The 1988 top football recruits in the state of Virginia, as ranked by Doug Doughty of The Roanoke Times.
1988 Top Football Recruits for the State of Virginia
| Pos | Player | High School | College |
| LB | D.J. Brown | Alexandria Hayfield |  |
| C/DT | Mike Compton | Richlands |  |
| LB | Martin Davis | Chesapeake Indian River | |
| RB | Nikki Fisher | Martinsville |  |
| OT | Calvert Jones | Lynchburg E.C. Glass |  |
| OT/NG | Steven Ainsworth | Williamsburg Lafayette | ?? |
| QB | Randolph Austin | Lynchburg E.C. Glass | |
| RB | Eric Bates | Fredricksburg James Monroe | Ferrum |
| TE | Craig Brown | Virginia Beach Kempsville |  |
| QB | Curtis Brown | Virginia Beach Kempsville | ?? |
| QB | Todd Burnett | Burke Lake Braddock | |
| DL | Geoffrey Carey | Richmond Hermitage | ?? |
| OT/DT | Troy Duke | Norfolk Lake Taylor |  |
| QB | Bobby Goodman | Suffolk Kennedy | |
| DL/OL | Stephan Holloway | Tazewell |  |
| DB/WR | Joey Jauch | Vienna Madison | |
| LB | Sherwood Jones | Hampton |  |
| OG/DT | Ron Lassiter | Williamsburg Lafayette |  |
| DL | Bryan Lindsey | Richmond Hermitage | |
| DB/WR | Tim Moss | Lynchburg Heritage | |
| DE/LB | James Pearson | Alexandria West Potomac | |
| DL | Shane Scott | Mt. Vernon |  |
| LB | Terrell Simmons | Norfolk Norview | ?? |
| OT/DT | Marc Verniel | Hampton Kecoughtan | |
| TE/DT | David Ware | William Fleming | |
| RB/DB | Monte George | Stafford | ?? |
| OT | Glenn Baucom | Woodbridge Gar-Field | ?? |
| RB | Dave Brown | Phoebus | ?? |
| QB | George Coghill | Fredricksburg James Monroe | |
| LB | Bryan Hunt | Norfolk Booker T. Washington | ?? |
| RB/DB | Larry Jordan | Dumfries Potomac | ?? |
| TE/LB | Charles Keinin | William Byrd | ?? |
| DB | Richard Kinsman | Falls Church George Marshall |  |
| DT/OT | Johnathan Glorie | Norfolk Maury | ?? |
| OT | Chris McKinney | Lynchburg Heritage | ?? |
| DB | Marcus Mickel | Newport News Denbigh | |
| DE/TE | Maurice Miller | Richmond John Marshall | ?? |
| DB | Buddy Omohundro | Midlothian Clover Hill | |
| OT/DT | Dennis Parker | Richmond John Marshall | ?? |
| DB/RB | Mark Poindexter | Rocky Mount Franklin County | |
| OL | Scott Rismiller | Roanoke Cave Spring |  |
| FB/DE | B.J. Runyon | Vienna Madison | |
| DB | Lamont Scales | Drewry Mason | |
| OT/DT | John Sheets | Daleville Lord Botetourt | ?? |
| OT | Derek Spangler | Mechanicsville Lee-Davis |  |
| RB | Gary Steele | Richmond Fork Union | ?? |
| LB | David Sweeney | Salem | |
| DT | Pat Thomasson | Annandale |  |
| DT/OT | Jeff Tomlin | Lynchburg Heritage | |
| OL/DL | Gary Webb | Luray | ?? |
| LB | Scott Wingfield | Lunenburg Central | |
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