State Recruiting

2016 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.

2016 National Rankings2016 Defensive Linemen
Ranked Recruits
86
Committed Programs
35
Blue-Chips
8

Destination programs

Illinois recruit board

Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.

RankRecruitPositionTeamStarsRating
1Josh King
Hinsdale South
SDEMichigan State4★0.956
2Naquan Jones
Evanston Township
DTMichigan State4★0.918
3Daniel Joseph
Lake Forest Academy
SDEPenn State4★0.907
4Tuf Borland
Bolingbrook
OLBOhio State4★0.896
5Erik Swenson
Downers Grove South
OTOklahoma4★0.895
6Sean Foster
Carmel Catholic
OTIowa State4★0.892
7Royce Newman
Nashville Comm
OTOle Miss4★0.891
8Kenney Lyke
Fremd
SMichigan State4★0.891
9Bryan Brokop
Lincoln Way West
OTNebraska3★0.888
10Amir Watts
Phillips Academy
DTPittsburgh3★0.887
11Kentrail Moran
O'Fallon
RBNew Mexico3★0.886
12Mike Panasiuk
Lake Park
DTMichigan State3★0.886
13Julian Love
Nazareth Academy
CBNotre Dame3★0.874
14Thomas Schaffer
Lake Forest Academy
SDE3★0.871
15Sam Brodner
Glenbard West
RB3★0.869
16Albert Okwuegbunam
Sacred Heart Griffin
TEMissouri3★0.864
17Justin Witt
Lincoln Way West
OTNC State3★0.863
18Emmanuel Rugamba
Naperville Central
WR3★0.859
19Romeo McKnight
Crystal Lake Central
WDE3★0.859
20Noah Turner
Carmel Catholic
TENorth Carolina3★0.857
21Steven Frank
Oswego
PROFlorida Atlantic3★0.855
22Desmond Bland
Homewood-Flossmoor
OG3★0.854
23Riley Lees
Libertyville
ATH3★0.853
24Barrington Wade
Niles North
RB3★0.853
25Trevour Simms
East St. Louis
OTMissouri3★0.848
26Nick Niemann
Sycamore
OLBIowa3★0.848
27Matt Little
Evanston Township
PROWestern Michigan3★0.847
28Eric Eshoo
Loyola Academy
TENorthwestern3★0.847
29Drake Spears
West Aurora
ATH3★0.845
30Kurt Gavin
Lincoln-Way East
OT3★0.842
31Kendric Pryor
Homewood-Flossmoor
WR3★0.841
32Matthew Allen
Hinsdale Central
OC3★0.840
33Juwuane Parchman
Auburn
S3★0.838
34Tucker McCann
O'Fallon
K3★0.834
35Deante Harley-Hampton
Homewood-Flossmoor
RB3★0.833
36Quayvon Skanes
Phillips Academy
WR3★0.833
37Liam O'Sullivan
Maine South
OT3★0.830
38Amani Jones
Phillips Academy
ILB3★0.829
39Rhashaun Epting
Proviso West
ATHNew Mexico3★0.828
40Josh Black
Harlem
SDESyracuse3★0.827
41Loudon Love
Geneva Community
OT3★0.827
42Karon Randolph
East St. Louis
WR3★0.821
43Travion Banks
Evanston Township
CBMiami (OH)3★0.819
44Stanley Green
East St. Louis
CBIllinois3★0.818
45Allen Stallings
River Forest
WDEIndiana3★0.817
46John Shannon
Loyola Academy
LSNotre Dame3★0.817
47James Robinson
Lutheran School
RB22873★0.813
48Matt Prendergast
Nazareth Academy
WDE23293★0.812
49Brett Borske
Neuqua Valley
TEWestern Michigan3★0.810
50Tyler Witt
Joliet Catholic Academy
OGWestern Kentucky3★0.809
51Desmond Chapple
Edwardsville
WDE24603★0.808
52Kyle Speas
Plainfield North
TEMiami (OH)3★0.807
53Doug Kramer
Hinsdale Central
OGIllinois3★0.806
54Ben Kimpler
Libertyville
SDEMiami (OH)3★0.803
55Anthony Thompson
Mount Carmel
DUALNorthern Illinois2★0.794
56Jonathan Ward
Bishop McNamara
RBCentral Michigan2★0.794
57Steven Wirtel
Mount Carmel
LSIowa State2★0.790
58Corey Lersch
McHenry East
OLBNorthern Illinois2★0.788
59Ben Leroy
Loyola Academy
DTNorthern Illinois2★0.787
60Donald Manning
Plainfield East
SDEBall State2★0.786
61Jack Heflin
Prophetstown
SDENorthern Illinois2★0.783
62Dylan Koch
Plainfield East
TEBall State2★0.783
63Austin Warner
Oswego
OGNorthern Illinois2★0.783
64Jack Sorenson
Adlai Stevenson
WRMiami (OH)2★0.782
65Jahmari Moore
River Forest
ILBWyoming2★0.779
66Drew Harvey
Crete-Monee
ILBWyoming2★0.778
67Andrew Gregory
Normal Community
SNorthern Illinois2★0.776
68Ken Aguirre
Joliet Catholic Academy
DTWestern Michigan2★0.773
69Bryan Ditchman
Lincoln-Way Central
OGFlorida International2★0.772
70Kylen Pettis
Hinsdale South
WR2★0.767
71Darshon McCullough
Marist
RB2★0.767
72Tommy Hyland
Montini Catholic
OLB2★0.767
73Sean Williams
Morgan Park
OLB2★0.767
74Vershawn Brock
Morgan Park
RB2★0.767
75Jeff Scott
Peoria
OG2★0.767
76Joe Ware
Crete-Monee
OTBowling Green2★0.767
77Dante Cleveland
Hoffman Estates
TECentral Michigan2★0.767
78Julian Hess
Centennial
WR21972★0.767
79Garrett Hirsch
Normal Community
OG22872★0.767
80Austin Galindo
University
WDE22872★0.767
81Alfonzo Lambert
Auburn
ILB24602★0.767
82Matt McCabe
Fremd
WDE432★0.767
83Ben Klett
Lake Zurich
RB2332★0.758
84Justin Knauf
Boylan Central Catholic
KNorthern Illinois2★0.753
85Karon Keyes
Glenbard East
WRNorthern Illinois2★0.748
86Ryan Gibbons
Maine South
WRNorthern Illinois2★0.743