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The final Rivals250 for the 2025 class has now been released and Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney offers his thoughts on each position group.
RIVALS RANKING WEEK
Monday: Who should be the No. 1 QB in the 2025 Rivals250?
Tuesday: Final Five-Star Countdown for the 2025 class | Meet the new five-stars
Wednesday: Final Rivals250 released | Texas wins 2025 recruiting crown | Gorney’s thoughts | Comparing 2025 five-stars to NFL stars | Players who blew up this cycle
Thursday: Final offensive position rankings revealed
Friday: Final defensive position rankings revealed
Saturday: Final state rankings revealed
Sunday: Rankings Roundtable
QUARTERBACK
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At the beginning of this recruiting cycle, we were not in love with this quarterback class but over the last couple years and as these players emerged and developed, we’ve now come to really like this group. It could be extra special down the line.
There were six quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft and my prediction is that there will be six coming out of this group as well.
Alabama signee Keelon Russell takes over the No. 1 spot in the Rivals250 and this was hotly debated among him, Ohio State’s Tavien St. Clair (the previous top player) and Michigan’s Bryce Underwood.
When it came down to decision time, we felt Russell had an incredible senior season and he was awesome at the Under Armour Game. He provides a dynamic quality that is so rare. If he’s a carbon copy of Jayden Daniels, then he deserves the No. 1 spot.
If Underwood did an all-star event or any events over the summer (Elite 11 or Rivals Five-Star) and wowed, then we would’ve been more inclined to move him up but Russell, St. Clair and Underwood are the first three off the board and that’s a pretty solid list.
RUNNING BACK
This was a position group that vexed…
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Publish date : 2025-01-22 14:51:00
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