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Top National Recruit Dylan Harper Picks Rutgers

Rutgers men’s basketball has landed Dylan Harper, the No. 2 overall player in the 2024 recruiting class, who chose to stay in his home state rather than head to bigger-name…

STEVE PIKIELL

PISCATAWAY, NJ – MARCH 06: Head coach Steve Pikiell of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights celebrates with students after Rutgers 59-58 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions in a game at Jersey Mike’s Arena on March 6, 2022 in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

Rutgers men's basketball has landed Dylan Harper, the No. 2 overall player in the 2024 recruiting class, who chose to stay in his home state rather than head to bigger-name schools like Duke, Kansas, Auburn, and Indiana.

According to CBS Sports, Harper's addition to the program bumps up Rutgers recruiting class to number three in the cycle.

Harper is the highest-ranked commitment in program history. The 6-foot-6 guard out of Ramsey, New Jersey knows a lot about the program, head coach Steve Pikiell, and the direction Rutgers is heading. He had a front-row seat, watching his brother Ron Haper Jr. become one of the most dominant players in Scarlet Knights history in recent years.

Now he will get a chance to write his own Rutgers story.

Harper joins Ace Bradley, who signed a month ago as the two five-star recruits in this year's cycle for Steve Pikeill's program. In addition to Harper and Bailey, three-star forward Lathan Sommerville, three-star forward Bryce Dortch and three-star forward Dylan Grant signed their national letters of intent last month per CBS Sports.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.