Two Brothers, Two Sports, Both Ranked #2 in the Nation | Max Hiller

Coatesville, Pennsylvania sits roughly halfway between Philadelphia and Dutch Country — not exactly a traditional hotbed for nationally ranked recruiting talent. But the Hiller household has quietly produced something that may be unprecedented in high school sports: two brothers, two different sports, both ranked second in the entire country in their respective classes.

Maxwell Hiller, a 2027 prospect, is a 6-foot-5, 300-pound offensive lineman ranked the second-best player in his class by 247Sports. His younger brother Colton, a 6-foot-6 basketball player, holds the same ranking in the 2028 class. Their mother Amy played field hockey in college; their father A.J. was a soccer player at Coastal Carolina. The family made a deliberate choice early on to expose both boys to as many sports as possible before letting them specialize.

Max started out as a running back in Pop Warner — a bruising one, by his father's account — but his size eventually made the transition to offensive line inevitable. What set him apart wasn't just his frame, but the athleticism that came with it. He played basketball for Coatesville's team, and his football coach noted the quickness of his second jump and his movement on defense as evidence of something beyond raw size. Penn State took notice before Max had played a single snap of high school football, offering him in eighth grade — a moment that left both Max and his father momentarily speechless.

That Penn State offer ultimately led Max to Florida. When a coach from Penn State's staff moved to Gainesville, Max followed the relationship, and what he found there — the culture, the coaching staff's direction under coach Sumrall — was enough to earn his commitment to the Gators. The move to Florida also appeals to Max for a reason that has nothing to do with football: he's an avid fisherman, a hobby his uncle introduced him to in middle school that he describes as a natural high.

With Max having already navigated the five-star recruiting process, Colton has a built-in resource most prospects his age don't have. Max has helped get basketball coaches on campus to evaluate his younger brother, and their father credits the brothers' relationship as the primary reason both have stayed grounded through the attention and pressure. The long-term picture the Hiller family is working toward — one son in the NFL, another in the NBA — is something they're careful not to get ahead of. But the foundation is already unlike anything most families could imagine.