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2012 Player Commits
| Commits | ESPN 150 Commits | ESPN 300 Commits | |||
| 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| PLAYER | POS | LOCATION | HT | WT | STARS | GRADE | SCHOOL |
 | #1 ATH | Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral High School | 5'10'' | 175 | 85 |  Notre Dame | |
 | #88 ATH | Spring, TX Klein Oak High School | 6'1'' | 190 | 77 | Notre Dame | |
 | #204 ATH | Forney, TX North Forney High School | 6'0'' | 173 | 67 |  Northwestern Signed | |
 | #80 ATH | Hialeah, FL Dade Christian High School | 6'2'' | 171 | 77 |  Purdue | |
| #149 ATH | Cleveland, OH James Ford Rhodes High School | 6'3'' | 195 | 74 |  Illinois | ||
| #146 ATH | Chandler, AZ Chandler High School | 5'9'' | 180 | 74 |  UCLA | ||
 | #31 ATH | Saddle Brook, NJ Saddle Brook High | 6'0'' | 210 | 79 |  Rutgers | |
| ATH | Orlando, FL Colonial High School | 6'2'' | 180 | NR | |||
 | #38 CB | Crete, IL Crete-Monee High School | 6'0'' | 180 | 77 |  Ole Miss | |
| #73 CB | Worthington, OH Thomas Worthington High School | 5'10'' | 170 | 75 |  West Virginia | ||
| #51 CB | Washington, DC Howard D. Woodson High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 77 |  Colorado | ||
| #79 CB | Leander, TX Leander High School | 6'0'' | 185 | 75 |  Texas State | ||
 | #166 DE | Baton Rouge, LA Episcopal High School | 6'3'' | 251 | 75 |  Wake Forest | |
 | #77 DE | Wichita, KS Wichita Collegiate School | 6'5'' | 240 | 78 |  Oklahoma State | |
 | #51 DE | New Orleans, LA Brother Martin High School | 6'3'' | 245 | 79 |  Texas A&M | |
| #27 DE | Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest Academy | 6'3'' | 270 | 79 |  Iowa | ||
 | #61 DE | Mentor, OH Mentor High School | 6'5'' | 250 | 78 |  Michigan | |
| #115 DE | Rockford, IL Boylan Central Catholic High | 6'4'' | 224 | 76 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #6 DE | Centerville, OH Centerville High School | 6'3'' | 212 | 82 | Northwestern Signed | |
 | #43 DE | Orlando, FL Oak Ridge High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 79 |  South Florida | |
| #40 DE | Alvin, TX Manvel High School | 6'3'' | 230 | 79 |  Arkansas | ||
 | #17 DT | Atwater, CA Buhach High School | 6'2'' | 275 | 80 |  Stanford | |
 | #9 DT | Glen Ellyn, IL Glenbard West High School | 6'3'' | 305 | 80 |  Ohio State | |
 | #14 DT | Indianapolis, IN Warren Central High School | 6'2'' | 280 | 80 | Notre Dame | |
| #35 DT | Akron, OH Archbishop Hoban High School | 6'5'' | 255 | 79 |  Nebraska | ||
| #81 DT | Lakewood, OH Saint Edward High School | 6'3'' | 280 | 76 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #10 ILB | Sicklerville, NJ Timber Creek Regional High School | 6'2'' | 240 | 79 | Rutgers | |
 | #28 ILB | Newton, MA Dexter School | 6'2'' | 225 | 77 |  Maryland | |
 | #5 ILB | Cincinnati, OH Colerain High School | 6'2'' | 225 | 80 | Michigan | |
| #32 ILB | Dunlap, IL Dunlap High School | 6'4'' | 230 | 77 |  Indiana | ||
 | #2 K | Cuyahoga Falls, OH Walsh Jesuit High School | 5'10'' | 185 | 79 |  Duke | |
| #3 LS | Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove South High School | 6'3'' | 228 | 73 | Notre Dame | ||
| #6 LS | Lawrenceburg, KY Anderson County High School | 6'1'' | 235 | 70 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #2 OC | Apopka, FL Apopka High School | 6'3'' | 275 | 80 |  Oklahoma | |
 | #26 OG | Pickerington, OH Pickerington North High School | 6'3'' | 275 | 79 | Ohio State | |
 | #2 OG | Lee's Summit, MO Lee's Summit West High School | 6'3'' | 300 | 82 |  Missouri | |
| #54 OG | Warren, OH Howland High School | 6'4'' | 300 | 77 |  Penn State | ||
| #65 OG | Lakewood, OH Saint Edward High School | 6'4'' | 295 | 77 | West Virginia | ||
| #38 OG | Upper Saint Clair, PA Upper Saint Clair High School | 6'4'' | 295 | 78 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| #64 OG | Malvern, PA Malvern Prep School | 6'3'' | 270 | 77 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #108 OLB | Archbald, PA Valley View High School | 6'2'' | 225 | 75 | Penn State | |
 | #128 OLB | Wellston, OH Wellston High School | 6'0'' | 215 | 73 | Northwestern Signed | |
| #135 OLB | Carmel, IN Carmel High School | 6'3'' | 205 | 72 | Purdue | ||
 | #14 OLB | Arroyo Grande, CA Arroyo Grande High School | 6'1'' | 205 | 80 | Oklahoma State | |
 | #10 OT | Chicago, IL Simeon Career Academy | 6'6'' | 291 | 80 |  Auburn | |
 | #17 OT | Arvada, CO Arvada West High School | 6'5'' | 275 | 80 | Nebraska | |
 | #19 OT | Barrington, IL Barrington High School | 6'5'' | 290 | 80 |  Wisconsin | |
 | #13 OT | Roebuck, SC Dorman High School | 6'5'' | 275 | 80 |  Clemson | |
 | #24 OT | Boyertown, PA Boyertown Senior High School | 6'6'' | 289 | 79 | Rutgers | |
 | #46 OT | Lancaster, PA Lancaster Catholic High School | 6'4'' | 278 | 79 | Northwestern Signed | |
| #80 OT | Lewis Center, OH Olentangy High School | 6'6'' | 270 | 77 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| #18 OT | Fairless Hills, PA Pennsbury High School | 6'6'' | 310 | 80 | Rutgers | ||
 | #118 OT | Haddonfield, NJ Haddonfield Memorial High | 6'6'' | 270 | 76 |  Boston College | |
| #29 OT | New Lenox, IL Providence Catholic High School | 6'6'' | 270 | 79 | Iowa | ||
| #143 OT | Cambridge, MA Buckingham Browne & Nichols H. S. | 6'6'' | 270 | 75 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| #63 OT | Malvern, PA Malvern Prep School | 6'5'' | 265 | 78 |  Virginia | ||
 | #58 QB | Lima, OH Lima Central Catholic School | 6'2'' | 205 | 77 |  Michigan State | |
 | #31 QB | Maryville, TN Maryville High School | 6'4'' | 200 | 79 |  Vanderbilt | |
 | #15 RB | Youngstown, OH Austintown Fitch High School | 5'10'' | 206 | 79 | Notre Dame | |
 | #21 RB | Kenosha, WI Mary D. Bradford High School | 6'0'' | 175 | 79 | Wisconsin | |
 | #178 RB | Davie, FL Western High School | 5'11'' | 175 | 72 | UCLA | |
| #26 RB | Columbus, OH Saint Francis De Sales High School | 6'1'' | 205 | 78 | Ohio State | ||
| #100 RB | Alliance, OH Marlington High School | 6'1'' | 220 | 74 |  Tennessee | ||
| #86 RB | Joliet, IL Joliet Catholic Academy | 6'2'' | 215 | 74 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #66 RB | Louisville, KY Louisville Central High School | 5'9'' | 175 | 75 |  Western Kentucky | |
| #120 RB | Fort Lauderdale, FL Pine Crest High School | 6'1'' | 200 | 74 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| RB | Houston, TX MacArthur High School | 5'11'' | 190 | NR |  Rice | ||
 | #105 S | Frisco, TX Liberty High School | 6'2'' | 175 | 74 | ||
 | #44 S | Trotwood, OH Trotwood-Madison High School | 6'1'' | 195 | 76 |  Pittsburgh | |
 | #82 S | Peoria, AZ Centennial High School | 5'11'' | 194 | 75 | Stanford | |
 | #66 S | Plano, TX Prestonwood Christian Academy | 6'2'' | 190 | 76 | Iowa | |
| #39 S | Orlando, FL Edgewater High School | 5'11'' | 190 | 77 | West Virginia | ||
 | #103 S | Cypress, TX Cy-Fair High School | 5'10'' | 169 | 74 | Northwestern Signed | |
| #132 S | Plano, IL Plano High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 73 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| #113 S | Los Alamitos, CA Los Alamitos High School | 6'0'' | 195 | 74 | Northwestern Signed | ||
| #26 S | O'Fallon, IL O'Fallon Township High School | 6'0'' | 190 | 78 | Missouri | ||
| #28 TE | Holland, PA Council Rock South High School | 6'3'' | 220 | 78 | Maryland | ||
 | #2 TE | Warminster, PA Archbishop Wood High School | 6'4'' | 255 | 80 |  Florida | |
| #11 TE | Aurora, CO Grandview High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 79 |  Oregon | ||
 | #4 TE | Land O'Lakes, FL Land O. Lakes High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 80 | Florida | |
 | #60 TE | Upper Saint Clair, PA Upper Saint Clair High School | 6'4'' | 225 | 75 | Northwestern Signed | |
 | #238 WR | Kirkwood, MO Kirkwood High School | 6'3'' | 172 | 70 | Northwestern Signed | |
 | #25 WR | Bellflower, CA Saint John Bosco High School | 5'11'' | 170 | 80 |  California | |
 | #65 WR | Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 78 |  Texas Southern | |
 | #34 WR | Plymouth, PA Wyoming Valley West High School | 6'2'' | 185 | 80 | Penn State | |
 | #261 WR | Wheaton, IL Wheaton-Warrenville South High Scho | 6'2'' | 215 | 68 | Northwestern Signed | |
| #195 WR | Denton, TX John H. Guyer High School | 6'3'' | 185 | 73 | Stanford | ||
 | #99 WR | Los Angeles, CA Loyola High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 77 | Stanford | |
| #57 WR | Lombard, IL Montini Catholic High School | 6'1'' | 185 | 79 | Nebraska | ||
 | #210 WR | Royersford, PA Spring Ford High School | 6'1'' | 190 | 73 | Northwestern Signed | |
 | #58 WR | Chesterfield, MO Ladue Horton Watkins High School | 6'3'' | 182 | 79 | Michigan | |
| #146 WR | Redford, MI Lee M. Thurston High School | 6'1'' | 200 | 75 | Northwestern Signed | ||
 | #83 WR | League City, TX Clear Springs High School | 6'1'' | 177 | 78 |  Texas | |
| WR (TR) | Hillside, IL University of Southern California | 6'5'' | 215 | TR | Northwestern Signed |
