The last two weeks have been a full-speed sprint for James Franklin at Virginia Tech .

The former Penn State coach still hasn't assembled an on-field staff, and with only a skeleton group of support staffers in the building, he's been grinding: recruiting nonstop, hosting visitors, and constructing a class almost entirely from zero. The payoff has been one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent recruiting memory. Franklin has lifted a class that once sat at No. 124 in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings all the way to No. 22 as night fell Wednesday, which was the first day of the three-day early signing period.

How did Franklin and the Hokies pull it off? Relationships. And plenty of former Penn State commits.

"It's been a scramble," Franklin told CBS Sports on We

See Full Page