5-star LB Miami commit Elijah Melendez schedules visit to Miami this weekend “I’m Looking forward to being around the Miami family”
5-star Osceola, Kissimmee, (FL) LB Miami Hurricanes 2025 commit Elijah Melendez is coming down to Coral Gables this weekend, he is very excited to see the Hurricane staff this weekend.
“Just looking forward to being around the Miami family! I am already committed so they’ve already exceeded my expectations and have nothing to prove to me and between me and them it is all love.” Said Melendez he told CanesToday.
“Relationship with coach Derick Nicholas is amazing and i think we’re both dawgs chasing the same goals so we click really well and is all business and love between us! The love from Miami and the close to home and the history of lbs and i trust in Coach Mario a lot and know he’s great and i love the city and i’m puerto rican and ima out on for boricua down in miami! coach Derek is one of the best if not he is the best LB coach in the country.
Melendez also said this about Mario Cristobal and the coaching staff recruiting him.” they did everything right, and all I can say is I love it.”
Melendez is the No. 23 linebacker and 189th overall prospect in the country according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. And on the Rivals rankings he’s rated as the 2nd best linebacker in the country.
Offers for Melendez, beyond Miami, include Florida, Florida State, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and many others. And he just got a offer from Oregon yesterday but on X he said he is still locked in with Miami.
The Hurricanes 2025 class also got quarterback Luke Nickel and wide receiver Waden Charles. All three of these young men are highly coveted and talented prospects.
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