Rutgers Basketball boasts the No. 2 ranked recruiting class in the country
The Rutgers Basketball program's hot streak on the recruiting trail continued today, as the Scarlet Knights landed their fifth commitment in the class of 2024 as five-star Dylan Harper made his announcement official today via Instagram.
With the Scarlet Knights latest addition of Harper, the program has now has the Number Two overall recruiting class in the entire country for the 2024 recruiting cycle per Rivals.
Along with Harper, Rutgers also has several other big name recruits already committed and signed in the 2024 class as it features No. 2 overall Ace Bailey, No. 101 overall Lathan Sommerville, No. 121 Dylan Grant and high three-star Bryce Dortch to form a Fab-Five level class for the Scarlet Knights.
With two five-star recruits now in the class for the Scarlet Knights this marks both head coach Steve Pikiell's highest ranked recruiting class since taking over in 2016 as well as the program's highest ranked recruiting class ever by a large margin.
Here is a look at where Rutgers finished in the Rivals Hoops team recruiting rankings over the past few years.
2018: 28th overall
2019: 69th overall
2020: 18th overall
2021: 57th overall
2022: 40th overall
2023: 25th overall
2024: 2nd overall
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