The Pipeline · North Carolina

North Carolina Football Players at FBS Programs

306 North Carolina kids are on FBS 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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306

North Carolina Athletes On FBS Rosters

69

FBS Programs Recruiting North Carolina

174

North Carolina High Schools Feeding FBS

How many North Carolina high school football players actually land on FBS college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 306 North Carolina kids play FBS football across 69 programs, coming out of 174 North Carolina 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 FBS football rosters. Below: the North Carolina high schools sending the most kids, the FBS programs recruiting hardest here, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.

“The kids who fly under the recruiting-service radar. 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 North Carolina High Schools Feeding FBS Football

  1. 01Rolesville
    8Players
  2. 02Cardinal Gibbons
    5Players
  3. 03Charlotte Christian
    5Players
  4. 04Mallard Creek
    5Players
  5. 05Myers Park
    5Players

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The Destinations

Top FBS Programs Recruiting North Carolina Football

01

NC State

45

North Carolina Players

DD

Dave Doeren

Head Coach

Verified

02

Appalachian State

27

North Carolina Players

CC

Clyde Christensen

Associate Head Coach

Verified

03

Charlotte

19

North Carolina Players

BH

Brian Haines

Assistant Head Coach -- Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs

Verified

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Real Outcome

One Brother, The Same Road

The 306 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of North Carolina, 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 FBS football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is North Carolina, 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 North Carolina high school football players are currently on FBS rosters?
Right now, 306 North Carolina kids play FBS football, spread across 69 programs and sourced from 174 North Carolina high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
Q.02
Which FBS programs recruit the most from North Carolina?
NC State leads with 45 North Carolina players on the current roster, followed by Appalachian State (27) and Charlotte (19). 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 North Carolina high schools send the most players to FBS football?
Rolesville sits at the top with 8 current FBS football players, followed by Cardinal Gibbons (5), Charlotte Christian (5), Mallard Creek (5), Myers Park (5). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is FBS football a realistic path for a North Carolina high school player?
Yes. With 306 North Carolina kids currently on FBS rosters across 69 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at FBS are partial in football, so families plan around stacking academic aid on top of athletic aid.
Q.05
How does RawRecruit count North Carolina to FBS pipeline numbers?
We pull current 2025 FBS football rosters from public school athletics sites and count any player whose listed home state is North Carolina. 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 North Carolina. 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 North Carolina cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach FBS 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 FBS 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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