ACC Football: Top 5 recruiting targets for National Signing Day

With National Singing Day around the corner, there are still plenty of high-level recruits looking to commit to play somewhere among the ranks of ACC football.

Many teams in the ACC—including North Carolina, N.C. State, Syracuse, Boston College, and Louisville—rely more heavily on development than elite recruiting to win. Take for instance Bradley Chubb, a three-star prospect out of Georgia, who the Wolfpack molded into a first-round draft pick.

Under new head coach Mack Brown, North Carolina landed a big-time quarterback in Sam Howell, who flipped from Florida State during the Early Signing Period. But aside from that, ACC recruiting battles mostly come down to the conference’s traditional powerhouses: Florida State, Miami, Clemson, and Virginia Tech.

Clemson is on a different level than any program in the country not named Alabama. The national championship-winning Tigers bagged most of their recruits during the Early Signing Period, which comes as no surprise.

Virginia Tech under third year head coach Justin Fuente really should be competing at a higher level, both on the field and in recruiting, but momentum has yet to materialize . Which leaves the ACC’s other two powerhouses—Florida State and Miami—to duke it out for scraps, with Clemson still in the mix as well.