Miami football trending for 4-star 2025 RB Shekai Mills-Knight per Rivals
In "Ten predictions after the first official visit weekend of June", Rivals.Com's National Recruiting Director Adam Gorney projects the Miami football program as the favorite for a commitment from four-star Chattanooga Baylor School running back Shekai Mills-Knight.
Gorney stated that Tennessee was the team to beat before Mills-Knight visited Miami last weekend. Alabama, Michigan and Mississippi are still involved in the recruitment for Mills-Knight, but Gorney expects the recruitment to primarily be between Miami and Tennessee.
Gorney reported that the hospitality and the connection Mills-Knight had with the Miami players put the Hurricanes ahead of Tennessee. Mills-Knight is the 29th-ranked RB and 11th player in Tennessee per the Rivals' rankings. The 247Sports composite rankings have Mills-Knight as the 437th-ranked prospect overall.
At 6'2 and 210 pounds, Mills-Knight would complement RB Girard Pringle Jr. who is already committed to Miami in the 2025 class. Per On3, the official visit by Mills-Knight to Miami last weekend was the only time he was in Coral Gables. Mississippi has hosted Mills-Knight the most with five unofficial visits.
ITS ALL ABOUT THE U ‼️ 🟢🙌🏾🟠 @Coach_Merritt @CoachDub305 @coach_cristobal @CanesFootball pic.twitter.com/twDi9JNAQM
— Shekai Mills-Knight ⭐️ (@sk_begreat) May 29, 2024
Mills-Knight has official visits scheduled with Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State and Tennessee in the next two weeks. Alabama and Auburn have hosted Mills-Knight for unofficial visits. Mills-Knight will be taking his first visits to Ohio State and Tennessee.
Miami has recruited RB heavy under Mario Cristobal. The Hurricanes signed RBs Mark Fletcher and Chris Johnson in the 2023 class. Jordan Lyle and Chris Wheatley-Humphrey are RBs who signed with Miami in the 2024 class. Miami is expected to sign two RBs in the 2025 class with Pringle and potentially Mills-Knight.
Miami RB depth chart will be led by newcomer Damien Martinez. Miami RB depth chart will be led by newcomer Damien Martinez. dark. Next
Damien Martinez who transferred to Miami from Oregon State has two years of eligibility remaining. Ajay Allen is a redshirt sophomore RB for Miami after transferring from Nebraska during the 2023 off-season. Miami could have some attrition at RB following the 2024 off-season.