Illinois · High School
Naperville Central High School
41 athletes. 5 years. 24 colleges.
Every athlete Naperville Central High School has sent to college football, men's track, women's track, men's basketball and women's basketball over the last 5 years. Checked against college rosters for the 2021 to 2025 seasons. Located in Naperville, IL.
Elite
Football
D3
11
5yr
Elite
M. Track
D3
9
5yr
Elite
W. Track
D3
7
5yr
Rising
W. Track
D1
3
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D1
3
5yr
Emerging
W. Basketball
D3
2
5yr
Emerging
Football
FBS
1
5yr
Emerging
Football
FCS
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.
Pipeline scoreboard
41
Total placements
verified college athletes
24
Unique colleges
programs recruited from
5
Sports represented
Led by football
5yr
Rolling window
2021 to 2025
Destinations
Which colleges have recruited the most players from Naperville Central 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
→D3Elite feeder11
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an elite feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Elite feeder9
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an elite feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Elite feeder7
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an elite feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D1Emerging feeder3
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D1Rising feeder3
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder2
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSEmerging feeder1
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder1
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D21
total placements
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Emerging feeder1
total placements
Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D11
total placements
Notable Alumni
Which Naperville Central High School alumni played on college rosters?
Real athletes, scraped from college rosters for the 2021 to 2025 seasons and listed most recent first. Not self-reported, not fabricated.
Mantas Zilys
Men's Basketball · 2025
Bentley
Grant Ellinger
Football · 2025
Virginia
Segi Smith-Pariola
Women's Track · DISTANCE · 2025
North Central (IL)
Becca Liaw
Women's Track · DISTANCE · 2025
Case Western
Max Grumbles
Football · 2025
Sewanee
36 more Naperville Central High School alumni played on college rosters in the 2021 to 2025 seasons.
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Recruiting guides for Naperville Central High School athletes
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Naperville Central High School
What is Naperville Central High School's college recruiting track record?
Naperville Central High School in Naperville, IL has sent 41 athletes to college rosters in football, men's track, women's track, men's basketball and women's basketball in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,900+ NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
How many FBS football players has Naperville Central High School produced?
Naperville Central High School has sent 1 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Naperville Central High School is ranked as a emerging FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Naperville Central High School send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Naperville Central 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 Naperville Central High School produce D1 basketball players?
Naperville Central High School has sent 3 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a emerging D1 basketball feeder.
Where does this Naperville Central High School recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,900+ 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 Naperville Central High School get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Naperville Central High School can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,900+ schools. 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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