Team Recruiting Class
2017 Northwestern Recruiting Class
Follow the full Northwestern class board with ratings, high schools, hometowns, and links back into national and state recruiting surfaces.
- Recruits
- 16
- Blue-Chips
- 1
- Avg Rating
- 0.841
- States
- 8
Class context
2017 Northwestern recruiting class explained
This class page gives the 2017 Northwestern signing group its own crawlable home, with commit names, positions, star grades, ratings, high schools, and hometown context visible in one place.
The class includes 16 recruits, 1 blue-chip prospect, and players from 8 states. Use the hub for filters and the national rankings page for class-wide comparison.
Other class years
State recruiting pages
Class board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Stars | Rating | Hometown | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earnest Brown Ryan | SDE | 4★ | 0.917 | Denton, TX Texas recruits | 6'5" / 240 lbs |
| 2 | Sam Miller Stratford | DT | 3★ | 0.885 | Houston, TX Texas recruits | 6'3" / 260 lbs |
| 3 | Trevor Kent Pittsburg | SDE | 3★ | 0.883 | Pittsburg, KS Kansas recruits | 6'5" / 253 lbs |
| 4 | J.R. Pace Woodward Academy | S | 3★ | 0.865 | Atlanta, GA Georgia recruits | 6'1" / 190 lbs |
| 5 | Rashawn Slater Clements | OG | 3★ | 0.861 | Sugar Land, TX Texas recruits | 6'5" / 280 lbs |
| 6 | Trey Pugh Jonathan Alder | TE | 3★ | 0.861 | Plain City, OH Ohio recruits | 6'5" / 225 lbs |
| 7 | Sam Gerak Avon | OC | 3★ | 0.861 | Avon, OH Ohio recruits | 6'3" / 270 lbs |
| 8 | Austin Hiller Lake Travis | S | 3★ | 0.850 | Austin, TX Texas recruits | 6'1" / 200 lbs |
| 9 | Ethan Wiederkehr Shoreham-Wading River | OT | 3★ | 0.844 | Shoreham, NY New York recruits | 6'6" / 285 lbs |
| 10 | Cameron Ruiz Lakes Community | CB | 3★ | 0.843 | Lake Villa, IL Illinois recruits | 5'10" / 165 lbs |
| 11 | Kyric McGowan Dalton | RB | 3★ | 0.840 | Dalton, GA Georgia recruits | 5'10" / 183 lbs |
| 12 | Erik Mueller Wheaton North | ILB | 3★ | 0.812 | Wheaton, IL Illinois recruits | 6'2" / 230 lbs |
| 13 | Chee Anyanwu Buford | ATH | 3★ | 0.801 | Buford, GA Georgia recruits | 6'2" / 190 lbs |
| 14 | Ryan Dominick Punahou | S | 2★ | 0.793 | Honolulu, HI Hawaii recruits | 5'11" / 191 lbs |
| 15 | Joe Spivak Montini Catholic | DT | 2★ | 0.773 | Lombard, IL Illinois recruits | 5'11" / 282 lbs |
| 16 | Alex Oelsner Niwot | TE | 2★ | 0.764 | Longmont, CO Colorado recruits | 6'4" / 241 lbs |