With the summer in the rearview mirror and fall events beginning to get underway, we find ourselves in the midst of the most important ranking update of the year.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be rolling out some of our most in-depth updates in recent time across the 2026, 2027 and 2028 classes. Top 10s with new write-ups, Biggest Movers, Positional breakdowns, Top Uncommitted, Upcoming spring breakouts, and more.

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Schedule
Today: Top 10, Top 215 release
Tomorrow: Biggest Movers, New Additions
Wednesday: Positional Rankings
Thursday: Positional Rankings
Friday: Positional Rankings

The Top 10

Dexter McCleon Jr OF / RHP / Buford, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 1 / POS: 1

Colin Anderson 3B / OF / Etowah High School, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 2 / POS: 1

Lio Garcia SS / OF / Buford, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 3 / POS: 1

Breck Hemphill OF / Harrison, PA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 4 / POS: 2

Gavin Gebhardt SS / OF / Cambridge, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 5 / POS: 2

Thomas Gentry RHP / SS / Citizens Christian Academy, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 6 / POS: 1

Zach Koons SS / RHP / Greater Atlanta Christian, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 7 / POS: 3

Rylan Jenkins OF / LHP / Washington County High School, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 8 / POS: 3

David Vargas SS / 2B / Cartersville, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 9 / POS: 4

Gavin Greene C / 2B / Blessed Trinity Catholic, GA / 2028 Rankings  StateRank: 10 / POS: 1

The Case for #1

The trio sitting at the top of Georgia’s 2028 rankings is as potent as you’ll find in the country with all three players slotting into the Top-15 nationally, including the top overall player in the class.

If you’re looking for someone who fills the “what it looks like” moniker then look no further than RHP/OF Dexter McCleon Jr., who backs it up with one of the loudest profiles you’ll ever see at this age. The two-way talent and #1 player in the country stands an athletic, broad-shouldered 6-foot-3, 195-pounds with twitch and still more to project. The tools stand out in every facet for McCleon as a 6.3 runner with present plus arm strength and ability to stick anywhere across the outfield with above-average upside. It continues at the plate with explosive bat speed and present plus raw power that carries balls to all-fields with minimal effort. Consistently producing hard-hit contact from an on-plane path and has even more to tap into as he continues to develop. To round things out, McCleon has highest-level arm talent on the mound with top-end velocity and feel for a quality four pitch mix. Fastball has been up to 97 this summer, living 92-95 in every outing with carry and sharp arm-side run that overpowers hitters even while playing up. Slider is tight at 78-82 with more to come and present feel to spin (2500+ RPM) and has now mixed in a cutter in the mid-to-high 80s that plays off the fastball well. Low-80s changeup has made immense strides this year and is beginning to show as a future out pitch for McCleon with late tumble that generates some ugly swing-and-miss. From top to bottom, this is as high-level of an athlete you’ll see at 15 years old and we haven’t seen anything close to the ceiling yet.