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Massachusetts isn't exactly a hotbed of Division I football talent, but every year there's a handful of Bay State players that land on a FBS roster. Steve Addazio came to the Heights with the promise of "building a fence" around Massachusetts and New England, and the first-year returns are promising.
2014 Prospect Ranking Rivals.com Massachusetts Postseason Top 10 2014
| Rank | Name | Pos | Location | School | Stars | Ht | Wt | School |
| 1 | Connor Strachan | LB | Needham | St Sebastians Country Day | **** | 6'0" | 240 | Boston College |
| 2 | Johnathan Thomas | RB | Danvers | St. John's Prep | *** | 5'11" | 215 | Penn St. |
| 3 | Jon Baker | OL | Millis | Millis | *** | 6'3" | 305 | Boston College |
| 4 | Isaac Yiadom | DB | Worcester | Doherty Memorial | *** | 6'1" | 170 | Boston College |
| 5 | James Hendren | OL | Brookline | Dexter | *** | 6'7" | 268 | Boston College |
| 6 | Kevin Cohee | LB | West Roxbury | Roxbury Latin | *** | 6'3" | 240 | Boston College |
| 7 | Tom Rodrick | LB | Leicester | Leicester | ** | 6'3" | 238 | Connecticut |
| 8 | Lubern Figaro | ATH | Everett | Everett | ** | 6'0" | 175 | Wisconsin |
| 9 | Miles Wright | QB | Marion | Tabor Academy | ** | 6'4" | 200 | Uncommitted |
| 10 | Kevin Bletzer | DB | West Roxbury | Catholic Memorial | ** | 6'1" | 195 | Boston College |
Boston College finished with six of the state's 10 top recruits; a significant improvement over the last few years, where the program went 2-of-5 (2013) and 1-of-8 (2012) recruiting in-state prospects. The only real misses in this class were three-star RB Johnathan Thomas (Penn State) and two-star ATH Lubern Figaro (Wisconsin), though the staff was able to land other players in the class to fill those positional needs. Lineback Tom Rodrick (Connecticut) and QB Miles Wright (uncommitted) did not claim a BC offer.
Addazio's "fence building" efforts in the first year were quite good considering the program's recent track record recruiting the state. Hopefully the dark days of losing recruits to Harvard and the Northeastern track team are in the program's rear-view mirror.
2014
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 6
Number of Mass. Top 10 ofered: 8
Players: No. 1 LB Connor Strachan, No. 3 OL Jon Baker, No. 4 DB Isaac Yiadom, No. 5 OL James Hendren, No. 6 LB Kevin Cohee, No. 10 DB Kevin Bletzer
Other Schools Represented: Penn State, Connecticut, Wisconsin
2013
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 2
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 5
Players: No. 3 DT Tevin Montgomery, No. 7 QB Mackay Lowrie
Other Schools Represented: Notre Dame, Michigan, Virginia, Wake Forest, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Villanova
2012
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 1
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 8
Players: No. 7 LB Tim Joy
Other Schools Represented: Ohio State (2), Maryland, Virginia, Northwestern, Connecticut (2), Northeastern (track)
2011
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 4
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 6
Players: No. 1 TE Brian Miller, No. 2 DB Al Louis-Jean Jr., No. 6 OL Liam Porter, No. 10 DB Manny Asprilla
Other Schools Represented: California, Iowa, Nebraska, UCLA, Harvard, Nevada
2010
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 4
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 5
Players: No. 2 OL Robert Vardaro, No. 6 James McCaffrey, No. 9 Dominique Williams, No. 10 Aaron Kramer
Other Schools Represented: Harvard, Connecticut (2), Miami, BYU
2009
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 2
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 4
Players: No. 3 DB Jim Noel, No. 4 OL Keith Bourne
Other Schools Represented: Georgia, North Carolina, N.C. State, Iowa, Massachusetts, Syracuse, Connecticut
2008
Number of Mass. Top 10 signed: 3
Number of Mass. Top 10 offered: 4
Players: No. 1 RB Isaac Johnson, No. 2 DE Nick Halloran, No. 3 TE Mike Stone
Other Schools Represented: Connecticut (2), Columbia, Duke, Northeastern
