Top 10 highest-rated North Carolina HS football players since 2000

6. DeMario Pressley – 0.9946

Pressley was the No. 1-ranked defensive tackle in the country while he was at Dudley High School and the No. 12-ranked recruit in the nation for the Class of 2008. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound five-star committed to NC State and was then drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 2008 NFL Draft. Pressley won a Super Bowl with the Saints and played in the NFL until 2012.