UM Football makes the cut for a top-50 player in the class of 2025
Linebacker Elijah Melendez announces his top-10 schools, with Miami surviving the cut.
With the early National Signing Day just around the corner for the Class of 2024, many teams are starting to focus on the class of 2025, and that is what the Miami Hurricanes are doing.
Class of 2025 four-star linebacker Elijah Melendez just announced his top-10 schools, with Miami making the cut. The other nine schools include Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, LSU, Alabama, Michigan, and USC Trojans.
As for why those top 10 schools made the cut, Melendez says it is due to the great communication he has with those programs.
“Those schools all have really been recruiting me hard, and I’m a priority for all of those programs, and I have great relationships with them,” Melendez tells a CanesToday
As for Miami, Mario Cristobal and Derek Nicholson are the main two people recruiting Melendez. Currently, the recruiting pitch that Miami is giving him is how he will get early playing time if he does go to UM.
“They say I’m really a priority and I’m going to make an early impact and I’m the best linebacker in the country,” Melendez says.
Melendez also added that he will start to go on official visits to all of his top-10 schools starting after April, but he has no timeline on when he will announce a commitment to a school.
When Melendez does make a college decision, it will depend on what school really wants him.
“I’m looking for who really needs me and is going to develop me and make [me] the best possible.”
Although it is still early, it is a great sign that Miami is competing against other major schools to get a highly-touted recruit in the class of 2025.
Trinton is the owner of CanesToday. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, he is a freshman in high school and wants to graduate from the University of Miami
