Class of 2026 WR Calvin Russell (FL) COMMITTED/SIGNED TO SYRACUSE (7/5/25)

[ImperialOrange]

Not saying he is Moss but, if memory serves, he also an excellent basketball player on a state championship team (along with Jason “White Chocolate” Williams.)

This is true. You can find video of it on YouTube. Jason Williams is hilarious and insightful in his interviews.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

This is true. You can find video of it on YouTube. Jason Williams is hilarious and insightful in his interviews.

Shaq says he was the best PG he ever played with. His highlight videos are amazing.

 

[JarHeadJim]

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[cuseallday]

Get to 144 asap, please.

 

[SUskibum]

They are at it again, tons of folks on X calling out Rivals on it.

 

[cuseallday]

I gotta be honest, the claim that recruiting services are biased against SU recruits/commits, not so sure about that. Rivals has always, always had Calvin lower than other recruiting Web sites. This is nothing new. He's five stars via 247Sports and four stars everywhere else. He's in the top 30 per ESPN. Never was five stars at Rivals.

 

[cuseallday]

I take that back. Calvin is 5 stars, per the industry-generated Rivals Industry Ranking. Much lower via Rivals itself. But the composite services are more important...

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I gotta be honest, the claim that recruiting services are biased against SU recruits/commits, not so sure about that. Rivals has always, always had Calvin lower than other recruiting Web sites. This is nothing new. He's five stars via 247Sports and four stars everywhere else. He's in the top 30 per ESPN. Never was five stars at Rivals.

But did they drop him +40 spots?

 

[Biaxtar]

They are at it again, tons of folks on X calling out Rivals on it.

Old photo I think? Rivals is gone.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I'm sure Brian Dohn will drop him out of the top 300. Then bump up some Rutgers recurit up into it
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[JarHeadJim]

Get to 144 asap, please.

I could post 44 pages of GIFS if you want

 

[PAcuse]

Old photo I think? Rivals is gone.

Yahoo sold them to On3 in April.

 

[cuseallday]

But did they drop him +40 spots?

I guess. Candidly, it's a little confusing with the On3/Rivals merger. I'd pay the most attention to the two composites: I believe Calvin is No. 47/48 in the 247Sports Composite, and 5 stars and No. 28 overall via the Rivals Industry Ranking. Also 5 stars and No. 22 overall via 247Sports. He's awesome. Wouldn't get too hung up on the individual Rivals ranking...pretty sure he was never 5 stars via Rivals itself.

 

[PAcuse]

I guess. Candidly, it's a little confusing with the On3/Rivals merger. I'd pay the most attention to the two composites: I believe Calvin is No. 47/48 in the 247Sports Composite, and 5 stars and No. 28 overall via the Rivals Industry Ranking. Also 5 stars and No. 22 overall via 247Sports. He's awesome. Wouldn't get too hung up on the individual Rivals ranking...pretty sure he was never 5 stars via Rivals itself.

On3 has the rating from Rival's as
95.67, 28th national, 4th best WR

 

[cuseallday]

On3 has the rating from Rival's as
95.67, 28th national, 4th best WR

That's actually the industry-generated Rivals Industry Ranking, as opposed to what used to be the On3 Industry Ranking. When the two companies merged, Rivals took over the high school recruiting, with On3 doing college stuff...

 

[PAcuse]

That's actually the industry-generated Rivals Industry Ranking, as opposed to what used to be the On3 Industry Ranking. When the two companies merged, Rivals took over the high school recruiting, with On3 doing college stuff...

Ah makes sense

 

[sufandu]

Rega

I gotta be honest, the claim that recruiting services are biased against SU recruits/commits, not so sure about that. Rivals has always, always had Calvin lower than other recruiting Web sites. This is nothing new. He's five stars via 247Sports and four stars everywhere else. He's in the top 30 per ESPN. Never was five stars at Rivals.

Regardless, dropping 46 spots when there have been no games played in months is silly? Did he go to a camp and trip over his feet the whole time?

 

[anomander]

Unreal film. This kid could catch his own pass.

He looks like he could be a P4 QB if he wanted. I'll say it right now he would better than Shrader next season.

 

[anomander]

I gotta be honest, the claim that recruiting services are biased against SU recruits/commits, not so sure about that. Rivals has always, always had Calvin lower than other recruiting Web sites. This is nothing new. He's five stars via 247Sports and four stars everywhere else. He's in the top 30 per ESPN. Never was five stars at Rivals.

They always had him lower but they dropped him 46 spots after committing last week. If that's not intentional i don't know how more blatant you can get?

 

[CbusCuse]

They always had him lower but they dropped him 46 spots after committing last week. If that's not intentional i don't know how more blatant you can get?

The composite on 247 has him dropping from 47 to 49 on 7/16/2025. So the math of him dropping 40+ spots on one of the services doesn’t sound correct. I’m guessing somebody is just mistakenly comparing different rankings from previous.

 

[cuseallday]

They always had him lower but they dropped him 46 spots after committing last week. If that's not intentional i don't know how more blatant you can get?

Got me. I don't know the inner workings of the new Rivals/On3. All I care about is that Calvin is 5 stars via 247Sports, 5 stars via the Rivals Industry Ranking, and in the top 30 nationally via multiple recruiting services.

 

[Irt4su]

They are at it again, tons of folks on X calling out Rivals on it.

Like death and taxes.

 

[tep624]

They always had him lower but they dropped him 46 spots after committing last week. If that's not intentional i don't know how more blatant you can get?

Rivals didn’t even have us listed as offering. None of this surprises me anymore with that service. And collectively the services coverage of Calvin’s decision leading up to the day was a hodge podge of slanted straw grabbing.

But hey at least they pandered to their cash cow SEC and B1G fan sites. So they have that going for them.

 

[cuse702]

Rivals and On3 merged a couple months ago so those rankings are outdated. I think he's 107 on the updated rankings

 

[cuse702]

106