State Recruiting
2009 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
- 53
- Committed Programs
- 29
- Blue-Chips
- 7
Destination programs
- 9 recruits
- Northern Illinois7 recruits
- Illinois4 recruits
- Iowa3 recruits
- Western Michigan3 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 | Chris Watt Glenbard West | OG | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.978 |
| 2 | Terry Hawthorne East St. Louis | WR | Illinois | 4★ | 0.966 |
| 3 | Craig Drummond Morgan Park | SDE | Ole Miss | 4★ | 0.961 |
| 4 | Kraig Appleton East St. Louis | WR | Wisconsin | 4★ | 0.942 |
| 5 | Michael Schofield Carl Sandburg | OT | Michigan | 4★ | 0.913 |
| 6 | Lendell Buckner Leo Catholic | DT | Illinois | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 7 | Patrick Ward Providence Catholic | OT | 4★ | 0.903 | |
| 8 | Jon Budmayr Marian Central Catholic | PRO | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 9 | Michael Buchanan Homewood-Flossmoor | WDE | 3★ | 0.887 | |
| 10 | Leon Hill Leo Catholic | OG | 3★ | 0.883 | |
| 11 | Evan Watkins Glenbard North | PRO | 3★ | 0.882 | |
| 12 | Sean Cascarano Glenbrook South | OT | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 13 | Jack Ramsey Simeon | WR | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 14 | Jack Baucus Carmel Catholic | TE | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 15 | Mike Trumpy Wheaton North | RB | 3★ | 0.864 | |
| 16 | Mitch Ewald Waubonsie Valley | K | 3★ | 0.863 | |
| 17 | Tommie Hopkins East St. Louis | S | Illinois | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 18 | Greg Fuller Thornton Township | FB | Illinois | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 19 | Kyle Zelinsky Bartlett | ILB | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 20 | Gus Handler Barrington | OG | Colorado | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 21 | Jake Baratz Naperville North | OT | Arizona | 3★ | 0.842 |
| 22 | Alex Smith Barrington | ILB | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.837 |
| 23 | Ty Phillips East St. Louis | DT | Missouri | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 24 | Martin Hopkins St. Rita | ILB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 25 | Dan Orseske Brother Rice | K | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 26 | Mark Zielinski New Trier | OT | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 27 | Jordan Lynch Mount Carmel | DUAL | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.826 |
| 28 | Dimitrius Carr-Watson Mount Carmel | FB | Indiana | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 29 | Ezra Thompson Lincoln-Way East | S | Colorado State | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 30 | Ben Samson Adlai Stevenson | OT | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 31 | Charlie Goro Maine South | DUAL | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 32 | Joshua Schaffer Neuqua Valley | WR | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 33 | Jake Sinkovec Carmel Catholic | FB | Boston College | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 34 | William Lawson Althoff Catholic | OT | Kansas State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 35 | AJ Hill Duquoin | DUAL | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 36 | Mark Willis River Forest | WDE | Wyoming | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 37 | Joshua Forney Marian Catholic | SDE | Florida International | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 38 | Dakota Getz Meridian | OLB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 39 | Dan Zotto Victor J Andrew | WDE | Air Force | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 40 | Scott Covert Lake Forest | FB | Iowa | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 41 | Tom Mabry Althoff Catholic | OT | Kansas | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 42 | Alan Baxter Buffalo Grove | DT | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 43 | Andrew Sorgatz Wheaton North | OT | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 44 | Rodney Jaynes Hales Franciscan | WR | Wyoming | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 45 | Nabal Jefferson Marist | DT | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 46 | Dominique Ware Plainfield North | CB | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 47 | Stephen O'Neal Rich East Campus | WDE | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 48 | Jordan Jeffries Oswego | OT | Marshall | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 49 | Trevor Rothstein Lemont | OG | Army | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 50 | Tim Riley Oswego | OLB | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 51 | Ben Skaer Waterloo | K | New Mexico | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 52 | Jake Campbell Belleville East | OT | Arkansas State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 53 | Jon Phillips Dixon | DT | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.700 |