The Pipeline · Colorado

Colorado Football Players at D-II Programs

342 Colorado kids are on D-II football rosters right now. The high schools feeding them, the programs recruiting them, and the seven-step playbook to put your kid on next year's list.

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342

Colorado Athletes On D-II Rosters

28

D-II Programs Recruiting Colorado

198

Colorado High Schools Feeding D-II

How many Colorado high school football players actually land on D-II college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 342 Colorado kids play D-II football across 28 programs, coming out of 198 Colorado high schools. Kyle Monangai went from Don Bosco Prep, overlooked by Power-4 programs, to Rutgers Big Ten captain to the 2025 Chicago Bears. His older brother Kevin walked the same kind of road first, Villanova to the Eagles and Vikings as a player, then the Giants as a coach. Kevin coached his own brother through that road; that is why we built RawRecruit. These counts come from current 2025 D-II football rosters. Below: the Colorado high schools sending the most kids, the D-II programs recruiting hardest here, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.

“The overlooked majority of HS athletes. The kids and parents nobody is calling first, who still want their kid on a roster like the ones above.

Kevin Monangai, Founder, RawRecruit

Former NFL running back (Eagles, Vikings)

Former NFL coach (Giants)

01

The Feeders

Top Colorado High Schools Feeding D-II Football

  1. 01Columbine
    9Players
  2. 02Green Mountain
    6Players
  3. 03Legacy
    6Players
  4. 04Broomfield
    5Players
  5. 05Cherokee Trail
    5Players

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The Destinations

Top D-II Programs Recruiting Colorado Football

01

Colorado Mesa

88

Colorado Players

HH

Hunter Hughes

Associate Head Football Coach - Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers

Verified

02

Fort Lewis

61

Colorado Players

JC

Johnny Cox

Head Football Coach – Wide Receivers

Verified

03

Adams State

47

Colorado Players

CK

Chase Kyser

Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator

Verified

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Real Outcome

One Brother, The Same Road

The 342 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of Colorado, walked into Rutgers, captained a Big Ten roster, and got drafted in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

  1. 01

    Don Bosco Prep

    Overlooked by Power-4

  2. 02

    Rutgers

    Big Ten captain

  3. 03

    2025 NFL Draft

    Round 7, Pick #233

  4. 04

    Chicago Bears

    Active roster

04

The Methodology

How We Count

Numbers come from publicly available 2025 D-II football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is Colorado, school by school, season by season. The decision a family makes here is too big to plan around guesses, so we put the rosters in front of you.

05

The Conversation

Parents Ask Us

Q.01
How many Colorado high school football players are currently on D-II rosters?
Right now, 342 Colorado kids play D-II football, spread across 28 programs and sourced from 198 Colorado high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
Q.02
Which D-II programs recruit the most from Colorado?
Colorado Mesa leads with 88 Colorado players on the current roster, followed by Fort Lewis (61) and Adams State (47). The top three are listed above with the head coach for each program when verified. A free account opens the rest of the top ten.
Q.03
Which Colorado high schools send the most players to D-II football?
Columbine sits at the top with 9 current D-II football players, followed by Green Mountain (6), Legacy (6), Broomfield (5), Cherokee Trail (5). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is D-II football a realistic path for a Colorado high school player?
Yes. With 342 Colorado kids currently on D-II rosters across 28 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at D-II are partial in football, so families plan around stacking academic aid on top of athletic aid.
Q.05
How does RawRecruit count Colorado to D-II pipeline numbers?
We pull current 2025 D-II football rosters from public school athletics sites and count any player whose listed home state is Colorado. Coach names show up only when verified inside our 35-day freshness window.
Q.06
What does my kid actually do with this list of high schools and programs?
The list is the input. The seven-step playbook is the action. Profile your kid's real numbers, build a target list off the programs above, send the email coaches actually read, and run the visit on full information. The full playbook lives at /guides/football/diy-recruiting and was written by Kevin from the same road he walked his brother Kyle through.
Q.07
We are not in Colorado. Does the same playbook still apply for our state?
Yes. The seven-step playbook is sport-specific, not state-specific. The cohort and program list above are the Colorado cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach D-II coaches is the same in every state. State pipeline pages for the rest of the country roll out next.
Q.08
What happens when a coach leaves a D-II program mid-cycle?
Coach names on this page only show up when our pipeline has verified them inside the last 35 days. When a head coach leaves, the slot reads as a transition note instead of a stale name; the program count and player numbers stay intact because those come from the roster, not the staff page. The list refreshes monthly.
Q.09
Why is RawRecruit giving away the rosters and coach contacts for free?
Because the data is the easy part. The hard part is keeping a school list current, filtering programs by your kid's real fit, and tracking coach records as staffs turn over every cycle. The free profile saves the work; the paid tiers exist for families who want deeper fit analytics. The free profile is enough for most.

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