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ACC Football 2024 Team Recruiting Rankings After Early Signing Day

Here is a full look at how the ACC stands in team recruiting rankings after early signing day.

Early signing day was, as it should be for every college football program nationwide, a very busy day.

High school players across the country signed their national letters of intent and secured the next step in their football careers as they prepare to join their new teams. The ACC had some good success on early signing day, with multiple ACC programs landing in the top 25 of class team rankings following the day. 

So, how does the ACC stack up against each other? That’s what we’re going to take a look at today. Here is a look at every ACC team’s 2024 team recruiting ranking according to 247Sports following early signing day.

Updated 12/25

Mario Cristobal is no longer at Oregon, but he is still out-recruiting USC

Mario Cristobal is still doing it on the trail, though he has money and resources in Miami.

USC’s recruiting woes are detailed in a recent report from 247Sports which looked at blue-chip signees for the 2024 cycle. Blue-chip prospects are defined as four- and five-star recruits, anyone higher than a three-star player.

We already noted that Oregon and its current coach, Dan Lanning, have nine more blue-chippers than USC, 17 to 8.

Miami and Mario Cristobal have seven more blue-chippers than USC. The Hurricanes have pulled in 15 blue-chip players thus far, according to 247.

Mario Cristobal outrecruited USC when he was at Oregon, but that could easily be connected to the fact that Clay Helton was coaching at USC and dragging down the Trojans’ overall recruiting numbers. The fact that Cristobal has seven more blue-chippers than Lincoln Riley as of Christmas Day in the 2024 recruiting cycle is a sign that whatever USC is doing in the NIL space, it isn’t nearly enough. Miami has some elite money-men who can hand out a big bag to recruits. USC lacks that firepower right now, and it’s something the Trojans have to address in the near future.

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College football’s top-25 2024 recruiting classes after the early signing period

With the end of the early signing period, see which teams have the best 2024 recruiting classes so far.

High school football players from the class of 2024 locked in their college commitments this week during the early signing period, which ran from Wednesday through Friday.

With some of the best-rated recruits having signed their National Letters of Intent, the class rankings are beginning to take shape and giving us a good idea of which teams attracted the best talent this time around.

The usual suspects like Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State are right there at the top, and Miami continued its upward climb too, while other teams like USC aren’t quite as high as they were last year.

Here’s a look at the top-25 classes as of Dec. 23, based on composite rankings from 247Sports.

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Miami’s Jalen Rivers: Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers ‘will be an important step in the right direction’ for the Hurricanes

Miami football is looking to take a step forward in the Pinstripe Bowl

A win in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl would be huge for a rebuilding Rutgers football program, a result that would be a catalyst for this offseason. As for Miami, a win in the Bronx would help ease the close of a disappointing season while giving some momentum for next year.

Miami (7-5, 3-5 ACC) isn’t necessarily desperate coming into the late December match-up against Rutgers, but a win would be huge for their program. Having lost three of their last four games to close out 2023, a program that started the season ranked has certainly not lived up to some lofty expectations.

The Hurricanes have lost four straight bowl appearances and haven’t won a bowl game since 2016.

“We haven’t won a bowl game in a minute. I don’t know when that was, but it’s been a minute. It’s important to just change that trajectory of us not winning bowl games,” Miami offensive lineman Jalen Rivers said on Monday during a Pinstripe Bowl press conference.

“This will be an important step in the right direction, and it’s a step in the right direction leading into next year as well so we can showcase what we have and what we put on film right now so we can have a better opportunity, a better confidence going into next year as well.”

Rutgers (6-6, 3-5 Big Ten) has not been outright bowl eligible since 2014, when they beat North Carolina in the Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, Michigan).

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The Hurricanes have a strong recruiting class and project to be very active in the transfer portal. A bowl win is an important potential statement for them as they look to put the pieces together for 2024.

“You kind of want to win every game you play, and we’ve got most of our guys playing in it,” Miami defensive coordinator Lance Guidry said.

.”Last year we didn’t go to a bowl, so this year we are going to a bowl, and it’s different. We get to go up to New York and play in Yankee Stadium, and that whole experience will be good.

“I think these guys still have a lot left to prove. We felt like we probably — there’s a game or two out there we should have won maybe. To get the win will be big, and it would set us up for next year going into the offseason and getting ready for next season.

“Yeah, we’re taking this game very seriously.”

The Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl will take place on Dec. 28 at Yankee Stadium (2:15 pm ET, ESPN). Tickets are still available.

Current ticket prices for Rutgers vs. Miami in Baby Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

There are still some prime tickets available on SeatGeek for the Pinstripe Bowl.

After a promising start to the regular season, Rutgers struggled down the stretch. The Scarlet Knights lost their last four games and finished the regular season with a 6-6 record. With one game left in the 2024 campaign, they will be looking to return to the win column against Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.

The game represents a chance for Rutgers to reach new heights. They haven’t appeared in a bowl in over ten years. If head coach Greg Schiano and his team emerge victorious, they will cross off a significant item on their bucket list.

Tickets are still available for those looking to make a trip to Yankee Stadium. With the game eight days away, tickets on SeatGeek can still be found for less than $ 100.

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As of Thursday, ticket prices, including fees, ranged from $ 59 to $ 342. Tickets in the 100 section range from $ 152 to $324.

While gameday is over a week away, anticipation is building by the hour. Rutgers still has plenty to prove and stars such as Kyle Monangai and Gavin Wimsatt are hungry for a bowl win. If they can replicate their regular season success, there is a good chance that will happen.

Kickoff for the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl is set for 2:15 PM ET on December 28.

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Cornhuskers flip: Former Miami linebacker Vincent Shavers commits to Nebraska

Vincent Shavers commits to Nebraska on National Signing Day.

Days after opening up his recruitment, three-star linebacker Vincent Shavers committed to Nebraska. Shavers had been committed to Miami till this past weekend but is now heading to the Big Ten.

The commitment from Shavers, a three-star recruit, comes after he took an official visit to Nebraska over the weekend. It points to another great job of closing the deal by Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound linebacker from Miami Central (Miami, Florida) also held offers from Arizona State, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisville and Rutgers among others.

In eight games this season, Shavers had 46 total tackles, seven sacks and a pass defended.

 

It was certainly a good recruiting weekend for Nebraska as they landed five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola over the weekend. Raiola had previously been committed to Georgia but after his official visit to the Cornhuskers, he flipped to the Big Ten program.

Two big flips for Nebraska…certainly not a bad weekend for Nebraska.

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Five things to know about Miami

As we inch closer to the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, here are the five facts about the Miami Hurricanes as they take on Rutgers.

Rutgers football and Miami will head to New York in late December to participate in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights appeared two prior in the Pinstripe Bowl, taking on Iowa State in 2011 and Notre Dame in 2013. As for Miami, it will be the second appearance for the Hurricanes in the Pinstripe Bowl, losing their first appearance in 2018 to Wisconsin, 35-3.

The bowl game with mark the thirteenth time Rutgers will have played at Yankee Stadium, dating back to 1926.

As for the Hurricanes, Miami finished the 2023 season with a 7-5 record and 9th in the Atlantic Coastal Conference. Miami has won one of their previous four games heading into their bowl game with the Scarlet Knights.

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The Hurricanes have appeared in 43 bowl games, recording 19 bowl wins in program history. The last time Miami won a bowl game was in 2016, defeating West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl. 

As we inch closer to the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, below are five things to know about the Miami Hurricanes.

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Rutgers football: Top five players to watch from Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl

On December 28, Rutgers is set to take their third trip to the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. Here are the five players to watch from Miami.

On December 28, the Scarlet Knights are getting set to take their third trip to the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, tying Syracuse for the most appearances since the game started in 2010. Rutgers will mark the ninth different Big Ten team over the last nine bowl appearances, with the conference holding a 7-1 record.

For Rutgers, this will be their twelfth bowl appearance in program history, with an all-time mark of 6-5. The last time the Scarlet Knights appeared in a bowl game was in 2021 when they lost to Wake Forest 38-10 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. Rutgers last won a bowl game in 2014.

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Miami will appear in its second Pinstripe Bowl, losing their first appearance in 2018 to Wisconsin, 35-3. Heading into this matchup, ACC opponents have a 1-7 record in this bowl game, with Duke capturing their only conference victory in 2015 against Indiana.

The Hurricanes have appeared in 43 bowl games, recording 19 bowl wins in program history. The last time Miami won a bowl game was in 2016, defeating West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Below are the five players to watch in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl for the Miami Hurricanes.

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Mario Cristobal has respect for Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano

Mario Cristobal is grateful for the role Greg Schiano played in his career.

The relationship between Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano and Miami head coach Mario Cristobal goes deeper than just the usual connections through coaching circles.

There is a bond and a brotherhood between the two that is very much apparent. It is beyond the usual coach-speak and professional respect found between two opposing coaches.

And with Miami facing Rutgers in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at the end of December, Schiano and Cristobal will face each other. Prior to taking over Rutgers in 2001, Schiano was the defensive coordinator at Miami.

That’s where he first met Cristobal, who was then a graduate assistant.

“I actually had the honor of picking him up at the airport when he was interviewing to be a defensive coordinator at Miami,” Cristobal said last week in a conference call with the media.

“Instantly he was the hardest worker in the building. It’s someone I patterned my habits after. Someone that was a rising star in the profession. When he got this opportunity at Rutgers, he afforded me the opportunity which was a tremendous blessing and honor.”

The graduate assistant made such an impression that Schiano asked him to join his staff at Rutgers.

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Cristobal would spend three years at Rutgers, the last in 2003 as their offensive line coach. From there, he would go back to Miami and by 2007, he was named the head coach at FIU.

The lessons learned at Rutgers from Schiano played a part in developing and guiding Cristobal through head coaching stops at FIU, Oregon and now at Miami.

“Always found a way to teach. When you’re a head coach, you’re really, really busy, you sometimes forget one of your major obligations is to develop the people under you. He always just found a way to push and challenge me, to help me develop. Never held back. I appreciated that,” Cristobal said.

“I was a south Florida kid. To be up in the Northeast and away, that was new, that was different for me. Whether it be my family visiting, my brother coming into town, he was just always really gracious. My mom, may she rest in peace, always, always would ask and appreciate coach Schiano for everything that he always did for myself and the way he treated my family.

“Consummate professional, unbelievable grinder, teacher, whatnot. I could go on and on and on. Certainly someone who I’ll forever be indebted to for just about everything career-wise and beyond.”

Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl: What Miami players are in the transfer portal?

Miami has had a number of talented players enter the transfer portal over the past two weeks.

Rutgers football will face Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at the end of the month. Miami is going to be down a few players at key spots with several of their athletes declaring for the NFL draft or the transfer portal.

Several Hurricanes players have declared for the NFL draft, including safeties Kamren Kichens and James Williams as well as defensive tackle Leonard Taylor.

Here are the players from Miami who are currently in the transfer portal as of this weekend:

  • Wide receiver Frank Ladson Jr. (date initiated 11-29-2023)
  • Cornerback Malik Curtis (date initiated 12-05-2023)
  • Wide receiver Jason Campbell (date initiated 11-30-2023)
  • Quarterback Tyler VanDyke (date initiated 11-27-2023)
  • Defensive lineman Jahfari Harvey (date initiated 11-27-2023)
  • Defensive lineman Cyrus Moss (date initiated 12-06-2023)
  • Wide receiver William Hawkins (date initiated 11-14-2023)
  • Kicker Stone Springman (date initiated 11-30-2023)
  • Defensive lineman Tyler Lassiter (date initiated 11-14-2023)
  • Tight end Jaleel Skinner (date initiated 12-05-2023)
  • Linebacker Corey Flagg Jr. (11-28-2023)
  • Running back Donald Chaney (11-27-2023)
  • Defensive lineman Chantz Williams (11-30-2023)

Rutgers football currently has nine players in the transfer portal.