Tag: Kelvion Riggins

Texas linebacker is offered a scholarship by Ohio State

The Buckeyes love recruiting Texans #GoBucks

The [autotag]Ohio State Buckeyes[/autotag] are making a habit of going after Texas linebackers. Last week they received a commitment from Payton Pierce, a 2024 Texas linebacker.

Now that Pierce is in the fold, head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] has his sights on another Texan, [autotag]Kelvion Riggins[/autotag]. The 2025 linebacker was offered a scholarship by the Buckeyes on Friday.

At 6 feet, 205 pounds, Riggins is the No. 24 linebacker and 227th overall player according to the 247Sports composite. It also looks like defensive coordinator [autotag]Jim Knowles[/autotag] is the one leading the charge on his recruitment. The leader of the Buckeye defense was tagged in Riggins’ Twitter announcement.

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‘Future Freaks’ weekend set to be a massive recruiting event for Oklahoma’s present and future

Arguably the second biggest recruiting event of the calendar for Oklahoma will take place this week, with OU hosting its “Future Freaks” day.

Oklahoma has had some major recruiting in the month of March, but none seem as big as the one happening in Norman this weekend.

Officially dubbed “Future Freaks” weekend, Oklahoma plans to host exactly that. The Sooners will be welcoming more than 60 prospects over the next few recruiting classes in Norman.

Oklahoma’s been building momentum for recruiting since landing their top five composite class in 2023. While they have no commitments for 2024, the momentum is building.

Much like a volcano, it’s about to erupt. There’s a real chance the commitment party starts April 8 when Michael Hawkins, Oklahoma’s number one QB target in 2024, will make his commitment.

Oklahoma has plans to keep it pushing forward as they host many talented players this weekend. Here are the players they’ll be hosting over the next three recruiting classes in Norman this week.

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LSU offers 2025 linebacker from Texas

Kelvion Riggins is a talented linebacker with explosive speed and high athleticism.

[autotag]Kelvion Riggins[/autotag] is a 2025, four-star, 6-foot-1, 200-pound linebacker from Dallas where he plays for South Oak Cliff High School. The South Oak Cliff Bears are 6-3 overall and 5-0 in district play this season with only one district game remaining. The Bears will play Wilson for a district championship next Friday on the road.

Film Analysis: Riggins is an insanely athletic linebacker that can do it all. I don’t know what his forty-yard dash time is, but it has gotta be fast. If he times the snap just right and is running full speed, he could just about take the handoff from the quarterback in the backfield.

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After impressive showings at OU Camp, Sooners send offers to multiple recruits from Texas

While hosting his first camp as head coach, Brent Venables and his staff offered multiple players that performed well.

While the 2023 recruiting class is garnering the most attention as they heading into their senior year, the future high school football stars of tomorrow are on the grind working hard trying to earn their offers.

Brent Venables has been a camp advocate for years and his first wave of camps as the head man at Oklahoma allowed him and his staff the opportunity to take a look at some of the best young talent the region has to offer.

Some of Texas’ best-rising sophomores were in attendance and those same players received an offer from the Oklahoma Sooners. While Venables has been selective about Oklahoma and its 2025 offers it seems that with the summer coming and the 2025 class flipping the page into sophomores, Venables and his staff feel much more comfortable extending offers.

One of the offers went out to wide receiver Andrew Marsh of Katy Jordan High School in Fulshear, Texas.

Marsh like his other 2025 counterparts has yet to be ranked on any major databases but Marsh’s high school film shows an explosive vertical threat at wide receiver and a dynamic return man as well.

His ability to make guys miss and high point the ball at its apex is special for someone so young. At six feet as a rising sophomore, it’s entirely possible Marsh can grow even more over the next few years as well.

While Marsh stood out on the offensive side of the ball, Kelvion Riggins of South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Texas went to work and earned himself an offer from the Oklahoma defensive staff.

Listed as a linebacker on 247Sports, Riggins stands at six-foot-one and 200 pounds. His high school team is fresh off a state championship and his recruitment looks destined to take off.

He’s fast, decisive, and hits with bad intentions for such a young player. He’s a Texas product and it seems all but a formality that the major schools in Texas will also get involved. The notable offers he has so far are Oregon, Miami, Oklahoma State, and Arkansas.

Kelvion Riggins wasn’t the only defensive standout to earn an offer. Davhon Keys of Aledo High School also earned an Oklahoma offer at the camp.

Keys, like Riggins, is listed as a linebacker right now on 247Sports. His offer list is quite impressive early on and looks like he could be very much in line to be a top 100 recruit when the class of 2024 is ranked. He has notable offers from Oklahoma State, Penn State, Clemson, and Texas already. Keys will be a rising junior this fall and should see his recruitment take off if he keeps playing at the level he has been especially considering the level of competition he sees while playing at one of Texas’ notable high school programs at Aledo.

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