ACC Live: This week in recruiting

Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. compiles all the news, notes and analysis of the recruiting trail this week in the ACC.

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After spending last weekend at Syracuse, where he reports a strong return to the Dome, Javion Hilson is set for more visits before his recruitment ends in December. One of the trips will be a long-waited return to Pitt, which was the first visit of the five-star’s recruitment way back when.

Now, Hilson will return to Pitt for an official visit the weekend of November 16, when Clemson comes to town. The Panthers, Orange, Texas and Texas A&M are Hilson’s final four programs under consideration.

Shane Beamer and USC always recruit the Peach State hard and it just so happens that multiple Georgia Tech pledges are expected on campus this weekend. Much more here:

A pair of former Rivals three-stars were named Lombardi Award finalists on Thursday afternoon in Virginia Tech’s Antwaun Powell-Ryland and Boston College‘s Donovan Ezeiruaku represented the conference among one dozen finalists.

Four-star Lakeland (Fla.) High School defensive back Keon Young, who committed to Ole Miss back in the summer, announced he was shutting down the process despite interest from ACC program NC State, among others. He will be back in Oxford this weekend to see his future program in action.

The Cocoa (Fla.) High School star was in Tallahassee last weekend for an official visit and it lived up to the expectations, and then some, as Florida State sits without a wide receiver on verbal commitment list.

The Noles are in the thick of it for Jayvan Boggs.

“Just the push from Coach (Mike) Norvell and (Ron) Dugans and the whole staff to get me there,” Boggs told Rivals. “It’s how much they are making me a priority…

“It’s huge when they say I’m a need player for them.”

Boggs did admit he has a tighter relationship with Gus Malzahn’s program at UCF, given it’s local and has been recruiting him for much longer in the cycle.

Going forward, there are no visits to either campus set but Boggs has yet to rule out additional trips before signing day.

Rivals breaks down some locks for the upcoming weeks both on the field and on the recruiting trail in the ACC.

From Miami’s undefeated run to Gregory Thomas being the safest bet to stick within Florida State’s commitment group this cycle, we take a closer look here.

Cole Leinart, son of USC legend and fellow quarterback Matt Leinart, committed to SMU on Wednesday evening.