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Scout releases its final rankings of top 2016 college football recruits

Scout released its final recruiting rankings for the 2016 class on Friday, with five-star DT Rashan Gary out of Paramus, N.J., topping the list.  
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Scout released its final recruiting rankings for the 2016 class on Friday, with five-star DT Rashan Gary out of Paramus, N.J., topping the list. 

You can view Scout’s full list of the top 300 recruits here.

 Rank 

  Name

 Position 

  School

 Height/Weight 

   Commit

1.)

Rashaun Gary

     DT

 Paramus Catholic (NJ)

     6'4'' 286

      N/A

2.)

Dexter Lawrence

    DT

 Wake Forest (NC)

     6'4'' 335

 Clemson 

3.)

Greg Little

    OT

Allen (TX)

     6'5 318

 Mississippi 

4.)

Shea Patterson

    QB

 IMG Academy (FL)

     6'2'' 198

 Mississippi

5.)

Nick Bosa

    DE

St. Thomas Aquinas (FL)

     6'3'' 265

 Ohio State

6.)

Ed Oliver

    DT

Westfield (TX)

     6'2'' 289

   Houston

7.)

Jacob Eason

    QB

 Lake Stevens Sr. (WA)

     6'5'' 217    

   Georgia

8.)

Mique Juarez

   OLB

 North (CA)

     6'2'' 226

      N/A

9.)

Derrick Brown

    DT

 Lanier (GA)

     6'4'' 332

      N/A

10.)

Jeffrey Simmons

    DE

 Noxubee County (MS)

     6'4'' 270

      N/A

Scout’s final rankings contain 31 five-star recruits. The top quarterback on the list is Ole Miss commit Shea Patterson, the top running back is Penn State commit Miles Sanders and the top wide receiver is USC commit Tyler Vaughns. Five-star DE Nick Bosa, the younger brother of Ohio State DE Joey Bosa, is ranked No. 5 and committed to the Buckeyes.

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LSU leads the country with 12 commitments from the Scout 300. Michigan and Ohio State are next with 11 commits each, while Notre Dame has 10 and SEC schools Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi each have nine. Eighty-five of the Scout 300 recruits are either currently uncommitted or have given soft verbal commitments, according to Scout.

National Signing Day is Feb. 3.