Iowa · High School
Dowling Catholic High School
97 athletes. 5 years. 13 colleges.
Every athlete Dowling Catholic High School has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in West Des Moines, IA.
Strong
Football
NAIA
20
5yr
Strong
M. Track
D1
14
5yr
Rising
Football
FBS
21
5yr
Rising
M. Track
D2
9
5yr
Rising
M. Track
D3
7
5yr
Rising
M. Basketball
D2
7
5yr
Rising
W. Basketball
D1
6
5yr
Emerging
Football
FCS
8
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
97
Total placements
verified college athletes
13
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 Dowling Catholic 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
→FBSRising feeder21
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→NAIAStrong feeder20
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a strong feeder for football NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Strong feeder14
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a strong feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D2Rising feeder9
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder8
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Rising feeder7
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Rising feeder7
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D1Rising feeder6
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising feeder for women's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Emerging feeder4
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Dowling Catholic High School over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Dowling Catholic 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.
Jaxon Smolik
Football · QB · 2025
Temple
Kyle Rakers
Football · OL · 2025
Kansas State
55 Owen Pins
Football · DL · 2024
Drake
Dyer Jarabek
Men's Track · SPRINTS · 2024
Drake
3 Carson Brown
Football · WR · 2024
Hawaii
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Dowling Catholic High School
What is Dowling Catholic High School's college recruiting track record?
Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, IA has sent 97 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 Dowling Catholic High School produced?
Dowling Catholic High School has sent 21 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Dowling Catholic High School is ranked as a rising FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Dowling Catholic High School send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Dowling Catholic High School has sent 8 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 Dowling Catholic 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 Dowling Catholic High School get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Dowling Catholic 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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