Five-star prospect Lebbeus Overton, top-ranked football recruit, reclassifying to 2022 class

Five-star defensive lineman Lebbeus Overton, the No. 1 ranked prospect in the 2023 class, is reclassifying to the 2022 class to enroll in college this spring.

Overton is a 6-foot-3, 265-pound prospect out of Milton High School in Milton, Georgia, and is the top-ranked recruit for the 2023 cycle. Despite signing day passing for the 2022 class, Overton and his family have decided he will reclassify and join a university earlier than originally expected.

«He's a 4.0 kid, he has been taking AP classes and so he's got quite a few college credits already and was already in position to graduate this spring,» Overton's father Milton told ESPN. «I would say just the last month or two, he kind of evaluated things after football season. His coach left, there are very few seniors left on the team… he wants to play for a championship.»

Milton Overton is now the director of athletics at Kennesaw State, but both he and Overton's mother were academic advisors at the college level at one point in their career. The family has been discussing this decision for a few months and decided this would be the best option at this point.

Lebbeus Overton outlined his top five schools as Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas A&M. Milton says his son will take visits to all five schools over the next few months. Once all five visits are finished, Overton will make a decision that the family anticipates could happen around April.

«He knows there's still a lot of work he's going to do to prepare,» Milton Overton said. «He's going to be going up against top-notch 300-pounders that are four- and five-star prospects as well.

»So it's not going to be a walk in the park — he realizes that. He's very competitive, so he knows he's got to compete for