2025 Recruiting Class List

[Lobot]

Wilson is rated a 3 star running back and gave his commitment today .

https://www.hudl.com/profile/15589195/Kolin-Wilson

[bearcatbret]

RB Kolin Wilson Commits to Cincinnati (247sports.com)

[Bearcat93]

Anyone have a feel for what % of our recruits are choosing UC over other highly performing power programs?

[swilsonsp4]

Anyone have a feel for what % of our recruits are choosing UC over other highly performing power programs?

Difficult to say at this point. The 2025 sample size is way too small.

[Bearcat93]

I think we need (both basketball & football) at least one really impactful recruit to move the programs further and while they can definitely occur with 3 *’s being coached up, I don’t have the faith right now in the ability of either coaching staff to take 3* talent and make them into a game changer. I don’t know Kolin Wilson at all, but the offers I see we competed with are MAC-ish. I definitely can’t claim to remember all our recruits offers, but it feels like 1/2 to 2/3 of the time the competing offers aren’t at the level I think UC’s been consistently at for the last 20 years. Maybe it’s NIL? I surely don’t know. I just feel like there’s more New Mexicos, Toledos, UConns that I thought we’d be competing with.

[swilsonsp4]

Anyone have a feel for what % of our recruits are choosing UC over other highly performing power programs?

There are only 5 verbals so far, but here are the P4 offers for each of them:

RB Zion Johnson: FL, KY, MS, TN
CB Patrick Williams: TN, UCF, Vandy
QB Zebulin Kinsey: OK St, WV
RB Kolin Wilson: Northwestern
WR Kamaurri Smith: KY, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers

At this point, UC's early commits are ranked #41 by 247sports.com and #7 in the B12 (out of the upcoming 16 schools).

[Bearcat93]

There are only 5 verbals so far, but here are the P4 offers for each of them:

RB Zion Johnson: FL, KY, MS, TN
CB Patrick Williams: TN, UCF, Vandy
QB Zebulin Kinsey: OK St, WV
RB Kolin Wilson: Northwestern
WR Kamaurri Smith: KY, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers

At this point, UC's early commits are ranked #41 by 247sports.com and #7 in the B12 (out of the upcoming 16 schools).

Thank you for this.

[Lobot]

OHHH YEAHHH. He goes by CJ but his nickname is Kool-Aid. Also runs track and can fly. Key addition.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/17730166/Jermaine-Cj-Jones

[Bearcat93]

Nice field vision & tackling

[Lobot]

Gayle goes from Tiger to Bearcat. His other offers were to BC, UL, UK, CSU, IU and MAC schools.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/18329662/Erik-Gayle

[Lobot]

Samuel comes to UC from the Land of Lincoln. It's nice to see some continuity from the staff to staff in that region. 3 star OL that plays primarily Tackle.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/16193115/Samuel-Cray-Paich

[_S_A_F_]

That's the high school my boys will attend. Not only his SCP a mountain of a human being, he's a great kid.

[Lobot]

Miss St. appears to be trying to flip Kolin. Late offer this week.

[Lobot]

Crite is listed as a WR/LB at 6'1 and played both ways well in HS. He's being recruited as an LB but has good ball skills. in 3-3-5 It wouldn't suprise my if he's at the Hybrid S/LB position.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/16192284/Christian-Crite

[swilsonsp4]

Crite is listed as a WR/LB at 6'1 and played both ways well in HS. He's being recruited as an LB but has good ball skills. in 3-3-5 It wouldn't suprise my if he's at the Hybrid S/LB position.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/16192284/Christian-Crite

The plan is for Crite to play the center safety position (as you mention, the hybrid S/LB).