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DeMatha Catholic

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

8
NFL draftees
14% of 2010–2020 signees
6
College contributors
30% of skill recruits
103
Recruits tracked
every one listed below
10
Current commits
2026–27 classes

What it produces

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

RB
112 NFL
EDGE
102 NFL
OT
92 NFL
S
92 NFL
IOL
14
DL
11
WR
11
CB
10
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 DeMatha Catholic's classes were “supposed” to produce.

8
NFL picks
7.0
Expected
55
Recruits 201020

In line with what their ratings predicted.

8 picks against 7.0. A gap that size or bigger turns up 40% 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. DeMatha Catholic
Show every class as a table ▾
ClassSignees4–5★NFL
202771
202651
20257
20246
202392
202231
202191
2020521
2019522
2018610
2017832
2016830
201530
201461
201300
2012430
2011721
2010521

Notable alumni

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Cyrus KouandjioOTAlabamaNFL draft (2014 R2)
Chase YoungEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2020 R1)
MarShawn LloydRBSouth CarolinaNFL draft (2024 R3)
Nick CrossSMarylandNFL draft (2022 R3)
DeMarcco HellamsSAlabamaNFL draft (2023 R7)
Anthony McFarland Jr.RBMarylandNFL draft (2020 R4)
Arie KouandjioOTAlabamaNFL draft (2015 R4)
Ja'Whaun BentleyEDGEPurdueNFL draft (2018 R5)
Marcus CokerRBIowaCollege contributor
DJ TurnerWRMarylandCollege contributor
Taiwan DealRBWisconsinCollege contributor
Cam PhillipsWRVirginia TechCollege contributor
Khory SpruillRBDelawareCollege contributor

Every DeMatha Catholic signee

All 103 players DeMatha Catholic 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.

103 of 103 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
2022Kevin Winston Jr.NFL draft2025 R3
2020MarShawn LloydNFL draft2024 R3
2019Nick CrossNFL draft2022 R3
2019DeMarcco HellamsNFL draft2023 R7
2017Chase YoungNFL draft2020 R1
2017Anthony McFarland Jr.NFL draft2020 R4
2014Ja'Whaun BentleyNFL draft2018 R5
2011Cyrus KouandjioNFL draft2014 R2
2010Arie KouandjioNFL draft2015 R4
2017Khory SpruillCollege contributor
2016DJ TurnerCollege contributor
2014Taiwan DealCollege contributor
2014Cam PhillipsCollege contributor
2010Marcus CokerCollege contributor
2027James Pace IIIToo recent to say
2027Knyair CrumbToo recent to say
2027Sean Saint FleurToo recent to say
2027Terrance Grant Jr.Too recent to say
2027Kevin NesbittToo recent to say
2027Trent SmallToo recent to say
2027Jared TaylorToo recent to say
2026Darrell CareyToo recent to say
2026Zion SmithToo recent to say
2026Lavar KeysToo recent to say
2026Jordan StevensToo 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 DeMatha Catholic's talent, and how those recruits fared — a revealed pipeline (where they signed, not offers).

SchoolSignedDraftees
Maryland152
Penn State61
Pittsburgh60
Virginia Tech50
Alabama33
Boston College30
Delaware30
Howard30

Current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
James Pace IIIEDGEAuburn4★
Darrell CareySMaryland4★
Knyair CrumbSAuburn3★
Zion SmithIOLNorth Carolina3★
Lavar KeysWRIndiana3★
Sean Saint FleurDLPurdue3★
Terrance Grant Jr.RBMaryland3★
Jordan StevensEDGECoastal Carolina3★
Joshua ParkerWRCoastal Carolina3★
Kevin NesbittOTTemple3★

Other Maryland pipelines

The schools this one is measured against — same state, nearest record.

Every Maryland high school →

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.