UA Next: More Recruiting Talk at Media Day
Orlando, Florida — As the nation’s top athletes continue to flock to Orlando for the 2025 Under Armor Next All-America Game, rivals are taking stock of where they stand in their respective recruiting processes.
Hybrid defender from Jacksonville credits Sunshine State’s power miami, florida and florida I will stick to this recruitment until the end. In the Big Ten country, ohio, pennsylvania state university and notre dame cathedral It’s also delivering on Caldwell’s commitments. The Fighting Irish would be the first program to bring him back to campus outside the area, likely in January, before returning to each of the top programs in the future. A decision is expected to be made in the offseason.
Florida’s defending 100-meter champion just followed that up with the football state championship earlier this month. Still, Miami pennsylvania state university, syracuse and illinois He continues to build a relationship with the four-star cornerback. Some programs have even discussed with Flowers the possibility of offensiveness to his name at the university. The junior said he plans to first visit Penn State and Illinois at some point this offseason ahead of a summer verbal commitment schedule. Flowers would like to hear more from programs like Oregon and Michigan State in the future.
The Lone Star State standout is considering several SEC programs at this stage of the process. Texas A&M It looks like the next program he will host will be on January 18th. texas and LSU Also, I might be able to have him on a trip home soon. oklahoma Ford is also in the middle of his recruiting process, but A&M and the Florida Gators are among the programs most likely to take him on an official visit this offseason. The verbal commitment period is scheduled to coincide with the start of the 2025 season.
The IMG Academy hybrid defensive back is expected to make a verbal commitment in February. georgiaOhio State, Notre Dame, Washington State, Michigan State and Florida State are the six programs that have the most communication with California natives at the moment. He has gone to each of them except the University of Washington, and could go back and forth before getting a verbal commitment. The Fort has not yet officially named the finalists, but it is currently expected that an announcement will be made in January. The pledge comes as Fort is a first-round pick looking to win a national championship at the next level and has a solid idea about one or two of the top programs under consideration. It is scheduled to take place in a few weeks.
Oregon State dropped its big tight end to the top six earlier this month; georgiamichigan, miami, BYU and Utah And that’s a group that will continue to be considered. Each has accepted his unofficial visits, and each could get a flight home from him, official or otherwise, this offseason. At this time, there are no program trips scheduled prior to summer verbal commitments. Harris said his final trip was designed to continue scrutinizing the offense, which emphasizes the tight end position, as well as experience the campus in an official capacity.
The central projection works with the top five. Vanderbilt, kentucky, wake forest, memphis and tulane And he has visited each location many times. An official visit could be part of the equation in determining the Peach State’s future prospects, but nothing is set in stone at this point. In addition to the football program and academics, Hogg also considers the people at each campus. He says that could end up being the program that drives his commitment the most as the spring months and his commitment period arrive.
A large group of top programs will soon drop for an upstart wideout and Texas A&M. tennesseeAuburn, alabama state and University of Southern California It is in the lock that we will make the next cut. Meanwhile, the junior is in the mix with several quarterbacks in the 2025 and 2026 classes looking to bring him in, including Deuce Knight (Auburn), Brady Hart (Texas A&M) and Faison Brandon (Tennessee). We’ve built relationships. Keyes has narrowed down his list and believes he could make a verbal commitment in the spring.
Four programs are heavily committed to this recruitment: Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan and Miami, each scheduled to take official visits in the new year. Cruel plans to release a large group of programs under consideration, including Quartet, early in the new year. That list will include select programs he hasn’t seen yet, including Oregon, USC, Penn State and Texas A&M. nebraska. The official visit is set for spring, with the possibility of it being pushed back into the summer, but Krell would like to step down from the board in June if possible.
He is from Mississippi, LSU is a fan and admits that the Tigers have been at the top of the WRU’s radar lately. This program, along with Alabama, Tennessee, and other SEC programs in the state, will remain in the thick of wideout competition for some time. Ole Miss. McDonald has admitted he wants to play in the SEC, but this recruitment could be national, with programs like Oregon, Michigan and Ohio State potentially in the race. The junior, who likens his game to Julio Jones, is in no rush to make an early verbal commitment. Texas A&M, Auburn and Nebraska programs could also welcome him to campus soon.
Williams, a former ACC commit to multiple programs, will spend time in the recruiting process with a bit of an emphasis on staying off the board until the end of his junior year. However, as the number of official visits has increased, the destinations for subsequent official visits have begun to be sorted out. Florida, the program Williams most attended as a kid, will also be on the list for the trip, along with Miami and Alabama. Georgia and maryland Communication will continue with the Floridian players during this stage of the recruitment process.