New USC coach Lincoln Riley offers 5-star junior Nyckoles Harbor
Five-star junior EDGE Nyckoles Harbor was a top target for Lincoln Riley when he was at Oklahoma. So, it’s no surprise to see the USC Trojans enter the mix with the 6-foot-4, 220-pound 2023 prospect.
Harbor of Washington D.C. Archbishop Carroll announced on social media Tuesday he landed a new offer from Riley and the Trojans.
Nyckoles Harbor took an unofficial visit to Oklahoma on Oct. 16. He came away from the trip with a lot of positive comments about Riley and a number of the OU coaches that are now out in Los Angeles.
Penn State, Michigan, Maryland and Notre Dame are some of the other schools that have made a big early impression on Nyckoles Harbor. However, he does have a long list of more than 25 scholarship offers. The previous coaching staff at USC had yet to formally offer Harbor, but that’s now changed under Riley.
Nyckoles Harbor ranks as the No. 14 2023 prospect in the country, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Harbor is also the second-ranked EDGE in the country and the top overall junior recruit in Washington D.C.
Nyckoles Harbor is ‘ultra-talented’
Nyckoles Harbor is the ultimate definition of a multi-sport star at Archbishop Carroll High School.
Along with his talents on the gridiron, Harbor is one of the best sprinters in the country. Harbor ran a 10.38-second 100-meter time and a 21.36-second 200-meter time as a sophomore.
“Nyckoles runs the 100-meter in 10.3 seconds. He can jump out of the gym. He chases down every quarterback. Nyckoles has a 3.8 GPA. He works as hard as anyone,” Harbor’s high school coach, Robert Harris, said.
Harbor’s father, Azuka Harbor, works as a contamination control engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
His mother, Saundra Harbor, works as a pharmacist. His sister, Giovanna Harbor, is a Penn State alum. He lists cooking as his hobby. Harbor plans to either major in medicine or in engineering.