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South Dakota high school football

5 South Dakota high schools have produced an NFL draft pick since the 2010 signing class, out of 26 with a college signee who went on to play.

6
NFL draftees
26% of 2010–2020 signees
0
College contributors
offense skill
57
Recruits tracked
since 2010
5
Schools that produced
of 26 with a signee

What South Dakota produces

Every college signee from a South Dakota high school since 2010 by position group, and how many were drafted.

OT
72 NFL
IOL
111 NFL
TE
61 NFL
EDGE
41 NFL
ATH
21 NFL
LB
8
DL
6
WR
5
QB
3
RB
2
CB
1
K
1
S
1
draftedsigned with a college program

Every school, by NFL draft picks

Every South Dakota high school that has sent a player to a college football program since 2010 — 26 of them, ranked by what those players became.

#High schoolNFLRecruits
1Washington29
2T.F. Riggs15
3Roosevelt12
4Timber Lake - 0111
5Warner - 0111

5 of South Dakota's 26 high schools with a college signee have produced an NFL pick or a college contributor, and they are the ones ranked above; 0 have a pipeline page of their own. Search finds any of the 26.

Class by class

How many college players South Dakota 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
'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. South Dakota

Notable alumni

The 6 biggest names out of South Dakota, drafted first. A school's own page carries every one of its signees.

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Matt FarniokOTNebraskaNFL draft (2021 R7)
Nate GerryATHNebraskaNFL draft (2017 R5)
Derrek TuszkaEDGENorth Dakota StateNFL draft (2020 R7)
Mason McCormickIOLSouth Dakota StateNFL draft (2024 R4)
Tucker KraftTESouth Dakota StateNFL draft (2023 R3)
Grey ZabelOTNorth Dakota StateNFL draft (2025 R1)

Top current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
Cooper TerwilligerTEPenn State4★
Drake MikkelsenTEMinnesota4★
Hudson ParliamentNebraskaTCUUCLAIOLIowa4★
Eddie WhitingTEMichigan State3★
Bradley EsserStanfordIowa StateTexas TechLBIowa State3★
Shane VeenhofIowaIowa StateIllinoisSSouth Dakota State3★
Grant WilkinsonOTSouth Dakota State
Jhace WoodsWRSouth Dakota State

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 South Dakota 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.