Dylan Raiola, No. 1 player in 2024 college football recruiting rankings, sets new visits
Dylan Raiola, the No. 1 quarterback in the 2024 college football recruiting rankings, is expanding his horizons with two more scheduled trips this month.
The five-star quarterback from Phoenix will spend next weekend visiting the Peach State, taking in Georgia and then notably Georgia Tech, according to 247Sports.
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Raiola had high praise for Georgia after the school won its second-straight College Football Playoff national championship and is still reportedly one of the player's four finalists.
Georgia Tech enters the picture
Georgia Tech is undergoing top-to-bottom change in the program as Brent Key moves in as head coach to replace Geoff Collins.
Buster Faulkner enters Year 1 as offensive coordinator for the Yellow Jackets and reportedly has developed a relationship with the Raiola family.
He previously served as offensive quality control assistant for quarterbacks at Georgia during its back-to-back national championship run.
Nebraska also trending for Raiola
The five-star quarterback out of Arizona was also one of the most high profile visitors to the Cornhuskers program since the hiring of new football coach Matt Rhule this offseason.
And he was welcomed by a familiar face once he got there: Raiola's uncle Donovan is Nebraska's current offensive line coach.
Dylan's father Dominic was an All-American and Rimington Trophy winner at Nebraska and his No. 54 jersey is retired by the school.
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USC also in play
Raiola recently paid a personal visit to USC where he met with football coach Lincoln Riley and quarterback Caleb Williams.
While there, he spoke with Riley about his offensive philosophy and saw part of the Trojans' spring football practice.
It's expected Raiola will visit USC again in the near future as the school has emerged as one of the recruit's finalists.
Raiola was an Ohio State pledge
Initially, the quarterback announced he had committed to Ohio State as the most high-profile get for the Buckeyes' 2024 recruiting class.
But Raiola changed his mind at the start of the new year and revealed that he de-committed from Ohio State.
That surprising news re-opened the player's recruiting process in a big way and changed the course of the 2024 football recruiting cycle.
Starting from scratch
"Everything is back on the table," Raiola's father told 247Sports recruiting director Steve Wiltfong at the time.
He added, "His process is almost like it's re-starting. It's not closed off to anybody."
Standing at 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds from Phoenix, Raiola has made a name for himself as a superstar in the 2024 football recruiting class.
Dylan Raiola recruiting profile
He passed for 3,241 yards with 32 touchdown passes and rushed for nine additional scores in 12 games as a sophomore.
Raiola hit over 64 percent of his throws for 2,435 yards with 22 touchdowns with five interceptions in his junior campaign.
All four major recruiting services — 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN, and On3 Sports — call Raiola the No. 1 quarterback in the 2024 cycle.
Three of the four named him the No. 1 overall prospect in the class, with On3 dissenting, calling Raiola the No. 6 player.
Predictions for Dylan Raiola recruitment
Three main contenders have emerged for the quarterback, with USC, Nebraska, and Georgia the apparent favorites in the race.
247Sports director of football recruiting Steve Wiltfong — who has a 100 percent record making Crystal Ball predictions in the 2024 cycle — projects that Raiola will sign with USC, flipping from his original pick, Georgia.
Overall between the seven 247 analysts who made predictions, USC is receiving 55.6 percent of the vote, followed by Nebraska with 33.3 percent, and Georgia with 11.1 percent.
On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine is now siding with USC as the current favorite to land Raiola, with 46.9 percent likelihood.
RPM places Nebraska and Georgia is a close 2-3 race, with the Cornhuskers at 27.5 percent and the Bulldogs at 18.6 percent.
Ohio State places fourth at 4.9 percent on the On3 Prediction Machine.
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