LAS VEGAS — The race for five-star receiver Derek Meadows has tightened and the elite playmaker has opted to push again his dedication date.
With finalists Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan and Notre Dame in sizzling pursuit, the Top247 prospect from powerhouse Bishop Gorman is now set to disclose his faculty selection on July 20 at 3 p.m. ET / midday PT through the 247Sports YouTube channel. He was initially slated to commit this Saturday, however has determined to delay the massive second one other week.
Meadows is the nation’s No. 32 total prospect, No. 6 vast receiver and No. 1 participant in Nevada for the 2025 class, per the 247Sports rankings.
It was a busy stretch on the official go to entrance for the ultra-athletic Meadows, with stops at Michigan (Might 31), Georgia (June 7), Notre Dame (June 14), LSU (June 18) and Alabama (June 21) jammed into the loaded schedule.
“I am loads of issues with these faculties,” Meadows informed 247Sports lately, “however I do know they have to have an excellent quarterback to throw the ball, they must have an excellent schooling and nice leaders. General I am discovering the very best match for me and my future.”
The standout cross catcher and reigning Gatorade state observe and subject participant of the 12 months surpassed the 20-offer mark in the course of the analysis interval and shortly skyrocketed up the boards of school staffs. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound Meadows registered a 36.73-second time within the 300-meter hurdles.
In 10 video games as a junior final season Meadows was credited with 15 receptions for 391 yards and eight touchdowns. A tall and lanky prospect with a large catch radius, Meadows has as a lot bodily upside as any prospect out West for the cycle.
247Sports nationwide recruiting analyst Greg Biggins noticed Meadows in particular person a pair occasions this offseason and could be very excessive on his potential to affect on the subsequent degree and past.
“Meadows is a jumbo receiver and one of many extra intriguing gamers within the 2025 class,” Biggins wrote within the scouting report. “He has a uncommon mixture of measurement, athleticism and physique management and is just scratching the floor of how good we predict he will be. With an 80-inch wingspan, he is a matchup nightmare for smaller defensive backs and needs to be an instantaneous purple zone risk. He was the Gatorade Monitor and Discipline Athlete of the Yr as a sophomore and is without doubt one of the area’s high hurdlers. He has an enormous body and it would not shock us if he ultimately grows in to a cross catching tight finish who can be deadly working in opposition to linebackers and safeties down the center of the sector.”
Keep tuned to 247Sports for breaking information, perception and evaluation as prospects throughout all courses proceed to kind by their high contenders in the course of the busy recruiting stretch this summer time.
