| Scout.com 2009 Illinois Top 50 | |||||
| Rank | Name | Pos | High School (City, State) | Ht/Wt | Verbal |
| 1 | Chris Watt | OG | Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard West | 6-4/270 | Notre Dame |
| 2 | Craig Drummond | DE | Chicago (Ill.) Morgan Park | 6-5/225 | |
| 3 | Kraig Appleton | WR | East St. Louis (Ill.) | 6-2.5/190 | |
| 4 | Lendel Buckner | DT | Chicago (Ill.) Leo | 6-3/320 | Illinois |
| 5 | Patrick Ward | OT | New Lenox (Ill) Providence | 6-7/280 | |
| 6 | Michael Schofield | OT | Orland Park (Ill.) Sandburg | 6-6/270 | Michigan |
| 7 | Terry Hawthorne | WR | East St. Louis (Ill.) | 6-1/185/4.5 | |
| 8 | Leon Hill | TE | Chicago (Ill) Leo | 6-6/330 | Illinois |
| 9 | Michael Buchanan | DE | Homewood (Ill.) Homewood Flossmoor | 6-6/200 | |
| 10 | Darius Moffett | MLB | Chicago (Ill.) Hubbard | 6-3/225 | |
| 11 | Evan Watkins | QB | Carol Stream (Ill) Glenbard North | 6-6/230 | Northwestern |
| 12 | Jon Budmayr | QB | Woodstock (Ill.) Marian Catholic | 6-0/180 | Wisconsin |
| 13 | Will Lawson | OT | Belleville (Ill.) Althoff | 6-7/260 | |
| 14 | Josh Schaffer | WR | Naperville (Ill.) Neuqua Valley | 6-2/195 | |
| 15 | Will Lawson | OT | Belleville (Ill.) Althoff | 6-7/260 | |
| 16 | Scott Covert | DE | Lake Forest (Ill.) | 6-3/240/4.70 | |
| 17 | Cody O'Neill | C | Marian (Ill.) Central Catholic | 6-2/295 | |
| 18 | Dimitrius Carr | WLB | Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel | 6-1/205 | Indiana |
| 19 | Anthony Battle | DE | Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel | 6-3/230 | Northwestern |
| 20 | Alex Smith | MLB | Barrington (Ill.) | 6-3/225 | |
| 21 | Jake Baratz | OT | Naperville (Ill.) North | 6-5/275 | |
| 22 | Mark Zielinski | OT | Winnetka (Ill.) New Trier | 6-5/306 | |
| 23 | Tommie Hopkins | S | East St. Louis (Ill.) | 5-11/175 | |
| 24 | Nick Mlady | RB | Naperville (Ill.) North | 6-1/191 | |
| 25 | Jacob Arnold | RB | Plainfield (Ill.) | 6-1/205 | |
| 26 | Kyle Zielinski | MLB | Bartlett (Ill.) | 6-2/220 | |
| 27 | Ben Samson | OT | Lincolnshire (Ill.) Adlai E. Stevenson | 6-6/315 | Western Michigan |
| 28 | Mike Trumpy | RB | Wheaton (Ill.) North | 6-0/197 | Northwestern |
| 29 | Martin Hopkins | MLB | Chicago (Ill.) St. Rita | 6-3/230 | |
| 30 | Marquis Miller | WR | North Chicago (Ill.) Community | 5-11/165 | |
| 31 | A.J. Hill | QB | Duquoin (Ill.) | 6-2/200 | Northern Illinois |
| 32 | Tyree White | QB | Dunbar (DC) | 6-2/170 | |
| 33 | Jordan Lynch | QB | Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel | 6-2/205 | Northern Illinois |
| 34 | Charlie Goro | QB | Park Ridge (Ill.) Maine South | 6-3/190 | |
| 35 | Darwin Rogers | QB | Chicago (Ill.) Leo Catholic | 6-4/205/4.75 | |
| 36 | Ethan Armstrong | MLB | Ottawa (Ill.) | 6-2/215 | |
| 37 | Shaun Pratl | TE | Oak Lawn (Ill.) H.L. Richards | 6-7/230 | |
| 38 | Ryan Webb | WR | Batavia (Ill.) | 6-3/210 | |
| 39 | Tony Stramaglia | WR | Orland Park (Ill.) Carl Sandburg | 6-2/185 | |
| 40 | Austin Baker | WR | Addison (Ill.) Driscoll Catholic | 6-5/205/4.62 | |
| 41 | Ezra Thompson | S | Frankfort (Ill.) Lincoln Way East | 6-0/190 | |
| 42 | Joshua Forney | DE | Chicago Heights (Ill.) Marian Catholic | 6-2/240.5.0 | |
| 43 | Will Lawson | OT | Belleville (Ill.) Althoff Catholic | 6-6/275 | |
| 44 | Bobby Pettis | RB | Summit (Ill.) Argo Community | 5-7/170 | |
| 45 | Jordan Roberts | QB | Aurora (Ill.) Christian | 6-0/196/4.87 | |
| 46 | Dan Orseske | K | Chicago (Ill.) Brother Rice | 6-3/195 | Minnesota |
| 47 | Dan Zotto | DE | Tinley Park (Ill.) Victor J. Andrew | 6-4/220 | Air Force |
| 48 | Mike Gyetvay | RB | Palatine (Ill.) Fremd | 6-0/207/4.70 | |
| 49 | Keithan Hedrick | S | Midlothian (Ill.) Bremen | 5-8/200/4.60 | |
| 50 | Trevor Laue | OG | Barrington (Ill.) | 6-5/270 | |