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Minnesota football top class of 2025 commit cancels visit to Wisconsin

Minnesota football top class of 2025 commit cancels visit to Wisconsin:

Minnesota top class of 2025 commit Emmanuel Karmo canceled his upcoming official visits to Wisconsin, Ohio State and Nebraska, according to his X account.

The four-star linebacker recently announced visits to those three schools despite having committed to the Gophers on April 12.

Related: Big Ten football 2024 season win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice

“It’s been a good week for me to reflect in the recruiting process & ask myself what is important & what I really want with my recruitment,” Karmo wrote on X. “I came to the conclusion & notified other schools that [Minnesota] is where my heart is & I would not be taking other [official visits — recruitment closed.”

Karmo is part of a Minnesota class of 2025 that ranks No. 36 in the nation with seven players committed. The Minneapolis, Minnesota, native is 247Sports’ No. 341 player in the class, No. 36 linebacker and No. 1 recruit from Minnesota.

Wisconsin’s class of 2025, meanwhile, ranks No. 16 in the nation with 11 players committed. It has commitments from three linebackers: three-star Samuel Lateju, three-star Brenden Anes and three-star Cooper Catalano.

Adding a fourth linebacker to that room such as Karmo, Minnesota’s top commit, now appears to be off the table.

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Huskers to host Minnesota commit for official visit

The Nebraska Cornhuskers will have the opportunity to flip one of the Midwest’s top pass rushers this June.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers will have the opportunity to flip one of the Midwest’s top pass rushers in a few weeks.

Minnesota linebacker/defensive end commitment Emmanuel Karmo has scheduled official visits to multiple programs despite committing to the Golden Gophers earlier this spring.

He announced on social media that he has scheduled official visits to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Nebraska.

“Below is my upcoming official visit schedule. Even though I’m proudly committed to the Gophers, I believe it’s important to explore all my options and ensure I’m making the best decision for my future,” he said on X.

The Minnesota commitment is scheduled to visit Wisconsin first on May 31 before visiting the Golden Gophers on June 7. He’ll then wrap up his official visit schedule with a trip to Columbus on June 14 before taking his final trip to Lincoln on June 21.

Karma is ranked as a four-star prospect by both On3 and ESPN, who also rank him as a top-300 prospect in the country. He is considered the top-ranked recruit in the state of Minnesota across the recruiting industry.

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Wisconsin football working to flip Minnesota’s top class of 2025 commit

Wisconsin football working to flip Minnesota’s top class of 2025 commit

Wisconsin is working to flip top Minnesota class of 2025 commit Emmanuel Karmo. The Badgers have an official scheduled with the four-star linebacker for May 31, one week before he officially visits the Gophers.

Karmo’s four visits are Wisconsin on May 31, Minnesota on June 7, Ohio State on June 14 and Nebraska on June 21.

Related: Updated 2024 Wisconsin football game-by-game predictions after spring practice

Karmo is 247Sports’ No. 341 player in the class of 2025, No. 36 linebacker and No. 1 recruit from the state of Minnesota. He committed to the Gophers back on April 12. But the linebacker also holds notable offers from Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan State, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and Wisconsin.

The linebacker noted that he is still ‘proudly committed to the Gophers’ though will still ‘explore all options.’

The Badgers will have Karmo on campus during one of the busiest official visit weekends of the year as they work to flip his commitment.

The program’s class of 2025 currently ranks No. 16 in the nation with 11 players committed. It has commitments from three linebackers: three-star Samuel Lateju, three-star Brenden Anes and three-star Cooper Catalano.

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Minnesota’s top recruit places Nebraska in Top Seven

The Huskers made the cut!

Minnesota’s top football recruit has named the Nebraska Cornhuskers in his top seven schools. Emmanuel Karmo plays linebacker for Robbinsdale Cooper High School out of Minneapolis.

As a junior, he recorded 62 tackles, 10.0 for loss, 2.0 sacks and one interception. Karmo is the No. 1 ranked player in the state of Minnesota for the class of 2025.

He made the announcement on social media on Monday afternoon.

Appreciate all the schools that have recruited me and while my recruitment is still open based on the schools that have offered me I’ll be focusing on these 7 schools. Blessed to be in this position

Nebraska shares the top seven with Oregon, Wisconsin, Penn State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and USC.

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Wisconsin a finalist for 2025’s top recruit from the state of Minnesota

Wisconsin a finalist for 2025’s top recruit from the state of Minnesota

Wisconsin football made the final seven schools for four-star class of 2025 linebacker Emmanuel Karmo on Monday afternoon.

Karmo is 247Sports’ No. 374 player in the class of 2025, No. 42 linebacker and No. 1 recruit from his home state of Minnesota.

Related: Evaluating the Big Ten’s next targets for conference expansion

The Badgers made the cut for his top seven schools alongside Oregon, Penn State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Nebraska and USC.

Wisconsin has had success in the rival state over the last half-decade. The program has landed its second-best recruit in the class of 2024 (iOL Emerson Mandell), No. 1 and No. 5 from 2021 (OT Riley Mahlman, LB Jake Ratzlaff) and No. 1 from 2020 (OLB Kaden Johnson).

Luke Fickell’s class of 2025 currently ranks No. 17 in the nation with seven players committed.

Karmo would be a big splash for Fickell and his staff. Defeating the likes of Ohio State, Penn State, USC and Oregon may be a tall task. But recent success in Minnesota plus Wisconsin’s stellar history at linebacker could provide an attractive pitch.

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Badgers offer three-star athlete from rival state

Badgers offer three-star athlete from rival state

Wisconsin offered Emmanuel Karmo, a three-star class of 2025 athlete from Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound player still has one more year of football at Robbinsdale Cooper High School before he’d potentially make the leap to the collegiate level.

Karmo has now received 16 Division 1 offers, including 10 offers from within the Big Ten. The athlete has played both sides of the ball as a linebacker as well as a wide receiver, making him an intriguing option for college programs.

Wisconsin is competing with some of the top programs in the country like Ohio State, Oregon and USC, so they’ll have their work cut out for them in securing Karmo’s commitment.

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Nebraska offers Minnesota’s top recruit

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have offered a scholarship to a top-ranked athlete.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have offered a scholarship to a top-ranked athlete. Emmanuel Karmo is the No. 1 ranked player in the state of Minnesota for the class of 2025.

Karmo plays linebacker for Robbinsdale Cooper High School out of Minneapolis. As a junior, he recorded 62 tackles, 10.0 for loss, 2.0 sacks and one interception.

Nebraska isn’t the only school to recently offer the prospect. Ohio State and USC have also made offers to the recruit.

The Cornhusker’s class of 2025 currently holds four commits and is ranked 25th in the nation. It’s also ranked seventh in an expanded Big Ten Conference.

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‘One of the best facilities I’ve ever been to in my life’: Rising Minnesota LB high on Clemson

A fast-rising linebacker, who hails from Minnesota’s Robbinsdale Cooper High, participated in the Dabo Swinney Camp back on June 2. Emmanuel Karmo – a 6-foot-3, 205-pound junior linebacker in the class of 2025 – spoke to The Clemson Insider last …

A fast-rising linebacker, who hails from Minnesota’s Robbinsdale Cooper High, participated in the Dabo Swinney Camp back on June 2.

Emmanuel Karmo — a 6-foot-3, 205-pound junior linebacker in the class of 2025 — spoke to The Clemson Insider last month regarding his time at Clemson earlier this summer and was left impressed with what Dabo Swinney and the Tigers had to offer.

It actually went great,” Karmo said “When I first got there, it was all good vibes — they was cracking jokes. The linebacker coach, it was like he was an older brother to me. He was just cool. And I really liked the facility too.”

“As soon as I walked in, I was like ‘Man, this is a nice facility,’” he recalled. “They had all the trophies. It was just like ‘Wow’; one of the best facilities I’ve ever been to in my life.”

Karmo got a good feel for Wesley Goodwin, who placed him in the top group with some upperclassmen, once he arrived for the one-day session of Swinney Camp. He admitted that he could’ve done better, but felt happy about the effort he put forth in Tiger Town.

In addition to Clemson, Karmo camped at the Mercer Mega Camp (twice), Georgia State Mega Camp, the Baller’s Choice Camp, Auburn and the University of Minnesota, among several others. Karmo, who is a native of the North Star State, returned to Minneapolis at the end of July.

“That was good, actually,” Karmo said. “When I first got my first offers, I texted my whole family — that was special. I feel like these camps made me way better than I thought I could be. I thought I was good. I thought I needed to get my name out there. I thought Minnesota was slept on. When I got out of Minnesota (this summer) and started doing drills (at camps) and stuff, I thought that made me way better and changed my way of play.”

Prior to camping at Clemson on June 2, Karmo picked up an offer from Southern Illinois. Two days later, ECU presented him with his second scholarship offer.

“It showed that we got good players here and that just really made me happy,” he said.

Good players like Jaxon Howard. 

The top-100 national recruit and one of the nation’s top edge rushers picked up an offer from Clemson in January of this year from Kyle Richardson, but never gained much traction with the Tigers. Howard, the top-ranked prospect in the state of Minnesota in the class of 2023, elected to commit to Brian Kelly and LSU back on July 1.

Karmo is teammates with Howard and both prospects are two-way players for Robbinsdale Cooper. Back in mid-July, Karmo said that he’s very excited for the upcoming season because there are some people who have the impression that his high school team might not be as good because they lost all their seniors.

Karmo will be among the players who step up for Robbinsdale Cooper, which starts its season on Friday, Sept. 2.

“I think I’m very fast for my age,” Karmo said when asked to describe himself as a player. “I run a 4.6 (40-yard dash) as a freshman, so when I get older, I know I’m gonna be way faster…I don’t think that’s normal for a linebacker. I think I’m gonna be real good and I think I’m faster than most linebackers.”

Karmo plays both outside linebacker and middle linebacker, but he’ll be starting at the MIKE-backer position, as well as at wide receiver. 

— Photo for this article courtesy of Emmanuel Karmo.