The Pipeline · New Jersey

New Jersey Football Players at D-II Programs

223 New Jersey 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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223

NJ Athletes On D-II Rosters

41

D-II Programs Recruiting NJ

175

NJ High Schools Feeding D-II

How many New Jersey high school football players actually land on D-II college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 223 New Jersey kids play D-II football across 41 programs, coming out of 175 New Jersey 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 New Jersey high schools sending the most kids, the D-II 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)

01

The Feeders

Top New Jersey High Schools Feeding D-II Football

  1. 01Immaculata High School
    4Players
  2. 02Delsea Regional
    3Players
  3. 03Irvington
    3Players
  4. 04Millville
    3Players
  5. 05Ocean City
    3Players

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The Destinations

Top D-II Programs Recruiting New Jersey Football

01

Pace (NY)

33

NJ Players

CW

Chad Walker

Head Coach

Verified

02

East Stroudsburg

26

NJ Players

BM

Bob Madsen

Assistant to the Head Coach - Operations

Verified

03

Kutztown

22

NJ Players

JC

Jim Clements

Head Football Coach

Verified

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Real Outcome

One Brother, The Same Road

The 223 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of New Jersey, 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 New Jersey, 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 New Jersey high school football players are currently on D-II rosters?
Right now, 223 New Jersey kids play D-II football, spread across 41 programs and sourced from 175 New Jersey high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
Q.02
Which D-II programs recruit the most from New Jersey?
Pace (NY) leads with 33 New Jersey players on the current roster, followed by East Stroudsburg (26) and Kutztown (22). 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 New Jersey high schools send the most players to D-II football?
Immaculata High School sits at the top with 4 current D-II football players, followed by Delsea Regional (3), Irvington (3), Millville (3), Ocean City (3). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is D-II football a realistic path for a New Jersey high school player?
Yes. With 223 New Jersey kids currently on D-II rosters across 41 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey. 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 New Jersey. 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 New Jersey 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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