Tennessee · Pipeline Atlas

Every Tennessee high school feeding college sport.

889 schools tracked. 332 feeders.

Football is the engine, accounting for 65.1% of all college placements.

Source · 1,900+ NCAA rosters/NCES verified/5yr rolling window

Schools tracked

889

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.

Tennessee high schools A to Z

Every Tennessee high school with alumni on the college rosters we track.

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Frequently asked

Tennessee recruiting, answered.

01

Which Tennessee high schools send the most athletes to college?

The leaderboard above shows the top 25 by volume. RawRecruit tracks 332 Tennessee feeders. Search the national index to find any school in the database.

02

What sports drive Tennessee's college pipeline?

Football leads with 65.1% of all placements, followed by Women's basketball at 11.2%. These numbers reflect verified roster placements at all college divisions, from FBS through JUCO, over a rolling 5-year window.

03

How are Tennessee high schools ranked on RawRecruit?

Rankings are based on verified college roster placements. RawRecruit scrapes rosters from 1,900+ schools, 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 Tennessee high school?

Start by understanding which colleges already recruit from your area. The leaderboard above shows where Tennessee 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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Built by Kevin Monangai, who guided his brother Kyle from overlooked recruit to the Chicago Bears 2025 draft.

Data sourced from first-party scraping of 1,900+ college athletic rosters.