Iowa · High School
Ankeny High School
159 athletes. 5 years. 15 colleges.
Every athlete Ankeny High School has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Ankeny, IA.
Elite
M. Track
D1
33
5yr
Elite
M. Track
D2
21
5yr
Strong
Football
FBS
25
5yr
Strong
Football
D2
20
5yr
Strong
Football
NAIA
20
5yr
Rising
W. Track
D2
10
5yr
Rising
W. Track
D3
7
5yr
Rising
W. Basketball
D2
7
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
159
Total placements
verified college athletes
15
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 Ankeny 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
→D1Elite feeder33
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an elite feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSStrong feeder25
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a strong feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D2Elite feeder21
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an elite feeder for men's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Strong feeder20
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a strong feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→NAIAStrong feeder20
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a strong feeder for football NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D2Rising feeder10
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Rising feeder7
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Rising feeder7
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder6
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder4
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→NAIAEmerging feeder3
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→NAIAEmerging feeder2
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder1
total placements
Ankeny High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Ankeny High School over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Ankeny 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.
Ryan Harrington
Football · K · 2025
South Dakota State
Braden Simonsen
Football · OL · 2025
Iowa State
Owen Liechti
Football · OL · 2025
Montana
Devon Akers
Football · TE · 2025
Northern Illinois
Jake Bosch
Men's Track · 2024
Northern Iowa
31 more Ankeny High School alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Ankeny High School
What is Ankeny High School's college recruiting track record?
Ankeny High School in Ankeny, IA has sent 159 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 Ankeny High School produced?
Ankeny High School has sent 25 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Ankeny High School is ranked as a strong FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Ankeny High School send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Ankeny High School has sent 6 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.
Where does this Ankeny 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 Ankeny High School get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Ankeny 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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