The Chronicle’s Metro Top 50 football players

Based 75 percent on recruitment and 25 percent productivity, The Chronicle’s preseason list of the top 50 Metro high school players to watch is spread among schools and positions.

Valley Christian-San Jose, De La Salle-Concord and Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland each had four players on the list — DLS’s four are in the top 12 — and the defensive line (including defensive ends) had the most representatives with 11 players, followed by defensive backs and quarterbacks (seven each), offensive line (six), wide receivers (five), running backs and linebackers (four) and athletes and tight ends (three).