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Illinois high school football

46 Illinois high schools have produced an NFL draft pick since the 2010 signing class, out of 303 with a college signee who went on to play.

58
NFL draftees
7% of 2010–2020 signees
68
College contributors
offense skill
1,597
Recruits tracked
since 2010
78
Schools that produced
of 303 with a signee

What Illinois produces

Every college signee from an Illinois high school since 2010 by position group, and how many were drafted.

WR
1829 NFL
OT
1629 NFL
EDGE
1827 NFL
IOL
1646 NFL
TE
1046 NFL
CB
1005 NFL
DL
1414 NFL
ATH
943 NFL
QB
1072 NFL
RB
1052 NFL
S
1042 NFL
K
372 NFL
LB
961 NFL
LS
11
P
8
draftedsigned with a college program

Every school, by NFL draft picks

Every Illinois high school that has sent a player to a college football program since 2010 — 303 of them, ranked by what those players became.

#High schoolNFLRecruits
1Bolingbrook333
2Hinsdale Central320
3Wheaton Warrenville South213
4East St. Louis264
5Crete-Monee219
6Barrington214
7Sacred Heart Griffin213
8Edwardsville212
9Belleville West27
10Homewood-Flossmoor224
11Maine South125
12Montini Catholic118
13Waubonsie Valley17
14Nazareth Academy130
15Glenbard West121
16Morgan Park116
17Lyons Township112
18Providence Catholic112
19De La Salle Institute19
20Wheaton North18
21St. Viator15
22Glenbard North14
23Deerfield13
24IMG Academy13
25St. Rita118

78 of Illinois's 303 high schools with a college signee have produced an NFL pick or a college contributor, and they are the ones ranked above; 4 have a pipeline page of their own. Search finds any of the 303.

Class by class

How many college players Illinois sent out each year — whether the state as a whole is producing more or fewer, which no class ranking measures.

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'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Illinois

Notable alumni

The 40 biggest names out of Illinois, drafted first. A school's own page carries every one of its signees.

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Laquon TreadwellWROle MissNFL draft (2016 R1)
Terry Beckner Jr.DLMissouriNFL draft (2019 R7)
A.J. EpenesaEDGEIowaNFL draft (2020 R2)
J.J. McCarthyQBMichiganNFL draft (2024 R1)
Ethan PocicOTLSUNFL draft (2017 R2)
Jamarco JonesOTOhio StateNFL draft (2018 R5)
C.J. FiedorowiczTEIowaNFL draft (2014 R3)
Antonio JohnsonSTexas A&MNFL draft (2023 R5)
Cole KmetTENotre DameNFL draft (2020 R2)
Peter SkoronskiIOLNorthwesternNFL draft (2023 R1)
Justin JacksonRBNorthwesternNFL draft (2018 R7)
Rylie MillsEDGENotre DameNFL draft (2025 R5)
Trevor KeeganOTMichiganNFL draft (2024 R5)
Clayton ThorsonQBNorthwesternNFL draft (2019 R5)
Evan SpencerWROhio StateNFL draft (2015 R6)
Jaleel JohnsonDLIowaNFL draft (2017 R4)
Miles BoykinWRNotre DameNFL draft (2019 R3)
Dominic LovettWRMissouriNFL draft (2025 R7)
Bucky IrvingRBMinnesotaNFL draft (2024 R4)
Brian AllenIOLMichigan StateNFL draft (2018 R4)
Antonio MorrisonLBFloridaNFL draft (2016 R4)
Tyler NubinCBMinnesotaNFL draft (2024 R2)
Royce NewmanOTOle MissNFL draft (2021 R4)
Logan LeeTEIowaNFL draft (2024 R6)
Nick BroekerOTOle MissNFL draft (2023 R7)
Kendrick GreenDLIllinoisNFL draft (2021 R3)
Vincent ValentineDLNebraskaNFL draft (2016 R3)
Julian LoveCBNotre DameNFL draft (2019 R4)
Zach FultonIOLTennesseeNFL draft (2014 R6)
Greg NewsomeCBNorthwesternNFL draft (2021 R1)
Chris SlaytonEDGESyracuseNFL draft (2019 R7)
Albert OkwuegbunamTEMissouriNFL draft (2020 R4)
Dean LowryEDGENorthwesternNFL draft (2016 R4)
Lukas Van NessEDGEIowaNFL draft (2023 R1)
Cameron MitchellCBNorthwesternNFL draft (2023 R5)
Sam LaPortaTEIowaNFL draft (2023 R2)
Nick NiemannEDGEIowaNFL draft (2021 R6)
Chau Smith-WadeCBWashington StateNFL draft (2024 R5)
Dan FeeneyOTIndianaNFL draft (2017 R3)
Andy GallikIOLBoston CollegeNFL draft (2015 R6)

Top current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
David FolorunshoDLNotre Dame5★
Israel AbramsQBMiami5★
Jake NawrotQBKentucky4★
Myson Johnson-CookRBAuburn4★
Gavin MuellerNotre DameMichiganPenn StateTEMiami4★
Brock WilliamsTETexas4★
Quentin BurrellWRMichigan4★
Jonas WilliamsUSCLSUOhio StateQBUSC4★

Other states

The same read for every state with enough college signings to measure.

A recruit's state is his HOMETOWN, so this is where Illinois talent comes from rather than where it plays. Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes, each with the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. How this is measured.