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2025 Player Commits
| Commits | ESPN 300 Commits | Other Commits | |||
| 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Recruiting Class:
| PLAYER | POS | LOCATION | HT | WT | STARS | GRADE | SCHOOL |
| #1 QB-PP | Belleville, MI Belleville High School | 6'4'' | 210 | 93 |  Michigan | ||
| #3 QB-PP | Bellefontaine, OH Bellefontaine High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 90 |  Ohio State | ||
| #8 OT | Overland Park, KS Blue Valley Northwest High School | 6'6'' | 270 | 87 | Michigan | ||
| #3 DE | Edwardsville, IL Edwardsville High School | 6'4'' | 235 | 86 |  Iowa | ||
| #5 WR | Geneva, IL Geneva High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 86 |  Georgia | ||
| #2 S | Shaker Heights, OH Shaker Heights High School | 6'0'' | 180 | 86 |  Oregon | ||
| #8 WR | Orlando, FL Jones High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 85 |  Florida | ||
| #5 OLB | Cincinnati, OH Winton Woods High School | 6'3'' | 220 | 84 |  Alabama | ||
| #9 WR | Oradell, NJ Bergen Catholic High | 6'3'' | 200 | 84 | Ohio State | ||
| #11 DE | Cocoa, FL Cocoa High School | 6'5'' | 235 | 83 | |||
| #5 DT | Oak Park, IL Fenwick High School | 6'4'' | 270 | 83 |  Auburn | ||
| #11 CB | Tampa, FL Wiregrass Ranch High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 83 |  Texas | ||
| #13 OLB | Stilwell, KS Blue Valley High School | 6'3'' | 210 | 83 |  Nebraska | ||
| #2 TE-Y | Green Bay, WI Notre Dame De La Baie Academy | 6'5'' | 225 | 83 |  Notre Dame | ||
| #11 WR | Miami, FL Miami Central High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 83 | Florida | ||
| #12 WR | Toms River, NJ Monsignor Donovan High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 83 |  Rutgers | ||
| #13 WR | Homestead, FL Homestead Senior High School | 6'1'' | 165 | 83 |  Oklahoma | ||
| #7 RB | Cleveland Heights, OH Cleveland Heights High School | 6'0'' | 205 | 83 |  Kentucky | ||
| #15 WR | Columbia, SC Ridge View High School | 6'2'' | 180 | 83 |  South Carolina | ||
| #10 RB | Belleville, IL Althoff Catholic High School | 5'11'' | 190 | 82 | Oregon | ||
| #19 OT | Eureka, MO Eureka High School | 6'8'' | 280 | 82 |  Missouri | ||
| #17 WR | Allen, TX Lovejoy High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 82 | Texas | ||
| #10 DT | Nashville, TN The Ensworth School | 6'4'' | 270 | 82 |  Tennessee | ||
| #16 DE | Hillside, NJ Hillside High School | 6'4'' | 230 | 82 | Georgia | ||
| #20 WR | Bradenton, FL IMG Academy | 6'1'' | 200 | 82 | Missouri | ||
| #21 WR | Rock Hill, SC Rock Hill High School | 6'3'' | 180 | 82 | South Carolina | ||
| #24 OT | Waukesha, WI Catholic Memorial High School | 6'8'' | 305 | 82 | Notre Dame | ||
| #14 DT | Port Charlotte, FL Port Charlotte High School | 6'4'' | 295 | 82 | Texas | ||
| #18 DE | Frankfort, KY Western Hills High School | 6'5'' | 260 | 82 | Kentucky | ||
| #19 DE | Indianapolis, IN Warren Central High School | 6'5'' | 235 | 82 |  LSU | ||
| #27 OT | Paramus, NJ Paramus Catholic High School | 6'5'' | 315 | 82 |  Penn State | ||
| #11 ATH | Warren, OH Warren G. Harding High School | 6'5'' | 225 | 82 | Penn State | ||
| #15 S | Palm Bay, FL Heritage High School | 6'1'' | 190 | 81 |  Syracuse | ||
| #21 DE | Houston, TX Mayde Creek High | 6'4'' | 230 | 81 | |||
| #14 QB-PP | Severn, MD Archbishop Spalding High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 81 |  Maryland | ||
| #22 DE | Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy | 6'4'' | 240 | 81 | Notre Dame | ||
| #25 DE | Tampa, FL Gaither High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 81 | LSU | ||
| #26 CB | Columbus, OH Marion-Franklin High School | 6'2'' | 180 | 81 | |||
| #19 DT | Philadelphia, PA St. Joseph's Prep School | 6'4'' | 280 | 81 | Ohio State | ||
| #6 ILB | Albuquerque, NM La Cueva High School | 6'3'' | 215 | 81 |  Wisconsin | ||
| #8 TE-H | Cleveland, OH Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 81 |  Purdue | ||
| #31 WR | Irving, TX Ranchview High School | 6'4'' | 205 | 81 |  TCU | ||
| #27 DE | Shawnee, KS Mill Valley High School | 6'3'' | 220 | 81 | Penn State | ||
| #31 OT | Bixby, OK Bixby High School | 6'6'' | 280 | 81 | Auburn | ||
| #18 S | Pensacola, FL Escambia High School | 6'0'' | 180 | 81 |  Ole Miss | ||
| #29 CB | Brentwood, TN Ravenwood High School | 5'11'' | 170 | 81 | Auburn | ||
| #4 TE-Y | West Chester, OH Lakota West High School | 6'8'' | 240 | 81 |  Miami | ||
| #33 WR | Fishers, IN Fishers High School | 6'1'' | 170 | 81 |  Stanford | ||
| #16 ATH | Saint Louis, MO Cardinal Ritter College Prep | 5'11'' | 175 | 81 | Nebraska | ||
| #15 QB-PP | Conway, AR Conway High School | 6'3'' | 195 | 81 |  Arkansas | ||
| #31 CB | Montvale, NJ Saint Joseph Regional High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 81 | Penn State | ||
| #38 WR | Lee's Summit, MO Lee's Summit North High School | 6'1'' | 190 | 81 | Nebraska | ||
| #32 DE | Burlington, KY Cooper High School | 6'4'' | 245 | 81 |  North Carolina | ||
| #8 OG | De Kalb, MS Kemper County High School | 6'5'' | 275 | 81 |  Florida State | ||
| #9 OG | Overland Park, KS Blue Valley Northwest High School | 6'5'' | 250 | 80 |  Kansas State | ||
| #12 TE-H | Omaha, NE Millard South High School | 6'5'' | 205 | 80 | Florida State | ||
| #34 DE | Miami, FL Miami Norland High School | 6'5'' | 240 | 80 | Florida State | ||
| #23 S | Miami, FL Miami Central High School | 5'10'' | 175 | 80 | Miami | ||
| #28 RB | Delray Beach, FL Atlantic Community High School | 5'9'' | 180 | 80 |  West Virginia | ||
| #25 S | Lakeland, FL Lakeland High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 80 | Ole Miss | ||
| #12 OG | Nashville, TN David Lipscomb High School | 6'4'' | 350 | 80 |  Colorado | ||
| #48 WR | Concord, NC J. M. Robinson High School | 5'11'' | 160 | 80 | South Carolina | ||
| #31 OLB | Princeton, NJ The Hun School Of Princeton | 6'1'' | 215 | 80 | Rutgers | ||
| #32 OLB | Canton, OH McKinley High School | 6'1'' | 210 | 80 | Missouri | ||
| #53 WR | Frisco, TX Lone Star High School | 6'2'' | 175 | 80 |  Texas Tech | ||
| #44 DE | Leesburg, GA Lee County High School | 6'4'' | 285 | 80 | Florida | ||
| #46 DE | Cincinnati, OH Withrow High School | 6'3'' | 215 | 80 | Illinois Committed 06/26/2024 | ||
| #49 DE | Burtonsville, MD Paint Branch High School | 6'3'' | 235 | 79 | Penn State | ||
| #40 OT | Phoenix, AZ Brophy Prep | 6'5'' | 255 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #50 DE | Gainesville, FL Buchholz High School | 6'5'' | 210 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #61 WR | Zionsville, IN Zionsville Community High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #42 CB | Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 79 | Colorado | ||
| #54 DE | Wyncote, PA Cheltenham High School | 6'4'' | 230 | 79 | |||
| #47 OT | Wautoma, WI Wautoma High School | 6'7'' | 265 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #7 TE-Y | Gates Mills, OH Gilmour Academy | 6'4'' | 220 | 79 | Ohio State | ||
| #16 ILB | West Chester, OH Lakota West High School | 6'4'' | 210 | 79 | Purdue | ||
| #57 DE | Austin, TX Lake Travis High School | 6'5'' | 250 | 79 |  USC | ||
| #35 S | Plantation, FL American Heritage High School | 6'3'' | 200 | 79 | Florida State | ||
| #47 CB | Cincinnati, OH Mount Healthy High School | 6'0'' | 180 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #39 DT | Princeton, NJ The Hun School Of Princeton | 6'3'' | 270 | 79 | Stanford | ||
| #50 CB | Sarasota, FL Cardinal Mooney High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 79 |  Kansas | ||
| #10 TE-Y | Arlington Heights, IL John Hersey High School | 6'3'' | 235 | 79 | Illinois Committed 11/21/2024 | ||
| #38 S | Fort Lauderdale, FL Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | 6'1'' | 200 | 79 | Maryland | ||
| #73 WR | Mount Zion, IL Mount Zion High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 79 | Illinois Committed 05/20/2024 | ||
| #51 CB | Atco, NJ Winslow Township High School | 5'11'' | 165 | 79 | Wisconsin | ||
| #64 DE | Indianapolis, IN Warren Central High School | 6'4'' | 220 | 79 |  Indiana | ||
| #11 TE-Y | Mentor, OH Lake Catholic High School | 6'5'' | 225 | 79 | |||
| #79 WR | Pembroke Pines, FL Somerset Academy | 6'2'' | 185 | 79 |  UCF | ||
| #80 WR | Ironton, OH Ironton High School | 5'10'' | 180 | 79 | Missouri | ||
| #66 DE | Middleton, WI Middleton High School | 6'6'' | 260 | 78 | Wisconsin | ||
| #43 DT | Frankenmuth, MI Frankenmuth High School | 6'3'' | 265 | 78 |  Michigan State | ||
| #45 OLB | La Grange Park, IL Nazareth Academy | 6'3'' | 220 | 78 | Stanford | ||
| #42 S | East Saint Louis, IL East St. Louis High School | 6'2'' | 190 | 78 | Missouri | ||
| #13 TE-Y | Cincinnati, OH Anderson High School | 6'5'' | 250 | 78 | UCF | ||
| #27 OG | Tinley Park, IL Victor J. Andrew High School | 6'3'' | 270 | 78 | Illinois Committed 01/19/2024 | ||
| #54 CB | Lantana, FL Santaluces Community High School | 6'0'' | 170 | 78 |  NC State | ||
| #72 DE | Havelock, NC Havelock High School | 6'4'' | 220 | 78 | South Carolina | ||
| #88 WR | Coconut Creek, FL Monarch High School | 6'2'' | 185 | 78 | Ole Miss | ||
| #54 DT | Cahokia, IL Cahokia High School | 6'2'' | 290 | 78 | Missouri | ||
| #40 ATH | Orchard Lake, MI Saint Mary's Preparatory School | 6'2'' | 210 | 78 | Michigan State | ||
| #49 S | DeSoto, TX DeSoto High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 78 |  SMU | ||
| #76 DE | Cleveland Heights, OH Cleveland Heights High School | 6'4'' | 235 | 78 | West Virginia | ||
| #99 WR | Saint Louis, MO Cardinal Ritter College Prep | 6'3'' | 190 | 78 | |||
| #101 WR | Indianapolis, IN Lawrence North High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 78 | Indiana | ||
| #70 OT | Paw Paw, MI Paw Paw High School | 6'6'' | 300 | 78 | Kentucky | ||
| #24 ILB | Chicago, IL Brother Rice High School | 6'0'' | 210 | 78 | |||
| #17 QB-DT | Saint Louis, MO Cardinal Ritter College Prep | 5'11'' | 180 | 78 | Illinois Committed 01/28/2024 | ||
| #28 QB-PP | Anaheim, CA Servite High School | 6'4'' | 215 | 78 | Michigan State | ||
| #84 DE | Cincinnati, OH Saint Xavier High School | 6'5'' | 240 | 78 | Notre Dame | ||
| #30 ILB | Macomb, MI Dakota High School | 6'0'' | 205 | 77 | Michigan State | ||
| #57 RB | Conroe, TX Conroe High School | 6'0'' | 195 | 77 | SMU | ||
| #58 S | Sycamore, IL Sycamore High School | 6'2'' | 205 | 77 | Iowa | ||
| #77 CB | Verona, WI Verona High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 77 | Tennessee | ||
| #79 CB | Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School | 5'10'' | 165 | 77 | Illinois Committed 11/04/2024 | ||
| #80 OT | Cedar Falls, IA Cedar Falls High School | 6'5'' | 275 | 77 |  Iowa State | ||
| #63 S | Cincinnati, OH Winton Woods High School | 6'1'' | 195 | 77 | Indiana | ||
| #65 DT | Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School | 6'6'' | 260 | 77 | West Virginia | ||
| #33 ILB | Elmhurst, IL Immaculate Conception High | 6'3'' | 225 | 77 | Notre Dame | ||
| #59 ATH | Naples, FL Community School of Naples | 6'4'' | 185 | 77 | |||
| #128 WR | Saint Augustine, FL Saint Augustine High School | 6'2'' | 175 | 77 | |||
| #81 OT | Stoughton, WI Stoughton High School | 6'6'' | 300 | 77 | Illinois Committed 01/29/2024 | ||
| #47 OG | Coffeyville, KS Field Kindley High School | 6'4'' | 310 | 77 | Missouri | ||
| #69 RB | Fort Lauderdale, FL Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | 5'10'' | 205 | 77 | Illinois Committed 06/29/2024 | ||
| #86 OT | Coconut Creek, FL Monarch High School | 6'5'' | 295 | 77 | Kentucky | ||
| #105 DE | Frankfort, IL Lincoln-Way East High School | 6'5'' | 215 | 77 |  Northwestern | ||
| #40 QB-PP | Tulsa, OK Tulsa Union High School | 6'0'' | 200 | 77 |  Boston College | ||
| #70 OLB | Nashville, TN David Lipscomb High School | 6'1'' | 215 | 77 | |||
| #109 DE | Muncie, IN Delta High School | 6'6'' | 210 | 77 | Purdue | ||
| #37 ILB | Oswego, IL Oswego High School | 6'3'' | 220 | 77 | Iowa | ||
| #115 DE | Cleveland Heights, OH Cleveland Heights High School | 6'5'' | 250 | 76 |  Minnesota | ||
| #96 OT | Coopersville, MI Coopersville High School | 6'5'' | 270 | 76 | Illinois Committed 11/04/2024 | ||
| #77 OLB | Denton, TX Billy Ryan High School | 6'2'' | 200 | 76 | TCU | ||
| #91 DT | Nashville, TN David Lipscomb High School | 6'2'' | 260 | 76 | |||
| #98 OT | Glen Ellyn, IL Glenbard West High School | 6'6'' | 270 | 76 | Northwestern | ||
| #86 S | Cape Coral, FL Cape Coral High School | 6'3'' | 170 | 76 | Kansas | ||
| #87 S | Naples, FL First Baptist Academy | 6'0'' | 190 | 76 | Kansas State | ||
| #102 OT | Cincinnati, OH Saint Xavier High School | 6'5'' | 270 | 76 | Kentucky | ||
| #45 ILB | Germantown, TN Germantown High School | 6'1'' | 205 | 76 | Wisconsin | ||
| #47 QB-PP | Saint Augustine, FL Saint Augustine High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 76 |  South Florida | ||
| #82 ATH | Clearwater, FL Clearwater Central Catholic H. S. | 6'0'' | 200 | 76 | Illinois Committed 07/04/2024 | ||
| #84 ATH | Baltimore, MD St. Frances Academy | 5'10'' | 170 | 76 | |||
| #100 S | Decatur, IL Eisenhower High School | 6'1'' | 165 | 76 | Illinois Committed 03/11/2024 | ||
| #49 ILB | Cincinnati, OH Princeton High School | 6'2'' | 220 | 76 | Indiana | ||
| #175 WR | Lexington, KY Frederick Douglass High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 76 |  Western Michigan | ||
| #95 DT | Indianapolis, IN Ben Davis High School | 6'3'' | 270 | 76 | Illinois Committed 06/10/2024 | ||
| #179 WR | Lantana, FL Santaluces Community High School | 6'4'' | 205 | 76 | Michigan | ||
| #106 S | Roseville, MI Roseville High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 76 | Illinois Committed 06/23/2024 | ||
| #131 CB | Vero Beach, FL Vero Beach Senior High School | 6'0'' | 170 | 76 | Illinois Committed 06/29/2024 | ||
| #41 TE-H | Kansas City, MO Oak Park High School | 6'4'' | 220 | 76 |  Utah | ||
| #116 S | Orlando, FL Dr. Phillips High School | 5'11'' | 180 | 75 |  Duke | ||
| #32 TE-Y | Westerville, OH Westerville South High School | 6'6'' | 235 | 75 | Northwestern | ||
| #117 DT | Flossmoor, IL Homewood-Flossmoor High School | 6'3'' | 260 | 75 | Illinois Committed 06/09/2024 | ||
| #50 TE-H | Pace, FL Pace High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 75 |  Mississippi State | ||
| #124 DT | Nashville, TN David Lipscomb High School | 6'2'' | 265 | 74 |  Arkansas State | ||
| #14 OC | Fort Lauderdale, FL Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | 6'3'' | 265 | 74 |  Florida Atlantic | ||
| #37 TE-Y | De Forest, WI DeForest High School | 6'7'' | 225 | 74 | West Virginia | ||
| #40 TE-Y | Oconomowoc, WI Oconomowoc High School | 6'5'' | 240 | 74 | Wisconsin | ||
| #155 CB | Sanford, FL Seminole High School | 5'9'' | 170 | 74 |  App State | ||
| #114 RB | Naples, FL Naples High School | 5'9'' | 175 | 74 |  Toledo | ||
| #67 TE-H | Maroa, IL Maroa-Forsyth High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 73 | Illinois Committed 09/16/2024 | ||
| #113 OG | Fort Lauderdale, FL Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | 6'2'' | 320 | 73 | |||
| #114 ATH | West Palm Beach, FL Cardinal Newman High School | 5'10'' | 190 | 73 | Illinois Committed 03/12/2024 | ||
| #84 ILB | Lakewood, OH Saint Edward High School | 6'0'' | 225 | 73 |  Coastal Carolina | ||
| OT | Orchard Lake, MI Saint Mary's Preparatory School | 6'4'' | 285 | NR | |||
| CB | Lehigh Acres, FL Lehigh Senior High School | 5'11'' | 165 | NR | |||
| ILB | Lee's Summit, MO Lee's Summit North High School | 6'0'' | 225 | NR | |||
| DE | Stewartville, MN Stewartville High School | 6'2'' | 250 | NR | |||
| K | Winnetka, IL New Trier High School | 6'4'' | 200 | NR | Northwestern | ||
| OG (JC) | Tacoma, WA Shasta College | 6'4'' | 340 | JC |
