20 standouts of 2B football who are set up to have big Washington high school seasons in 2026

Classification features physical, high-volume running backs who lead contending programs

In any classification, Onalaska fullback Ethan Thayer is the state’s lone returning 2,000-yard rusher from last season. (Ridley Hudson / The Chronicle)

Now that VarsityWA has finished its positional breakouts and class rankings leading up to the 2026 season of Washington high school football, it’s time to look at things in a different way.

By classification.

Next up — ranking 20 standouts from 2B football.

Much like the selection process for the VarsityWA Preseason 100, preseason positional rankings and preseason class rankings, the criteria for the classification rankings is a mixture of what a player has already accomplished individually, team success and offseason recruiting buzz: