On3 & Rivals College Athlete Recruiting Profiles Scraper — Rankings, Transfer Portal & NIL

An On3 scraper and Rivals scraper that pulls structured recruiting profiles for 80,000+ college football athletes — and thousands more across basketball, baseball, softball, and volleyball — directly from On3.com, the platform that absorbed Rivals.com in 2023. Build a college football recruiting database with star ratings, national rankings, transfer portal status, and NIL valuations. All legacy Rivals profiles now live at on3.com/rivals/* and are fully covered.

Data is extracted from On3's sitemap-driven player index, covering recruiting classes from 2016 through 2034. Each run pages through the full athlete catalog for the selected sport and class year, returning one structured record per athlete.

What You Get

Each record contains the following fields:

Field	Description
athlete_id	On3 unique athlete identifier
name	Athlete full name
sport	Sport (Football, Basketball, etc.)
position / position_full	Position abbreviation and full name
class_year	Recruiting class year (HS graduation year)
class_rank	Academic class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)
height / weight	Physical measurements
age	Current age
high_school / high_school_full	High school name and mascot
hs_city / hs_state	Hometown
college	Committed or current college (null if uncommitted)
commitment_date	ISO-format commitment date
transfer_status	Transfer portal status (None, Transfer, ExpectedToTransfer, WithdrawnTransfer)
star_rating	On3 star rating (2–5 stars; null if unranked)
rating	Numeric score (0–100 scale)
ranking_national	National rank among all prospects in class
ranking_position	Position rank in class
ranking_state	State rank in class
five_star_plus	Whether rated as an elite five-star-plus prospect
nil_status	NIL valuation status flag (Active, Private, or Pending)
nil_valuation	NIL market value in USD — present only for athletes whose valuations are publicly listed on On3
nil_rank	NIL rank among all athletes (when public)
twitter_handle / instagram_handle / tiktok_handle	Social handles (when publicly listed)
organization_level	Current level (HighSchool, JuniorCollege, College)
athlete_verified	Whether On3 has verified the profile
profile_url	Direct URL to athlete's On3 profile

How to Use

Quick Start

1. Open the actor on Apify and click Try for free
2. Select a sport (default: football)
3. Optionally set a classYear to narrow to one recruiting class
4. Set maxItems to limit output size for testing (set to 0 for a full run)
5. Click Start and collect results from the Dataset tab

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sport	string	football	Sport to scrape. Options: football, basketball, womens-basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball
classYear	integer	0	Recruiting class year filter. Set to 0 to collect all available years.
maxItems	integer	0	Cap on number of profiles returned. 0 = no limit.

Example API Call

{
  "sport": "football",
  "classYear": 2026,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Sample Output

{
  "athlete_id": 156049,
  "platform": "on3",
  "slug": "kody-strayhorn-156049",
  "profile_url": "https://www.on3.com/rivals/kody-strayhorn-156049/",
  "name": "Kody Strayhorn",
  "sport": "Football",
  "position": "IOL",
  "position_full": "Interior Offensive Lineman",
  "class_year": 2028,
  "class_rank": "Senior",
  "height": "6-3",
  "weight": 295,
  "high_school": "Lebanon",
  "hs_city": null,
  "hs_state": "MI",
  "college": null,
  "commitment_date": null,
  "transfer_status": "None",
  "star_rating": 3,
  "rating": 87.4,
  "ranking_national": 524,
  "ranking_position": 30,
  "ranking_state": 76,
  "five_star_plus": false,
  "nil_status": "Private",
  "nil_valuation": null,
  "nil_rank": null,
  "twitter_handle": "kodystrayhorn",
  "instagram_handle": null,
  "tiktok_handle": null,
  "organization_level": "HighSchool",
  "athlete_verified": true
}

Data Scale — Recruiting Rankings Coverage by Sport

Sport	Approximate Coverage
Football	80,000+ profiles, class years 2016–2034
Basketball (Men's)	15,000+ profiles
Basketball (Women's)	Available
Baseball / Softball / Volleyball	Available

On3's player sitemap updates daily. A full football run with no filters will pull the complete catalog.

Use Cases

• NIL agencies and sports agents — Identify ranked recruits by position, class year, and state; filter by star rating to surface top prospects
• College recruiting services — Build and maintain a structured database of prospects with commitment and transfer portal status
• Sports analytics platforms — Enrich player databases with recruiting pedigree, physical measurements, and position rankings
• Sports journalism and research — Track transfer portal trends, commitment waves, and ranking changes across class years
• Fantasy / DFS tools — Add recruiting-grade signal to player profiles for college sports products

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing. You are charged per athlete profile returned. A full football catalog run (80,000+ records) is priced accordingly. Use maxItems to run a small sample before committing to a full pull.

Limitations

• NIL valuations are mostly private. On3 only displays NIL market values for high-profile athletes who have opted in. Expect nil_valuation: null for the majority of profiles. The nil_status field (Active / Private / Pending) is always returned.
• Rivals.com is fully absorbed. There is no separate Rivals scraper needed — all Rivals athlete profiles now live on On3 at on3.com/rivals/* and are included in this actor's output.
• 247Sports is a separate platform (owned by CBS Sports) and is not covered by this actor.
• Social handles depend on athlete privacy settings. Handles are only returned when publicly listed on the athlete's profile.
• Historical class years (pre-2020) have thinner coverage — fewer profiles and less ranking data as On3 backfilled legacy Rivals records.

FAQ

How do I scrape On3 recruiting rankings by class year? Set the classYear input to the graduation year you want (e.g. 2026) and the sport field. The actor pages through On3's player sitemap for that class and returns national, position, and state rankings per athlete.

Can I export a college football recruiting database with transfer portal status? Yes. Every record includes transfer_status (None, Transfer, ExpectedToTransfer, WithdrawnTransfer) alongside commitment data, so you can build and maintain a transfer portal tracker from the dataset output.

Does this scrape NIL valuations from On3? It returns nil_status, nil_valuation, and nil_rank for athletes whose NIL values are publicly listed on On3. Most profiles are private, so expect nil_valuation: null for the majority.

Does this cover Rivals.com athlete profiles? Yes. Rivals was absorbed into On3 in 2023 and all legacy Rivals profiles now live at on3.com/rivals/*, which this actor scrapes. There is no separate Rivals scraper to run.

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