State Recruiting
2004 Illinois High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Illinois prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 50
- Committed Programs
- 19
- Blue-Chips
- 5
Destination programs
- 13 recruits
- Illinois5 recruits
- Ball State4 recruits
- Northern Illinois4 recruits
- Navy3 recruits
Illinois recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Williams Bolingbrook | OLB | Iowa | 5★ | 0.991 |
| 2 | Chris Patterson Hubbard | OLB | Oklahoma | 5★ | 0.988 |
| 3 | Roland Martin Harper | OT | Michigan State | 5★ | 0.984 |
| 4 | Tim Jamison Thornton Township | WDE | Michigan | 4★ | 0.980 |
| 5 | Sam Carson Downers Grove South | ILB | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 6 | Eric Andino Buffalo Grove | SDE | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 7 | Sean Lewis H L Richards | PRO | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 8 | Nate Lyles Hubbard | CB | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 9 | Kwame Agyeman Lake Park | S | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 10 | Marcus Randle El Thornton Township | ATH | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 11 | Jamil Walker William Fremd | RB | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 12 | Jack Simmons Carmel Catholic | TE | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 13 | Patrick Gates Marian Catholic | APB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 14 | Russ Weil Minooka | ILB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 15 | Walter Mendenhall Niles West | RB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 16 | Britt Davis Riverside Brookfield | DUAL | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 17 | Dan Nicholson Brother Rice | PRO | 3★ | 0.811 | |
| 18 | Andre Butler Thornwood | RB | 3★ | 0.811 | |
| 19 | Joe Ganz Amos Alonzo Stagg | DUAL | Nebraska | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 20 | Larry Luster Sacred Heart Griffin | DT | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 21 | Leslie Majors Thornwood | CB | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 22 | Marques Walton Hubbard | DT | Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 23 | Santino Panico Libertyville | APB | Nebraska | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 24 | Amara Koroma Homewood-Flossmoor | SDE | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 25 | Jason Sippel Lake Zurich | OG | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 26 | Ryan Tuggle Bartlett | TE | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 27 | Larry English Marmion Academy | OLB | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 28 | Justin Harrison Bloomington | S | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 29 | Jody Ellis Evanston Township | WR | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 30 | Derek Walker Glenbard East | SDE | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 31 | Kyle Knezetic Minooka | OG | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 32 | Jason Reda Rock Island | K | Illinois | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 33 | Dylan Ward Prairie Central | PRO | 79 | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 34 | Ross Peterson Homewood-Flossmoor | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.756 |
| 35 | Joe Coniglio Boylan Central Catholic | FB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 36 | Mike Neuhaus A B Shepard | OLB | Navy | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 37 | Phil Babich A B Shepard | WDE | Navy | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 38 | Montell Clanton Guilford | APB | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 39 | Jonathan Patton Hubbard | DT | Purdue | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 40 | Ben Rinker Barrington | TE | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 41 | Jeff Yarbrough Rich South Campus | WR | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 42 | Dominique Bryson Hubbard | CB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 43 | Byron Miles Morgan Park | ILB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 44 | Brian Guimon York Community | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 45 | Chris Nendick Mooseheart School | K | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 46 | Scooter McIntosh Johnsburg | S | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 47 | Jon Pereiro Carl Sandburg | OLB | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 48 | Trevor Bending Fenton | OT | Navy | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 49 | Akeem Hunter Leo Catholic | RB | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 50 | Tregg Duerson Loyola Academy | CB | Notre Dame | 2★ | 0.700 |