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 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.
How Michigan’s 2021 recruiting class stacks up against rest of Big Ten
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
West Bloomfield running back Donovan Edwards announced his commitment to play football at the University of Michigan in signing ceremony on Dec. 16, 2020.Jared Purcell | japurcell@mlive.com
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Michigan’s football program had an eventful national signing day.
It added its top remaining 2021 target in West Bloomfield four-star running back Donovan Edwards and also held on to two prospects who were strongly considering other schools: four-star receiver Xavier Worthy and three-star cornerback Ja’Den McBurrows.
But the Wolverines also lost two of their top defensive prospects as four-star linebacker Branden Jennings flipped to Maryland and four-star defensive end Quintin Somerville flipped to UCLA.
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.
The heart of Essex Co. is where to go for D1 players these days. Rutgers surely knows
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
(Clockwise from top-left) Shaquan Loyal of West Side, Al-Shadee Salaam of East Orange, Khayri Banton of West Side and Zaire Angoy of Irvington all are headed to Piscataway next fall.Tom Horak | For NJ Advance Media
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The Rutgers coaching staff under head coach Greg Schiano has definitely committed to casting its recruiting net in Essex County’s most urban communities.
Either that, or someone got a little lazy one day on a drive northbound along the Garden State Parkway from Piscataway.