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The Top Ranked Football Players of All-Time from West Virginia High Schools
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state.
What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
| High School | Athlete | POS | Rookie | Rnk |
| Alderson (Alderson) | Abe Shires | OL | 1941 | 20413 |
| Ansted (Ansted) | Tom Pridemore | DB | 1978 | 3876 |
| Big Creek (War) | Bob Gresham | RB | 1971 | 6295 |
| Big Creek (War) | Bob Gresham (KR) | KR | 1971 | 12283 |
| Bluefield (Bluefield) | Yubrenal Isabelle | LB | 2002 | 29123 |
| Brooke (Wellsburg) | Rich Thomaselli | RB | 1981 | 24922 |
| Buckhannon (Buckhannon) | Hoot Flanagan | RB | 1925 | 10221 |
| Buffalo (Buffalo) | Lionel Taylor | WR | 1959 | 878 |
| Buffalo (Buffalo) | Charley Cowan | OL | 1961 | 1138 |
| Cabell Midland (Ona) | Jason Starkey | OL | 2000 | 24851 |
| Capital (Charleston) | Darrion Scott | DL | 2004 | 14802 |
| Capital (Charleston) | Eric Smedley | DB | 1996 | 26955 |
| Capital (Charleston) | Dorian Etheridge | LB | 2021 | 36442 |
| Catholic (Parkersburg) | Luke Black | DL | 2012 | 32700 |
| Central Catholic (Wheeling) | Bill Gompers | RB | 1948 | 17861 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Dick Huffman | OL | 1947 | 1978 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Merl Condit | RB | 1940 | 4401 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Dave Stephenson | OL | 1950 | 6368 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Merl Condit (KR) | KR | 1940 | 8430 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Russ Thomas | OL | 1946 | 8439 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Merl Condit (K) | K | 1940 | 9132 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Hal Shoener | E | 1948 | 9186 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Bob Simms | LB | 1960 | 10295 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Gene Johnson | DB | 1959 | 11383 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Merl Condit (PR) | PR | 1940 | 12682 |
| Charleston (Charleston) | Carl Davis (OE) | E | 1926 | 16008 |
| Chester (Chester) | Herb Coleman | OL | 1945 | 7913 |
| Clarksburg (Clarksburg) | John Rokisky | K | 1946 | 10505 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Jim Pearcy | OL | 1946 | 7546 |
| Douglass (Huntington) | Jim Greer | WR | 1960 | 9206 |
| Dupont (Belle) | Randy Moss | WR | 1998 | 9 |
| Dupont (Belle) | Randy Moss (PR) | PR | 1998 | 14488 |
| Dupont (Belle) | Bobbie Howard | LB | 1999 | 21082 |
| Dupont (Belle) | Kelvin Kinney | DL | 1996 | 21404 |
| East Bank (East Bank) | Jimmy Carr | DB | 1955 | 3674 |
| East Bank (East Bank) | Chris Massey | RB | 2002 | 22333 |
| Eastern Christian (Elkton) | Wendell Smallwood | RB | 2016 | 9081 |
| Elkins (Elkins) | Marshall Goldberg | RB | 1939 | 3035 |
| Elkins (Elkins) | Marshall Goldberg (KR) | KR | 1939 | 9943 |
| Elkins (Elkins) | Marshall Goldberg (PR) | PR | 1939 | 12432 |
| Elkins (Elkins) | Al Baisi | OL | 1940 | 17879 |
| Fairmont (Fairmont) | Dante Stills | DL | 2023 | 15801 |
| Fairmont (Fairmont) | Zach Frazier (OL) | OL | 2024 | 20728 |
| Fairmont (Fairmont) | Rashod Kent | TE | 2002 | 34905 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Sam Huff | LB | 1956 | 210 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Frank Gatski | OL | 1946 | 370 |
| Follansbee (Follansbee) | Swede Hagberg | OL | 1929 | 7159 |
| Follansbee (Follansbee) | William Anderson | DB | 1971 | 24223 |
| Franklin (Franklin) | Dick Dolly | E | 1941 | 15285 |
| Gary (Gary) | Gordon Lambert | LB | 1968 | 21329 |
| Green Bank (Green Bank) | Bruce Bosley | OL | 1956 | 1152 |
| Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg) | Roger Shoals | OL | 1961 | 5477 |
| Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg) | Stu Worden | OL | 1930 | 6166 |
| Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg) | Walt Brewster | OL | 1929 | 13426 |
| Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg) | Sam Bartholomew | RB | 1940 | 15999 |
| Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg) | Harry Myles | E | 1929 | 16782 |
| Huntington (Huntington) | Bill Sortet | E | 1933 | 2193 |
| Huntington (Huntington) | Darnell Wright | OL | 2023 | 9016 |
| Huntington (Huntington) | Hoge Workman | RB | 1924 | 12073 |
| Huntington (Huntington) | Charlie Honaker | E | 1924 | 17020 |
| Iaeger (Iaeger) | John Brewer Jr. | RB | 1952 | 12156 |
| Irving (Clarksburg) | Ken Moore | OL | 1940 | 21911 |
| Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) | James Jett | WR | 1993 | 3053 |
| Jefferson (Shenandoah Junction) | Dewey McDonald | DB | 2014 | 29400 |
| Lewis County (Marlinton) | Mike McKibben | LB | 1979 | 10340 |
| Lincoln (Hinton) | Monte Crockett | TE | 1960 | 8370 |
| Madonna (Weirton) | Gene Trosch | DL | 1967 | 21465 |
| Mannington (Mannington) | Cassy Ryan | RB | 1929 | 14535 |
| Martinsburg (Martinsburg) | Fulton Walker (KR) | KR | 1981 | 4756 |
| Martinsburg (Martinsburg) | Fulton Walker (PR) | PR | 1981 | 8684 |
| Martinsburg (Martinsburg) | Fulton Walker | DB | 1981 | 14197 |
| Martinsburg (Martinsburg) | Tyson Bagent | QB | 2023 | 15117 |
| Martinsburg (Martinsburg) | Juwan Green | WR | 2020 | 36355 |
| Monongah (Monongah) | Kerry Marbury | RB | 1973 | 37015 |
| Mount Hope (Mount Hope) | Lonnie Warwick | LB | 1965 | 2747 |
| Musselman (Inwood) | Trevon Wesco | TE | 2019 | 20923 |
| Northfork (Northfork) | Tom Beasley | DL | 1978 | 6286 |
| Northfork (Northfork) | David Riley | RB | 1978 | 12333 |
| Notre Dame (Clarksburg) | John Lucente | RB | 1945 | 10162 |
| Notre Dame (Clarksburg) | Sam Fernandez | DB | 1962 | 34416 |
| Oak Hill (Oak Hill) | George Cafego | RB | 1940 | 7250 |
| Oak Hill (Oak Hill) | George Cafego (P) | P | 1940 | 12444 |
| Oak Hill (Oak Hill) | George Cafego (KR) | KR | 1940 | 12983 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Len Barnum | RB | 1938 | 5378 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Len Barnum (P) | P | 1938 | 5915 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Len Barnum (K) | K | 1938 | 7526 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Walt L. Barnes | OL | 1948 | 12521 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Brenton Strange | TE | 2023 | 13077 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Pete Barnum | RB | 1926 | 15483 |
| Parkersburg (Parkersburg) | Ryan Wingrove | DL | 2002 | 29897 |
| Pine Grove (Pine Grove) | Norm Willey | DL | 1950 | 1412 |
| Pineville (Pineville) | Curt Warner | RB | 1983 | 532 |
| Point Pleasant (Point Pleasant) | Bob Adkins | RB | 1940 | 14101 |
| Point Pleasant (Point Pleasant) | Scott Burris | OL | 1981 | 24720 |
| Ravenswood (Ravenswood) | Howard Hartley | DB | 1948 | 6677 |
| Ravenswood (Ravenswood) | Howard Hartley (PR) | PR | 1948 | 13125 |
| Ridgeley (Ridgeley) | Joe Moss | OL | 1952 | 12155 |
| Ripley (Ripley) | Bill Karr | E | 1933 | 2457 |
| Roane County (Spencer) | Derek Hardman | OL | 2010 | 35563 |
| Rupert (Rupert) | Joe Nicely | OL | 1958 | 40055 |
| Sherman (Seth) | Lou Zontini (K) | K | 1940 | 7097 |
| Sherman (Seth) | Lou Zontini | RB | 1940 | 10253 |
| Sherman (Seth) | Lou Zontini (P) | P | 1940 | 11915 |
| Shinnston (Shinnston) | Joe Stydahar | OL | 1936 | 1074 |
| Shinnston (Shinnston) | Frank Abruzzino | RB | 1931 | 13278 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Carl Lee | DB | 1983 | 1030 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Alex Hawkins | WR | 1959 | 2559 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Alex Hawkins (PR) | PR | 1959 | 9658 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Robert Alexander | RB | 1981 | 17527 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Aaron Dobson | WR | 2013 | 18456 |
| South Charleston (South Charleston) | Anthony Bass | DB | 1998 | 27248 |
| Spring Valley (Huntington) | Wyatt Milum | OL | 2025 | 39365 |
| St. Albans (St. Albans) | Jason Rader | TE | 2004 | 27486 |
| St. Albans (St. Albans) | Frank Roy | OL | 1966 | 30070 |
| St. Anthony's (Follansbee) | Mike Ciccolella | LB | 1966 | 13986 |
| St. Marys (St. Marys) | Billy Reynolds (PR) | PR | 1953 | 6884 |
| St. Marys (St. Marys) | Billy Reynolds | RB | 1953 | 6977 |
| St. Marys (St. Marys) | Billy Reynolds (KR) | KR | 1953 | 10297 |
| Stonewall Jackson (Charleston) | Dennis Harrah | OL | 1975 | 868 |
| Stonewall Jackson (Charleston) | Ron McCartney | LB | 1976 | 17393 |
| Stonewall Jackson (Charleston) | Walt Easley | RB | 1981 | 18760 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | John Reger | LB | 1955 | 822 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Tom Keane | DB | 1948 | 1623 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Jim Keane | E | 1946 | 2167 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Eddie Drummond (PR) | PR | 2002 | 3226 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Willie Clay | DB | 1992 | 3303 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Eddie Drummond (KR) | KR | 2002 | 5460 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Eddie Drummond | WR | 2002 | 11799 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | Bill Berrehsem | OL | 1926 | 20181 |
| The Linsly School (Wheeling) | C.J. Goodwin | DB | 2014 | 24047 |
| Thomas (Wheeling) | Tony Tonelli | OL | 1939 | 20055 |
| Union (Benwood) | Ed Matesic | QB | 1934 | 6268 |
| Union (Mount Storm) | Charlie Seabright | RB | 1941 | 8268 |
| University (Morgantown) | Rich Braham | OL | 1994 | 5112 |
| Victory (Clarksburg) | Rex Bumgardner | RB | 1948 | 5647 |
| Victory (Clarksburg) | Rex Bumgardner (PR) | PR | 1948 | 11746 |
| Victory (Clarksburg) | Rex Bumgardner (KR) | KR | 1948 | 14249 |
| Victory (Clarksburg) | Jess Rodriguez | RB | 1929 | 17490 |
| Vinson (Huntington) | Buzz Nutter | OL | 1954 | 1608 |
| Wahama (Mason) | Jim Barton | OL | 1960 | 9928 |
| Warwood (Wheeling) | Chuck Howley | LB | 1958 | 73 |
| Washington (Charleston) | Ryan Switzer (PR) | PR | 2017 | 10528 |
| Washington (Charleston) | Ryan Switzer (KR) | KR | 2017 | 11097 |
| Washington (Charleston) | Ryan Switzer | WR | 2017 | 19530 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Bob Gain | DL | 1952 | 714 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Bob Jeter | DB | 1963 | 1722 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Tony Leon | OL | 1943 | 7507 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Bill Tucker | RB | 1967 | 7588 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Kevin Miller (PR) | PR | 1978 | 13306 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Kevin Miller (KR) | KR | 1978 | 14499 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Bill Tucker (KR) | KR | 1967 | 14507 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Tony Jeter | TE | 1966 | 16760 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Kevin Miller | WR | 1978 | 17461 |
| Weir (Weirton) | John Canei | OL | 1983 | 25130 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Leon Jenkins | DB | 1972 | 29565 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Leon Jenkins (PR) | PR | 1972 | 36706 |
| Weir (Weirton) | Bob Jeter (KR) | KR | 1963 | 36928 |
| Wellsburg (Wellsburg) | Russ Craft | DB | 1946 | 1426 |
| Wellsburg (Wellsburg) | Russ Craft (PR) | PR | 1946 | 14251 |
| Wellsburg (Wellsburg) | Kenny Fryer | QB | 1944 | 16524 |
| West (Fairmont) | Calvin Turner | DL | 1987 | 9599 |
| Weston (Weston) | Russ Bailey | OL | 1920 | 7161 |
| Weston (Weston) | Nels Peterson | RB | 1937 | 11159 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling) | Nick Mumley | DL | 1960 | 9258 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling) | Bill Stobbs | RB | 1921 | 13428 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling) | Tom Bland | RB | 1962 | 31138 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling) | Tom Bland (PR) | PR | 1962 | 37527 |
| Williamson (Williamson) | Dick Hensley | E | 1949 | 11077 |
| Williamson (Williamson) | Verlin Adams | E | 1943 | 16771 |
| Williamson (Williamson) | Frank Kimble | E | 1943 | 17012 |
| Wilson (Beckley) | Frank Huffman | OL | 1939 | 11669 |
| Wilson (Beckley) | Doug Legursky | OL | 2008 | 17814 |
| Wilson (Beckley) | Millard Flemming (KR) | KR | 1963 | 35636 |
| Wilson (Beckley) | Millard Flemming | RB | 1963 | 36824 |
| Winfield (Winfield) | Michael Barber | WR | 1989 | 15925 |
| Winfield (Winfield) | Michael Barber (PR) | PR | 1989 | 16371 |
| Ziesing (Hepzibah) | Kelly Rodriguez | RB | 1930 | 13140 |
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