State Recruiting
2008 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
- 47
- Committed Programs
- 20
- Blue-Chips
- 6
Destination programs
- 5 recruits
- Illinois4 recruits
- Northwestern4 recruits
- Western Michigan4 recruits
- Indiana3 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 | Darius Fleming St. Rita | OLB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.971 |
| 2 | Garrett Goebel Montini Catholic | DT | Ohio State | 4★ | 0.963 |
| 3 | Steve Filer Mount Carmel | OLB | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.959 |
| 4 | Sean Cwynar Marian Central Catholic | DT | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.916 |
| 5 | Graham Pocic Lemont | OT | Illinois | 4★ | 0.910 |
| 6 | Brandon Green Robeson | WR | Minnesota | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 7 | John Wienke Tuscola | PRO | 3★ | 0.889 | |
| 8 | Glenn Foster Mount Carmel | WDE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.876 |
| 9 | Leonard Hubbard Sacred Heart Griffin | ILB | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.874 |
| 10 | Brian Mulroe Loyola Academy | OG | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 11 | Jeff Radek Neuqua Valley | OT | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 12 | Brandon Harold East St. Louis | SDE | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 13 | Nate Palmer Simeon | OLB | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 14 | Erik Smith Bolingbrook | RB | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.852 |
| 15 | Nate Palmer Simeon | OLB | Illinois | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 16 | Nicholas Plato Edwardsville | SDE | Kansas | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 17 | Nick Adamle Wheaton North | OG | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 18 | Chuck Porcelli Montini Catholic | OT | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 19 | Dan Green Walther Lutheran | RB | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 20 | Brad Herman Metamora | TE | Iowa | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 21 | Kevin Galeher St Rita Of Cascia | OG | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 22 | Justin Pagan St. Patrick | OT | Indiana | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 23 | Brett Nagel Lemont | OLB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 24 | Neal Deiters York Community | OT | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 25 | Marc Damisch Buffalo Grove | OT | Indiana | 3★ | 0.821 |
| 26 | Jeffery Allen King College Prep | OG | Illinois | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 27 | Dex Jones Montini Catholic | RB | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 28 | Josh Jelesky Naperville Central | SDE | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 29 | Monroe Brooks Palatine | DT | Purdue | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 30 | Danny Farr Evanston Township | DT | Toledo | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 31 | Kevin Sabock Sycamore | OLB | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.803 |
| 32 | Richard Hayes Lakes Community | OG | Central Michigan | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 33 | Blake Hammond Lincoln-Way East | TE | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 34 | Will Matte Wheaton Warrenville South | OC | Indiana | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 35 | Johnny Johnson Robeson | CB | Minnesota | 2★ | 0.788 |
| 36 | Mike Johns Oak Forest | DT | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.786 |
| 37 | Dennis Kelly Marian Catholic | OT | Purdue | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 38 | Caleb Ter Bush Metamora | DUAL | Purdue | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 39 | Lawrence Henning Mount Carmel | OLB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 40 | Kyle Lackner Naperville North | ILB | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 41 | Justin Morgan Mount Carmel | WR | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 42 | Tynell Kirk Rolling Meadows | WR | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 43 | Spencer Merritt Waubonsie Valley | OLB | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 44 | Cory Sykes Thornton Township | APB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 45 | Tommy Davis Althoff Catholic | ATH | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 46 | Brian Lawson Rich East Campus | DT | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 47 | Nick Carlson Prospect | OT | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.700 |