Late last week, the largest, most well-known recruiting database site in the country Rivals dropped its list of the Top 250 prospects for the class of 2025.

It’s an elite group to be a part of as the recruiting scene and NIL landscape has gotten wilder and wilder. While Massachusetts and the other New England states are producing some damn good talent with plenty of top tier D1 commits of their own, Connecticut was the only state to have players from the region make the list.

Choate offensive tackle Will Black came in at No. 20 and was one of just three tackles in the Top 20.

Black committed to Notre Dame back on December 21. The 6’7,” 295lbs. 5-star recruit and had offers from the elite of the elite in college football. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Penn State, Tennessee and Texas A&M were just a few of his 23 total offers. BC and UConn were also on that list.

Black will have a former rival as a teammate in the O-line room.

Brunswick offensive tackle Matty Augustine is also heading to Notre Dame and snuck in at No. 246 on the list. As you’d expect, Augustine (6’7,” 280lbs.) had interest from the best, but he’s been locked in a part of what Marcus Freeman and the the Irish are building since February of 2024. Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Miami, Missouri, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin were just a handful of his 31 total offers. BC, UConn and UMass all tried to keep him home, but he’ll join Black in South Bend.

Ultimately, this list is more about just how good states like Texas, Florida, Georgia and Alabama are when it comes to producing next-level and some NFL-bound talent.

There are some big time players going to other well-known schools that didn’t make the list (guys like Hardy Watts, Bo MacCornack, Tommy Ropley and Mekhi Dodd come to mind immediately while writing this), but it’s only a matter of time until you start to see more and more New England high school kids represented on these kinds of lists.

For now, Black and Augustine will wave the flag for the region, the Nutmeg State and the class of 2025.