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Columbine High School
56 athletes. 5 years. 9 colleges.
Every athlete Columbine High School has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Littleton, CO.
Elite
Football
D2
44
5yr
Rising
W. Basketball
D2
7
5yr
Emerging
Football
FBS
1
5yr
Emerging
Football
FCS
1
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D2
1
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D3
1
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D1
1
5yr
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier. Tiers recompute weekly as new college roster data lands.
Pipeline scoreboard
56
Total placements
verified college athletes
9
Unique colleges
programs recruited from
4
Sports represented
Led by football
5yr
Rolling window
2021 to 2025
Destinations
Which colleges have recruited the most players from Columbine High School?
These are the programs actually pulling athletes from this roster. Ranked by verified placements over the last 5 years. Click any college to see your fit score against that program.
Football
→D2Elite feeder44
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an elite feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Rising feeder7
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSEmerging feeder1
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder1
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D2Emerging feeder1
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D1Emerging feeder1
total placements
Columbine High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Columbine High School over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Columbine High School alumni on college rosters?
Real athletes playing right now. Scraped from live college rosters this week. Not self-reported, not seven years old, not fabricated.
James Basinger
Football · RB · 2025
South Dakota State
Trace Williams-Mitchel
Football · DL · 2025
Air Force
38 Payton Wainwright
Football · LB · 2024
Colorado Mesa
1 Samuel Harris
Football · DB · 2024
Colorado Mesa
70 Ian Turner
Football · OL · 2024
South Dakota Tech
16 more Columbine High School alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Columbine High School
What is Columbine High School's college recruiting track record?
Columbine High School in Littleton, CO has sent 56 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,597 NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
How many FBS football players has Columbine High School produced?
Columbine High School has sent 1 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Columbine High School is ranked as a emerging FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Columbine High School send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Columbine High School has sent 1 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a emerging FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Does Columbine High School produce D1 basketball players?
Columbine High School has sent 1 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a emerging D1 basketball feeder.
Where does this Columbine High School recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,597 college athletic rosters across football, basketball, and track. Each athlete's high school is matched against the NCES federal high school database using a state-disambiguated fuzzy matching algorithm. Tier badges are computed from percentile rankings over a rolling 5-year window.
How can athletes from Columbine High School get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Columbine High School can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,597 college programs. RawRecruit analyzes athletic fit, academic fit, positional need, geographic proximity, and cultural fit -- plus the HS pipeline data shown here -- to recommend realistic targets and identify recruiting opportunities.
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