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Timber Creek junior Donovan Leary is a good QB fit for Rutgers: Can Greg Schiano, Sean Gleeson keep him home?
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 30, 2021
Timber Creek s Donovan Leary (13) looks to pass the ball during the second quarter of the football game against Highland Regional, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Rutgers is in need of a quarterback for 2022 after not taking one in the 2021 class. Luckily, one of the region’s best plays in Erial (N.J.) at Timber Creek. Head coach Brian Wright is one of Donovan Leary’s top believers after coaching the 6-3, 212-pound three-star for the first time last fall.
New NJ.com Top 50 ranks N.J.’s top high school FB recruits: Who made the top 10? Who’s No. 1? (Full list)
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Posted Jan 08, 2021
Who are the best of the best high school football recruits in New Jersey? (Getty Images)Getty Images/iStockphoto
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an influx of challenges to the high school football recruiting process, but New Jersey is still flourishing (though at a slightly diminished rate) due to its talent, respected coaching and North Jersey’s Super Football Conference being one of the strongest high school leagues in the country. But who are the players who occupy the minds of college coaches most?
New NJ.com Top 50 ranks high school FB recruits: Capping senior campaigns while new stars emerge (Part 3 of 5)
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Shawnee s Mike Jarvis (69) is congratulated by Cole Catalano (40) for his quarterback sack during the Shawnee vs. Woodrow Wilson football game, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.Al Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media
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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.
Rutgers early signing period analysis: Class of 2021 strengths, weaknesses, immediate-impact players | Hunt
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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The early signing period will end Saturday morning at 12 a.m., leaving just hours for teams to make last effort moves. Staffs are scouring the transfer portal like their jobs depend on it (because they do), taking advantage of these final hours to improve their respective rosters.
Rutgers has thus far signed 22 players to its 2021 class, ranked 41st in the country and 10th in the Big Ten per 247Sports, while Rivals.com has Rutgers’ class ranked 32nd nationally. But that doesn’t tell the story as this is a strong class full of players who should help immediately. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Rutgers gets more help along the defensive line before the period ends. Here are a few observations I’ve made about the early signing period thus far.