Colorado offers 2025 No. 1 overall prospect Elijah Griffin

Savannah (Ga.) Savannah Christian Prep four-star defensive lineman Elijah Griffin received an offer from Colorado on Friday night. He announced the news over social media. 

Griffin is the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He currently holds 26 offers.

I am blessed to receive an offer from The University of Colorado!!!@DeionSanders @CoachPollockCU @CoachNickWill @RivalsFriedman @adamgorney @RecruitGeorgia @ChadSimmons_ @SCPSAthletics pic.twitter.com/K67J0njJge

— Elijah Griffin (@ElijahGriffin95) January 28, 2023

The 6-foot-3.5, 270-pound defender has already visited multiple programs. They include Florida State, Georgia and South Carolina. Griffin told On3’s Chad Simmons on Oct. 9 that the Bulldogs are leading for his commitment. 

“I love what Georgia is as a program and what their coaches do with their players,” Griffin said. “They are on them hard, they push them, and that is how a coach should be at a program like Georgia. I love it each time I am there and it is hard not to love what Georgia is and what Georgia is doing.”

Head coach Deion Sanders and his staff currently have one commitment in the Buffaloes’ 2025 recruiting class. Fort Myers (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star wide receiver Winston Watkins Jr., the No. 20 overall prospect and No. 4 wide receiver in the On3 Consensus, chose Colorado on Dec. 4. 

Griffin has an On3 NIL Valuation of $92K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.