Recruiting Rumor Mill: Northeast prospects take Week One visits, plan extra
Prospects from throughout the nation took visits throughout Week One of many 2024 school soccer season, whereas others have upcoming journeys deliberate.
Right here’s the most recent intel from a number of notable recruits within the Northeast area, together with what’s subsequent on their go to schedules.
Adams didn’t make a Week One journey, however he plans to journey to South Bend this coming Saturday to observe Notre Dame tackle Northern Illinois. In fact, the Preventing Irish are coming off of an enormous win over Texas A&M.
Notre Dame provided the high-three-star defensive again throughout his earlier go to in June, and positively may very well be a group to observe in Adams’ recruitment.
Collier was unable to take a go to throughout Week One since Neumann-Goretti Excessive Faculty performed its sport on Saturday, however the rising three-star Philadelphia defensive finish obtained a suggestion from the hometown Temple Owls over the weekend.
He now has hit double-digits in his supply depend, together with Energy 4 affords from Boston Faculty, Duke, Miami (FL.), Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.
Collier is concentrating on a visit to Piscataway to take a look at the Scarlet Knights on Sept. 27 for Rutgers’ “Blackout” sport versus Washington. He’s additionally on the lookout for a date to go to Penn State this season as effectively.
Giddens is a rising prospect to observe within the 2026 class. He visited Appalachian State this previous weekend and obtained a scholarship supply. He additionally obtained his first Ivy League supply over the weekend, which got here from Dartmouth. Giddens is pushing towards double-digit affords, and already has one from a Energy 4 faculty in West Virginia.
He additionally just lately visited Virginia and can return to Charlottesville for a game-day go to on Oct. 5. He has extra upcoming journeys deliberate to Liberty (Sept. 21), Maryland (Oct. 11) and Rutgers (Oct. 12).
Gildea spent the weekend within the Nice Lakes State, taking a game-day go to to Michigan State on Friday evening to see the Spartans defeat Florida Atlantic after which heading to Ann Arbor on Saturday evening to observe Michigan take down Fresno State.
The 2026 Hun Faculty offensive sort out was drawn to the ambiance in Spartan Stadium and received an opportunity to attach with Michigan State’s coaches. He hopes to return to MSU sooner or later. He additionally “actually loved” the go to to Michigan.
Gildea doesn’t but have a suggestion from the Spartans or Wolverines, however it will not be stunning to see these faculties get extra concerned sooner or later as he’s squarely on the radar for each applications. Rutgers has provided and has made its presence felt early, however Gildea’s recruitment is “one hundred pc” open proper now.
Grey, out of St. Christopher’s Faculty, stayed in his residence state for Week One and watched Virginia beat Richmond by a remaining rating of 34-13.
He had a “nice” go to and was capable of meet with Virginia’s coaches and get a greater really feel of their targets and imaginative and prescient for the long run.
Grey is planning a visit to South Carolina when the Gamecocks tackle LSU on Sept. 14, and a visit to Ohio State within the Buckeyes’ season finale towards rival Michigan on Nov. 30. He’s wanting so as to add a number of extra visits in between as effectively.
The Rivals Camp Collection Indianapolis operating again MVP was at West Virginia this previous weekend. His cousin, former Mountaineer Charles Fisher, confirmed him round and launched him to loads of WVU alumni, together with guys Henry grew up watching.
Henry was at Oklahoma in late July, and he’s planning to take different visits this fall, however nonetheless figuring out dates and areas. It is very early within the course of for the 2027 operating again and he’ll proceed to maintain choices open, however he already has has shut to fifteen scholarship affords and will find yourself being one of many extra sought-after tailbacks in his class.
Kinsler made the journey to East-Central Texas to observe Texas A&M face off towards Notre Dame on Saturday evening. Though the Aggies got here up quick, he had a “nice” go to and admired the ambiance. Kinsler had the chance to talk with head coach Mike Elko and likes the way in which the Texas A&M program develops defensive linemen.
On the evening earlier than, Kinsler flew into Dallas and took within the Friday Evening Lights of Texas Excessive Faculty soccer by watching his pal, four-star operating again Javian Osborne, play for Forney Excessive Faculty. They then drove the roughly three hours to Faculty Station on Saturday. Kinsler and Osborne are each represented by Life-style Sports activities Company.
Subsequent, Kinsler might be at Michigan for the Wolverines’ Week Two showdown with Texas. On condition that Bergen Catholic performs nearly all of its video games on Saturdays, making school visits throughout the fall is troublesome for Kinsler, however he does plan so as to add different journeys when attainable. A number of different faculties stay within the combine for the four-star defensive finish and he is not in a rush to decide.
Salmin had an “superior” go to to Texas A&M and loved the game-day setting in Faculty Station regardless of the Aggies’ loss to Notre Dame.
Curiously, although, the Preventing Irish are one other group to observe in Salmin’s recruitment. He’ll return to South Bend for a go to on Nov. 9 when Notre Dame hosts Florida State.
The four-star broad receiver might be busy this fall. He’s additionally planning journeys to Clemson on Sept. 27 (versus North Carolina State), Georgia on Oct. 12 (versus Mississippi State), Virginia Tech on Oct. 26 (versus Georgia Tech), Penn State on Nov. 2 (versus Ohio State), and Ohio State on Nov. 30 (versus Michigan). It’s attainable he provides extra visits to the docket as effectively.
Sieg was at West Virginia this previous weekend. Whereas the Mountaineers had been defeated by Penn State, he loved the ambiance in Morgantown and had a good time on the go to.
Curiously, West Virginia is the one faculty closely recruiting Sieg on the offensive aspect of the ball as a slot broad receiver. Nearly all of faculties like Sieg as a defensive again, in order that may very well be one thing to observe transferring ahead, if Sieg has a desire on both aspect of the ball.
He’ll see the Nittany Lions once more in Week Two, as he visits Comfortable Valley for Penn State’s tussle with Bowling Inexperienced. In Week Three, Sieg plans to go to Pittsburgh, because the Panthers tackle West Virginia.
Thomas made the trek from New Jersey all the way down to the Lone Star State to observe Texas A&M tackle Notre Dame. Whereas the Aggies fell to the Preventing Irish, the expertise was “superb.”
The electrical crowd and “twelfth man” custom at Texas A&M actually stood out to the four-star defensive again. Actually, it was so loud at Kyle Discipline on third downs, Thomas may barely hear the particular person subsequent to him. He additionally related effectively with the teaching employees.
This coming weekend, Thomas will head to Ann Arbor to observe Michigan face off towards Texas. Nevertheless, as of proper now, Thomas is in no rush to make any choices concerning his recruitment.
The athlete is primarily being recruited as a left sort out and is a reputation to observe within the 2027 class, as von Brandt already has reached double figures in scholarship affords, together with from Georgia, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia, Boston Faculty, Indiana and others.
He plans to be at Rutgers on Oct. 12 for the Scarlet Knights’ contest versus Washington throughout the “Scarlet Out” sport. He’s additionally planning to be in Comfortable Valley for Penn State’s “White Out” sport towards the Huskies on Nov. 9.
He may look so as to add different visits as effectively, however proper now, von Brandt’s focus is on his sophomore season at Appoquinimink Excessive Faculty (Middletown, Delaware).
