Top 30 Most Overlooked High School Recruits to Go Pro Since 2000

A product of Colony High School in Ontario, California, Bobby Wagner was a two-way star at linebacker and tight end. During his senior season, he racked up 125 total tackles and four sacks and added 37 receptions for 595 yards and 11 scores the other direction. After helping the Titans win a California division title in 2007, he waited in vain for scholarship offers to come in. Graded as a two-star linebacker prospect by Rivals, only one school came calling. He left California for Utah State and the unfamiliar world of the WAC.

A true freshman playing a reserve role during Brent Guy’s final season at the helm in Logan, Wagner was unleashed once Gary Andersen took over in 2009. Over his next three seasons, Wagner notched at least 100 tackles every year. As a senior in 2011, he was part of the first Aggies to go bowling in over a decade. His 147 total tackles, four sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss, and two interceptions were enough to open the eyes of NFL scouts. No longer among the unheralded recruits, Wagner was selected by Seattle in the second round and has become a critical piece of the Seahawks defense and set the team’s single-season record for tackles in 2016.