Michigan State offers 2025 top-25 LB Madden Faraimo

San Diego (Calif.) Cathedral Catholic four-star linebacker Madden Faraimo received an offer from Michigan State Monday night. He announced the news on Twitter.

Faraimo is the No. 23 overall prospect and No. 1 linebacker 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 is also the No. 3 player in California.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Faraimo holds eight Power Five offers.

Thank you @CoachDuHart and @ScottieHazelton for the offer to further my academic and athletic career at Michigan State University. The opportunity to play football at the next level is a blessing, and I am extremely grateful. All glory to God 🙏🏽 #psalm16v8 #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/voMuh792pq

— Madden (@MaddenFaraimo) January 17, 2023

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has San Diego State with a narrow lead over USC, Arizona and California.

RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college.It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $72K. 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.