Elite 2025 RB Akylin Dear names Top 12

Elite 2025 running back Akylin Dear of Quitman (MS) High narrowed his list to 12 schools Thursday afternoon.

The 6-foot, 210 pounder is down to the following: Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio State, Auburn, Texas A&M, Miami, Mississippi State, Texas, and Ole Miss.

Akylin Dear Recruiting Profile

Dear ranks as the No. 64 player in the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 3 running back and the No. 3 player in the state of Mississippi.

On3 ranks him higher than the industry, as he tabs in as the No. 37 player nationally, the No. 2 RB, and the No. 3 player in Mississippi.

He currently does not have an On3 NIL Valuation publicly listed. 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.