	Prior to rankings.
Brandon Mebane	DT	Los Angeles (Cali.) Crenshaw	Cal	Three-stars. No. 23-ranked DT
Christine Michael	RB	Beaumont (Texas) West Brook	Texas A&M	Five-stars. No. 22 overall player
Zach Miller	TE	Phoenix (Ariz.) Desert Vista	Arizona State	Four-stars. No. 33 overall player
Mike Morgan	LB	Dallas (Texas) Skyline	USC	Four-stars. No. 67 overall player
Russell Okung	OT	Houston (Texas) Bush	Oklahoma St.	Three-stars. No. 33-ranked OT
Sidney Rice	WR	Gaffney (S.C.) High	South Carolina	Three-stars. No. 55-ranked WR
Michael Robinson	FB	Richmond (Vir.) Varina	Penn State	Prior to rankings.
Jon Ryan	P	Regina (Can) Sheldon-Williams	Regina	Prior to rankings.
O’Brien Schofield	LB	Great Lakes (Ill.) North Chicago	Wisconsin	Three-stars. No. 24-ranked DE
Deshawn Shead	CB	Palmdale (Cali.) Highland	Portland St.	Unranked
Richard Sherman	CB	Compton (Cali.) Dominquez	Stanford	Three-stars. No. 65-ranked ATH
Malcolm Smith	LB	Woodland Hills (Cali.) Taft	USC	Four-stars. No. 8-ranked ATH
J.R. Sweezy	OG	Mooresville (N.C.) High	N.C. State	Two-stars. Unranked at DE
Golden Tate	WR	Hendersonville (Tn) John Paul II	Notre Dame	Four-stars. No. 7-ranked ATH
Earl Thomas	S	Orange (Texas) Orange-Stark	Texas	Four-stars. No. 12-ranked ATH
Walter Thurmond	CB	West Covina (Cali.) High	Oregon	Three-stars. No. 68-ranked CB
Robert Turbin	RB	Freemont (Cali.) Irvington	Utah State	Two-stars. Unranked at RB
Max Unger	OC	Kamuela (Hawaii) Hawaii Prep	Oregon	Three-stars. Unranked at OG
Bobby Wagner	LB	Ontario (Cali.) Colony	Utah State	Two-stars. Unranked at LB
Bryan Walters	WR	Bothell (Wash.) High	Cornell	Unranked
Spencer Ware	RB	Cincinnati (Ohio) Princeton	LSU	Five-star. No. 19 overall player
Jesse Williams	DT	Brisbane (Australia) Canvendish	Alabama	Two-stars. Unranked at DT
Luke Willson	TE	LaSalle (Ontario) High	Rice	Two-stars. Unranked at TE
Russell Wilson	QB	Richmond (Vir.) The Collegiate	Wisconsin	Two-stars. Unranked at QB
K.J. Wright	LB	Olive Branch (Miss.) High	Mississippi St.	Three-stars. No. 52-ranked LB