State Recruiting
2026 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
- 77
- Committed Programs
- 33
- Blue-Chips
- 12
Destination programs
- 21 recruits
- Illinois5 recruits
- Northern Illinois5 recruits
- Ball State4 recruits
- Central 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 | Jonas Williams Lincoln-Way East | QB | USC | 4★ | 0.954 |
| 2 | Mack Sutter Dunlap | TE | Alabama | 4★ | 0.950 |
| 3 | Nick Hankins Belleville West | CB | Illinois | 4★ | 0.946 |
| 4 | Gavin Mueller South Elgin | TE | Miami | 4★ | 0.937 |
| 5 | Claude Mpouma Mount Carmel | OT | Nebraska | 4★ | 0.937 |
| 6 | Gabriel Hill Naperville North | DL | Indiana | 4★ | 0.920 |
| 7 | JC Anderson Mt. Zion | TE | LSU | 4★ | 0.918 |
| 8 | Nasir Rankin Morgan Park | ATH | Illinois | 4★ | 0.910 |
| 9 | Gene Riordan Hinsdale Central | IOL | Iowa | 4★ | 0.903 |
| 10 | McHale Blade Simeon | DL | Michigan | 4★ | 0.897 |
| 11 | Messiah Tilson Guilford | S | Rutgers | 4★ | 0.897 |
| 12 | Braeden Jones Mount Carmel | DL | USC | 4★ | 0.893 |
| 13 | Vincent Smith Carl Sandburg | CB | West Virginia | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 14 | Carmelow Reed Morgan Park | DL | 3★ | 0.888 | |
| 15 | Owen Fors Barrington | IOL | 3★ | 0.887 | |
| 16 | Davon Grant DeKalb | WR | 3★ | 0.886 | |
| 17 | Casey Thomann Richland County | OT | 3★ | 0.884 | |
| 18 | Tony Balanganayi Palatine | DL | 3★ | 0.881 | |
| 19 | Tommy Fraumann Loyola Academy | OT | 3★ | 0.877 | |
| 20 | Zachary Washington St. Francis | WR | 3★ | 0.877 | |
| 21 | Max Carmicle Hillcrest | EDGE | 3★ | 0.876 | |
| 22 | Daniel Howard Lane Technical | DL | 3★ | 0.874 | |
| 23 | Jordan Lampkins Bolingbrook | S | 3★ | 0.873 | |
| 24 | Devyon Hill-Lomax Edwardsville | WR | 3★ | 0.873 | |
| 25 | Joey Quinn Mount Carmel | EDGE | 3★ | 0.873 | |
| 26 | Luke Tepas Barrington | QB | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 27 | Brandon Jenkins John Hersey | ATH | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 28 | Blaise LaVista Lincoln-Way East | WR | 3★ | 0.870 | |
| 29 | King Liggins Brother Rice | DL | Illinois | 3★ | 0.869 |
| 30 | Gavin Neil Marian Catholic | DL | Boston College | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 31 | Owen Lansu Downers Grove North | QB | Minnesota | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 32 | Will Vala Downers Grove North | TE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.867 |
| 33 | Terrell Berryhill East St. Louis | OT | Purdue | 3★ | 0.864 |
| 34 | Keaton Reinke St. Charles North | WR | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.864 |
| 35 | Jacob Alexander Lincoln-Way East | EDGE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.863 |
| 36 | Maxwell Warner Whitney Young | RB | Missouri | 3★ | 0.862 |
| 37 | Johnny O'Brien Fremd | QB | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.862 |
| 38 | Owen Jakubczak Fremd | IOL | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.861 |
| 39 | Jonathan Rulo Belleville East | DL | Cincinnati | 3★ | 0.860 |
| 40 | Aiden Solecki Downers Grove North | DL | Purdue | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 41 | Kortez Rupert East St. Louis | WR | Indiana | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 42 | Mason Atkins West Aurora | QB | Ball State | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 43 | Colton Benaitis Lockport Township | S | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.855 |
| 44 | Troy Garner Rich Township | S | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.855 |
| 45 | Jake Palucki Andrew | OT | Toledo | 3★ | 0.855 |
| 46 | Stephen Brown Marist | TE | NC State | 3★ | 0.854 |
| 47 | Rico Schrieber Marist | OT | Purdue | 3★ | 0.853 |
| 48 | Zechariah Morris Glenbard North | ATH | 3★ | 0.850 | |
| 49 | Trenton Walker Nazareth Academy | WR | 3★ | 0.850 | |
| 50 | Dorian Patterson Crete-Monee | WR | New Mexico | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 51 | Zach Hultgren Burlington Central | OT | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 52 | Tommy Thies Fenwick | S | Miami (OH) | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 53 | Jaiduan Cranford Metamora | RB | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 54 | Evan Downer Palatine | IOL | Ball State | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 55 | Jack Nolan John Hersey | OT | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 56 | CJ Harkins Montini Catholic | WR | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 57 | Cian Mahoney Sacred Heart Griffin | OT | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.845 |
| 58 | Jamari Brown Mount Carmel | WR | 3★ | 0.840 | |
| 59 | Myles Batesky Libertyville | IOL | 108 | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 60 | Danzel Newell Marist | IOL | New Mexico | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 61 | Zach Becker Adlai Stevenson | ATH | Ball State | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 62 | Armaad Sharp East St. Louis | TE | Eastern Michigan | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 63 | Kellen Gamble Homewood-Flossmoor | IOL | Northern Illinois | 3★ | 0.840 |
| 64 | Diesel McFadden Taft | LB | 2287 | 3★ | 0.835 |
| 65 | Mytrell Tillman East St. Louis | IOL | 3★ | 0.830 | |
| 66 | Lesroy Tittle West Aurora | LB | 3★ | 0.830 | |
| 67 | Dom Infelise Providence Catholic | DL | Ball State | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 68 | Leon Howard East St. Louis | LB | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 69 | Kendall Griffin Morgan Park | CB | Wyoming | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 70 | Cornell McIntosh East St. Louis | EDGE | 2815 | 3★ | 0.830 |
| 71 | Matthew Plumb St. Charles North | EDGE | Central Michigan | 3★ | 0.825 |
| 72 | Lucas Tenbrock St. Charles North | P | Penn State | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 73 | Micah Drescher Hinsdale Central | K | Michigan | 3★ | 0.822 |
| 74 | Ian Campbell Joliet Catholic Academy | EDGE | Navy | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 75 | Noah Sur Fenwick | K | Northwestern | 3★ | 0.820 |
| 76 | Zak Zeman Loyola Academy | K | Western Michigan | 3★ | 0.816 |
| 77 | Trey Serauskis Lincoln-Way East | LS | 3★ | 0.807 |