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East St. Louis East St. Louis IL Football Recruits

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East St. Louis, IL. Follow the volume, blue-chip spikes, destination programs, and draft conversion that define this recruiting pipeline.

FBS recruits
40
Blue-chip
13
Drafted
4
Draft rate
10%

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East St. Louis football recruits

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

What is the East St. Louis East St. Louis IL football recruiting profile?
East St. Louis in East St. Louis, IL has produced 40 tracked FBS recruits, including Luther Burden III, with 13 blue-chip recruits and 4 NFL Draft picks in the current dataset.
Which colleges recruit East St. Louis?
Missouri has signed 6 recruits 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 East St. Louis recruiting pipeline?
Use the profile to compare FBS recruit volume, blue-chip count, draft rate of 10%, 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

2007

Latest recruit year

2026

Top college destination

Missouri

Most common position group

DB

Best class by recruits

2026 (5)

Best class by blue-chip

2022 (2)

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 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 16 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

2026 (5)

Most blue-chip recruits

2022 (2)

Most drafted players

2022 (2)

Positions

Position Breakdown

The position groups this school produces most often.

Bar chart. Bar chart with 1 data series: Recruits. Categories include DB, WR, DL, OL, and 5 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 2, Round 5, Round 7.

Context

What the profile says

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

Blue-chip concentration

13 premium prospects

32.5% of known FBS recruits were four-stars or five-stars.

Draft conversion

10%

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

Top destination lane

Missouri

6 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
Toriano Pride Jr.20224★CBClemson202674
Luther Burden III20225★WRMissouri202527
Antonio Johnson20204★STexas A&M2023526
Terry Hawthorne20094★WRIllinois2013517

Top Recruits

Top Recruits

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

Showing TE recruits from East St. Louis.

Clear filter
PlayerClassStarsRatingPositionCollegeDraftedDraft Round
Armaad Sharp20263★0.84TEEastern MichiganNo

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