Montana · High School
Capital High School
129 athletes. 5 years. 5 colleges.
Every athlete Capital High School has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Helena, MT.
Elite
Football
NAIA
60
5yr
Elite
M. Track
NAIA
29
5yr
Strong
Football
FCS
26
5yr
Strong
W. Track
NAIA
9
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D3
2
5yr
Emerging
M. Track
D1
1
5yr
Emerging
M. Track
D3
1
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D3
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. Tiers recompute weekly as new college roster data lands.
Pipeline scoreboard
129
Total placements
verified college athletes
5
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 Capital 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
→NAIAElite feeder60
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an elite feeder for football NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→NAIAElite feeder29
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an elite feeder for men's track NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSStrong feeder26
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as a strong feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→NAIAStrong feeder9
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as a strong feeder for women's track NAIA. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder2
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Emerging feeder1
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Capital High School is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Capital High School over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Capital 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.
Derek Opitz
Football · DT · 2025
Montana
Talon Marsh
Football · DL · 2025
Montana State
Austin Buehler
Football · OL · 2025
Montana
Tom Carter
Football · WR · 2025
Montana State
Vaughn Wirkus
Football · OL · 2025
Montana State
38 more Capital High School alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Capital High School
What is Capital High School's college recruiting track record?
Capital High School in Helena, MT has sent 129 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.
Does Capital High School send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Capital High School has sent 26 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a strong FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Where does this Capital 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 Capital High School get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Capital 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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