North Carolina · High School
Wakefield High
68 athletes. 5 years. 18 colleges.
Every athlete Wakefield High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Raleigh, NC.
Elite
M. Basketball
D2
10
5yr
Strong
Football
FCS
16
5yr
Strong
Football
D2
15
5yr
Strong
W. Basketball
D1
5
5yr
Rising
Football
FBS
5
5yr
Rising
M. Track
D3
4
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
5
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D1
3
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
68
Total placements
verified college athletes
18
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 Wakefield 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.
Football
→FCSStrong feeder16
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as a strong feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Strong feeder15
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as a strong feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Elite feeder10
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an elite feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder5
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FBSRising feeder5
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as a rising feeder for football FBS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D1Strong feeder5
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as a strong feeder for women's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Rising feeder4
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as a rising feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D1Emerging feeder3
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Emerging feeder2
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder2
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder1
total placements
Wakefield High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Wakefield High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Wakefield 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.
Gavin Thomas
Football · 2025
Greensboro
Tristian Pretlow
Men's Basketball · G · 2025
Methodist (NC)
Kharye Cayne
Men's Basketball · 2025
Clark Atlanta
Kennedy Nelson
Football · 2025
Davenport
Charles Stewart
Football · 2025
William & Mary
32 more Wakefield High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Wakefield High
What is Wakefield High's college recruiting track record?
Wakefield High in Raleigh, NC has sent 68 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,900+ NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
How many FBS football players has Wakefield High produced?
Wakefield High has sent 5 football players to FBS programs in the last 5 years. Based on RawRecruit's percentile-based tier system, Wakefield High is ranked as a rising FBS football feeder nationally.
Does Wakefield High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Wakefield High has sent 16 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 Wakefield High recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,900+ 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 Wakefield High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Wakefield High can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,900+ 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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