Kentucky · Pipeline Atlas

Every Kentucky high school feeding college sport.

816 schools tracked. 14 verified feeders. 1,272 athletes. 5 years.

Kentucky maintains a competitive recruiting pipeline, with 91 placements per school across five sports. Football leads with 37.2% of placements, but Kentucky feeds college programs across the board.

Source · 1,597 NCAA rosters/NCES verified/5yr rolling window

Schools tracked

816

Total placements

1,272

Top feeder

Frederick Douglass High School

Top sport

Football

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.

The Leaderboard

Top 25 Kentucky feeders.

The top 25 by pipeline volume out of 14 tracked Kentucky high schools, ranked by verified college placements over the last 5 years. Visit the national index to search all 14 by name.

Frequently asked

Kentucky recruiting, answered.

01

Which Kentucky high schools send the most athletes to college?

Frederick Douglass High School leads Kentucky with 164 verified college placements over the last 5 years. The leaderboard above shows the top 25 by volume. RawRecruit tracks 14 Kentucky high schools total. Search the national index to find any school in the database.

02

What sports drive Kentucky's college pipeline?

Football leads with 37.2% of all placements, followed by Men's track & field at 25%. These numbers reflect verified roster placements at all college divisions, from FBS through JUCO, over a rolling 5-year window.

03

How are Kentucky high schools ranked on RawRecruit?

Rankings are based on verified college roster placements. RawRecruit scrapes rosters from 1,597 college programs, cross-references each athlete's high school against the NCES federal database, and counts placements per school over a rolling 5-year window. Tier assignments (Elite, Strong, Rising, Emerging) are percentile-based within each sport and college division.

04

How do I get recruited from a Kentucky high school?

Start by understanding which colleges already recruit from your area. The leaderboard above shows where Kentucky athletes have landed. Then build your athletic profile, get your academic metrics in order, and reach out to coaches at programs that match your size, speed, and grades. RawRecruit's Fit Score matches you with programs based on 135+ data points per school.

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Data sourced from first-party scraping of 1,597 college athletic rosters. Updated weekly.