Diving Into UCF’s Recruiting

The Knights have had an interesting time recruiting in the class of 2026 and could finish very strong, but I take a look at the positives and negatives of recruiting year one so far.

ORLANDO, FL - It’s an interesting time for everyone in the recruiting space as NIL and revenue-sharing spirals completely as it seems a new rule change is implemented and removed every other day. The complete chaos of college athletics has come into frame as the return of Scott Frost as UCF’s head coach and it makes the job that much harder at a Power Four program. In the offseason Frost partnered with his recruiting department to work on roster building and working within the confines, highlighting executive director of player personnel Jeff Love in recent weeks as a person who helped him this offseason and the Knights recently hired former Louisville recruiting coordinator Trent Mossbrucker as general manager who previously worked with Frost at UCF and Nebraska. These changes will greatly impact how and where UCF can focus their recruiting efforts, which over the past seven months we’ve seen some of the way they’ve prioritized. This method will come with some significant challenges, but could also provide some boosts and I’ll take a look at the wins and drawbacks of how the Knights have so far recruited in the class of 2026 and how that could move forward into the future.