After watching hundreds of player films these rankings are who I project to be the best players at the collegiate level for the class of 2017 in Illinois. I will be releasing the top players periodically leading up to kickoff of the 2017 Illinois High School football season.
Please Note: There will be another set of rankings for this class. These rankings are also subject to change.
| # | Name | Pos | High School | Ht | Wt | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Jarvis | OT | Maine South | 6’5″ | 340 lbs | Michigan State |
| 2 | A.J. Epenesa | DE | Edwardsville | 6’5″ | 260lbs | Iowa |
| 3 | Jeff Thomas | WR | East St. Louis | 5’10″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 4 | Cole Kmet | TE | St. Viator | 6’6″ | 240 lbs | Notre Dame |
| 5 | Isaiah Robertson | WR/S | Neuqua Valley | 6’3″ | 200 lbs | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Ivory Kelly-Martin | RB | Oswego East | 5’11″ | 175 lbs | Iowa |
| 7 | Jake Marwede | TE | Loyola | 6’5″ | 235 lbs | Duke |
| 8 | Jacub Panasiuk | DE | Lake Park | 6’3″ | 265 lbs | Michigan State |
| 9 | Olalere Oladipo | DE | Huntley | 6’3″ | 235 lbs | Illinois |
| 10 | Ricky Smalling | WR | Brother Rice | 6’1″ | 190 lbs | Illinois |
| 11 | Dalton Wagner | OT | Richmond-Burton | 6’8″ | 290 lbs | Arkansas |
| 12 | Micah Awodiran | MLB | Marist | 6’1″ | 210 lbs | Yale |
| 13 | Logan Christopherson | TE | Lemont | 6’6″ | 225 lbs | Missouri |
| 14 | Chris Katrenick | QB | Jacobs | 6’2″ | 205 lbs | Bowling Green |
| 15 | Cameron Ruiz | CB | Lakes Community | 5’10″ | 165 lbs | Northwestern |
| 16 | Tyler Jost | OT | Libertyville | 6’6″ | 260 lbs | Iowa State |
| 17 | Jordan Rowell | RB | Immaculate Conception | 6’2″ | 190 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 18 | Izayah Green-May | DE/OLB | Bolingbrook | 6’5″ | 205 lbs | Wisconsin |
| 19 | Robert Topps | CB | Marist | 6’2″ | 180 lbs | Kansas |
| 20 | Fabian Kratz | OG | Naperville Central | 6’4″ | 285 lbs | Oregon State |
| 21 | Griffin Hammer | TE | St. Charles North | 6’5″ | 225 lbs | Colorado State |
| 22 | Isaac Hawn | OT | St. Charles North | 6’6″ | 285 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 23 | Camron Harrell | S | Bradley-Bourbonnais | 5’11″ | 180 lbs | Iowa |
| 24 | Prince Walker | RB | Montini | 5’9″ | 175 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 25 | Owen Piche | OLB/ATH | Neuqua Valley | 6’3″ | 200 lbs | Navy |
| 26 | John Michael Schmitz | OG | Homewood-Flossmoor | 6’4″ | 280 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 27 | Bill Kuduk | OT | Marist | 6’5″ | 275 lbs | Kansas State |
| 28 | Joshua Maize | DE | Deerfield | 6’3″ | 230 lbs | Undecided |
| 29 | Eric Rooks | WR | De La Salle | 6’2″ | 210 lbs | Undecided |
| 30 | Jackson Perkins | DE | Barrington | 6’5″ | 230 lbs | Navy |
| 31 | Charlie Jones | WR | Deerfield | 6’0″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 32 | Kendall Smith | WR/ATH | Bolingbrook | 6’1″ | 170 lbs | Illinois |
| 33 | Ian Swenson | CB | Loyola | 6’1″ | 180 lbs | Connecticut |
| 34 | Jawon Denton | DE | Morgan Park | 6’3″ | 200 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 35 | Chris Sampleton | DE | Nazareth | 6’3″ | 225 lbs | Yale |
| 36 | Marcus Hayes | CB/ATH | Rockford East | 5’11″ | 185 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 37 | Devonte Dunn | DT | Nazareth | 6’1″ | 275 lbs | Toledo |
| 38 | C.J. Coldon | WR | Althoff Catholic | 6’1″ | 175 lbs | Undecided |
| 39 | John Mitchell | DT | Crete-Monee | 6’3″ | 270 lbs | Undecided |
| 40 | Trevor Campbell | OT | Naperville Central | 6’4″ | 275 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 41 | Chris Bell | WR | Bishop McNamara | 6’1″ | 180 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 42 | Reyondous Estes | QB | East St. Louis | 6’0″ | 170 lbs | Missouri |
| 43 | Caylon May | DT | Rich Central | 6’2″ | 310 lbs | Undecided |
| 44 | Vederian Lowe | OT | Auburn | 6’5″ | 340 lbs | Illinois |
| 45 | Kendrick Green | OT | Peoria | 6’2″ | 270 lbs | Undecided |
| 46 | Cam Thomas | QB | Marian Catholic | 6’3″ | 180 lbs | Illinois |
| 47 | Jack Badovinac | OG/C | Loyola | 6’3″ | 255 lbs | Colgate |
| 48 | Cole Tucker | WR | DeKalb | 6’2″ | 180 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 49 | Erik Mueller | MLB | Wheaton North | 6’2″ | 220 lbs | Undecided |
| 50 | Damien Williams | CB | Bradley-Bourbonnais | 6’0″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 51 | Trey Telez | OLB/DE | Lincoln Way West | 6’1″ | 225 lbs | Undecided |
| 52 | Jordan Goodwin | WR | Althoff Catholic | 6’2″ | 200 lbs | St. Louis (Basketball) |
| 53 | Dylan Deatherage | OT | Bishop McNamara | 6’5″ | 270 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 54 | Juawan Treadwell | S/ATH | Crete-Monee | 6’0″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 55 | Noah Hickcox | DE | Boylan Central Catholic | 6’4″ | 280 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 56 | Jace James | WR | Glenbard North | 6’0″ | 185 lbs | Northwestern |
| 57 | Blake Holley | MLB | Barrington | 6’1″ | 215 lbs | Navy |
| 58 | Tyrice Richie | WR | Homewood-Flossmoor | 6’0″ | 190 lbs | Undecided |
| 59 | Rondel Jamison | RB | Carmel | 5’10″ | 180 lbs | Undecided |
| 60 | Keyon Blankenbaker | CB | Oak Park River Forest | 5’10″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 61 | Jamezz Kimbrough | OT | Homewood-Flossmoor | 6’2″ | 255 lbs | Central Michigan |
| 62 | Ryan O’Malley | DT | Libertyville | 6’4″ | 250 lbs | Undecided |
| 63 | Jordan Nettles | RB | Romeoville | 5’9″ | 180 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 64 | Dexter Warren | S | Phillips | 6’0″ | 165 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 65 | James Knight | S | East St. Louis | 5’11″ | 205 lbs | Undecided |
| 66 | Chris Elmore | DT | Phillips | 6’0″ | 280 lbs | Western Michigan |
| 67 | Marc Mondesir | OLB | St. Rita | 6’2″ | 210 lbs | Illinois |
| 68 | Terez LaGrone | DE | East St. Louis | 6’3″ | 220 lbs | Undecided |
| 69 | Elijah James | DE | Oswego East | 6’4″ | 265 lbs | Undecided |
| 70 | Avante’ Cox | WR | Rochester | 5’11″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 71 | Weston Kramer | DT | Marmion | 6’2″ | 275 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 72 | Joe Spivak | DT | Montini | 5’11″ | 280 lbs | Undecided |
| 73 | Max Edwards | OT | Johnston City | 6’6″ | 275 lbs | Southern Illinois |
| 74 | Jake Dudeck | MLB | Lincoln Way West | 6’3″ | 230 lbs | Undecided |
| 75 | Niko Ivanisevic | OG | Hinsdale Central | 6’2″ | 260 lbs | Princeton |
| 76 | Josh Babicz | TE | Barrington | 6’5″ | 220 lbs | North Dakota State |
| 77 | Mitch West | CB | Montini | 5’10″ | 175 lbs | Purdue |
| 78 | Darrion Conrad | WR | Addison Trail | 5’9″ | 150 lbs | Undecided |
| 79 | Nate Henry | OT | Lincoln Way West | 6’4″ | 345 lbs | Undecided |
| 80 | Collin Stallworth | WR/ATH | Rochester | 6’5″ | 190 lbs | Undecided |
| 81 | Max Rosenthal | MLB | New Trier | 6’3″ | 230 lbs | Undecided |
| 82 | Evan Day | OT | Batavia | 6’6″ | 265 lbs | Illinois State |
| 83 | Jordan Brown | DE | Lemont | 6’3″ | 220 lbs | Air Force |
| 84 | Richie Warfield | RB | Providence | 5’11″ | 200 lbs | Undecided |
| 85 | Michael Kennedy | RB/ATH | Mount Carmel | 6’1″ | 190 lbs | Northern Illinois |
| 86 | Brett Moorman | MLB | Fenwick | 6’3″ | 225 lbs | Undecided |
| 87 | Andrew Edgar | WR | St. Patrick | 5’11″ | 170 lbs | Undecided |
| 88 | Sam Ambrogio | OG | St. Charles North | 6’4″ | 290 lbs | Undecided |
| 89 | Jaylon Banks | QB | Oswego East | 6’1″ | 190 lbs | Undecided |
| 90 | Luke Turner | S | Naperville Central | 6’0″ | 190 lbs | Undecided |
| 91 | Jordan Williams | DE | Centennial | 6’4″ | 240 lbs | Ball State |
| 92 | Josh Bean | QB | Hinsdale Central | 6’2″ | 200 lbs | Columbia |
| 93 | C.J. Hunt | DT | Morton West | 6’2″ | 270 lbs | Bowling Green |
| 94 | Anthony Barcal | DT | St. Viator | 6’3″ | 330 lbs | Undecided |
| 95 | Tim Zaleski | TE | St. Rita | 6’5″ | 215 lbs | Undecided |
| 96 | Zach Oles | QB | Palatine | 5’11″ | 200 lbs | Undecided |
| 97 | Sam Diehl | OG | Lincoln Way East | 6’3″ | 270 lbs | Colgate |
| 98 | Phazione McClurge | S | Mount Carmel | 6’1″ | 190 lbs | North Dakota State |
| 99 | Dorion Pollard | OLB/S | Hinsdale Central | 6’0″ | 210 lbs | Ball State |
| 100 | Austin Ruetsche | MLB | St. Viator | 6’1″ | 215 lbs | Air Force |