No. 1 NFL player Jahkeem Stewart is reclassified until 2025

Jahkeem Stewart, ESPN’s No. 1 overall prospect in the 2026 class, announced his reclassification to the 2025 class on Saturday, instantly cementing him as one of the most coveted prospects in the rotation two months after signing early. a period.

Stewart, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound pass rusher from New Orleans, announced his improvement on social media.

Ohio State, Oregon, LSU and USC are now finalists for Stewart’s pledge. A source confirmed to ESPN that he will visit each school over the next two months.

“He’s been dominating four- and five-star prospects since seventh grade,” Clyde Alexander, the coach who represents Stewart, told ESPN. “Some of these kids are in the NFL now, and (Stewart) still has two more years of high school left. Every head coach, coordinator and (defensive line coach) makes him the No. 1 player on their board regardless of class.”

Stewart emerged as the top-ranked high school defender in the country at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, totaling 85 tackles (33 for loss) and 20 sacks in his sophomore season last fall. Stewart is ineligible to compete in Louisiana high school football this fall after transferring in-season from St. Augustine to nearby Edna Carr High School last month, a move that signals Stewart’s eventual plans to reclassify.

“St. Augustine has helped me become a much better man than when I was going there,” Stewart told ESPN on September 6. “He taught me a lot of things.” “My plan is to find a school that I’m really looking for that will help me make my decision, a place that will make me better and help me make the decision that I’m trying to make.”

Stewart’s reclassification makes him the highest-rated prospect available in the 2025 class, bringing the matchup into the final months of the cycle before the early signing period on December 4. Other notable uncommitted prospects include five-star defensemen Elijah Griffin (No. 5 in the ESPN 300) and Justus Terry (No. 7) and four-star athlete Michael Terry (No. 24).

Stewart has made summer trips to Ohio State, LSU, Oregon, Texas and Auburn, and was in Las Vegas the first week of the neutral-site opener between USC and LSU.