2025 Top-100 New Jersey LB DJ McClary names USC in top-8
USC is already working on building the foundation of the 2025 class. Right now, the Trojans staff is starting, and strengthening, relationships. One prospect who appears to be high on USC early is Jersey City (NJ) Henry Snyder linebacker DJ McClary.
McClary put USC in a top-8 ranking today. His list was USC, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, and South Carolina.
McClary is the No. 96 overall prospect and No. 9 linebacker in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 3 player in New Jersey.
On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine
The 6-foot-.5, 210-pounder holds 14 offers. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Penn State currently has the early lead to land a commitment from McClary at 93.9%. Big 10 countries are popular in McClary’s recruitment.
RPM was released to the public in December 2021. 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.
On3 NIL Valuation
McClary has an On3 NIL Valuation of $59K. 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
USC’s 2025 class
USC holds one commitment in the 2025 class in Oxford (Ala.) Thompson four-star safety Anquon Fegans.
Fegans is the No. 18 overall prospect and No. 2 safety in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also ranked as the No. 4 player in Alabama.
USC is not officially ranked in the 2025 Industry Ranking Football Team Recruiting Rankings due to lack of commitments, but already has the third highest recruiting score with just Fegans in the class. The Trojans are behind only Georgia and Alabama.
USC currently sits at No. 1 in the 2025 class in average prospect rating with an average of 95.01. Coming in at second place is Ohio State with an average rating of 94.05.
