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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Personnel Author
The college football recruiting calendar warmed up June as 62 gamers in the 2024 ESPN 300 revealed their dedications, consisting of 2 luxury potential customers.
A number of groups escalated up the class rankings by making huge splashes. 2 schools, USC and Stanford, integrated to land 11 ESPN 300 potential customers in June. As an outcome, both schools went from being unranked at the end of Might to inside the leading 12.
We break down the most significant dedications over the previous month, the schools that are climbing up the rankings and the effect hires who are intending on revealing their choices in July.
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2024 recruiting class rankings
Potential customers growing
Searching the elite 2024 QBs
First-class Alabama dedicate called Elite 11 MVP
Quarterback Julian Sayin increased from No. 8 total to No. 3 in this week’s ESPN 300 upgrade thanks in part to winning MVP honors at the prominent Elite 11 competitors kept in Los Angeles from June 14 to 16.
Sayin, the leading dual-threat quarterback in the class, devoted to Nick Saban and Alabama last November. He would be the very first luxury signal-caller to sign with the Crimson Tide given that Bryce Young (No. 5 total) in 2020.
In 12 video games for Carlsbad High School (California) last season, Sayin tossed for 2,708 backyards with 27 goals and 4 interceptions while finishing 67% of his passes.
Previous Elite 11 MVPs consist of Jackson Arnold (2022 ), Cade Klubnik (2021 ), Caleb Williams (2020 ), C.J. Stroud (2019 ), Spencer Rattler (2018) and Justin Fields (2017 ).
Cornerback Bryce West, ranked No. 29 total, devoted to Ohio State on June 24.
West, a 6-foot, 185-pound corner for Glenville High School (Ohio), was the 10th ESPN 300 dedicate this cycle for the Buckeyes, whose class ranks 3rd in general, tracking just Georgia and Huge 10 competitor Michigan
He will sign up with a secondary that presently includes no upperclassmen at cornerback.
Texas strengthens offense with No. 1 RB
Four-star Jerrick Gibson (No. 31) provided Steve Sarkisian and his personnel a big increase for the 2024 cycle when he devoted June 24.
Gibson, a 5-11, 195-pound back for IMG Academy (Florida), is the 3rd ESPN 300 possibility to dedicate to the Longhorns this cycle, signing up with pass receiver Freddie Dubose (No. 182) and guard Nate Kibble (No. 234).
The Longhorns’ running back space, looking for to fill the shoes of 2023 NFL draft choices Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, will likewise include Cedric Baxter Jr, the No. 30 total hire and No. 3 running back in the 2023 class.
The Longhorns, who generated luxury QB Arch Manning in the 2023 class, are likewise restocking their future quarterback space after they scored a dedication from Saraland High School (Alabama) quarterback K.J. Lacey, the No. 47 hire in the 2025 ESPN 300
USC vaults up the rankings
Lincoln Riley and the Trojans have had an active month on the path, getting dedications from 8 ESPN 300 gamers in June and going up to No. 11 in the most current class rankings.
5 of those dedications began defense, a location of requirement for USC. The Trojans landed 3 in-state secondary members in Junipero Serra cornerback Dakoda Fields (No. 75), St. John Bosco cornerback Marcelles Williams (No. 98) and Sierra Canyon security Marquis Gallegos (No. 214), while drawing in protective end Kameryn Water Fountain (No. 82) out of Atlanta and linebacker Elijah Newby (No. 245) from Connecticut.
Fields, Williams and Gallegos all might assist protective planner Alex Grinch moving on as the program completed ninth in the Pac-12 last season in pass defense (266.5 YPG).
On offense, Caleb Williams‘ most likely follower, Malachi Nelson (No. 1 in 2023), will have some brand-new targets to toss to in Hiram High School (Georgia) tight end Walter Matthews (No. 108), who devoted June 13, and Millikan High School (California) pass receiver Ryan Pellum (No. 95), who revealed for the Trojans on June 26.
Those 2 additions begun the heels of USC including 2 luxury pass receivers, Zachariah Branch and Makai Lemon, in the 2023 class, which completed 11th total.
USC likewise included the top-ranked center possibility, Jason Zandamela (No. 128), from Clearwater Academy (Florida), on June 20.
Stanford increases into leading 10
Brand-new coach Troy Taylor is getting steam in Palo Alto, California, as his very first complete class went from unranked to No. 10 total in the most recent class rankings upgrade.
Protective end Dylan Stephenson (No. 200) ended up being Taylor’s very first ESPN 300 hire when Stephenson devoted June 13.
5 days later on, Taylor landed dedications from in-state quarterback Elijah Brown (No. 246) and running back Chris Davis Jr (No. 281), who was formerly devoted to in-state Ole Miss On June 21, in-state ATH Emmett Mosley (No. 291), whose daddy dipped into Notre Dame in the 1990s, devoted.
Stanford completed 50th in the recruiting rankings in the 2021 cycle, then 12th in the 2022 cycle and pull back to 39th in 2023.
Clemson increases 2024 and 2025 classes
Clemson landed 3 effect gamers over a two-day period in luxury linebacker Sammy Brown (No. 10) and a set of four-star pass receivers, T.J. Moore (No. 220) and Bryant Wesco (No. 22).
Dabo Swinney wasn’t done there, as four-star running back Gideon Davidson, the No. 51 hire in the 2025 class, ended up being the Tigers’ very first Junior 300 promise June 14.
Clemson’s 2024 class leapt from 15th to ninth in the most recent upgrade, and the Tigers have actually given that included Northside High School (Georgia) security Ricardo Jones (No. 188).
Florida jumps into leading 5
Florida’s huge month saw the Gators leap from 11th to 4th in the class rankings, highlighted by protective end Jamonta Waller (No. 17) ending up being the Gators’ 2nd luxury hire (QB D.J. Lagway, No. 18) in the 2024 class.
” I simply seemed like Florida was house,” Waller, who chose Florida over Auburn and Penn State on June 19, informed ESPN.
Waller’s dedication came one day after coach Billy Napier included 4 gamers– consisting of 3 ESPN 300 potential customers: inside linebacker Aaron Chiles (No. 57), tight end Amir Jackson (No. 96), protective end Amaris Williams (No. 251) and defensive take on Nasir Johnson (3 stars).
A 5th ESPN 300 possibility, IMG Academy pass receiver Jerrae Hawkins (No. 192), devoted to the Gators on June 26.
Georgia reinforces hang on No. 1
Kirby Smart’s program isn’t relenting on the path as the two-time protecting nationwide champs contributed to their top-ranked class by seeing protective end Justin Greene (No. 147) dedicate June 5 while turning running back Chauncey Bowens (No. 136) from Florida on June 10.
The Bulldogs’ 13 ESPN 300 promises for 2024 lead the country.
Penn State generates numerous devotes
James Franklin and his personnel contributed to a top-10 class by supporting their defense with 3 ESPN 300 devotes.
Professional Athlete Josiah Brown (No. 171), security Vaboue Toure (No. 238) and professional athlete Dejuan Lane (No. 244), who plays security at Gilman High School in Baltimore, will assist a secondary that completed ninth in the Big 10 in pass defense (212.8 YPG) in 2022.
Pass receiver Tyseer Denmark, from Philadelphia’s Roman Catholic High School, chose to dedicate to the Nittany Lions after being devoted to Oregon given that last November.
In overall, Penn State has 10 ESPN 300 employees, connected for 3rd with USC and Michigan.
Ole Miss making relocations in 2023 and 2024
Lane Kiffin made a huge relocation in persuading four-star quarterback Austin Simmons, the No. 77 hire in the 2025 class, to decommit from SEC competing Florida. Simmons will be heading to the Grove 2 years early and reclassifying into the program’s 2023 class.
“[Kiffin] actually comprehends quarterbacks and he really understands how to coach with excellent quarterbacks too,” Simmons, who likewise pitches on the baseball diamond, informed ESPN. “He understands how to put them in the next level. He understands how to prepare them psychologically and physically for the next level. … The offense and the method it’s been [productive], like the numbers it’s set up in the SEC– it is among the important things that actually stood apart for me on my see up there.”
Ole Miss’ quarterback space this year likewise includes Oklahoma State transfer Spencer Sanders, LSU transfer Walker Howard and the returning Jaxson Dart, who moved from USC prior to the 2022 season. In the 2024 class, Kiffin will generate ESPN 300 quarterback Demond Williams Jr (No. 219).
Likewise in the 2024 class, cornerback Travaris Banks (No. 139) ended up being Ole Miss’ second-highest-ranked hire when he promised June 18. The Rebels went from 15th in the class rankings in April to unranked in mid-May to 17th in the most current rankings upgrade.
5 significant employees taking main sees
Elias Rudolph, DE
2024 ESPN 300 ranking: 239
Rudolph, a four-star protective end from Deerfield Beach High School (Florida), is dedicating Monday.
An Ohio local who formerly participated in Taft High School in Cincinnati, Rudolph is choosing in between Michigan, Miami and Pittsburgh He took main check outs to all 3 programs in June.
Elijah Rushing, DE
2024 ESPN 300 ranking: 20
Rushing, a top-five protective end from Salpointe Catholic High School (Arizona), will reveal his choice Thursday.
The four-star hire took main check outs to Arizona, Notre Dame, Oregon and Tennessee in June.
Aeryn Hampton, ATH
2024 ESPN 300 ranking: 145
Hampton, who had actually formerly been devoted to Texas prior to resuming his procedure last November, will be selecting in between Texas and Alabama on July 7.
The Daingerfield High School (Texas) item took main check outs to both schools in June.
Nick Marsh, WR
2024 ESPN 300 ranking: 167
Marsh, from River Rouge High School (Michigan), took main check outs to Pittsburgh, Penn State, Kansas and Michigan State in June.
He at first devoted to the Spartans on July 31, 2022, however decommitted and resumed his recruitment March 7. He’s selecting a brand-new location July 7.
Davon Mitchell, TE
2025 ESPN 300 ranking: 15
Mitchell, who moved to Los Alamitos High School (California) from Allen High School (Texas) previously this year, is revealing his choice July 8. He just recently took check outs to Oklahoma, Alabama and Miami.
Mitchell, the top-ranked tight end in the 2025 ESPN Junior 300, just recently informed ESPN he prepares to reclassify to 2024.