Minnesota Football Players at D-III Programs

Top Minnesota High Schools Feeding D-III Football

1. 01Andover
   9Players
2. 02Anoka
   9Players
3. 03Stillwater Area
   9Players
4. 04New Prague
   8Players
5. 05Chanhassen
   7Players

Top D-III Programs Recruiting Minnesota Football

One Brother, The Same Road

The 686 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of Minnesota, 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

How We Count

Numbers come from publicly available 2025 D-III football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is Minnesota, 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.

Parents Ask Us

Q.01

How many Minnesota high school football players are currently on D-III rosters?

Right now, 686 Minnesota kids play D-III football, spread across 36 programs and sourced from 348 Minnesota high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.

Q.02

Which D-III programs recruit the most from Minnesota?

Saint Johns University leads with 120 Minnesota players on the current roster, followed by Gustavus Adolphus (91) and University of Wisconsin-River Falls (87). 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 Minnesota high schools send the most players to D-III football?

Andover and Anoka and Stillwater Area lead with 9 current D-III football players each, followed by New Prague (8), Chanhassen (7). The full top 25 is on the page above.

Q.04

Is D-III football a realistic path for a Minnesota high school player?

Yes. With 686 Minnesota kids currently on D-III rosters across 36 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.

Q.05

How does RawRecruit count Minnesota 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 Minnesota. 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 Minnesota. 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 Minnesota 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.

Q.08

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.

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.