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USC offers elite 2025 offensive tackle Andrew Babalola out of Kansas

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The USC staff has offered one of the overall prospects in the 2025 cycle. Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest elite four-star offensive tackle Andrew Babalola reported the offer from the Trojans on Saturday.

Babalola ranks as the No. 23 player in the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 4 offensive tackles and the No. 1 player in the state of Kansas.

On3 ranks Babalola slightly higher than others in the industry, tabbing him as the No. 21 overall prospect.

To date, Babalola, 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds, holds offers from USC, Kansas State, Nebraska, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Auburn, Michigan, Florida State, Penn State, Miami, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Stanford, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Kansas, Duke, Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas A&M.

So far in his recruitment, Babalola has visited five schools for a total of seven visits.

On3’s Charles Power on Babalola

The following breakdown comes from On3’s Director of Scouting, Charles Power, in October in a midway junior season evaluation.

“Andrew Babalola had yet to play varsity football at the time of our last 2025 On300 update. At 6-foot-5.5, 280 pounds with plus length and a basketball background, we considered Babalola as a high upside prospect, but a relative unknown on the football field. Fast forward a few months later and the Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley West standout looks like one of the most gifted offensive tackle prospects in what appears to be a strong cycle at the position. Babalola checks in at No. 23 overall in this On300 update. He’s a natural, twitchy mover and plays with a surprising amount of strength and physicality. Babalola fires through his core and plants defenders. He’s still developing from a technical standpoint, but the upside is as high as any offensive tackle in the cycle.”

On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has the Kansas State Wildcats as the favorite to land a commitment from Babalola at 29.4%. Nebraska is currently coming in as a close second at 25.7%.

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.

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