DE Williams Nwaneri [Missouri - Signed LOI]

[Mavric]

Player: Williams Nwaneri

Hometown: Lees Summit, Missouri

School: Lee's Summit North

Position: Edge

Height: 6-5

Weight: 245

Power 5 Offers: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Vanderbilt

Visits: 1/29/22 - Junior Day; 3/24/23

 

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247 Composite: #8 Overall; #1 DL; .9954;  

On3 Consensus: #9 Overall; #1 DL; 97.94;   

 

Rivals: #20 Overall; #3 SDE; 
247: #3 Overall; #1 DL;  

On3: #2 Overall; #1 DL;  
ESPN: #30 Overall; #7 DE; 

 

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[Mavric]

Is here for Junior Day today.  Joseph and Frost were at his school yesterday.

[Mavric]

Visiting this weekend

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[Mavric]

Apparently he is now the #3 overall player in the country according to both 247 and On3 and a five-star according to 247.  That rating would also put him in five-star territory by On3 down the road.

[Mavric]

He told the Oregon 247 site that he has is planning to visit Tennessee and Michigan State.  Said Oregon is high on his list.  He said Oregon, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas are schools that are recruiting him the most.

[Mavric]

Well ... this got quite a bit tougher...

 

 

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[Caliborn72]

Need to try to get him here for our spring game.

[Mavric]

This one is probably a significantly harder pull that Raiola but...

 

 

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[Mavric]

Williams Nwaneri could end up as the top defensive end in the 2024 class.

 

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Gorney’s take: FACT. What’s interesting is that a lot of Nwaneri’s film is of him playing more inside and not off the edge, which speaks even more to his dominant ability. The high four-star prospect can use his speed inside, off the edge, he dips his shoulder, he has incredible length, he plays with tenacity and can track down anybody in the backfield. Colin Simmons, Eddrick Houston and Kamarion Franklin are currently ranked ahead of him at defensive end, and all of them are supremely talented, but Nwaneri could end up on the top.

 

Cosgrove’s take: FACT. Not only do I see Nwaneri ending up the top defensive end in the class but he has a legitimate shot to be the top non-quarterback recruit in the 2024 recruiting cycle. At 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds, the Lee's Summit (Mo.) North standout has an incredible frame with the athleticism to match. He is explosive off the ball, has an impressive amount of tools in his pass rush tool-kit and possesses the "want-to" to be great. As good as Nwaneri is today, his upside is what gets me most excited about him as a recruit, and he is the type of player who has the potential to be a high-round draft pick.

 

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[Husker816]

8 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Not surprising OU does very well in KC & KS

[Archy1221]

14 hours ago, Husker816 said:

Not surprising OU does very well in KC & KS

OU doesn’t generally get many KC kids, they do well in Wichita though.  I don’t expect him to be OU bound.