The Pipeline · Indiana
Indiana Football Players at D-III Programs
691 Indiana kids are on D-III 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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Indiana Athletes On D-III Rosters
49
D-III Programs Recruiting Indiana
284
Indiana High Schools Feeding D-III
How many Indiana high school football players actually land on D-III college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 691 Indiana kids play D-III football across 49 programs, coming out of 284 Indiana 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-III football rosters. Below: the Indiana high schools sending the most kids, the D-III programs recruiting hardest here, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.
“The athletes most services don't build for. 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)
The Feeders
Top Indiana High Schools Feeding D-III Football
- 01Bishop Chatard14Players
- 02Carmel14Players
- 03Cathedral10Players
- 04Guerin Catholic10Players
- 05Roncalli10Players
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Top D-III Programs Recruiting Indiana Football
Wabash College
170
Indiana Players
Jake Gilbert
Head Football Coach / Defensive Coordinator
Verified
Hanover College
97
Indiana Players
Matt Theobald
Head Football Coach | Defensive Backs
Verified
DePauw
89
Indiana Players
Brett Dietz
Head Coach
Verified
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Real Outcome
One Brother, The Same Road
The 691 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of Indiana, walked into Rutgers, captained a Big Ten roster, and got drafted in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft.
- 01
Don Bosco Prep
Overlooked by Power-4
- 02
Rutgers
Big Ten captain
- 03
2025 NFL Draft
Round 7, Pick #233
- 04
Chicago Bears
Active roster
The Methodology
How We Count
Numbers come from publicly available 2025 D-III football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is Indiana, 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.
The Conversation
Parents Ask Us
- How many Indiana high school football players are currently on D-III rosters?
- Right now, 691 Indiana kids play D-III football, spread across 49 programs and sourced from 284 Indiana high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
- Which D-III programs recruit the most from Indiana?
- Wabash College leads with 170 Indiana players on the current roster, followed by Hanover College (97) and DePauw (89). 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.
- Which Indiana high schools send the most players to D-III football?
- Bishop Chatard and Carmel lead with 14 current D-III football players each, followed by Cathedral (10), Guerin Catholic (10), Roncalli (10). The full top 25 is on the page above.
- Is D-III football a realistic path for a Indiana high school player?
- Yes. With 691 Indiana kids currently on D-III rosters across 49 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at D-III are partial in football, so families plan around stacking academic aid on top of athletic aid.
- How does RawRecruit count Indiana to D-III pipeline numbers?
- We pull current 2025 D-III football rosters from public school athletics sites and count any player whose listed home state is Indiana. Coach names show up only when verified inside our 35-day freshness window.
- 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.
- We are not in Indiana. 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 Indiana cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach D-III coaches is the same in every state. State pipeline pages for the rest of the country roll out next.
- What happens when a coach leaves a D-III 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.
- 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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