Five of the 20 top quarterbacks in the 2024 college football recruiting class remain uncommitted. Here’s where they will end up including Dylan Raiola.
The quarterback dominoes have been falling like crazy in the past week in college football recruiting. Just last week, there were six new quarterback commitments.
Three of the top-10 signal callers in the 2024 college football recruiting class at the position have committed over the past two weeks. That leaves just five of the top 19 prospects still on the board according to the 247 sports composite rankings.
That means some programs are going to be scrambling. There will be flip attempts and likely some flips before signing day, just as we saw last season. Jaden Rashada and Dante Moore both made summer commitments only to end up somewhere else in the end.
Dylan Raiola is the No. 1 ranked quarterback in the 2024 college football recruiting class and is the biggest prize left. Yet, there are some other very good quarterbacks left in 2024 and we project where each of them will wind up committed.
Isaac Wilson (No. 17 QB, 4-star)
Isaac Wilson is the younger brother of former No. 2 overall pick Zach Wilson and there seems to be a good chance that he will follow in his brother’s footsteps.
BYU recently got a visit this spring via 247 Sports as did Utah and some other Pac-12 programs. Oklahoma State is also in the mix and Michigan even offered at one point. Wilson could have been a backup plan for the Wolverines but they didn’t need one.
At 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, Wilson is ranked 297th overall in the 2024 class. He’s also the fifth-best quarterback still available via the 247 sports composite rankings.
Arizona is another team to watch but he’s got two brothers on BYU and with all the ties there, my prediction is for Wilson to become a Cougar when it’s all said and done.
Prediction: BYU
Jayden Bradford (No. 14 QB, 4-star)
The four-star quarterback playing at IMG Academy is the fourth-best quarterback available in the 247 Sports composite rankings and his recruitment has been interesting.
Penn State picked up a crystal ball projection over the summer but the Nittany Lions haven’t really built more momentum. They are also after Michael Van Buren and while it’s not out of the realm of possibility for two quarterbacks to commit in one class, my sense is they won’t end up in the same class.
South Carolina does have Dante Reno committed in the 2024 college football recruiting class but Bradford has visited this spring and the Gamecocks are the current leader according to the On3 prediction machine.
Bradley told On3.com that North Carolina State, Penn State, and South Carolina were his top three. Penn State is trending in another direction at QB and South Carolina makes sense.
It also wouldn’t shock me if Reno, the current QB commitment for the Gamecocks, wound up going somewhere else, such as Nebraska.
Prediction: South Carolina
Michael Van Buren (No. 11 QB, 4-star)
Michigan and Ohio State have each landed top-10 quarterbacks in the 2024 college football recruiting class and Penn State really needs to land one too.
The good news is that the Nittany Lions have a couple of solid options. If for some reason, things didn’t work out with Michael Van Buren, the Nittany Lions could have a good shot at Bradford, a kid from IMG, if they had an open spot.
As it stands right now, Steve Wiltfong has put in a crystal ball projection for Van Buren to land at Penn State and that’s a big get for Penn State if it winds up happening.
Out of St. Frances, Van Buren is ranked 128th overall and probably underrated due to being 5-foot-11, 185 pounds. His offer sheet is impressive though.
Maryland is still in the mix for the kid out of Baltimore, along with Oregon. Oklahoma was in the mix and Alabama offered but it seems like it’s really down to Penn State, Maryland, and Oregon.
Penn State feels like the favorite but with so much happening in 2024, you just never know.
Elijah Brown (No. 6, 4-star QB)
The recruitment of elite 2024 quarterback Elijah Brown should pick up. USC is starting to pay more attention to him and hosted the outstanding QB for a visit earlier this spring via On3.
At one time, USC seemed like the favorite for Dylan Raiola. The Trojans got some crystal ball projections, but with Malachi Nelson being part of the 2023 class, I never thought it was a slam dunk.
Georgia has re-emerged as the favorite for Raiola and with Brown recently taking a visit to USC, it seems like one can project the Trojans rising in this recruitment, especially with Lincoln Riley who rarely misses out on a top-flight QB.
Arizona State is a real threat. So is UCLA and it wouldn’t surprise me if Oregon or some other programs got in on the mix, but the Trojans make sense for the Mater Dei kid which tends to be a factory for USC football.
Prediction: USC
Dylan Raiola (No. 1 QB, 5-star)
Things have definitely changed in the last few weeks in the recruitment of Dylan Raiola, the top-ranked quarterback in the 2024 college football recruiting class.
Raiola is an elite passer and ever since his commitment from Ohio State, he’s easily been the most sought-after recruit in college football.
Oregon, USC, Georgia, and Nebraska have been the teams standing out the most. USC hosted Raiola for a visit in March, which is when the projections came.
However, Georgia hosted recently and after that, Raiola announced he wouldn’t be taking planned spring trips to Oregon, Nebraska, and USC.
The Bulldogs are the only team with an official visit scheduled. They also have gotten a recent crystal ball projection from Wiltfong and are the leader according to the On3 prediction machine. Matt Rhule has started to follow Dante Reno, another 2024 QB and that’s maybe a sign that Nebraska doesn’t feel great about where it stands.
Oregon is hosting Van Buren for a visit this spring. USC is pushing for Brown and hosted him for a visit, so at least those schools are prioritizing other QBs in the 2024 college football recruiting class, and at the end of the day, I see Georgia winning out for Dylan Raiola.
Prediction: Georgia