State Recruiting
2025 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
- 71
- Committed Programs
- 30
- Blue-Chips
- 9
Destination programs
- 14 recruits
- Iowa7 recruits
- Northern Illinois5 recruits
- Illinois4 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 | Talyn Taylor Geneva Community | WR | Georgia | 5★ | 0.988 |
| 2 | Iose Epenesa Edwardsville | DL | Iowa | 4★ | 0.982 |
| 3 | Nathaniel Marshall Fenwick | EDGE | Michigan | 4★ | 0.979 |
| 4 | Christopher Burgess Jr. Simeon | DL | Notre Dame | 4★ | 0.965 |
| 5 | Dierre Hill Althoff Catholic | RB | Oregon | 4★ | 0.936 |
| 6 | Burke Gautcher Sycamore | LB | Iowa | 4★ | 0.913 |
| 7 | Jaylen Williams Palatine | DL | Wisconsin | 4★ | 0.911 |
| 8 | Carson Cooney Oswego | LB | Iowa | 4★ | 0.906 |
| 9 | CJ Bass III East St. Louis | CB | Missouri | 4★ | 0.901 |
| 10 | Jason Dowell Althoff Catholic | DL | Missouri | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 11 | Joseph Reiff York | DL | Notre Dame | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 12 | Dominik Hulak Immaculate Conception | EDGE | Notre Dame | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 13 | Brayden Trimble Mt. Zion | WR | Illinois | 3★ | 0.888 |
| 14 | Terrence Smith West Aurora | WR | Iowa | 3★ | 0.886 |
| 15 | Gabe Kaminski Nazareth Academy | EDGE | 3★ | 0.884 | |
| 16 | Omar Mims Jr. Cahokia | WR | Toledo | 3★ | 0.881 |
| 17 | Jahmare Washington Morgan Park | CB | Wisconsin | 3★ | 0.881 |
| 18 | Logan Farrell John Hersey | TE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 19 | Christian Pierce Brother Rice | LB | 3★ | 0.877 | |
| 20 | Andre Lovett Eisenhower | S | Illinois | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 21 | Brad Fitzgibbon Marist | DL | Iowa | 3★ | 0.872 |
| 22 | Caden O'Rourke Lincoln-Way East | EDGE | 3★ | 0.871 | |
| 23 | Michael McDonough Victor J Andrew | IOL | 3★ | 0.871 | |
| 24 | Mekhi Mixon East St. Louis | LB | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 25 | Mason Ellens Glenbard West | ATH | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 26 | Donovan Robinson Jr. Loyola Academy | LB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 27 | Jovan Clark Morgan Park | LB | 3★ | 0.868 | |
| 28 | Michael O'Connell Glenbard West | OT | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 29 | Jack Elliott Mount Carmel | QB | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.865 |
| 30 | Cameron Brooks Homewood-Flossmoor | DL | 3★ | 0.863 | |
| 31 | Charleston Coldon Althoff Catholic | CB | Boston College | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 32 | TaRyan Martin East St. Louis | RB | Kent State | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 33 | Cray Paich Glenbrook North | OT | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.860 |
| 34 | Keylan LaGrant East St. Louis | DL | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 35 | Drew MacPherson Loyola Academy | S | Iowa | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 36 | Matt Marek Carl Sandburg | IOL | Indiana | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 37 | Josh Veldman Lincoln Way West | LB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.858 |
| 38 | Colton Gumino John Hersey | QB | UCLA | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 39 | Kaveon Lee Plainfield Central | OT | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.856 |
| 40 | Ryan Fitzgerald Loyola Academy | QB | Iowa | 3★ | 0.855 |
| 41 | Jake Stanish Naperville Central | EDGE | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.855 |
| 42 | Garrett Reese Nazareth Academy | ATH | Indiana | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 43 | Clayton Lakatos Edwardsville | S | 79 | 3★ | 0.852 |
| 44 | Nathan Cleveland Hoffman Estates | LB | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 45 | Noah LaPorte Princeton | WR | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 46 | Andruw Ellis Roxana | ATH | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 47 | Grant Smith Maroa-Forsyth | TE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 48 | Ethan Plumb St. Charles North | QB | 125 | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 49 | Aariz Taylor Kenwood Academy | EDGE | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 50 | Erimus Wright Hillcrest | ATH | Washington State | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 51 | Trey Zvonar Lincoln-Way East | TE | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 52 | Dyllan Malone Yorkville | WR | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.841 |
| 53 | Tavarez Edwards Bolingbrook | S | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 54 | LaMarcus Hicks II Maine West | CB | Iowa State | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 55 | Jacob Bell Naperville North | QB | Indiana | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 56 | DeMaje Williams Kenwood Academy | CB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 57 | Quinn Morris Plainfield East | WR | 3★ | 0.832 | |
| 58 | Brendan Loftus Loyola Academy | TE | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.832 |
| 59 | Nikola Dugandzic New Trier | P | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 60 | Bryce Griffin Yorkville | EDGE | Kent State | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 61 | Zak Stoilov Maine South | IOL | Army | 3★ | 0.828 |
| 62 | Zion Gist Lincoln-Way East | RB | Michigan State | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 63 | Aidan Wyzard Sycamore | WR | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.825 |
| 64 | Amari Williams Wheaton Warrenville South | WR | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.819 |
| 65 | Devin Habermehl Collinsville | TE | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 66 | Pierre Jackson Morgan Park | WR | Wyoming | 3★ | 0.815 |
| 67 | Jacob Wilk Lake Zurich | OT | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 68 | Tyler Chambers Lyons Township | OT | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 69 | Parker Brault Palatine | IOL | Marshall | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 70 | Le'Javier Payne Mount Carmel | CB | 2197 | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 71 | Chuck Lanier Sacred Heart Griffin | EDGE | 2★ | 0.794 |