Louisville Recruiting
Class dashboards, positional mix, and pipeline geography.
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium • Louisville • KY
Recruiting context
Louisville recruiting pipeline
Recruiting results explain where the future roster is coming from before those players show up in season stats. This tab groups Louisville commits by class year, position, star rating, hometown, and high school so the pipeline is easier to read than a flat list.
The selected 2006 class includes 16 commits, including 3 blue-chip prospects, with an average star rating of 3.00. Use the national rankings link to compare the class against the rest of college football.
Class DNA
2006 Louisville: Balanced class
Balanced class built from class size, blue-chip share, top-end talent, position balance, and pipeline geography.
Outcome snapshot: 0 matched transfer departures from this selected class, with broader win and development context available in Talent Usage.
- Class Score
- 104.32
- Blue-Chip Rate
- 18.8%
- Top Position
- Defensive Lineman
- Top Pipeline
- FL
Recruiting Dashboard
Explore recruiting classes by season, track positional balance, and visualize incoming talent pipelines.
Total Commits
16
Average Stars
3.00
Blue-Chip Recruits
3(19%)
Top Pipeline State
FL • 8
Portal Departures
None
Entire class retained so far.
Star Rating Mix
Distribution of commitments by star rating in 2006.
Positional Breakdown
Snapshot of position groups represented in the class.
Star Rating Trend
Recent average star ratings to visualize momentum on the recruiting trail.
Commit List
16 recruits found in 2006.
| Portal Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deantwan Whitehead | SDE | 4★ | 97.4 | 6'6" | 245 lbs | Birmingham, AL | West End Sch | Retained |
| Brandon Heath | S | 4★ | 94.0 | 6'1" | 195 lbs | West Palm Beach, FL | Palm Beach Lakes | Retained |
| Aundre Henderson | DT | 4★ | 91.2 | 6'3" | 289 lbs | Louisville, KY | Dupont Manual | Retained |
| Josh Chichester | ATH | 3★ | 88.6 | 6'8" | 205 lbs | West Chester, OH | Lakota West | Retained |
| Kareem Crowell | DT | 3★ | 88.3 | 6'5" | 290 lbs | Tallahassee, FL | Amos P. Godby | Retained |
| Latarrius Thomas | WR | 3★ | 86.1 | 6'1" | 191 lbs | New Smyrna Beach, FL | New Smyrna Beach | Retained |
| Johnny Patrick | WR | 3★ | 83.3 | 6'0" | 180 lbs | Deland, FL | Deland | Retained |
| Emanuel Francis | DUAL | 3★ | 83.0 | 6'3" | 187 lbs | Tallahassee, FL | Amos P. Godby | Retained |
| L.T. Walker | DT | 3★ | 82.3 | 6'3" | 308 lbs | Wynne, AR | Wynne | Retained |
| Hector Hernandez | OG | 3★ | 81.1 | 6'5" | 256 lbs | Naples, FL | Naples | Retained |
| Josh Hawkins | OT | 3★ | 80.7 | 6'7" | 325 lbs | Greenville, AL | Greenville | Retained |
| Jeremy Baker | OT | 3★ | 80.3 | 6'5" | 353 lbs | West Palm Beach, FL | Palm Beach Lakes | Retained |
| Demetrius Culpepper | WDE | 3★ | 80.0 | 6'4" | 225 lbs | Alexander City, AL | Benjamin Russell | Retained |
| Conrad Thomas | OT | 2★ | 77.7 | 6'6" | 338 lbs | Douglasville, GA | Douglas County | Retained |
| Pete Nochta | TE | 2★ | 76.7 | 6'7" | 219 lbs | Lexington, KY | Tates Creek | Retained |
| Ryan Kessling | OT | 2★ | 76.7 | 6'6" | 270 lbs | Tallahassee, FL | Lawton Chiles | Retained |
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