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Naperville Central High School

143 athletes. 5 years. 19 colleges.

Every athlete Naperville Central High School has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Naperville, IL.

Elite

M. Track

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Elite

Football

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Elite

W. Track

5yr

Rising

M. Basketball

5yr

Emerging

Football

FBS

5yr

Emerging

W. Track

5yr

Emerging

Football

5yr

Emerging

M. Track

5yr

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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

143

Total placements

verified college athletes

Unique colleges

programs recruited from

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.

Men's Track

→D3Elite feeder

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.

North Central (IL)

28 players over 5 years

→2

Carthage (WI)

7 players over 5 years

→3

Rhodes

6 players over 5 years

→4

Augustana (IL)

3 players over 5 years

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Football

→D3Elite feeder

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.

North Central (IL)

16 players over 5 years

→2

Wheaton (IL)

8 players over 5 years

→3

Rose-Hulman

4 players over 5 years

→4

University of Mount Union

4 players over 5 years

→5

Mount Union

4 players over 5 years

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Women's Track

→D3Elite feeder

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.

North Central (IL)

7 players over 5 years

→2

Augustana (IL)

5 players over 5 years

→3

Wheaton (IL)

5 players over 5 years

→4

Case Western

5 players over 5 years

→5

Hope (MI)

4 players over 5 years

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Football

→FBSEmerging feeder

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.

Vanderbilt

9 players over 5 years

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Women's Track

→D1Emerging feeder

total placements

Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.

Elon

5 players over 5 years

→2

Eastern Illinois

1 player over 5 years

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Men's Basketball

→D1Rising feeder

total placements

Naperville Central High School is ranked as a rising feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.

Rhode Island

4 players over 5 years

→2

St. Bonaventure

1 player over 5 years

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Football

→D2Emerging feeder

total placements

Naperville Central High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Naperville Central High School over the last 5 years.

Slippery Rock

4 players over 5 years

→

Men's Track

→D1Emerging feeder

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.

Valparaiso

2 players over 5 years

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Women's Basketball

→D3Emerging feeder

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.

Rose-Hulman

1 player over 5 years

→2

Carthage (WI)

1 player over 5 years

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Football

→FCSEmerging feeder

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.

Brown

1 player over 5 years

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Men's Basketball

→D3Emerging feeder

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.

Lake Forest

1 player over 5 years

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Notable Alumni

Who are the current Naperville Central 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.

Jake Stanish

Football · DE · 2025

Vanderbilt

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Liz Hayes

Women's Track · 2024

Augustana (IL)

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Becca Liaw

Women's Track · DISTANCE · 2024

Case Western

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9 Maverick Ohle

Football · DL · 2024

North Central (IL)

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Garrett Nichols

Football · DB · 2024

Brown

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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 143 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 Naperville Central High School produced?

Naperville Central High School has sent 9 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 5 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a rising D1 basketball feeder.

Where does this Naperville Central 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 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 1,597 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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