From Times Square to the Jersey Shore: Inside Rutgers’ big recruiting weekend
New York TimesBefore the first wave of June official visits kicked off last week, coaches at Rutgers reached out to three-star athlete Talibi Kaba with a simple question: What about his upcoming visit was he most excited about? Rutgers official visit commitments Player Pos Rank Homestate N-kye Wynn OL 436 MI Jourdin Houston WR 502 CT Chase Linton DL 502 GA Michael Clayton CB 571 GA Vernon Allen WR 946 MD Raedyn Bruens edge 1,029 FL Chris Vigna iOL 1,030 NJ Miron Gurman DL 1,070 NY Robbie Johnson Jr. Eedge 1,071 DE Braxton Kyle DL 1,225 GA Rutgers’ class currently ranks No. “And I had talked to coach Scott and coach Schiano and they told me, ‘We’re gonna go get you some teammates.’ “And then it exploded.” Wide receiver Vernon Allen, who raved about the food all weekend, said he committed Sunday because of the positive conversations he had with current Rutgers players about the coaching staff. “Catching, footwork, route-running, stopping ability — we ranked all of that for me and we broke it down while watching film.” Starting Friday, Rutgers will welcome its second batch of visitors before the Scarlet Knights wrap up their official visits for the summer on the weekend of June 15. After going 7-6 in 2023, the program’s first winning record since 2014, Schiano now has proven results as he looks to build Rutgers into a winner for the second time in his career.
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