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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 | 9428 |
| Britton-Hecla (Britton) | Dallas Goedert | TE | 2018 | 1705 |
| Brookings (Brookings) | Mikey Daniel | RB | 2020 | 38044 |
| Brown (Sturgis) | Doug Miller | LB | 1993 | 25335 |
| Cathedral (Sioux Falls) | Paul Fitzgibbon | RB | 1926 | 5811 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | George Amundson | RB | 1973 | 14397 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | Robb White | DL | 1988 | 22763 |
| Central (Aberdeen) | Taylor Mehlhaff | K | 2008 | 23918 |
| Central (Rapid City) | Adam Vinatieri | K | 1996 | 1302 |
| Central (Rapid City) | Adam Vinatieri (P) | P | 1996 | 33726 |
| Clark (Clark) | Urban Odson | OL | 1942 | 16946 |
| Elk Point (Elk Point) | Chuck Tollefson | OL | 1944 | 13341 |
| Flandreau Indian (Flandreau) | Ted Lone Wolf | OL | 1922 | 17871 |
| Gettysburg (Gettysburg) | Bob Pylman | OL | 1938 | 12742 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley | DB | 1960 | 17374 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley (PR) | PR | 1960 | 22461 |
| Hayti (Hayti) | Garney Henley (KR) | KR | 1960 | 33904 |
| Howard (Howard) | Wayne Rasmussen | DB | 1964 | 6727 |
| Huron (Huron) | Mike Busch | QB | 1987 | 22895 |
| Lincoln (Sioux Falls) | Neil Graff | QB | 1972 | 17638 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Pug Manders | RB | 1939 | 379 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Jack Manders | RB | 1933 | 1333 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Pug Manders (KR) | KR | 1939 | 8761 |
| Milbank (Milbank) | Jack Manders (K) | K | 1933 | 9028 |
| Miller (Miller) | Wuert Engelmann | RB | 1930 | 5498 |
| Miller (Miller) | Bryan Schwartz | LB | 1995 | 11786 |
| Mitchell (Mitchell) | Ordell Braase | DL | 1957 | 1319 |
| Mitchell (Mitchell) | Paul Sheeks | RB | 1921 | 10223 |
| Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon) | Chad Greenway | LB | 2007 | 1296 |
| O'Gorman (Sioux Falls) | Larry Jacobson | DL | 1972 | 16459 |
| O'Gorman (Sioux Falls) | Tip Reiman | TE | 2024 | 27496 |
| Parkston (Parkston) | Riley Reiff | OL | 2012 | 4732 |
| Platte (Platte) | Paul W. Miller | RB | 1936 | 6970 |
| Post Falls (Post Falls) | Joe Tofflemire | OL | 1989 | 21577 |
| Rapid City (Rapid City) | John Dutton | DL | 1974 | 1181 |
| Riggs (Pierre) | Grey Zabel | OL | 2025 | 10386 |
| Riggs (Pierre) | Scott Rislov | QB | 2005 | 40127 |
| Roosevelt (Sioux Falls) | Mason McCormick | OL | 2024 | 15639 |
| Sturgis (Sturgis) | Carroll Hardy | RB | 1955 | 10502 |
| Sunshine Bible Academy (Miller) | John Sanders | DB | 1974 | 5663 |
| Timber Lake (Timber Lake) | Tucker Kraft | TE | 2023 | 7517 |
| Tripp (Tripp) | Tom Schnabel | LB | 1983 | 22975 |
| Valley (Brandon) | Dale Moss | WR | 2012 | 40447 |
| Vermillion (Vermillion) | Ben Leber | LB | 2002 | 4351 |
| Vermillion (Vermillion) | Kevin Seibel | K | 1983 | 19022 |
| Wagner (Wagner) | Doug Eggers | LB | 1954 | 4108 |
| Wagner (Wagner) | Frank McCormick | RB | 1920 | 8465 |
| Warner (Warner) | Derrek Tuszka | LB | 2020 | 25508 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Barry French | OL | 1947 | 8024 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Nathan Gerry | LB | 2017 | 14606 |
| Washington (Sioux Falls) | Matt Farniok | OL | 2021 | 33405 |
| Wessington (Wessington) | Bill Matthews | LB | 1978 | 14551 |
| Yankton (Yankton) | Bob Stransky | RB | 1958 | 11880 |
| Yankton (Yankton) | Bill Whisler | DL | 1962 | 18303 |
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