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5-star OT Samson Okunlola names his top schools

The Georgia Bulldogs have made Samson Okunlola’s list of top schools. Okunlola is a five-star offensive tackle recruit in the class of 2023

The Georgia Bulldogs have made Samson Okunlola’s list of top schools. Okunlola is a five-star offensive tackle recruit in the class of 2023.

Samson Okunlola is a rising senior at Thayer Academy in Brockton, Massachusetts. Does he name sound familiar? Samson is brothers with Samuel Okunlola, a former three-star class of 2022 defensive end prospect, plays college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Samson Okunlola is one of the elite talents along the offensive line in the class of 2023. The younger Okunlola is ranked as the No. 33 recruit in the country. The 6-foot-5, 305-pound offensive lineman is the top-ranked recruit in Massachusetts and the third-ranked offensive tackle in the country.

The five-star offensive tackle considers Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State, Florida, Penn State, Miami, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Ohio State to be his top schools. Somewhat surprisingly, Okunlola does not rank Pittsburgh among his top nine.

Thayer linemen Samson Okunlola (Brockton), right center, and brother Samuel Okunlola, right, during a game versus St. Mark’s on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Marc Vasconcellos/Enterprise News

Samson Okunlola has over 45 scholarship offers. He has excellent flexibility and bend and also wrestles at a high level.

Okunlola has an official visit with Michigan State scheduled June 10-12. The five-star offensive lineman also visited Oregon on May 22.

The Thayer Academy standout named his top nine schools via his Twitter account:

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Georgia offers elite defensive end recruit Samuel Okunlola

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to three-star defensive end prospect Samuel Okunlola,

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to three-star defensive end prospect Samuel Okunlola, who is a member of the class of 2022. Okunlola plays high school football for Thayer Academy in Brockton, Massachusetts.

The three-star defensive end weighs 225 pounds and is six-foot-four. He’s the No. 3 ranked prospect in Massachusetts in the class of 2022.

Okunlola has over 40 college football scholarship offers including Clemson, FSU, Maryland, Michigan, and Oregon.

The Thayer Academy athlete also plays basketball. Okunlola is explosive and does an excellent job of setting the edge in run defense. On tape, he is great at getting off blocks and shows good bend as a pass rusher. Okunlola creates mismatches in the passing game as a tight end.

At Georgia, the three-star prospect would likely play outside linebacker in Kirby Smart and Dan Lanning’s 3-4 defensive scheme.

Samuel Okunlola announced his scholarship offer from the University of Georgia via his Twitter account:

Here’s an example of Okunlola’s athleticism on the basketball court:

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