2024 Recruiting Thread

[FearlessF]

According to Chad Simmons of On3, new Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is taking drastic measures in an effort to impress Raiola. Nebraska is sending "nearly its entire coaching staff" to Chandler high school in Arizona for a visit with the nation's No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2024.

Raiola, who initially committed to Ohio State but withdrew that pledge in December, recently included Nebraska among his top four schools. He also mentioned Georgia, Oregon and USC as standing out in his recruitment.

given the fact that Nebraska hasn't played in a bowl game since 2016 and hasn't finished a season ranked in the top 10 since 2001, Rhule and his staff are wise to pull out all the stops in an effort to land Raiola. Were Raiola to sign with the Huskers, he'd be the school's first No. 1 overall recruit since the advent of recruiting services and its first five-star signee since 2005.

[ELA]

Nebraska is sending "nearly its entire coaching staff" to Chandler high school in Arizona for a visit with the nation's No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2024.

Found a picture

[FearlessF]

I'm not a John Deere guy, so I like it

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin has its second commitment in the class of 2024. Following a junior day visit on Saturday, Algonquin (Ill.) Jacobs Top247 tight end Grant Stec announced his commitment to the Badgers.

The four-star tight end chose UW over Tennessee, Florida, Penn State, Iowa, Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan State, Iowa State, Cincinnati, and more. Stec was a priority for the previous regime and carried a relationship over to Madison with tight ends coach Gino Guidugli who was previously with the Bearcats.

Per 247sports, Stec is the nation's No. 12 ranked tight end in the class of 2024. With a 247sports composite rating of 91.92, Stec is the highest-rated tight end prospect in program history during the internet recruiting rankings era. Stec is also the fourth highest-rated prospect from Illinois for the Badgers during that span as well.

[ELA]

So MSU's weekend basketball schedule is...

• MICHIGAN
• @Illinois
• @Indiana
• @Purdue
• @Rutgers
• @Ohio State
• @Michigan
• @Iowa
• OHIO STATE

Nice of the Big Ten to schedule some home basketball games for recruiting trips.  I'm sure they wouldn't do that to Michigan

• MARYLAND
• @Michigan State
• NORTHWESTERN
• MINNESOTA
• @Penn State
• OHIO STATE
• INDIANA
• MICHIGAN STATE
• WISCONSIN
• @Indiana

Hmmm

[847badgerfan]

I'd have been fine if there was no BB game in Madison last weekend for recruits to come watch.

[ELA]

Not much for recruits to do in East Lansing in February if there's no basketball game.  It's no Madison, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Chicago or Minneapolis

[bayareabadger]

Not much for recruits to do in East Lansing in February if there's no basketball game.  It's no Madison, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Chicago or Minneapolis

They got drinks and college girls there still, right?

[ELA]

They got drinks and college girls there still, right?

Sure, but they have to spend some time with the coaches

[FearlessF]

at the strip club

[ELA]

at the strip club

An East Lansing strip club?  You'd be better off. Hoping one of the hostesses is in a sorority

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin has locked down its first in-state commitment for the class of 2024. On Wednesday, Waunakee (Wis.) tight end Rob Booker announced his commitment to head coach Luke Fickell and the Badgers.



Booker chose UW over Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech. The three-star tight end had also recently heard from Stanford and Auburn.

[ELA]

5* DL David Stone taking an unofficial visit to MSU this weekend, but sounds like DL coach Marco Coleman surprising the staff and going back to his alma mater last week put a wrench it what would have been MSU's 2nd highest rated commit (behind Charles Rogers) of the past 25 years.

From Stone himself, regarding Coleman leaving

“Our relationship was the reason I was planning to commit to MSU. I don’t even know. Things will definitely be different now.”

He took back to back unofficial weekend visits.  I'd say when a recruit from Texas comes to visit on his own dime, on back to back weeks, maybe you have a good shot.  Granted, you've got a LOOOOOOONG time til Signing Day

[847badgerfan]

UW needs to pull this one off.