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Rutgers football is hosting Penn State commit D.J. McClary this weekend

Penn State commit D.J. McClary is visiting Rutgers football this weekend.

D.J. McClary is taking an official visit to Rutgers football this weekend. The class of 2024 linebacker, currently committed to Penn State, is one of the top players in New Jersey.

McClary is one of 21 players currently on an official visit to Rutgers. He committed to Penn State last September.

Invited to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl, McClary is a consensus four-star linebacker prospect. He plays for Henry Snyder (Jersey City, N.J.)

Penn State is currently in a bit of a crisis. The former team physician, Dr. Scott Lynch, won $5.25 million this week from a lawsuit over wrongful termination claims.

In the lawsuit, Dr. Lynch claims that he was removed from his role “for complaining about head football coach James Franklin interfering with medical treatment and return-to-play decisions.”

McClary is a big-time athlete at linebacker. Fluid in his movement, he has impressive straight line speed. He has good footwork and is impressive with his strength:

 

Last July, he released a top eight of Rutgers, Penn State, USC, South Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan, Oregon and Ohio State.

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ESPN ranks McClary as the No. 145 recruit in the nation and the fourth-best player in New Jersey this recruiting cycle.

The Rutgers recruiting class already features a four-star linebacker in Talibi Kaba, a top-10 recruit in New Jersey.

Rutgers football offers U.S. Army All-American four-star offensive lineman Connor Howes

Connor Howes of Florida is the latest offer from Rutgers football.

Connor Howes, an offensive lineman from Florida, was among the latest offers to go out from Rutgers football this week. He is an elite offensive lineman and one of the top tackle prospects in the nation.

A four-star offensive lineman from Saint Cloud High School (Saint Cloud, Florida), Howes is a member of the class of 2025. On Thursday, he pulled in his first Big Ten offer from Rutgers).

Already a part of the roster for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, he checks in at 6-foot-5 and 295 pounds.

A four-star in the 247Sports Composite, he is the No. 30 offensive tackle in the nation and the No. 47 recruit in Florida in his class.

He currently holds offers from Arkansas, UCF, FAU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Troy and USF among others.

The rebuilding of the offensive line for Rutgers took a big turn last year with the hiring of Pat Flaherty. An offensive line coach in the NFL for two decades, Flaherty won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants.

He was influential in turning Shaun O’Hara, a former Rutgers offensive lineman, into an All-Pro.

Following the offer from Rutgers, Howes posted about it on social media:

 

Rutgers currently has the No. 29 recruiting class in the nation, and it features two commits from Florida.

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Last fall, three-star quarterback Sean Ashenfelder (offered by UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Liberty, Pittsburgh, USF, Virginia Tech and West Virginia) was the first commit for Rutgers. This spring, three-star defensive lineman Jyon Simon (who had a final six that included Miami, Mississippi State, South Carolina, South Florida and West Virginia.) became the second recruit from Florida to commit to Rutgers.