Rutgers Recruits State Strong on Signing Day
Amit Batra
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Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano and staff have something brewing in Piscataway.
The Scarlet Knights signed 23 members to their 2021 football class on Wednesday during early National Signing Day.
As Schiano and his current team prepare for Nebraska on Friday night, the 2021 class was finalized with a number of key playmakers joining the Big 10 school.
A total of 22 high school players joined the Scarlet Knights, while Kansas State transfer and Big 12 specialist Joshua Youngblood comes on board and has three years of eligibility remaining.
Schiano and Rutgers put an emphasis on in-state guys, which paid off. Playmakers like Toms River North wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id="27925" first="Zach" last="Goodale"], Parsippany Hills’ [player_tooltip player_id="27875" first="Jordan" last="Thompson"] and [player_tooltip player_id="27906" first="Zack" last="Taylor"], East Orange running back [player_tooltip player_id="27871" first="Al-Shadee" last="Salaam"], West Side linebacker [player_tooltip player_id="27861" first="Khayri" last="Banton"] and defensive back Shaquan Loyal, Union defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="27878" first="Desmond" last="Igbinosun"], Irvington defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id="27886" first="Zaire" last="Angoy"], St. Joseph Hammonton defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id="27868" first="Keshon" last="Griffin"] and Camden defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="27873" first="Alijah" last="Clark"] all elected to stay home.
Nearly half of the class is from the Garden State. Per the 247sports’ state rankings, Schiano landed two players ranked inside the top 10 in New Jersey (Clark and Banton). The program also will benefit from a number of players ranked 11-20 (Thompson, Griffin, Salaam, Igbinosun and Loyal).
Schiano has made it evident he wants to recruit the state heavily. In this class, he succeeded.
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