ACC Recruiting (Quick Guide)

The ACC has been known as the lesser "big" conference when its viewed by people in the South. What conference wouldn't be when you are in the shadow of SEC but still this conference is underrated by most people. Most of their classes in recruiting have been no different, as majority of the conference finished in the thirty to forty range in the final rankings done by Rivals and Scout.com.

Conference Rankings/National (Rivals, Scout.com)
1. Florida State 10th in both rivals and scout.com
2. Miami (FL) 24 in rivals and 17 in scout.com
3. Clemson 18 in Rivals and 23 in scout.com
4. Virginia Tech 22 in Rivals and 35 in scout.com
5. North Carolina 30 in rivals and 31 in scout.com
6. North Carolina St. 34 in rivals and 42 in scout.com
7. Maryland 36 in rivals and 43 in scout.com
8.Georgia Tech 43 in rivals and 41 in scout.com
9. Boston College 47 in rivals and 44 in scout.com
10. Virginia 67 in both rivals and scout.com
11. Wake Forest 69 in rivals and 61 in scout.com
12. Duke 72 in rivals and 71 in scout.com

Best offensive recruit: 5-star Offensive lineman Robert Crisp North Carolina State

Best defensive recruit: 5-star Cornerback LaMarcus Joyner Florida State

Most underrated recruit: 4-star Linebacker Jeff Luc Florida State...Watch film and you will see why he is underrated.

Boston College signed 21 players: QB(2) RB(2) WR(3) TE(4) OL(6) DL(1) LB(2) DB(3) ATH(1)
Top three players
4-star WR Shakim Phillips
4-star LB Kevin Pierre Louis
3-star OL Seth Betancourt

Ranked: 47 (Rivals), 44 (Scout.com)

Clemson signed 23 players: RB(1) WR(1) TE(1) OL(4) DL(4) LB(3) DB(4) ATH(5)
Top three players
4-star WR Martavis Bryant
4-star ATH DeAndre Hopkins
4-star DT Josh Watson

Ranked: 18 (RIvals) 23(Scout.com)

Duke signed 20 players: QB(2) RB(1) WR(3) TE(1) OL(2) DL(6) LB(2) ATH(3)
Top three players
3-star LB Kelby Brown
3-star OL Takoby Cofield
3-star ATH Joshua Snead

Ranked: 72 (Rivals) 71 (Scout.com)

Florida State signed 24 players: QB(1) RB(1) WR(2) TE(2) OL(1) DL(5) LB(5) DB(4) ATH(3)
Top three players
5-star LB Christian Jones
5-star DB LaMarcus Joyner
4-star LB Jeff Luc

Ranked: 10 (Rivals and Scout.com)

Georgia Tech signed 18 players: RB(3) OL(2) DL(3) LB(2) DB(5) ATH(2) K(1)
Top three players
4-star DB Ryan Ayers
4-star ATH Barry Bostic
4-star DT Denzel McCoy

Ranked 43 (Rivals) 41 (Scout.com)

Maryland signed 21 players: QB(1) WR(1) OL(4) DL(6) LB(3) DB(3) ATH(3)
Top three players
4-star OL Nathaniel Clark
4-star LB Javarie Johnson
4-star DB Titus Till

Ranked: 36 (Rivals) 43 (Scout.com)

Miami (FL) signed 28 players: QB(1) RB(4) WR(2) TE(3) OL(5) DL(5) LB(5) DB(3)
Top three players
4-star RB Storm Johnson
4-star OL Malcolm Bunche
4-star RB Eduardo Clements

Ranked: 24 (Rivals) 17 (Scout.com)

North Carolina St. signed 19 players: QB(1) RB(2) WR(1) OL(5) DL(5) DB(4) ATH(1)
Top three players
5-star OL Robert Crisp
4-star DB David Amerson
4-star OL Tyson Chandler

Ranked: 34 (Rivals) 42 (Scout.com)

North Carolina signed 21 players: RB(1) WR(1) TE(3) OL(4) DL(4) LB(1) DB(4) ATH(3)
Top three players
4-star OL James Hurst
4-star DE Brandon Willis
4-star RB Giovanni Bernard

Ranked: 30 (Rivals) 31 (Scout.com)

Virginia signed 17 players: QB(4) RB(2) TE(1) OL(4) DL(1) LB(2) DB(1) ATH(2)
Top three players
4-star OL Morgan Moses
3-star RB Kevin Parks Jr.
3-star QB Michael Strauss

Ranked: 67 (Rivals and Scout.com)

Virginia Tech signed 19 players: QB(2) WR(1) TE(1) OL(3) DL(5) LB(3) DB(3) ATH(1)
Top three players
4-star OL Laurence Gibson
4-star Zack McCrary
4-star DB Nick Dew

Ranked: 22 (Rivals) 35 (Scout.com)

Wake Forest signed 19 players: QB(1) RB(2) WR(2) TE(2) OL(3) DL(2) LB(2) DB(5)
Top three players
4-star DB A.J. Marshall
3-star LB Zachary Allen
3-star DB Joseph Byrd

Ranked: 69 (Rivals) 61 (Scout.com)

*the players stars and positions came from Rivals.com