Tag: Adam Shovlin

Four-star defensive lineman shares social media post about Duke visit

Adam Shovlin, a top-50 defensive lineman in the Class of 2025, shared a social media post about his upcoming Duke visit on Thursday.

2025 defensive lineman Adam Shovlin seems excited to get to Durham.

Just one day after a 247Sports report that Shovlin would take an official visit with the Blue Devils in early June, the four-star prospect posted about the Duke program on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

“Duke Nation Wsp??” Shovlin wrote above a blue-and-white sketch of him in pads.

The Connecticut native plays for the St. Thomas More School, and according to 247Sports Composite Ranking, he’s the 46th-ranked defensive lineman in the class.

On3 is even more bullish on Shovlin, giving him a fourth star and ranking him as the 25th overall defensive lineman in the Class of 2025.

What On3 isn’t as bullish about, however, is Duke’s odds to land Shovlin. The site’s recruitment prediction machine gives the Blue Devils a 4.6% chance to win his commitment, behind Penn State and Stanford. The Cardinal, who also have the only Crystal Ball prediction in Shovlin’s commitment thus far, have a 75.6% chance to be his eventual home.

What high school recruits won awards at the Under Armour Next Football Camp?

The Under Armour camp was loaded in New Jersey this weekend.

A number of the top prospects in the nation were in New Jersey over the weekend for the Under Armour Next Football Camp.

The annual camp, held this year at Hackensack High School (Hackensack, New Jersey) featured multiple top players and recruits. Multiple Rutgers football targets were present at the event.

The most interesting name for Rutgers football in terms of recruiting are [autotag]Jermaine Kinsler [/autotag](a class of 2026 recruit who is uncommitted) and [autotag]Adam Shovlin[/autotag] (a class of 2025 edge rusher who is uncommitted).

Both Kinsler and Shovlin hold Rutgers offers. Kinsler spoke about his experience at the Under Armour Camp and where things stand with Rutgers football on Sunday following the event.

Defensive Line MVPs

  • Jermaine Kinsler
  • Adam Shovlin

Offensive Line MVPs

  • Gavin Crawford
  • Tyler Merrill

Running Back MVP

  • Mekhi Nelson

Linebacker MVP

  • DJ McClary (the No. 145 recruit in the nation in the ESPN 300)

Quarterback MVP

  • Cole Geer

Wide Receiver MVPs

  • Lyrick Samuel
  • Terrell Wilfong

Defensive Back MVP

  • Larry Moon

Also as part of the camp, defensive back Jordan Thomas was invited to the 2025 Under Armour Next Future 50. Thomas is a four-star defensive back at Bergen Catholic (Oradell, New Jersey)[anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media]

Three-star 2025 defensive lineman sets up official visit with Blue Devils

Adam Shovlin, a three-star defensive lineman from Connecticut, will take an official visit to Durham in June, according to a 247Sports report on Wednesday.

Three-star 2025 defensive lineman Adam Shovlin will take an official visit with the Blue Devils this summer.

According to a Wednesday report from 247Sports’ Brian Dohn, Shovlin will visit Durham on June 7.

Shovlin, who plays for the St. Thomas More School in Connecticut, is the 46th-ranked defensive lineman in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the Class of 2025.

Shovlin already took an unofficial visit with Duke back in November 2022.

The recruiting race for the lineman seems to be down to the Blue Devils, Stanford, and Penn State. Shovlin will visit all three programs over the next seven weeks. Dohn submitted a Crystal Ball prediction for the Cardinal to land Shovlin in early April, and Stanford is first on the Connecticut native’s list with a visit scheduled for the end of this month.

Three-star Adam Shovlin had a successful visit to Rutgers football this week

Adam Shovlin updates his visit to Rutgers football for spring practice.

A visit this week to Rutgers football was another important moment for Adam Shovlin in his recruitment. The standout defensive end from Connecticut took yet another visit to the Big Ten program.

A visit that the defensive end from St. Thomas More (Oakdale, CT) said was another successful trip to Rutgers that furthered his relationship with the program.

Shovlin is a 2025 recruit. According to Rivals, he is a three-star recruit and has offers from Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin among others.

He took a visit this week to Rutgers that he says went along well.

“The visit up there was great overall. Always love going to Piscataway, the whole staff just makes it a special environment,” Shovlin told Rutgers Wire.

“Really just draws attention and it is hard to not be appealed.”

 


In late March, Shovlin told Rutgers Wire that his relationship with defensive line coach Marquise Watson has been a big part of his growing comfort with the program.

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Following this week’s visit, Shovlin and Rutgers are in a good place with each other.

“They’re a priority for me at the moment,” Shovlin said.

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Big-time Connecticut defensive end Adam Shovlin set for another visit to Rutgers on Saturday

Rutgers football will host Adam Shovlin on Saturday.

Adam Shovlin will visit Rutgers football on Saturday, this as one of the top recruits in the Northeast will check out the Big Ten program’s spring practice.

A class of 2025 recruit, Shovlin is a defensive end from St. Thomas More (Oakdale, CT). He is ranked a three-star according to Rivals with offers from Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin among others.

Listed at 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds, Shovlin is impressive for both his age and size. He has subtle nuances to his pass rush, showing not just strength but multiple moves to get by blockers.

Saturday’s spring football practice will be another chance to get on campus for Shovlin and to see first-hand the program’s rebuild under head coach Greg Schiano.

“Definitely looking forward to watching how they coach, the practice environment and overall what it would be like to play there,” Shovlin told Rutgers Wire on Friday.

Rutgers is trending well with Shovlin, a program that he recently called a second home.

 

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This is a pretty quick return visit for Shovlin, who just visited the Scarlet Knights a few weeks ago. He said his relationship with the staff is “Great.”

“I went up there about a month ago,” Shovlin said. “I’m building a relationship for coach Watson (defensive line coach Marquise Watson) and the staff – I love it up there.”

Shovlin is obviously in no rush to make a decision at this point in his recruitment. He hopes to decide next summer heading into his senior year.

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Rutgers football the latest to offer Adam Shovlin

Rutgers football offered Adam Shovlin this week.

Class of 2025 defensive lineman Adam Shovlin got offered this week by Rutgers football. This latest offer now makes it five from Power Five conferences for Shovlin.

The Scarlet Knights are the second Big Ten program to offer Shovlin. A 6-foot-6, 236-pound lineman from St. Thomas More (Oakdale, CT), Shovlin now holds offers from Boston College, Duke, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and now Rutgers.

He also holds offers from UConn and UMass in addition to his five Power Five offers.

With good length and wingspan, Shovlin had 8.5 sacks through the first three weeks of the season for St. Thomas More. He has a nice twitch off the edge, gets off his blocker well and has an unrelenting motor into the backfield.

Shovlin tweeted about the offer from Rutgers football on Monday night:

 

St. Thomas More is 3-1 on the season. Check out some of Shovlin’s plays through the first three games of the season:

 


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Wisconsin offers 2025 TE/DE Adam Shovlin

Wisconsin sends out its ninth offer in the 2025 recruiting cycle:

Earlier this week, Paul Chryst and his coaching staff extended a scholarship offer to 2025 tight end/defensive end Adam Shovlin out of Oakdale, Connecticut.

Standing at 6-foot-6, 235-pounds, the St. Thomas More High School standout currently holds offers from Boston College, Connecticut, Duke, Massachusetts, Virginia Tech, and now Wisconsin.

As a sophomore, Shovlin caught 17 passes for 167 yards on offense, while adding 38 tackles, nine tackles for loss, five sacks, and two forced fumbles on defense.

This is just the ninth player to be offered in the 2025 recruiting cycle. You can watch his HUDL tape here.

The Connecticut native announced his scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin via his Twitter account:

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