Maryland soccer continued so as to add to one among its finest recruiting lessons in current reminiscence on Friday. 4-star North Caroline (Md.) athlete Zymear Smith dedicated to the Terps reside on 247Sports’ YouTube channel, including a gem to Mike Locksley’s spectacular haul.
Smith, a 6-foot, 170-pound rising senior, is rated the No. 11 athlete and No. 279 participant within the nation within the Composite Rankings and the No. 8 in-state participant in a talent-laden Class of 2025 crop in Maryland. As a junior, he earned all-state honors as a working again, carrying the ball 71 instances for 609 yards and 7 touchdowns whereas additionally catching 9 passes for 380 yards and 4 touchdowns. He additionally totaled 20 tackles, seven breakups and three interceptions on protection and returned two punts for touchdowns.
Dedicated to Alabama on the time, he determined to flip his dedication to Maryland throughout his official go to to Faculty Park a month in the past, he advised InsideMDSports. Co-defensive coordinator Aazaar Abdul-Rahim, who returned to Maryland from Boston Faculty in January, was a significant factor in flipping Smith from Bama.
“Coach Aazaar, he had already despatched me a suggestion from Boston Faculty and he is at all times been hitting me up. When he went to Maryland, he was on me [immediately]. Despite the fact that I used to be dedicated to Alabama, they have been at all times checking on me, ensuring my grades have been good and investing in me, doing issues they did not have to do,” stated Smith, who had an extended listing of provides from blueblood packages like Alabama, Georgia and Texas. He selected Maryland over finalists Penn State and South Carolina.
“I would be loopy to not decide to them and provides them my all,” he stated of Maryland.
Locksley is having fun with one among Maryland’s finest recruiting cycles in many years, thanks largely to Spalding (Md.) four-star Malik Washington, the No. 10 quarterback within the nation. Washington, Locksley’s highest-rated quarterback commit since he returned to Maryland in 2019, has been recruiting on Maryland’s behalf. He and Smith spent a lot of that official go to weekend collectively in June and have stayed in touch since. Beforehand dedicated to Bama as a cornerback, he’ll as an alternative staff with Washington on offense at Maryland.
He plans to enroll early at Maryland, arriving for the second semester of the upcoming college yr to get a head begin on acclimating.
Maryland soccer’s 2025 recruiting class now consists of 4 gamers rated as four-stars within the 247Sports Composite, and a number of other three-stars close to four-star standing. The Terps are positioned so as to add a number of extra extremely touted recruits, and Smith plans to assist with that.
“I am gonna hit Malik up and we’re gonna get to work till we get there. I am gonna hit [other recruits] up and slide into the DMs,” he stated. “We’re gonna lock in.”
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