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The Top Ranked Football Players of All-Time from South Dakota High Schools
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state.
What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
| High School | Athlete | POS | Rookie | Rnk |
| Bon Homme (Tyndall) | Frank Kelley | RB | 1927 | 9327 |
| Britton-Hecla (Britton) | Dallas Goedert | TE | 2018 | 2070 |
| Brookings (Brookings) | Mikey Daniel | RB | 2020 | 37118 |
| Brown (Sturgis) | Doug Miller | LB | 1993 | 24963 |
| Cathedral (Sioux Falls) | Paul Fitzgibbon | RB | 1926 | 5713 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | George Amundson | RB | 1973 | 14251 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | Robb White | DL | 1988 | 22488 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | Taylor Mehlhaff | K | 2008 | 23611 |
| Central (Rapid City) | Adam Vinatieri | K | 1996 | 1484 |
| Central (Rapid City) | Adam Vinatieri (P) | P | 1996 | 33095 |
| Clark (Clark) | Urban Odson | OL | 1942 | 16766 |
| Elk Point (Elk Point) | Chuck Tollefson | OL | 1944 | 13206 |
| Flandreau Indian (Flandreau) | Ted Lone Wolf | OL | 1922 | 17685 |
| Gettysburg (Gettysburg) | Bob Pylman | OL | 1938 | 12612 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley | DB | 1960 | 17186 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley (PR) | PR | 1960 | 22196 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley (KR) | KR | 1960 | 33268 |
| Howard (Howard) | Wayne Rasmussen | DB | 1964 | 6636 |
| Huron (Huron) | Mike Busch | QB | 1987 | 22615 |
| Lincoln (Sioux Falls) | Neil Graff | QB | 1972 | 17453 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Pug Manders | RB | 1939 | 375 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Jack Manders | RB | 1933 | 1319 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Pug Manders (KR) | KR | 1939 | 8662 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Jack Manders (K) | K | 1933 | 8926 |
| Miller (Miller) | Wuert Engelmann | RB | 1930 | 5415 |
| Miller (Miller) | Bryan Schwartz | LB | 1995 | 11656 |
| Mitchell (Mitchell) | Ordell Braase | DL | 1957 | 1305 |
| Mitchell (Mitchell) | Paul Sheeks | RB | 1921 | 10115 |
| Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon) | Chad Greenway | LB | 2007 | 1283 |
| O'Gorman (Sioux Falls) | Larry Jacobson | DL | 1972 | 16285 |
| O'Gorman (Sioux Falls) | Tip Reiman | TE | 2024 | 27043 |
| Parkston (Parkston) | Riley Reiff | OL | 2012 | 4666 |
| Platte (Platte) | Paul W. Miller | RB | 1936 | 6873 |
| Post Falls (Post Falls) | Joe Tofflemire | OL | 1989 | 21326 |
| Rapid City (Rapid City) | John Dutton | DL | 1974 | 1169 |
| Riggs (Pierre) | Scott Rislov | QB | 2005 | 38940 |
| Roosevelt (Sioux Falls) | Mason McCormick | OL | 2024 | 19926 |
| Sturgis (Sturgis) | Carroll Hardy | RB | 1955 | 10390 |
| Sunshine Bible Academy (Miller) | John Sanders | DB | 1974 | 5577 |
| Timber Lake (Timber Lake) | Tucker Kraft | TE | 2023 | 9104 |
| Tripp (Tripp) | Tom Schnabel | LB | 1983 | 22686 |
| Valley (Brandon) | Dale Moss | WR | 2012 | 39155 |
| Vermillion (Vermillion) | Ben Leber | LB | 2002 | 4291 |
| Vermillion (Vermillion) | Kevin Seibel | K | 1983 | 18798 |
| Wagner (Wagner) | Doug Eggers | LB | 1954 | 4057 |
| Wagner (Wagner) | Frank McCormick | RB | 1920 | 8365 |
| Warner (Warner) | Derrek Tuszka | LB | 2020 | 25118 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Barry French | OL | 1947 | 7920 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Nathan Gerry | LB | 2017 | 14453 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Matt Farniok | OL | 2021 | 34290 |
| Wessington (Wessington) | Bill Matthews | LB | 1978 | 14402 |
| Yankton (Yankton) | Bob Stransky | RB | 1958 | 11750 |
| Yankton (Yankton) | Bill Whisler | DL | 1962 | 18106 |
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