It’s another Rivals Rankings Week as the 2024 class rankings is receiving a refresh. We kick things off as always with the Five-Star Countdown, revealing a new five-star throughout the day from No. 20 to No. 1. Rivals recruiting director Adam Gorney offers his thoughts on each.
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RIVALS RANKINGS WEEK
Sunday: Who should be No. 1?
Monday: Five-star countdown | Meet the new five-stars
Tuesday: Rivals 250 released | Ten prospects on the verge of five-star status | Gorney’s thoughts
Wednesday: Offensive position rankings released
Thursday: Defensive position rankings released
Friday: State rankings released | Who will finish as top RB?
Saturday: Rankings Roundtable
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17. DE DYLAN STEWART
Gorney’s Take: Defensive coordinators are going to have a field day with Dylan Stewart because he can line up anywhere across the defensive line and make a tremendous impact. The new five-star from Washington (D.C.) Friendship Collegiate Academy can be an outstanding edge rusher, he can move inside and put his hand down, he can blitz from up the middle standing up and any running back who tries to dance away from Stewart or put moves on is quickly put on the ground.
Stewart will need to fill out more at the college level but he has great balance and athleticism and his ranginess is special.
Miami, South Carolina, Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee and many others remain in the mix.
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18. WR RYAN WINGO
Gorney’s Take: When unencumbered off the line of scrimmage, Ryan Wingo shows off excellent top-end speed and he has game-breaker ability. There is no question about his size and quarterbacks must love him because he has a massive catch radius.
The St. Louis (Mo.) University standout has not done many events this offseason as he’s toured the country looking at schools. Georgia, Notre Dame, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan and many others are still involved in a wide-open recruitment.
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19. S PEYTON WOODYARD
Gorney’s Take: On the nation’s best team at Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco, Peyton Woodyard stood out as a safety who played with advanced intelligence, was a step ahead of the offense many times and could play in space when needed. But he was even better coming up by the line of scrimmage and making plays either blitzing or somewhere in the backfield.
Georgia has held onto his commitment but he was just at USC this past weekend with teammate Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. Also, Alabama and Ohio State are trying to flip him as well.
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20. QB JADYN DAVIS
Gorney’s Take: Jadyn Davis, a Michigan commit, had a monster junior season which solidified his five-star status for now as he completed more than 72 percent of his passes for 3,425 yards with 43 touchdowns and six interceptions. The Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day recruit picked the Wolverines over Ohio State, North Carolina, Clemson and others.
He has a strong arm, puts the deep ball on the money regularly but also dips the ball a little bit and has some sidearm motion in his release. HIs senior season and showing in the all-star events will settle out his ranking but there’s no question Davis is an elite talent.
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