2025 Four-Star Safety Faheem Delane names Top 11

Class of 2025 four-star safety Faheem Delane of Olney (MD) Good Counsel High has narrowed his list to 11 schools. 

The 6-foot-2, 190 pounder is down to the following:  Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, Florida, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Oregon, Maryland, LSU, USC, and South Carolina.

He quickly discussed each with On3.

Alabama– “It’s Alabama and Nick Saban is a DB heavy head coach.”

Ohio State– “Ohio State has a great DB culture.” 

Penn State– Penn State produces DB’s to the league yearly.”

Florida- “CJ Gardner Johnson is my favorite NFL player and he went to Florida.” 

Florida State– “I love the grimy defense they play.”

Virginia Tech– “It’s like family over there and coach Pry is changing the standard.”

Oregon– They produced Christian Gonzalez this year, and was one of my college teams when I was younger.”

Maryland– “It’s the home team.” 

LSU– “Love coach Cooks and the whole SEC vibe.”

USC– “They have one of the top safeties in Calen Bullock and have a lot of Maryland guys.”

South Carolina– Coach Gray produces DBs to the league, and I like the way SC db’s play very physically.”

Delane ranks as the No. 46 player according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 4 safety and the No. 1 player in the state of Maryland.

Faheem Delane currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $81K. 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.