The Pipeline · New York

New York Football Players at D-III Programs

1,269 New York 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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1,269

New York Athletes On D-III Rosters

89

D-III Programs Recruiting New York

649

New York High Schools Feeding D-III

How many New York high school football players actually land on D-III college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 1,269 New York kids play D-III football across 89 programs, coming out of 649 New York 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 New York 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)

01

The Feeders

Top New York High Schools Feeding D-III Football

  1. 01Christian Brothers Academy
    14Players
  2. 02Chaminade
    13Players
  3. 03Webster Thomas
    13Players
  4. 04Oceanside
    11Players
  5. 05Cardinal Hayes
    9Players

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02

The Destinations

Top D-III Programs Recruiting New York Football

01

St. John Fisher

121

New York Players

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Ed Raby Jr

Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach

Verified

02

SUNY-Morrisville State

109

New York Players

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03

Hartwick

101

New York Players

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Matt Rogers

Head Football Coach

Verified

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Real Outcome

One Brother, The Same Road

The 1269 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of New York, 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-III football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is New York, 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 York high school football players are currently on D-III rosters?
Right now, 1,269 New York kids play D-III football, spread across 89 programs and sourced from 649 New York high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
Q.02
Which D-III programs recruit the most from New York?
St. John Fisher leads with 121 New York players on the current roster, followed by SUNY-Morrisville State (109) and Hartwick (101). 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 York high schools send the most players to D-III football?
Christian Brothers Academy sits at the top with 14 current D-III football players, followed by Chaminade (13), Webster Thomas (13), Oceanside (11), Cardinal Hayes (9). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is D-III football a realistic path for a New York high school player?
Yes. With 1,269 New York kids currently on D-III rosters across 89 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 New York 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 New York. 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 York. 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 York 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.

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