B/R Recruiting: Best Fits for Top 2025 Uncommitted College Football Recruits

We're just a couple of weeks until the December college football recruiting early signing period, and the battle for uncommitted prospects is heating up.

Ten of the nation's top 150 players according to the 247Sports composite rankings are uncommitted heading into the home stretch, but this year has been a little bit like the recruiting days of old with some high-profile flips recently.

For those players unsettled as to where their collegiate destination of choice will be, top teams across the nation are trying to get their attention.

From an elite, playmaking quarterback to a speed-burner at running back to a deep, talented group of top-tier defensive linemen, the remaining battles for the undecided could be juicy. But where would they fit the best?

Taking into account only the schools that remain viable options, Bleacher Report is taking a look at which rosters the nation's top uncommitted players would slot into the best. Here are our choices.

When Isaiah Campbell decided he no longer wanted to be part of Clemson's recruiting class, it became a two-team race for his signature.

Now, it's between the Tennessee Volunteers and Campbell's home-state North Carolina Tar Heels for the 6'4", 275-pound versatile lineman, who is the nation's No. 38-ranked overall player and fifth-rated defensive lineman.

The best fit doesn't always mean that the player would fit the program's biggest need. In that case, the Tar Heels would be a no-brainer here considering how poor their defense has been during the Mack Brown era.

While Campbell undoubtedly would fit in Chapel Hill, this is about a player's development and NFL potential. If that is truly a huge factor (and why shouldn't it be?) who wouldn't want to play for longtime veteran defensive line coach Rodney Garner on Rocky Top?

This past weekend at Georgia wasn't great, for sure, but the Vols' defensive line has been consistently exceptional all year, and they are set to lose Omar Norman-Lott, Omari Thomas, James Pearce and Elijah Simmons from the rotation next year. Others could go, too.

Campbell is an SEC-caliber lineman who could step in and immediately be a part of a still-deep, talented group. He is a great fit in the Big Orange.

It's anybody's guess where elite linebacker Madden Faraimo is going to play his college football.

The 6'3", 230-pound San Juan Capistrano, California, native doesn't talk much about the recruiting process, but it appears Notre Dame, USC, Washington, Texas and Ohio State are in the mix here.

The Fighting Irish right now hold all the predictions to land the nation's No. 60-ranked overall player and third-rated linebacker, and he may very well head across the country and play in South Bend. Coach Marcus Freeman has had no trouble luring prospects from the Golden State, and the Irish always have success in Cali.

But Faraimo could be a huge part of building something big closer to home at USC. While it's been a tough year for the Trojans in their move to the Big Ten, first-year defensive coordinator D'Anton Lynn is rebuilding the defense, and it's coming along.

Faraimo would be a massive piece to the puzzle and could be a poster boy for an up-and-coming defense, a player big and talented enough to step in and start right away in the middle of a defense and stay close to home.

Notre Dame is the favorite, but USC makes the most sense.

When it comes to wide-open recruiting wars down the stretch of recruiting season, Javion Hilson's certainly stands out and fits the bill.

The former Florida State commitment reopened his recruitment, and with the Seminoles having a historically horrible year, it would be a shock at this point for him to wind up in Tallahassee, even if he hasn't eliminated the Seminoles yet.

The 6'3.5", 235-pound edge-rusher from Cocoa, Florida, is the nation's No. 40-ranked overall and second-rated edge, so there's no wonder everybody wants him. While Sunshine State programs Florida and Florida State can't be ruled out, he could head elsewhere.

Michigan is trying to get heavily involved here, but much of the current focus favors Lone Star State SEC rivals Texas and Texas A&M.

Even though the Longhorns may be considered the favorite right now, coach Mike Elko's Aggies are coming on strong, and Hilson has visited there recently. It's been a terrific first year in College Station for Elko, and the D-line is a big reason.

These are two great defenses, and Hilson would fit in either. But he just looks like one of those bouncy, athletic, Aggies front-line defenders, so we see him fitting best in College Station. However, if the Wolverines were a bigger threat right now, he could headline that class in Ann Arbor, too.

Recruitments like Julian "JuJu" Lewis' are why college football recruiting became big business back in the early 2000s. Everybody loves undecided youngsters going back and forth and dumping his longtime school weeks before National Signing Day, right?

That's exactly what the Carrolton, Georgia, product and longtime USC Trojans commitment did in the past few days. He decommitted, and coach Lincoln Riley quickly moved on, flipping Texas A&M 5-star pledge Husan Longstreet.

Yeah, things worked out fine for USC. Now, what about Lewis?

He's going to land on his feet at a big-time program, and any of the three finalists vying for his pledge would be an exceptional fit for the nation's No. 34-rated player and sixth overall quarterback.

The 6'0.5", 185-pound dart-thrower could stay at home and play just a couple hours away in Athens, where the Dawgs are going to lose Carson Beck and invite a wide-open battle for that job next year. Indiana is one of the biggest stories in the sport this year, and they will lose sixth-year senior transfer quarterback Kurtis Rourke after this season.

But Colorado makes the most sense. Could Lewis stay in Georgia? That shouldn't surprise anybody, but he was already seemingly dead-set for months on heading West, and so it's not a leap to think a changing-of-the-guard from Shedeur Sanders to Lewis would be huge in Boulder.

If Deion Sanders is sticking around, snagging Lewis would be massive to keep the program's upward trajectory, and Lewis' size and game fits better in the Big 12.

With the seemingly out-of-the-blue news this week that 4-star edge-rusher Zahir Mathis is decommitting from Ohio State, that means another top-100 defensive lineman is on the market.

The 6'6", 230-pound defender could end up pretty much anywhere right now as he resets his recruitment, and the Buckeyes still figure to be heavily involved here along with teams like Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and Penn State.

The Philadelphia native could follow several former elite players from the city in Columbus, but the home-state Penn State Nittany Lions will almost certainly remain in hot pursuit of Mathis after he recently visited Happy Valley.

Mathis could be legendary staying at home, and under coach James Franklin, the Nittany Lions have churned out elite, NFL-caliber defenders. Abdul Carter looks like the next high-level draft star, and if he goes after this year, he will leave a huge hole.

The twitchy edge could slide into the rotation if he chose to stay at home, and even though the Lions have done a good job recruiting D-linemen recently, it would make a ton of sense to stick around instate and play for the Buckeyes' rival with the way Franklin has the program going.

You'd think with the familiarity Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng's family has in South Bend that he would end up with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where his brother, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, played.

That may happen, but there are a lot of top-tier programs after the IMG Academy second-level defender, such as Texas, Michigan and Colorado.

The 6'0.5", 205-pound linebacker is a sideline-to-sideline speed-burner who could go anywhere, but the nation's No. 101-ranked overall player and ninth-rated linebacker would be a perfect fit for coach Sherrone Moore and what he's rebuilding in Ann Arbor.

This hasn't been the season anybody with the Wolverines wanted after winning last year's national championship, but former coach Jim Harbaugh left a ton of missing pieces when he headed to the NFL. Moore has to pick up those pieces and move on.

Owusu-Boateng would be exactly the type of elite-caliber defender who could help the Wolverines maintain an elite level on that side of the ball while Moore tries to rebuild the sputtering offense.

Notre Dame already has a lot of strong building blocks for the future at linebacker, and it's tough seeing Owusu-Boateng going west to Texas or Colorado. He's a perfect fit in Ann Arbor, where there isn't anybody exactly like him.

When 4-star running back Anthony Rogers decommitted from Alabama on Sunday, he had been the Crimson Tide's longest-standing pledge.

Now, the 5'8", 190-pound Montgomery product isn't even considering coach Kalen DeBoer's program, and the nation's No. 147-rated overall player and eighth-ranked running back will either play for Georgia or Ohio State.

Either of those potential destinations are loaded with talent, but Rogers could fit in either place because he's such a different type of runner and a speed-in-space guy.

The Buckeyes already have commitments from 4-star runner Bo Jackson and 3-star runner Isaiah West in this class, and Rogers would be the third one. The Dawgs have a pair of pledges, too, in Ousmane Kromah and Bo Walker. They also have freshman running back Nate Frazier, who is getting a bunch of carries.

With Ohio State set to likely lose Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson, Rogers could find a role fairly quickly in Columbus, and he is a guy who can split out and get the ball in a lot of different ways.

It makes a bunch of sense for Rogers to head to Columbus and play his college days with all the quality, young talent at Ohio State. He'll fit right in.

When Jahkeem Stewart reclassified from the 2026 to the '25 recruiting class, he became a top priority for virtually everybody in the nation.

With a compressed timeline, the 6'6", 270-pound New Orleans native is choosing between teams like LSU, USC, Oregon and Ohio State. Everybody is trying to get him to visit and take them seriously, but those appear to be the final four.

The nation's No. 14-ranked overall player and third-rated defensive lineman is a 5-star prospect who is big, long and athletic enough to come off the edge but likely will add weight and be a force rushing quarterbacks from the interior. Everybody wants him because his upside is bigger than everybody's in the nation.

He visited USC last weekend, and the Trojans should be considered a big-time contender. If he goes there, he immediately improves that defense. LSU makes the most sense because Louisiana kids rarely leave the state.

While it's likely he ends up with the Bayou Bengals, that's a struggling defense, and it's boring to always pick the hometown team, right? Oregon is the nation's No. 1-ranked team, and they need somebody on this list, don't they?

Coach Dan Lanning recruits with the best of them, and you'd better believe the Ducks will be in this race. Stewart could head to Eugene and be the next Kayvon Thibodeaux. He'd be an ideal terror up there, but don't hold your breath expecting him anywhere but LSU.

The nation's biggest remaining uncommitted prize in this 2025 recruiting class would be 5-star defensive lineman Justus Terry.

The 6'5", 275-pound Manchester, Georgia, native was once committed to the Georgia Bulldogs, and it would be very surprising to see him head anywhere else but Athens. Simply put: Terry is the type of guy who coach Kirby Smart gets every year.

The Dawgs are loaded with big, athletic playmakers along the defensive front, and it makes far too much sense for Terry to play in red and black.

Other programs like Texas, Alabama and Florida State are trying to lure Terry away, but come on, this is a Georgia Bulldog through and through.

Smart puts defensive linemen in the NFL every year, and while he rarely has guys put up All-American numbers at the position, the deep, talented rotation leaves UGA in the national title race every year.

Terry could step right in even in a deep group and get major snaps right away in 2025. He would be an ideal fit with the Crimson Tide or the Bulldogs, but while Alabama may make a push, it's hard to see him out of state.

It's been that way from the beginning. He'll hunker down.

Just like with Justus Terry, it's just nearly impossible to see the other Terry on this list—4-star athlete Michael Terry III—winding up anywhere but his home-state school.

The Texas Longhorns have made the San Antonio athlete a top priority, and the 6'3", 217-pound playmaker has to be paying attention.

Even though Nebraska has come on strong in his recruitment and could be considered a threat, Michael Terry III is a perfect fit at wide receiver in Austin, and that's where he should wind up.

With Isaiah Bond likely heading to the NFL and possibly Matthew Golden, too, coach Steve Sarkisian will have some catches vacated next year and could use another star pass-catcher to go along with future stars like Ryan Wingo, DeAndre Moore Jr. and Johntay Cook.

Sark proved this year with Wingo that he isn't scared to put the most talented players on the field, even if they're a true freshman, and Terry could get snaps right away. Even if he doesn't, Texas is a powerhouse now in the SEC that could be a playoff contender every year.

They're going to be active in the transfer market, bringing in top-tier high schoolers and competing for the top of the standings every year. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? Terry is an alpha who would fit right in what Sark has built at Texas.

All stats courtesy of CFBStats and Sports Reference unless otherwise noted. Recruit rankings courtesy of 247Sports unless otherwise noted.

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