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Georgia, Ohio State lead mid-April recruiting rankings

No surprises at the top of the 2024 recruiting rankings.

The 2023 class has been wrapped up for a couple of months but in honor of Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, we’re on to 2024.

At the top of the list of recruits in the next class is five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola, who decommitted from Ohio State on Dec. 17, 2022. The No. 1 overall recruit has an offer list that you would expect from a top-tier quarterback. The Georgia Bulldogs, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans are all in hot pursuit.

He won’t be the only player of interest to observe over the next eight months as we get close to the early signing period in December. Behind Raiola, the No. 2 recruit of the class has already locked in his pledge with the Ohio State Buckeyes. Jeremiah Smith of Opa Locka, Florida, is one of two five-star wide receivers that want to join the Buckeyes and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline.

With the middle of April now upon us, College Sports Wire takes a look at the early top 10 classes on the recruiting trail.

Rankings courtesy of 247Sports as of Friday, Apr. 14.

Updated 2023 class rankings following Rickie Collins’ commitment

A look at the top 25 recruiting rankings for the 2023 class following the commitment of Rickie Collins.

The LSU Tigers and head Brian Kelly are making waves on the trails as of late. Most notably by adding five-star WR Shelton Sampson Jr and four-star QB Rickie Collins.

This gave Kelly his No. 18 and No. 19 commits to the 2023 class. Which bumped them up inside the top 10 and knocked on the door of the top five classes. Among the top five, you will find the usual suspects with two SEC squads and a future conference foe.

With the class coming together for the first-year head coach and the 2022 college football season on the horizon, LSU Wire takes a look at the updated rankings in the ’23 class.

Here is how the class rankings break down among the top 25 per 247Sports:

Top 15 recruiting classes as early signing day approaches

Where LSU ranks in recruiting just two weeks from the early signing period.

The clock is ticking on the 2022 recruiting class for the LSU Tigers. Now that a head coach is in place, he must re-recruit the guys already committed to the class. Brian Kelly will also be tasked with filling out his staff on top of closing out a few recruiting deals.

The two biggest names of the class are Will Campbell and Walker Howard, following the announcement of Kelly being hired, they seemed locked in. Howard was more vocal about it than their five-star offensive tackle pledge.

Class Breakdown

  • Quarterbacks: 1
  • Wide Receivers: 1
  • Tight Ends: 2
  • Offensive Line: 3
  • Defensive Line: 2
  • Linebacker: 1
  • Defensive Backs: 2
  • Special Teams: 1

The team has no running back commit at this moment but they were among the top three listed for Trevor Etienne recently. It remains to be seen if the hiring of Kelly would impact Etienne’s decision. He is also looking at Clemson, where his brother became a household name and Florida.

The commitments of both tight ends in Jake Johnson and Mason Taylor could be greatly impacted by who the offensive coordinator will be. With just two weeks until the early signing period, we look at the top 15 classes according to 247Sports team composite rankings.