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03-05-2025
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Rivals Combine Series: Top performers from Dallas event
Jeff McCulloch/ COPPELL, Texas – The Dallas stop of the Rivals Camp Series kicked off Saturday at Coppell High School with the Rivals Combine, at which a handful of players punched their tickets to Sunday's showcase camp. Advertisement national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman breaks down those players. CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State TRANSFER PORTAL: Full coverage | Player ranking | Team ranking | Transfer search | Transfer Tracker Louisiana speedster Jaden Keelen punched his ticket to the Rivals Camp on Sunday after testing extremely well at Saturday's Rivals Combine. The New Orleans (La.) John Curtis defensive back clocked a 4.5-second 40 with a 4.33-second short shuttle. Advertisement He's a 2028 prospect we're expecting to draw looks from college programs around the country. Jeff McCulloch/ Edward Kelly Jr. crushed the Rivals Combine on Saturday. The rising senior (5-foot-10, 181 pounds) clocked a 4.54-second 40 with a blazing 4.32-second short shuttle – on top of a 7.5-second 3-cone. The talented back already holds offers from Colorado State, Pitt, UTSA and Washington State. Tim Garner out of Colorado came and made noise at the Rivals Combine. The rising eighth grader already checks in with a 6-foot-3, 275-pound frame and has seen interest from Wake Forest early on. The cousin of Rivals four-star DE Ezekiel Ayangbile, this 2029 running back tested great at the combine. Ayangbile ran a 4.6-second 40, a 4.4-second shuttle and posted a 10.3-foot broad jump. Advertisement The 5-foot-9, 180-pounder has NFL bloodlines and was among the top underclassmen to shine on Saturday. Jeff McCulloch/ Kaleb Campbell came from The Boot and was an instant eye-catcher. North of 6-foot-7 and 285 pounds, Campbell has fantastic size and measureables to compete at a premium position like offensive tackle. Jeff McCulloch/ Jirehn Mitchell is a multi-sport athlete that plays basketball for Duncanville (Texas) High School and will be a major asset in the passing game as a senior, playing wide receiver for the Panthers. The 6-foot-4, 194-pounder clocked a 4.5-second 40 time and brings a ton of juice to the pass-catching position. AJ Randle brings a ton of length and athleticism to multiple positions on defense. At Garner (NC) High, Randle plays safety and linebacker, and can get after the quarterback on third downs. Advertisement Randle holds an early offer from Duke, while Clemson is coming on strong with the 2027 defender. ALSO INVITED ... Jeff McCulloch/ – 2026 WR Marcus Jones – 2026 DB Mahamadou Siby – 2026 ATH Daylon Brooks – 2029 ATH Sukora Cooper – 2028 TE Chase Jolley – 2027 OT Joseph Gamez
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25-04-2025
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Three Predictions: Mississippi State, Luther Burden, Houston
Jeff McCulloch/ Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. has predictions on Mississippi State landing a top defensive target, former Missouri receiver Luther Burden and a big transfer for the Houston Cougars. Advertisement NFL DRAFT: Did we hit or miss on each of the first-rounders as high school prospects? MORE PREDICTIONS: Texas, Baylor, the next two-way star CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State TRANSFER PORTAL: Full coverage | Player ranking | Team ranking | Transfer search | Transfer Tracker 1. MISSISSIPPI STATE WILL LAND MAURICE JONES JR. A productive and emerging recruit from the Orlando area, Maurice Jones Jr. is still on the rise as a recruit yet Mississippi State has done the best job prioritizing him before his profile becomes more national. It already resulted in one visit in late March, where Jones was taken aback by his first impression of Starkville and the SEC pitch the defensive staff has him centered on. An official visit is also scheduled in June for the emerging favorite. Advertisement Jones is likely going to pick up more extensions and set up more visits through spring football at his high school, which picks up next week and beyond, but MSU is entrenched in this recruitment. Part of the emergence for Jones, who was a Rivals Combine and Rivals Camp Series standout in Miami last month, is his positional versatility. He is a compact edge defender but has off-ball experience to project as a potential movable piece at the next level depending on down and distance. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE FANS AT 2. LUTHER BURDEN WILL OUT-PLAY HIS NFL DRAFT POSITION © Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Advertisement The former five-star wideout and Missouri great isn't as physically imposing as Tetairoa McMillan or speedy as Mathew Golden, but he has the complete package relative to what has been proven to excel at the NFL level. In 2024, 11 of the top 12 (and each of the top six) wide receivers in the league, from a production standpoint, fit the physical mold Burden brings to the table at 6-foot-2 or under, right around 200 pounds. Part of the reason the 'smaller' wideout is dominating the game at the highest level is because of the spacing the game has evolved with. It's a catch-and-run league as much as it is a polish and separation league – two fronts where guys with more power and a lower center of gravity thrive. This is also Burden's floor coming into Sunday play, so why would we expect anything less? Falling out of the first round is borderline shocking, especially in a class that likely won't be known for the wide receiver position. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH MISSOURI FANS AT 3. JESUS MACHADO TO HOUSTON WILL BECOME MAJOR BIG 12 NEWS © Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images Advertisement The versatile defender originally from Miami may not be a super splashy name relative to others in the spring transfer portal after missing the 2024 season due to a knee injury at Tulane, but the 2023 tape and plenty before it suggests that Houston may be on to something with Thursday's official announcement. Jesus Machado's floor is as a tackling machine who can fill it up from sideline to sideline. Now healthy and stronger, Machado can expand his game in the pass-first Big 12, where pass-rushing and blitzing prowess we saw in his prep days at Miami (Fla.) Central could come together depending on the personnel and scheme in Houston under an ultra-aggressive defensive coordinator like Austin Armstrong. The former Florida assistant helped develop a similar downhill talent in Shemar James into a three-down NFL projection who should hear his name called this weekend. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH HOUSTON FANS AT
