New Mexico · High School
La Cueva High
40 athletes. 5 years. 10 colleges.
Every athlete La Cueva High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Albuquerque, NM.
Rising
M. Track
D1
9
5yr
Rising
Football
D2
8
5yr
Rising
M. Track
D2
7
5yr
Emerging
Football
FBS
8
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
4
5yr
Emerging
M. Basketball
D1
2
5yr
Emerging
Football
FCS
1
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D1
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
40
Total placements
verified college athletes
10
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 La Cueva High?
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
→D1Rising feeder9
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Rising feeder8
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as a rising feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSEmerging feeder8
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D2Rising feeder7
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder4
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D1Emerging feeder2
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSEmerging feeder1
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D1Emerging feeder1
total placements
La Cueva High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from La Cueva High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current La Cueva High 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.
Mason Posa
Football · LB · 2025
Wisconsin
69 Nathan Flores
Football · K · 2024
Western New Mexico
Christian Buzzard
Men's Track · SPRINTS · 2024
Troy
Jayden Garcia
Football · OL · 2024
Fort Lewis
Nathan Scherbarth
Men's Track · DISTANCE · 2024
Adams State
8 more La Cueva High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about La Cueva High
What is La Cueva High's college recruiting track record?
La Cueva High in Albuquerque, NM has sent 40 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 La Cueva High produced?
La Cueva High has sent 8 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, La Cueva High is ranked as a emerging FBS football feeder nationally.
Does La Cueva High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. La Cueva High 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 La Cueva High produce D1 basketball players?
La Cueva High has sent 2 men's basketball players to D1 programs in the last 5 years, ranking as a emerging D1 basketball feeder.
Where does this La Cueva High 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 La Cueva High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from La Cueva High 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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