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Cass Technical

#10 in the country for NFL draft picks, of 1,411 high schools that have produced one — and #1 in Michigan.

6
NFL draftees
11% of 2010–2020 signees
2
College contributors
20% of skill recruits
86
Recruits tracked
every one listed below
8
Current commits
2026–27 classes

What it produces

Every college signee since 2010 by position group, and how many of them were drafted.

RB
42 NFL
CB
111 NFL
ATH
91 NFL
IOL
81 NFL
WR
41 NFL
EDGE
13
DL
9
S
9
draftedsigned with a college program

Did its recruits beat their ratings?

Every recruit's odds of being drafted, from his composite rating and position group, fit within his own signing class — added up, that is what Cass Technical's classes were “supposed” to produce.

6
NFL picks
5.8
Expected
54
Recruits 201020

In line with what their ratings predicted.

6 picks against 5.8. A gap that size or bigger turns up 54% of the time at a school this size by chance alone.

And chance gets 170 attempts: about 9 of the schools here clear that bar on luck. Corrected for that, no high school in this data separates from its recruits' ratings.

Class by class

Whether the pipeline is opening or closing — the one question a February class ranking cannot answer, because nobody goes back to it.

4–5★ signeesall other college signees
'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Cass Technical
Show every class as a table ▾
ClassSignees4–5★NFL
20271
202671
202551
20241
202352
202241
202172
202000
201992
2018710
2017931
2016821
2015311
2014310
2013531
2012720
201130
2010210

Notable alumni

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Donovan Peoples-JonesWRMichiganNFL draft (2020 R6)
Mike WeberRBOhio StateNFL draft (2019 R7)
Michael OnwenuIOLMichiganNFL draft (2020 R6)
Jourdan LewisCBMichiganNFL draft (2017 R3)
Kalen KingCBPenn StateNFL draft (2024 R7)
Kobe KingLBPenn StateNFL draft (2025 R6)
Jalen GrahamATHPurdueNFL draft (2023 R7)
Lew Nichols IIIRBCentral MichiganNFL draft (2023 R7)

Every Cass Technical signee

All 86 players Cass Technical has sent to a college football program since 2010 — what they were rated, where they signed, and what happened next. The table above is the honour roll; this is the whole list.

86 of 86 signees since 2010. “Too recent to say” is the 2021 class and later — they have not had a draft to be in yet, which is not the same as not making it.

ClassPlayerWhat happened
2022Deone WalkerNFL draft2025 R4
2021Kalen KingNFL draft2024 R7
2021Kobe KingNFL draft2025 R6
2019Jalen GrahamNFL draft2023 R7
2019Lew Nichols IIINFL draft2023 R7
2017Donovan Peoples-JonesNFL draft2020 R6
2016Michael OnwenuNFL draft2020 R6
2015Mike WeberNFL draft2019 R7
2013Jourdan LewisNFL draft2017 R3
2022Jameel GardnerCollege contributor
2027Collin SumpterToo recent to say
2026C.J. SadlerToo recent to say
2026Marcus JenningsToo recent to say
2026Khalief Canty Jr.Too recent to say
2026Brian Stovall Jr.Too recent to say
2026Darrius Summers IIIToo recent to say
2026Joshua ParamoreToo recent to say
2026Emory JonesToo recent to say
2025Alex GrahamToo recent to say
2025John Baker IVToo recent to say
2025Logan HowellToo recent to say
2025Derrick JacksonToo recent to say
2025Cameron SummerourToo recent to say
2024Noah BishopToo recent to say
2023Jalen ThompsonToo recent to say

“College contributor” is measured from offence-skill usage and, from 2021, defensive production — so a lineman who started four years shows as neither. NFL draft covers every position. A player is listed under the college he SIGNED with, which is not always the one he was drafted from.

Where its players go

The colleges that land the most of Cass Technical's talent, and how those recruits fared — a revealed pipeline (where they signed, not offers).

SchoolSignedDraftees
Michigan83
Toledo80
Central Michigan71
Michigan State50
Western Michigan50
Grand Valley State40
Northern Illinois40
Penn State32

Current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
C.J. SadlerATHNorth Carolina4★
Marcus JenningsLBPittsburgh3★
Khalief Canty Jr.IOLMissouri3★
Brian Stovall Jr.LBToledo3★
Darrius Summers IIIEDGENorthern Illinois3★
Joshua ParamoreIOLGrand Valley State
Emory JonesATHDartmouth
Collin SumpterLBMiami (OH)

Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes — each has the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. A school's own history is not an input to any projection on this site: across 5,852 programs, where a recruit went to high school adds nothing to what his rating already says. How this is measured.