Whats new with Croce

Fresh off a visit to Rutgers one of the top prospects in Maryland for the Class of 2011 is thinking about where he wants the recruiting process to go from here.

Rivals.com caught up with Vincent Croce towards the end of the week to find out what the 6-foot-4, 260-pound defensive tackle plans on doing in the next couple of months.

"Just this past Saturday I went up to Rutgers on January 15 for their junior day," Croce said. "It was real nice. We started off with lunch and then we had a couple of presentations on the academic side. Then we went around to see the other campuses before coming back to see the practice facilities and the weight room. I liked it a lot."

Croce wants to attend Maryland's next junior day in late February, but other than that he doesn't have too much planned.

"At the moment I don't really have any other information on junior days, so I'm just trying to take it all as we come. I want to try to visit as many places as I can so I don't knock off potential schools without seeing them at least once.

Croce has visited Maryland, UNC and Rutgers so far and said it is too early to compare his notes from each trip.

In addition to those three schools Croce said he has been in touch with a Miami coach through Facebook a couple of times. He also spoke to Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez several weeks ago.