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2026 Player Commits
| Commits | ESPN 300 Commits | Other Commits | |||
| 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
Recruiting Class:
| PLAYER | POS | LOCATION | HT | WT | STARS | GRADE | SCHOOL |
| #1 OT | Nixa, MO Nixa High School | 6'8'' | 315 | 92 |  Miami | ||
| #1 CB | Akron, OH Archbishop Hoban High School | 5'11'' | 180 | 90 |  USC | ||
| #3 WR | DeSoto, TX DeSoto High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 88 | USC | ||
| #4 WR | Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School | 6'6'' | 190 | 87 |  Syracuse | ||
| #4 OLB | Tavares, FL Tavares High School | 6'1'' | 215 | 85 |  Ole Miss | ||
| #7 OT | Vero Beach, FL Vero Beach Senior High School | 6'6'' | 320 | 84 |  UCLA | ||
| #5 CB | Sarasota, FL Booker High School | 6'2'' | 175 | 84 |  Florida State | ||
| #6 CB | Toledo, OH Central Catholic High School | 6'0'' | 165 | 84 |  Texas A&M | ||
| #8 OLB | Cleveland, OH Glenville High School | 6'3'' | 240 | 83 |  Ohio State | ||
| #9 DE | Sarasota, FL Cardinal Mooney High School | 6'4'' | 255 | 83 | |||
| #10 DE | Washington, DC Gonzaga College High School | 6'6'' | 220 | 83 |  Michigan | ||
| #6 S | Wyndmoor, PA La Salle College High School | 6'4'' | 185 | 83 |  Notre Dame | ||
| #14 DE | Princeton, NJ The Hun School Of Princeton | 6'4'' | 235 | 83 | USC | ||
| #2 ATH | Frisco, TX Panther Creek High School | 6'0'' | 170 | 83 |  Oregon | ||
| #19 WR | Mansfield, TX Mansfield High School | 6'3'' | 180 | 82 | Michigan | ||
| #4 ATH | Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School | 5'10'' | 175 | 82 | |||
| #10 DT | Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School | 6'3'' | 275 | 82 |  Texas | ||
| #16 CB | Brownsville, TN Haywood High School | 6'0'' | 165 | 82 |  Georgia | ||
| #1 ILB | West Palm Beach, FL Cardinal Newman High School | 6'2'' | 210 | 82 |  Auburn | ||
| #5 TE-H | Dunlap, IL Dunlap High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 82 |  Alabama | ||
| #24 WR | San Antonio, TX James Madison High School | 6'3'' | 200 | 82 |  Baylor | ||
| #12 S | Manhattan, KS Manhattan High School | 6'3'' | 190 | 82 |  Kansas | ||
| #26 WR | Saint Augustine, FL Saint Augustine High School | 6'2'' | 180 | 82 | |||
| #2 QB-DT | Orlando, FL Jones High School | 6'0'' | 165 | 82 | Miami | ||
| #27 WR | Bellflower, CA St. John Bosco High School | 6'2'' | 180 | 82 | Texas A&M | ||
| #3 TE-Y | Mount Zion, IL Mount Zion High School | 6'6'' | 235 | 82 | Ole Miss | ||
| #3 QB-DT | Frankfort, IL Lincoln-Way East High School | 6'2'' | 200 | 82 | USC | ||
| #20 DE | Saint Louis, MO De Smet Jesuit High School | 6'5'' | 240 | 82 | Michigan | ||
| #15 S | Winter Park, FL Winter Park High School | 6'3'' | 170 | 82 | Notre Dame | ||
| #5 ATH | Chicago, IL Morgan Park High School | 6'0'' | 180 | 81 | Illinois Committed 05/21/2025 | ||
| #17 CB | Avon, OH Avon High School | 5'10'' | 180 | 81 | Ohio State | ||
| #12 DT | Oradell, NJ Bergen Catholic High | 6'6'' | 270 | 81 | Texas A&M | ||
| #5 OG | Davison, MI Davison High School | 6'6'' | 335 | 81 | Notre Dame | ||
| #6 OG | Bradenton, FL IMG Academy | 6'6'' | 295 | 81 | |||
| #19 CB | Oradell, NJ Bergen Catholic High | 6'0'' | 185 | 81 | Ohio State | ||
| #7 ATH | Vero Beach, FL Vero Beach Senior High School | 6'2'' | 165 | 81 | Florida State | ||
| #27 OT | Portage, MI Portage Northern High School | 6'5'' | 260 | 81 | Notre Dame | ||
| #28 OT | Chicago, IL Mount Carmel High School | 6'6'' | 310 | 81 |  Nebraska | ||
| #17 S | Boca Raton, FL West Boca Raton High School | 6'3'' | 190 | 81 |  Louisville | ||
| #9 TE-H | Saline, MI Saline High School | 6'6'' | 245 | 81 | Georgia | ||
| #10 TE-H | Old Hickory, TN Donelson Christian Academy | 6'6'' | 220 | 81 |  Tennessee | ||
| #18 DT | Bradenton, FL IMG Academy | 6'1'' | 315 | 81 |  Indiana | ||
| #42 WR | Iowa Colony, TX Iowa Colony High School | 6'2'' | 185 | 81 |  Houston | ||
| #43 WR | Bellflower, CA St. John Bosco High School | 6'2'' | 190 | 81 |  Oklahoma | ||
| #11 QB-PP | Wayne, NJ DePaul Catholic High School | 6'1'' | 200 | 80 |  Washington | ||
| #27 DE | Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth Christian High School | 6'3'' | 245 | 80 |  Kansas State | ||
| #44 WR | Pataskala, OH Watkins Memorial High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 80 | Ohio State | ||
| #28 DE | Naperville, IL Naperville North High School | 6'2'' | 240 | 80 | Indiana | ||
| #23 DT | Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers High School | 6'4'' | 270 | 80 |  Florida | ||
| #30 DE | Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy | 6'5'' | 230 | 80 | Michigan | ||
| #13 OG | Toms River, NJ Monsignor Donovan High School | 6'5'' | 290 | 80 | Illinois Committed 06/18/2025 | ||
| #32 DE | Miami, FL Miami Southridge Senior High School | 6'5'' | 210 | 80 | Syracuse | ||
| #19 OLB | Venice, FL Venice High School | 6'2'' | 225 | 80 | Miami | ||
| #12 TE-H | Jacksonville, FL The Bolles School | 6'4'' | 220 | 80 | Ohio State | ||
| #36 DE | Suffield, CT Suffield Academy | 6'1'' | 250 | 80 | Illinois Committed 06/17/2025 | ||
| #25 S | Rockford, IL Guilford High School | 6'1'' | 170 | 80 |  Kentucky | ||
| #26 S | Melbourne, FL Eau Gallie High School | 5'11'' | 185 | 80 | Oregon | ||
| #44 DE | Rolesville, NC Rolesville High School | 6'6'' | 225 | 80 |  North Carolina | ||
| #45 DE | Sarasota, FL Booker High School | 6'2'' | 225 | 80 | Indiana | ||
| #30 DT | Trotwood, OH Trotwood-Madison High School | 6'2'' | 300 | 80 |  Purdue | ||
| #47 DE | Orlando, FL Lake Nona High School | 6'1'' | 230 | 80 |  LSU | ||
| #16 ATH | West Des Moines, IA Valley High School | 6'2'' | 190 | 80 | Louisville | ||
| #17 ATH | Huntington, WV Huntington High School | 6'3'' | 210 | 80 |  Clemson | ||
| #26 OLB | West Chester, OH Lakota West High School | 6'1'' | 205 | 80 | Illinois Committed 02/06/2025 | ||
| #51 DE | Orange Park, FL Fleming Island High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 80 | Syracuse | ||
| #18 ATH | Jackson, MN Jackson County Central High | 6'4'' | 220 | 79 |  Minnesota | ||
| #28 OLB | Washington, DC Gonzaga College High School | 6'3'' | 215 | 79 |  Penn State | ||
| #8 ILB | Jacksonville, FL Raines High School | 5'11'' | 220 | 79 | Illinois Committed 04/14/2025 | ||
| #52 DE | Chicago, IL Mount Carmel High School | 6'4'' | 255 | 79 | USC | ||
| #63 WR | Waxahachie, TX Waxahachie High School | 5'11'' | 185 | 79 | Texas | ||
| #33 CB | Belleville, IL Belleville West High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 79 | Illinois Committed 06/19/2025 | ||
| #7 TE-Y | Detroit, MI Detroit Catholic Central High School | 6'5'' | 235 | 79 |  Wisconsin | ||
| #14 TE-H | Panama City, FL Bay High School | 6'6'' | 190 | 79 | |||
| #27 RB | Owensboro, KY Owensboro High School | 6'0'' | 200 | 79 |  Vanderbilt | ||
| #34 OLB | Saint Louis, MO Saint Louis University High | 6'1'' | 225 | 79 |  Missouri | ||
| #59 DE | Indianapolis, IN Warren Central High School | 6'3'' | 250 | 79 | Alabama | ||
| #53 OT | Olney, IL East Richland High School | 6'7'' | 305 | 79 | Illinois Committed 03/04/2025 | ||
| #16 TE-H | Platte City, MO Platte County R-III High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 79 | Kansas | ||
| #56 OT | Wayne, NJ DePaul Catholic High School | 6'5'' | 260 | 78 | Penn State | ||
| #41 OG | Hinsdale, IL Hinsdale Central High School | 6'5'' | 280 | 78 |  Iowa | ||
| #63 OT | Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School | 6'5'' | 310 | 78 | Missouri | ||
| #68 DE | Elida, OH Elida High School | 6'3'' | 235 | 78 | Illinois Committed 05/14/2025 | ||
| #39 OLB | Cincinnati, OH Saint Xavier High School | 6'2'' | 200 | 78 | Notre Dame | ||
| #42 S | Lewis Center, OH Olentangy High School | 6'1'' | 195 | 78 | Clemson | ||
| #19 ILB | Crown Point, IN Crown Point High School | 6'4'' | 230 | 78 | Indiana | ||
| #78 WR | Nashville, TN Christ Presbyterian Academy | 6'2'' | 200 | 78 | Alabama | ||
| #81 WR | Northville, MI Detroit Catholic Central High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 78 |  Michigan State | ||
| #44 CB | Cape Coral, FL Cape Coral High School | 6'1'' | 170 | 78 | Illinois Committed 04/14/2025 | ||
| #23 TE-H | Conroe, TX Oak Ridge High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 78 |  TCU | ||
| #35 RB | Haslett, MI Haslett High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 78 | Kansas | ||
| #31 ATH | Kirkwood, MO Kirkwood High School | 6'2'' | 200 | 78 | Illinois Committed 07/12/2025 | ||
| #37 RB | Tampa Bay, FL Tampa Bay Tech Senior High | 6'0'' | 205 | 78 | Alabama | ||
| #37 ATH | DeKalb, IL DeKalb High School | 6'3'' | 210 | 78 | Illinois Committed 01/08/2025 | ||
| #98 WR | Charlotte, NC Myers Park High School | 6'3'' | 190 | 78 |  Duke | ||
| #79 DE | Pearland, TX Pearland High School | 6'2'' | 240 | 77 | Illinois Committed 06/15/2025 | ||
| #58 CB | Indianapolis, IN Decatur Central High School | 5'11'' | 170 | 77 | Indiana | ||
| #43 RB | Omaha, NE Millard South High School | 5'8'' | 195 | 77 | Illinois Committed 06/10/2025 | ||
| #66 DT | Chicago, IL Brother Rice High School | 6'4'' | 260 | 77 | Illinois Committed 05/21/2025 | ||
| #62 CB | Valdosta, GA Valdosta High School | 5'11'' | 185 | 77 |  Arkansas | ||
| #12 TE-Y | Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove North High School | 6'3'' | 225 | 77 | Illinois Committed 06/09/2025 | ||
| #106 WR | Orlando, FL Bishop Moore High School | 6'2'' | 180 | 77 | Illinois Committed 01/23/2025 | ||
| #47 RB | Lake Oswego, OR Lake Oswego High School | 5'11'' | 195 | 77 |  Utah | ||
| #110 WR | Wheaton, IL Saint Francis High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 77 | Michigan State | ||
| #59 OLB | Peoria, AZ Liberty High School | 6'1'' | 205 | 77 | Minnesota | ||
| #59 S | Seffner, FL Armwood High School | 6'1'' | 195 | 77 |  Colorado | ||
| #61 S | Denton, TX John H. Guyer High School | 6'0'' | 210 | 77 | Illinois Committed 02/07/2025 | ||
| #30 TE-H | Port Huron, MI Port Huron High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 77 | Kentucky | ||
| #15 TE-Y | South Elgin, IL South Elgin High School | 6'6'' | 230 | 77 | Colorado | ||
| #56 RB | Marianna, FL Marianna High School | 5'10'' | 190 | 77 | Florida State | ||
| #64 S | Newark, NJ Malcolm X. Shabazz High School | 6'1'' | 190 | 77 |  Stanford | ||
| #124 WR | Edwardsville, IL Edwardsville High School | 6'4'' | 180 | 77 | Missouri | ||
| #18 QB-DT | Parker, CO Legend High School | 6'2'' | 190 | 77 |  Boston College | ||
| #71 S | Missouri City, TX Thurgood Marshall High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 77 | Illinois Committed 06/18/2025 | ||
| #129 WR | Dallas, TX Parish Episcopal School | 6'0'' | 185 | 77 | Michigan | ||
| #88 DE | Apopka, FL Apopka High School | 6'3'' | 235 | 77 | Illinois Committed 01/01/2025 | ||
| #89 DE | Frankfort, IL Lincoln-Way East High School | 6'4'' | 240 | 77 | Illinois Committed 01/27/2025 | ||
| #60 OG | Omaha, NE Millard South High School | 6'3'' | 285 | 77 | Illinois Committed 01/15/2025 | ||
| #17 TE-Y | Bradenton, FL IMG Academy | 6'5'' | 250 | 77 | Florida | ||
| #84 CB | Tacoma, WA Mount Tahoma High School | 6'1'' | 180 | 77 | Washington | ||
| #92 DE | Carthage, MO Carthage High School | 6'4'' | 220 | 77 |  Oklahoma State | ||
| #18 TE-Y | Waukee, IA Waukee High School | 6'7'' | 220 | 77 | |||
| #87 CB | Winter Garden, FL West Orange High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 76 | Louisville | ||
| #96 DE | Los Angeles, CA Loyola High School | 6'5'' | 240 | 76 | Stanford | ||
| #89 CB | Miami, FL Miami Norland High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 76 | |||
| #38 TE-H | Kansas City, MO Rockhurst High School | 6'6'' | 220 | 76 | Kansas | ||
| #140 WR | Atco, NJ Winslow Township High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 76 | Boston College | ||
| #19 TE-Y | Sioux Falls, SD Jefferson High School | 6'6'' | 225 | 76 | Michigan State | ||
| #84 DT | Franklin, IN Franklin Community High School | 6'3'' | 275 | 76 | Indiana | ||
| #98 CB | Orlando, FL Maynard Evans High School | 6'0'' | 185 | 76 |  West Virginia | ||
| #87 DT | Palatine, IL Palatine High School | 6'4'' | 265 | 76 | Illinois Committed 04/16/2025 | ||
| #47 QB-PP | Sanford, FL Seminole High School | 6'4'' | 200 | 76 | Illinois Committed 11/10/2024 | ||
| #57 ATH | Omaha, NE Millard South High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 76 |  Iowa State | ||
| #91 S | Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School | 6'2'' | 195 | 76 |  Pittsburgh | ||
| #100 CB | Indianapolis, IN Ben Davis High School | 6'1'' | 170 | 76 | Kansas | ||
| #72 OG | River Falls, WI River Falls High School | 6'4'' | 290 | 76 | Indiana | ||
| #74 OG | Naples, FL Community School of Naples | 6'2'' | 270 | 76 | Vanderbilt | ||
| #42 TE-H | Liberty Township, OH Lakota East High School | 6'5'' | 210 | 76 | Indiana | ||
| #155 WR | Orlando, FL The First Academy | 6'0'' | 180 | 76 | Pittsburgh | ||
| #156 WR | Frisco, TX Heritage High School | 5'10'' | 205 | 76 |  UNLV | ||
| #99 S | Sarasota, FL Booker High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 76 | Vanderbilt | ||
| #76 OLB | Lawrence, KS Lawrence High School | 6'3'' | 200 | 76 | Kansas | ||
| #70 RB | Chicago, IL Whitney Young High School | 5'10'' | 190 | 76 | Missouri | ||
| #78 OLB | Memphis, TN Whitehaven High School | 6'4'' | 230 | 76 | Michigan State | ||
| #113 CB | Bradenton, FL IMG Academy | 5'9'' | 160 | 76 |  Wake Forest | ||
| #21 QB-DT | Philadelphia, PA Roman Catholic High School | 6'1'' | 170 | 76 | |||
| #64 ATH | Galloway, OH Westland High School | 6'0'' | 170 | 76 | Purdue | ||
| #66 ATH | Vancouver, WA Evergreen High School | 5'10'' | 165 | 75 |  BYU | ||
| #21 TE-Y | Omaha, NE Millard South High School | 6'6'' | 210 | 75 | Missouri | ||
| #75 RB | Coconut Creek, FL Coconut Creek High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 75 |  South Florida | ||
| #22 TE-Y | Westlake Village, CA Oaks Christian High School | 6'5'' | 225 | 75 |  Tulane | ||
| QB-PP | Bunnell, FL Flagler Palm Coast High School | 6'0'' | 175 | NR | |||
| RB | Princeton, NJ The Hun School Of Princeton | 5'10'' | 185 | NR |  Buffalo | ||
| WR | Chicago, IL Marist High School | 6'6'' | 205 | NR | |||
| TE-H | Cincinnati, OH Princeton High School | 6'4'' | 225 | NR |  Arizona State | ||
| WR | Warren, MI De La Salle Collegiate High School | 5'8'' | 160 | NR | |||
| OLB | Millville, NJ Millville High School | 6'2'' | 205 | NR | |||
| CB | Hollywood, FL Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory Sc | 5'10'' | 170 | NR |  Western Kentucky | ||
| OG | Hollywood, FL Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory Sc | 6'4'' | 310 | NR | |||
| WR | Boca Raton, FL West Boca Raton High School | 6'2'' | 195 | NR |  Ball State | ||
| S | Miami, FL TRU Prep Academy | 6'0'' | 155 | NR | |||
| WR | Minnetonka, MN Hopkins High School | 5'10'' | 165 | NR | |||
| OG | Oak Creek, WI Oak Creek High School | 6'4'' | 305 | NR | |||
| OLB | Cypress, TX Cypress Ranch High School | 6'3'' | 215 | NR | North Carolina | ||
| ATH | Greensboro, NC Northeast Guilford High | 5'11'' | 180 | NR | |||
| OLB | Aurora, IL Aurora West High School | 6'2'' | 220 | NR | |||
| WR | Anaheim, CA Western High School | 5'11'' | 175 | NR |  Fresno State | ||
| RB | Hyattsville, MD DeMatha Catholic High School | 5'11'' | 200 | NR | |||
| DE | Cleveland, OH Benedictine High School | 6'3'' | 260 | NR |  Toledo | ||
| OG | Barrington, IL Barrington High School | 6'4'' | 285 | NR |  Northwestern | ||
| S | Pickerington, OH Pickerington Central High School | 6'1'' | 175 | NR | |||
| DT | Locust Grove, GA Locust Grove High School | 6'3'' | 265 | NR | UNLV | ||
| RB | Houston, TX C. E. King High School | 5'9'' | 160 | NR |  Stephen F. Austin | ||
| WR | Orange, CA Orange Lutheran High School | 6'3'' | 190 | NR |  Princeton |
