Top Utah High School Football Recruits: 2026 Signees and the 2027 Class to Watch

Utah produces more Power Four football talent than its size suggests, and two recruiting classes are worth tracking right now: the 2026 class, which signed in December 2025 and February 2026, and the 2027 class, which is still committing. This is a snapshot of the top in-state prospects in both cycles, using public ranking-service data from 247Sports, On3, Rivals, and ESPN, and where each player has signed or committed.

These are high school athletes, so the details below are limited to what ranking services publish: name, high school, star rating, state or national ranking, and any announced college commitment.

Utah's 2026 signing class

The headliner among in-state 2026 prospects was Salesi Moa, a four-star athlete out of Fremont High in Plain City. The 247Sports Composite ranked Moa as the No. 1 prospect from Utah, the No. 45 player nationally, and the No. 3 athlete in the country. Moa committed to Tennessee in July 2025, then flipped to hometown Utah and signed with the Utes in December. He later entered the transfer portal and committed to Michigan in early 2026 — a reminder that recruiting rankings capture a moment, not a finished career.

Mataalii Benjamin, a four-star offensive tackle from Lehi High, was the No. 7 prospect from Utah and the No. 21 offensive tackle nationally in the 247Sports Composite. Benjamin was committed to Minnesota before flipping to Utah on Oct. 29, 2025, and signed with the Utes.

Lone Peak wide receiver Jaron Pula was among the highest-rated in-state players in the class, a four-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite who committed to Utah alongside his twin brother, Kennan Pula. Jaron had drawn offers from Alabama, Arizona, Michigan State, and roughly two dozen other programs before choosing the Utes.

Orem safety Aisa Galea'i rounded out Utah's in-state haul. He carried a four-star grade from Rivals and a three-star grade in the 247Sports Composite, which ranked him the No. 22 prospect from Utah. Galea'i chose Utah over BYU, UCLA, Oregon, and Miami, and signed with the Utes.

The biggest name in Utah's overall 2026 class — five-star offensive tackle Kelvin Obot, the program's first-ever five-star signee — is from Fruitland, Idaho, not Utah, so he sits outside this in-state list. His signing underscores how Utah's 2026 class leaned on both local roots and out-of-state recruiting.

The 2027 class to watch

The 2027 cycle is led by Bode Sparrow, a four-star athlete from Davis High in Kaysville and the top-ranked recruit in the state. The 247Sports Composite has listed Sparrow around No. 69 nationally and as a top-five athlete in the class, with offers from BYU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Arizona State, among others. The 6-foot-3 prospect has excelled at both wide receiver and safety. As of June 2026 he had narrowed his finalists to BYU, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah, with 247Sports' expert predictions favoring Oklahoma.

Krew Jones is the state's other blue-chip 2027 defender. A four-star edge rusher who moved from Ridgeline to Orem ahead of his senior year, Jones rated as the No. 19 edge nationally and a top-two player in Utah per the 247Sports Composite. He committed to Oklahoma in 2025, becoming one of the Sooners' early 2027 pledges.

Quarterback Kamden Lopati of West High in Salt Lake City gives the class a high-major signal-caller. The four-star pocket passer committed to Michigan in 2026 after an earlier pledge to Illinois.

Several other in-state 2027 names have surfaced in ranking-service coverage, but commitments at this stage shift often. The three above are the most firmly established by public rankings and announced pledges as of mid-2026.

How Utah recruiting rankings work

Recruiting rankings come from a handful of services — 247Sports, On3, Rivals, and ESPN — each of which assigns prospects a star rating (two to five stars) and a numerical grade after evaluating film, camp performance, and measurables. A five-star is reserved for the handful of elite national prospects; four-stars are high-major Power Four talents; three-stars make up the bulk of signed FBS players.

The figure most often cited, the "247Sports Composite," is not 247's own ranking. It is an aggregate that blends the major services' grades into a single industry-wide number, which is why a player like Aisa Galea'i can hold a four-star grade at one service and a three-star Composite grade at the same time. State rankings (for example, "No. 1 in Utah") and position rankings ("No. 21 offensive tackle") are derived from those same grades.

Rankings are living numbers. They move as players camp, post senior film, and earn or lose offers, and they say nothing about how a recruit pans out in college. They are a useful map of where the talent is concentrated — and in Utah, that map increasingly points to a few football powers like Lone Peak, Orem, Corner Canyon, and Davis.

## Key facts: - 2026 in-state leader: Salesi Moa (Fremont High, Plain City), four-star ATH, No. 1 in Utah / No. 45 nationally (247Sports Composite); signed with Utah, later transferred to Michigan - 2026 in-state signees with Utah: Mataalii Benjamin (Lehi, four-star OT, No. 7 Utah), Jaron Pula (Lone Peak, four-star WR), Aisa Galea'i (Orem, No. 22 Utah) - Class context: Utah's first-ever five-star signee, OT Kelvin Obot, is from Fruitland, Idaho — out of state, not part of the in-state list - 2027 leader: Bode Sparrow (Davis High, Kaysville), four-star ATH, ~No. 69 nationally; finalists BYU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah (Oklahoma favored as of June 2026) - 2027 commits: Krew Jones (Ridgeline/Orem, four-star EDGE, No. 19 edge) to Oklahoma; Kamden Lopati (West, four-star QB) to Michigan - Rankings source: 247Sports Composite blends 247Sports, On3, Rivals, and ESPN grades; star ratings run two to five - Sources: 247Sports, On3, Rivals, ESPN, Deseret News, KSL