The key 2025 recruit for every Power 4 college football team - ESPN

We've made it to the closing weeks of the 2025 recruiting cycle, and while the transfer portal barrels on, the steady stream of activity on the high school recruiting trail has finally slowed with roughly 50 days to go before the start of the regular signing period on Feb. 7.

As of Wednesday morning, only nine of the 2025 ESPN 300 remained unsigned, headlined by offensive tackle Ty Haywood. The five-star Alabama pledge did not sign with the Crimson Tide during the early signing period, and Michigan stands among the schools in the mix for a potential flip. Past Haywood, former Ohio State defensive end pledge Zahir Mathis remains as the only other top-100 prospect who has not signed. Four-star wide receiver Donovan Murph, next-highest-rated at No. 182, plans to announce his commitment on Jan. 2.

Some of the nation's top programs will continue to put the finishing touches on their 2025 recruiting classes over the next month-plus. But for the most part, the latest recruiting cycle is settled following the early signing period (Dec. 4-6), with Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State rounding out the top five classes in ESPN's latest 2025 class rankings.

As signees begin to land on campuses and the door closes on the 2025 cycle, we honed in on a key recruit in each Power 4 school's recruiting class (plus Notre Dame).

The list features some of the top prospects, such as five-star talents Bryce Underwood (Michigan), Julian Lewis (Colorado) and David Sanders (Tennessee). But it also includes prospects with paths to early playing time in 2025, under-the-radar impact signees and players who will fill important voids on the depth chart at schools that lost depth through the portal or NFL draft.

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