Full coverage: 2026-27 Post-Dispatch Super 30 football preseason countdown

Belleville East safety, receiver and kick returner James Johnson (left) is the No. 9 recruit on the Post-Dispatch Super 30 countdown of the area’s top senior college football prospects. Johnson has verbally committed to the University of Cincinnati.

Who's ready for the high school football season? Every year, the Post-Dispatch ranks 30 of the area’s top senior college football prospects.