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Centennial Bakersfield CA Football Recruits

Bakersfield, CA. Follow the volume, blue-chip spikes, destination programs, and draft conversion that define this recruiting pipeline.

FBS recruits
8
Blue-chip
1
Drafted
1
Draft rate
12.5%

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Centennial football recruits

Quick answers for school, city, state, recruit, destination, and draft searches.

What is the Centennial Bakersfield CA football recruiting profile?
Centennial in Bakersfield, CA has produced 8 tracked FBS recruits, including Cody Kessler, with 1 blue-chip recruit and 1 NFL Draft pick in the current dataset.
Which colleges recruit Centennial?
USC has signed 1 recruit from this school. CFBTrack also lists each recruit's college destination, class year, position, star rating, and draft outcome when available.
How strong is the Centennial recruiting pipeline?
Use the profile to compare FBS recruit volume, blue-chip count, draft rate of 12.5%, top position group, yearly trends, and similar high-school pipelines.

Overview

Program snapshot

The quick facts that frame this school's recruiting footprint.

First recruit year

2003

Latest recruit year

2024

Top college destination

USC

Most common position group

DL

Best class by recruits

2024 (2)

Best class by blue-chip

2011 (1)

Timeline

Recruiting Timeline

Year-by-year recruiting output, blue-chip spikes, and drafted-player classes.

Line chart. Line chart with 3 data series: FBS recruits, Blue-chip recruits, Drafted players. Categories include 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 4 more.

Stars

Stars Breakdown

The mix of 3-star, 4-star, 5-star, and unrated recruits in this school's history.

Doughnut chart. Doughnut chart with 1 data series. Categories include 3-star, 4-star, 5-star, Unrated/other.

Best Classes

Best recruiting classes

The years that delivered the biggest jumps in volume, premium talent, and draft outcomes.

Most FBS recruits

2024 (2)

Most blue-chip recruits

2011 (1)

Most drafted players

2011 (1)

Positions

Position Breakdown

The position groups this school produces most often.

Bar chart. Bar chart with 1 data series: Recruits. Categories include DL, LB, OL, QB, and 3 more.

Draft Outcomes

Draft Outcomes

Which recruits from this high school eventually got drafted, and where did they land?

Bar chart. Bar chart with 1 data series: Drafted players. Categories include Round 3.

Context

What the profile says

A compact readout of the signals that matter most when comparing this school to other pipelines.

Blue-chip concentration

1 premium prospects

12.5% of known FBS recruits were four-stars or five-stars.

Draft conversion

12.5%

Draft status stays visible even when round and pick data are incomplete.

Top destination lane

USC

1 recruits reached the leading destination program.

Draft Table

Drafted Recruits

Draft year, round, and pick stay optional so drafted status remains visible even when the player bridge is incomplete.

PlayerClassStarsPositionCollegeDraft YearRoundPick
Cody Kessler20114★PROUSC2016330

Top Recruits

Top Recruits

Sorted by stars, rating, class year, and name to keep the table deterministic.

PlayerClassStarsRatingPositionCollegeDraftedDraft Round
Cody Kessler20114★0.93PROUSCYes3
Zander Fabbri20083★0.88ILBArizonaNo
Jared Norris20113★0.86ILBNo
Jacob Hickman20053★0.86OGNo
Jaxton Santiago20243★0.85TEYaleNo
Gabriel Cherry20173★0.84SDENo
Connor Warkentin20243★0.83DLBoise StateNo
Colby Warkentin20193★0.82WDEFresno StateNo
Cole Beaty20173★0.80ATHNorthern ArizonaNo
Brandon Robinson20162★0.79SNo
Kevin Porter20032★0.77ILBNevadaNo
Matt Reese20032★0.77OTUtah StateNo

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