Virginia · High School
William Byrd High
24 athletes. 5 years. 9 colleges.
Every athlete William Byrd High has sent to college football, women's track, men's track and men's basketball over the last 5 years. Checked against college rosters for the 2021 to 2025 seasons. Located in Vinton, VA.
Elite
W. Track
D1
6
5yr
Strong
M. Track
D3
5
5yr
Strong
M. Basketball
D2
2
5yr
Rising
Football
D3
3
5yr
Rising
Football
FCS
2
5yr
Rising
W. Track
D3
2
5yr
Emerging
Football
D2
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.
Pipeline scoreboard
24
Total placements
verified college athletes
9
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 William Byrd 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.
Women's Track
→D1Elite feeder6
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as an elite feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D3Strong feeder5
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as a strong feeder for men's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Emerging feeder3
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Rising feeder3
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as a rising feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Football
→FCSRising feeder2
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as a rising feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D2Strong feeder2
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as a strong feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D3Rising feeder2
total placements
William Byrd High is ranked as a rising feeder for women's track D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from William Byrd High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D21
total placements
Notable Alumni
Which William Byrd High alumni played on college rosters?
Real athletes, scraped from college rosters for the 2021 to 2025 seasons and listed most recent first. Not self-reported, not fabricated.
DeShawn Austin
Men's Track · HURDLES · 2025
Roanoke
Mya Rosser
Women's Track · SHOT_PUT · 2025
Radford
Ethan Haston
Football · 2025
VMI
Gregory Stiltner
Men's Track · 2025
Roanoke
Barry Cheatwood Jr
Football · 2025
The University of Virginia's College at Wise
19 more William Byrd High alumni played on college rosters in the 2021 to 2025 seasons.
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Recruiting guides for William Byrd High athletes
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Questions we get about William Byrd High
What is William Byrd High's college recruiting track record?
William Byrd High in Vinton, VA has sent 24 athletes to college rosters in football, women's track, men's track and men's basketball in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,900+ NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
Does William Byrd High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. William Byrd High has sent 2 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a rising FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Where does this William Byrd 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 William Byrd High get recruited by college programs?
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