New NJ.com Top 50 ranks high school FB recruits: Capping senior campaigns while new stars emerge (Part 4 of 5)
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
Desmond Igbinosun (4) of Union carries the ball after a catch in the third quarter against St. Joseph (Metuchen) on Saturday, October 24, 2020 in Metuchen. Union won, 25-0.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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NJ Advance Media presents the January 2021 update of the NJ.com Top 50, a ranking of the top 50 high school football recruits in New Jersey. The list ranks the state’s most highly-recruited prospects, grades nine through 12. It’s not solely a list of the state’s top performers best reflected by our list of 75 top high school football players released each fall and all-state and all-group teams released each December. However, play is also factored in. The list will be broken down into five parts throughout the week as we reveal 10 picks at a time.
National Signing Day: What will Rutgers’ highest-ranked recruit Alijah Clark add? ‘It’s like Revis Island,’ his coach says
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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Four-star Camden (N.J.) defensive back Alijah Clark is Rutgers’ top-ranked recruit, but can he help Rutgers as early as next year? NJ Advance Media caught up with head coach Dwayne Savage to find out. And it sounds like his senior is up to the task.
“He made great strides this year. He just kept playing,” Savage said of the 6-2, 180-pound DB. “He played through everything. He’s gotten 100 percent better mentally. A lot of it is because of all the stuff he’s had to overcome in his life. He just keeps fighting.”