In a normal year, California high school football is more than adequately stocked with next-level wide receiver talent.
But in 2025? It’s overflowing, bursting at the seams with future D-1 stars at receiver.
California’s Class of 2026 talent pool at WR is one of the deepest in recent memory, and the Class of 2027 is strong there as well. There are likely upwards of 100 future Division I receivers among returning seniors, juniors, and sophomores.
With that said, here’s who we think are the top 20 wide receivers in California entering the 2025 seasons, plus a list of many more at the end who were considered.
The primary criteria are production and team success relative to strength of schedule, awards for the 2024 season from other sources, and recruiting rankings/accolades.
1. Vance Spafford, Mission Viejo – Sr.
Spafford, one of the fastest players in high school football, enters his senior year with 141 catches for 2,610 yards and 36 touchdowns for the perennial public school national contender. As a junior, he caught 57 passes for 1,017 yards and 14 touchdowns in addition to blocking two punts and a field goal. The previous year he lifted Mission Viejo to a 1-AA state title with 1,576 yards and 22 TDs. Spafford, a 4-star recruit with 38 offers, flipped from Georgia to Miami in June.
MORE: Mission Viejo sends national message with Battle at the Beach championship
2. Trent Mosley, Santa Margarita – Sr.
Despite a midseason injury that cost him four games, Mosley had 61 catches for 908 yards and eight touchdowns, 102 yards and seven TDs rushing, and a punt return TD in eight games last year against arguably the toughest schedule in the country. The 4-star USC commit enters the fall with career totals of 170 catches for 2,599 yards and 22 touchdowns, 69 carries for 372 yards and another 22…
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Publish date : 2025-08-09 04:11:00
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