Not only did Syracuse snag the top receiver in New Jersey, but they were able to bring in the highest ranked running back in New Jersey as well in Yasin Willis Yasin Willis 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB St. Joseph | 2024 State NJ . Yasin had an impressive senior season, as he ran the ball into the end zone 12 times and compiled just under 1000 offensive yards. A back that had a ton of success running it up the gut, there is zero fluff in Yasin’s running style. He makes ones cut and hits the hole with speed and power. With the strength and size of a linebacker, it was no easy task to bring Yasin down to the ground. He would simply break through multiple tackles as he continued on to the end zone.

One of the state’s top running backs in the class of 2024 will follow another former top running back from Jersey (Millville alumnus LeQuint Allen) to upstate New York. Yasin Willis Yasin Willis 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB St. Joseph | 2024 State NJ made a sudden u-turn on his way to Pitt and is now headed to ‘Cuse. This is a big loss for the Panthers, as they must obviously fill a hole in their recruiting board, but lose a talent player to a conference rival. The Fran Brown Effect strikes again.

Willis, a he-can-do-anything-on-the-football-field type player for Saint Joseph’s Regional in Montvale, is Prep Redzone’s #1 running back from New Jersey’s class of 2024. At 6 feet tall and a chiseled 225lbs, the consensus 4 star recruit has college-ready athleticism to step on the field and impact the game immediately. With an abundance offers far and wide all across the country – from Alabama, Nebraska, and Syracuse, to Rutgers, Boston College, and Maryland – Willis has decided to take his game to the ACC and commit to the Pitt Panthers.

Yasin Willis Yasin Willis 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB St. Joseph | 2024 State NJ is the type of back you wouldn’t want to find yourself face to face with in the trenches. The big bodied bruiser stands at 6’1 and over 200lb, capable of using every pound to impose his will on defenders. Yasin has ran for over 2000 yards and 26 touchdowns in his career thus far at St. Joseph’s; don’t be surprised if he comes close to those numbers in his senior year.