State Recruiting
2020 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
- 97
- Committed Programs
- 36
- Blue-Chips
- 6
Destination programs
- 34 recruits
- Northern Illinois7 recruits
- Miami (OH)5 recruits
- Bowling Green4 recruits
- Western Michigan4 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 | Antonio Johnson East St. Louis | S | Texas A&M | 4★ | 0.965 |
| 2 | A.J. Henning Lincoln-Way East | WR | Michigan | 4★ | 0.955 |
| 3 | Peter Skoronski Maine South | OC | Northwestern | 4★ | 0.950 |
| 4 | Rylie Mills Lake Forest | SDE | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.930 |
| 5 | Jadon Thompson Naperville Central | WR | 4★ | 0.897 | |
| 6 | Tyler Elsbury Byron | OG | Iowa | 4★ | 0.890 |
| 7 | Kevo Wesley Curie Metropolitan | OC | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.883 |
| 8 | Javontez Spraggins East St. Louis | OC | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 9 | Denver Warren Brother Rice | DT | 3★ | 0.873 | |
| 10 | Leshon Williams H L Richards | RB | 3★ | 0.872 | |
| 11 | Marcus Harper Homewood-Flossmoor | OG | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 12 | Sean McLaughlin Lincoln-Way East | SDE | 3★ | 0.869 | |
| 13 | Dylan Barrett St. Charles East | IOL | 3★ | 0.866 | |
| 14 | Xander Mueller Wheaton North | OLB | 3★ | 0.866 | |
| 15 | JR Singleton Warren Township | DT | 3★ | 0.863 | |
| 16 | Greyson Metz Glenbard West | OLB | 3★ | 0.863 | |
| 17 | Isaiah Bruce Lena-Winslow | DT | 3★ | 0.862 | |
| 18 | Marcellus Moore Plainfield North | APB | 3★ | 0.859 | |
| 19 | Lukas Van Ness Barrington | SDE | 3★ | 0.855 | |
| 20 | AJ Lawson MacArthur | CB | 3★ | 0.855 | |
| 21 | Ronald Pledger Phillips Academy | CB | 3★ | 0.852 | |
| 22 | Kaevion Mack Peoria | WR | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.852 |
| 23 | Hunter Welcing Lake Zurich | TE | 3★ | 0.851 | |
| 24 | CJ West Nazareth Academy | DT | 3★ | 0.851 | |
| 25 | Lawaun Powell East St. Louis | WR | 3★ | 0.851 | |
| 26 | Ryan Kilburg Maine South | S | 3★ | 0.850 | |
| 27 | Chau Smith-Wade Simeon Vocational HS | CB | Washington State | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 28 | Quadre Nicholson Evanston Township | RB | 3★ | 0.845 | |
| 29 | Freddy Edwards Granite City | ATH | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 30 | Jack Olsen Wheaton Warrenville South | K | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 31 | Trayvon Rudolph Crete-Monee | ATH | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 32 | Shontrail Key Morgan Park | DT | Arizona | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 33 | Giacomo Iraci Brother Rice | S | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 34 | Demerick Morris Phillips Academy | DT | Temple | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 35 | Kai Kroeger Lake Forest | P | South Carolina | 3★ | 0.823 |
| 36 | Jake Renfro Providence Catholic | OC | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 37 | DaMonta Witherspoon East St. Louis | RB | 93 | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 38 | Chevez Trask Evans | SDE | Temple | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 39 | Jack Hugunin Oswego | DT | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 40 | Matthew Johnson West Aurora | WDE | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.817 |
| 41 | Anthony Sambucci Lemont | ATH | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 42 | Jeremiah Banks-Wall Montini Catholic | OT | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 43 | Donald Dillon Kenwood Academy | S | 3★ | 0.811 | |
| 44 | Javon Ellis Phillips Academy | S | Army | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 45 | Nate Muersch Montini Catholic | WR | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.809 |
| 46 | Dominic Collado Crystal Lake South | OG | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 47 | Jayden Thiergood Marian Central Catholic | SDE | Air Force | 3★ | 0.807 |
| 48 | Nate Pedraza Rolling Meadows | SDE | Ball State | 3★ | 0.806 |
| 49 | Jalen Grant Mount Carmel | OG | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.806 |
| 50 | Kendi Young Thornton Fractional North | RB | 2197 | 3★ | 0.806 |
| 51 | Donald Dillion Kenwood Academy | CB | 3★ | 0.801 | |
| 52 | Treshawn Watson Antioch Community | WR | 3★ | 0.800 | |
| 53 | Michael Ford Jr Homewood-Flossmoor | OG | Buffalo | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 54 | Justin Jefferson Brother Rice | DT | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 55 | LaVoise-Deontae McCoy Homewood-Flossmoor | S | 2287 | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 56 | Jalen Dolphin Maine West | S | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 57 | Juan Delacruz Warren Township | OLB | 2710 | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 58 | Adrian Wilson Lincoln-Way East | WDE | Bowling Green | 3★ | 0.799 |
| 59 | Jacob Snell Benet Academy | SDE | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.797 |
| 60 | Finnigan Schirmer Marengo | OLB | 2★ | 0.796 | |
| 61 | Dominic Dzioban Lincoln-Way North | K | Miami (OH) | 2★ | 0.793 |
| 62 | Joseph Fanning St. Patrick | OT | 2★ | 0.790 | |
| 63 | Khalyl Warren Simeon | OG | 2546 | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 64 | Kentrell Beck Shelbyville | ATH | Western Michigan | 2★ | 0.790 |
| 65 | Trevor Borland Bolingbrook | TE | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.786 |
| 66 | Jordan Hansen John Hersey | S | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.782 |
| 67 | Kenyetta Williams Joliet Catholic Academy | RB | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 68 | Marquis Gillespie Palatine | WR | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 69 | Miles Scott St. Laurence | WR | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 70 | Jaylon Tillman Plainfield North | WR | 125 | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 71 | Matthew Hightower A B Shepard | ILB | Tulane | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 72 | Shawn Lee Downers Grove South | SDE | 2710 | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 73 | Kwame Achampong St. Patrick | SDE | 46 | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 74 | Jeff Wells MacArthur | S | 79 | 2★ | 0.780 |
| 75 | Alex Wollschlaeger Oswego East | OT | Bowling Green | 2★ | 0.779 |
| 76 | De'Andre Wilborn Westinghouse College Prep | WDE | 46 | 2★ | 0.774 |
| 77 | Jaleel Payne Kenwood Academy | WR | 2★ | 0.770 | |
| 78 | Patrick Ross Hope College Prep | SDE | Eastern Michigan | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 79 | Desmond Kelly Thornton Township | OT | Navy | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 80 | Jean Marc Etienne Adlai Stevenson | ATH | Illinois | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 81 | Devyn Suggs Bolingbrook | PRO | 43 | 2★ | 0.770 |
| 82 | Brian Tape Plainfield East | CB | 2★ | 0.760 | |
| 83 | Keion Battle Oswego East | WR | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 84 | Kiran Amegadjie Hinsdale Central | OT | 43 | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 85 | Jailon Welch Nazareth Academy | CB | 79 | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 86 | Dylan Appleton East St. Louis | WR | 93 | 2★ | 0.760 |
| 87 | Decari Randle Curie Metropolitan | OLB | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 88 | Owen Goss Hinsdale Central | S | 2142 | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 89 | Joe DeHaan Victor J Andrew | S | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.750 |
| 90 | Braden Higgins Duquoin | OT | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 91 | Ugo Nosike Thornwood | DT | Arizona | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 92 | Darius Walker East St. Louis | OLB | 2287 | 2★ | 0.740 |
| 93 | Connor Schmidt St. Francis | OT | 2★ | 0.720 | |
| 94 | Carson Camp Normal Community West | DUAL | 233 | 2★ | 0.720 |
| 95 | Billy Dozier Lincoln Way West | WR | Northern Illinois | 2★ | 0.720 |
| 96 | Quinn Urwiler Batavia | OLB | 2★ | 0.700 | |
| 97 | Zach Gibson Romeoville | ATH | 79 | 2★ | 0.700 |