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Ohio high school football

65 Ohio high schools have produced an NFL draft pick since the 2010 signing class, out of 418 with a college signee who went on to play.

90
NFL draftees
6% of 2010–2020 signees
95
College contributors
offense skill
2,561
Recruits tracked
since 2010
109
Schools that produced
of 418 with a signee

What Ohio produces

Every college signee from an Ohio high school since 2010 by position group, and how many were drafted.

EDGE
31416 NFL
OT
26612 NFL
CB
1779 NFL
QB
1478 NFL
IOL
2357 NFL
TE
1767 NFL
ATH
1687 NFL
WR
2465 NFL
DL
1995 NFL
RB
1785 NFL
LB
2084 NFL
S
1752 NFL
P
142 NFL
LS
151 NFL
K
43
draftedsigned with a college program

Every school, by NFL draft picks

Every Ohio high school that has sent a player to a college football program since 2010 — 418 of them, ranked by what those players became.

#High schoolNFLRecruits
1Glenville453
2St. Ignatius431
3Pickerington Central349
4Fairfield321
5Archbishop Moeller256
6Lakota West241
7Pickerington North233
8Cleveland Heights223
9St. Vincent-St. Mary220
10Walsh Jesuit216
11Westerville Central215
12Walnut Ridge27
13Princeton238
14Winton Woods237
15Centerville229
16Gahanna Lincoln223
17Benedictine214
18Washington211
19Mt. Healthy29
20Wayne130
21St. Francis de Sales123
22St. Xavier140
23Central Catholic138
24Mentor123
25Archbishop Alter118

109 of Ohio's 418 high schools with a college signee have produced an NFL pick or a college contributor, and they are the ones ranked above; 8 have a pipeline page of their own. Search finds any of the 418.

Class by class

How many college players Ohio sent out each year — whether the state as a whole is producing more or fewer, which no class ranking measures.

4–5★ signeesall other college signees
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'12
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'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
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college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Ohio

Notable alumni

The 40 biggest names out of Ohio, drafted first. A school's own page carries every one of its signees.

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Jack SawyerDLOhio StateNFL draft (2025 R4)
Jordan HicksEDGETexasNFL draft (2015 R3)
Paris Johnson Jr.OTOhio StateNFL draft (2023 R1)
Zach HarrisonEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2023 R3)
Adolphus WashingtonEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2016 R3)
Jackson CarmanOTClemsonNFL draft (2021 R2)
Braxton MillerQBOhio StateNFL draft (2016 R3)
Tyreke SmithEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2022 R5)
Jonathon CooperEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2021 R7)
Josh MyersIOLOhio StateNFL draft (2021 R2)
Michael Hall Jr.DLOhio StateNFL draft (2024 R2)
Michael BennettDLOhio StateNFL draft (2015 R6)
Marshon LattimoreCBOhio StateNFL draft (2017 R1)
Doran GrantCBOhio StateNFL draft (2015 R4)
Jerome BakerATHOhio StateNFL draft (2018 R3)
Ifeadi OdenigboEDGENorthwesternNFL draft (2017 R7)
Jowon BriggsDLVirginiaNFL draft (2024 R7)
Spencer WareATHLSUNFL draft (2013 R6)
Liam EichenbergOTNotre DameNFL draft (2021 R2)
Cade StoverEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2024 R4)
Chris WormleyEDGEMichiganNFL draft (2017 R3)
Joshua PerryEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2016 R4)
Dre'Mont JonesEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2019 R3)
Parris CampbellWROhio StateNFL draft (2019 R2)
Taco CharltonEDGEMichiganNFL draft (2017 R1)
Shelton GibsonWRWest VirginiaNFL draft (2017 R5)
Lynn Bowden Jr.ATHKentuckyNFL draft (2020 R3)
Gareon ConleyCBOhio StateNFL draft (2017 R1)
Taylor DeckerOTOhio StateNFL draft (2016 R1)
Jake ButtTEMichiganNFL draft (2017 R5)
Sam HubbardATHOhio StateNFL draft (2018 R3)
Justin LayneWRMichigan StateNFL draft (2019 R3)
Luke FarrellTEOhio StateNFL draft (2021 R5)
Sean CliffordQBPenn StateNFL draft (2023 R5)
Billy PriceDLOhio StateNFL draft (2018 R1)
Ben GedeonLBMichiganNFL draft (2017 R4)
Nick VannettTEOhio StateNFL draft (2016 R3)
DeShone KizerQBNotre DameNFL draft (2017 R2)
Andrew DonnalOTIowaNFL draft (2015 R4)
Denzel WardCBOhio StateNFL draft (2018 R1)

Top current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
Cincere JohnsonOhio StateLSUAlabamaLBOhio State5★
Jamier BrownWROhio State5★
Sam GreerOhio StateGeorgiaAlabamaOTOhio State4★
Elbert Hill IVCBUSC4★
Kellen WymerIOLOhio State4★
Kei'Shjuan TelfairCBPenn State4★
Ace AlstonCBNotre Dame4★
Monsanna Torbert Jr.CBMichigan4★

Other states

The same read for every state with enough college signings to measure.

A recruit's state is his HOMETOWN, so this is where Ohio talent comes from rather than where it plays. Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes, each with the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. How this is measured.