Top 5 Recruiting Classes by New FBS Coaching Staffs in 2017

Matt Rhule led Temple to an upset blowout of Navy in the AAC championship game on December 3. Three days later, he left Philadelphia to take over one of the most contentious programs in college football. Brought in to change the environment around the football program in Waco, Rhule wasted no time making sure that Baylor would have the talent to continue competing into the future with a recruiting class that included 26 three-star players.

Despite a lack of experience in the Lone Star State, Rhule and his staff managed to sign 20 local recruits. They also tapped into a New Jersey pipeline that yielded two of the Garden State’s top 15 players in Johnathan Lovett and Harrison Hand. More emphasis was placed on offense than on defense, but both sides of the ball should be stronger over the next few years thanks to the way Rhule and his crew pulled things together in less than two months.