USC makes top-3 for NFL Academy EDGE Emmanuel Okoye
London (EN) NFL Academy four-star EDGE Emmanuel Okoye has narrowed his list to three schools— Tennessee, Texas Tech, and USC.
Okoye ranks as the No. 479 player in the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 42 EDGE and the No. 1 player in England.
On3 rates Okoye higher than the rest of the industry, ranking him as the No. 257 overall prospect and No. 24 EDGE. On3 ranks him as a four-star prospect.
Okoye was in Los Angeles just a handful of weeks ago for an unofficial visit to USC. It was his first and only visit to this time.
What Okoye told Hayes Fawcett about USC in his top-3
“USC is a great academic school with a great football tradition, great coaches, and teammates. It was a beautiful environment with a lot going on and great weather.”
Emmanuel Okoye is a raw talent, but industry experts and P5 coaches alike see the potential
Allow On3’s Chad Simmons to set the stage for Okoye:
“FREAK athlete… Have talked to some that know this young man and RAVE about his ability and athleticism.”
Okoye spent much more time playing basketball and soccer growing up in Nigeria. Then he had a chance to show his stuff at a NFL Africa camp.
That’s where former New York Giants defensive end and fellow international footballer Osi Umenyiora‘s Uprise Academy reportedly scouted Emmanuel Okoye.
Don’t let Okoye’s lack of football experience outside of camp setting fool you, though. He had to start somewhere.
Now, he’s on the international stage as an intriguing American football prospect at the NFL Academy.
Watch the basketball film and use your imagination.
You don’t have to be a scouting expert to know that athleticism like this could potentially translate well on the line of scrimmage.
On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine
The 6-foot-5, 230-pounder holds several 14 total offers and the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Tennessee as the favorite to land a commitment from Okoye at 29.0%. Texas Tech is currently at 21.7% and USC comes in at 18.1%.
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.
On3 NIL Valuation
He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $11.9K. 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.
