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Landen Williams-Callis, Randle High
The primary factor in determining the rankings was their performance during the 2025-26 school year. Additional consideration was given to multi-sport athletes, college commitments, national recruiting status and overall accomplishments at the district, regional, state and national levels.
The result is a collection of the area's most dynamic and accomplished athletes — competitors who have proven themselves on the biggest stages in 2025-26.
So here are the Top 50 Boys Athletes for the 2025-26 season.
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TOP 50
No. 1 Landen Williams-Callis, Randle, Football and Track
Texas Gatorade Player of the Year; VYPE POY
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No. 2 Alvin Mosely, Crawford, Football and Basketball
VYPE Basketball POY Finalist; First-Team Football
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No. 3 CJ Sampson, Tomball, Baseball
2X State Champion, State MVP (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 4 Jermaine Bishop Jr., Willis, Football and Basketball
All-time leading WR in Houston HS Football; UT-signee
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No. 5 Blake Hamilton, Tompkins, Football and Track
The Fastest Man in Houston? TD Club of Finalist
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No. 6 Keisean Henderson, Legacy SSS, Football
No. 1 QB in the Country, UH-signee
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No. 7 Reese Alston, Second Baptist School, Basketball
2X TAPPS State Champion; Guy V. Lewis Winner
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No. 8 Grant Sperandio, Memorial, Football and Baseball
Star QB, Texas-commit on the Mound; State Finalist
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No. 9 John Hebert, Strake Jesuit, Football
4th All-Time Yardage for RBs in Houston (UH-signee)
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No. 10 Dillon Mitchell, CE King, Football and Track
Fastest Man in Nation, Team’s Top WR
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No. 11 Andrew Jones, Klein Collins, Track
Won State Gold in Both Events, Back to Back
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No. 12 Cardae Mack, Atascocita, Football
Massive Career for Eagles, Arizona State-signee
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No. 13 Parker Glenn, Cain, Soccer
2X State Champ, District MVP
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No. 14 Isaiah Santos, Seven Lakes, Basketball
VYPE Public School Player of Year; Regional Finals
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No. 15 Micah Tennison, Oak Ridge, Swim
Two Golds at State, Texas A&M-signee
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No. 16 JD Wallace, Yates, Football, Basketball and Track
All-District Football; Basketball; Track (UTEP-signee)
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No. 17 Xavier Muhammad, South Houston, Football, Basketball and Track
Major DI Football, All-District Basketball (Michigan-commit
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No. 18 Jaylen Addai, Shadow Creek, Football, Basketball and Track
The Future of Shadow Creek.
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No. 19 Colton Coney, Clear Creek, Water Polo
State MVP; The State’s Top Player
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No. 20 Sean Perez, Humble, Wrestling
Best Pound for Pound Wrestler in H-Town; State Champion
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No. 21 TK Gaines, Waller, Football and Baseball
2x Baseball USA Gold; Unanimous Football All-District QB
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No. 22 Carson White, Iowa Colony, Football, Baseball and Track
Junior Had Huge Year. One of Top QBs, Starting CF, Relays in Track (OSU-commit)
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No. 23 Adam Boyd, Atascocita, Basketball
MVP of District; Led Team to State Semis (La.Tech-signee)
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No. 24 Peter Dorsey, Wheatley, Football and Basketball
D1 Defensive End; Led Wildcats to State Semis in Hoops
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No. 25 Kosi Okpala, Mayde Creek, Football
TD Club Defensive POY; Dominant Hitter (UT-signee)
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No. 26 Wayne Shanks, Kinkaid, Football and Track
Led Falcons to SPC Title… again (Arizona-commit)
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No. 27 Landon Veal, Houston Christian, Basketball
Star on SPC Champs; High Major Hooper
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No. 28 Miguel Becerra, College Park, Soccer
School Made History Winning State Title
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No. 29 Marcus Cantu, Lutheran South, Baseball
Helped Lead Pioneers to Another TAPPS Title (Coastal Carolina-signee)
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No. 30 Kaleb Maryland, North Shore, Football
Won State as a Senior at QB (Utah State-signee)
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No. 31 CJ Toney, Atascocita, Football and Baseball
1,400 Yards Offense; Centerfielder for Regional Semifinalist (Wash State-signee)
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No. 32 Catcher Hopkins, Tomball Baseball
2X State Champ; Heartbeat of Tomball; (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 33 Lincoln Frazier, Willis, Football
Led State in Passing as a Freshman
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No. 34 Damon Miles, Clear Lake, Basketball
Led State in Texas in Scoring
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No. 35 Joshua Shelton, Pearland, Track
Won the 400 Meters at State
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No. 36 Za’Qwaun Nunn, North Shore, Football, Track, Wrestling
District MVP on the State Champion; Regional Track
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No. 37 Logan Milsaps, College Park, Wrestling
State Champion. One of Nation’s Best Wrestlers
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No. 38 Miles Young, Episcopal, Baseball
SPC Champ and Perfect Game Rated 10 of 10 (Georgia-signee)
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No. 39 Nicholas Ferguson, Heights, Track
State Camp in the 800 Meters
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No. 40 Noah Ballard, Klein Cain, Football and Soccer
State MVP for Soccer; Won State; Kicks Field Goals too
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No. 41 Obinna Umeh, St. Thomas, Football
VYPE Private School Player of the Year (Duke-signee)
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No. 42 Jack Smejkal, The Woodlands, Baseball
Second Team All-State; Ace Pitcher (Texas-signee)
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No. 43 Landon Brown, Iowa Colony, Baseball
Led Team to Historic Playoff Run; 3rd Team All-State (Miss. State-Signee)
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No. 44 Joseph Credit, Pearland, Football
District Defensive POY; TD Club Finalist (Kansas-signee)
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No. 45 Camden Gibson, College Park, Track
Tremendous in XC; Won 1600 at State Class 6A (Tulsa-signee)
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No. 46 Ashten Ballew, Katy, Baseball
District Offensive POY, Led Katy to Regional Finals
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No. 47 Alim Olajuwon, Episcopal, Basketball
All-SPC, ESPN 4-Star, SPC Finalist
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No. 48 Griffin Saacke, Bridgeland, Cross Country and Track
Houston’s Top Long Distance Runner
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No. 49 Peyton Trummell, Lake Creek, Baseball
Led Lions to State Finals; All-Time Leading HR Man at LC
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No. 50 Pierce Ritchey, St. John’s, Wrestling
VYPE Private School Wrestler of the Year
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