Four-star professional athlete McNutt devotes to Oregon

• Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 03:43 PM ET

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  Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Four-star professional athlete Trey

McNutt, No. 35 in the 2025 ESPN 300, devoted to Oregon on Saturday, landing with the Ducks over Texas A&M as the third top-40 possibility in Dan Lanning’s 2025 football recruiting class.McNutt, the third-ranked athlete in the 2025 cycle

, was previously set to reveal his pledge on July 19 before he pressed his commitment date and took follow-up visits to Texas A&M and Oregon last weekend.McNutt, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, is now the 15th and third-highest-rated member of Lanning’s most current class in Eugene. With McNutt in the fold together with fellow Oregon dedicates Dorian Brew( No. 45 in ESPN 300), Brandon Finney (No. 113)and Dierre Hill (No. 129 ), the Ducks now hold promises from 4 of the top 10 professional athletes in the 2025 class.McNutt’s promise arrives as Oregon’s second prominent commitment of the day. The Ducks acquired an essential

pledge in the 2026 class earlier Saturday when quarterback Jonas Williams, the No. 2 dual-threat passer in the 2026 class, announced his pledge to Oregon over LSU in addition to finalists Alabama and Ohio State.McNutt’s pledge marks Oregon’s 8th pledge since June 1 and the most recent in the Ducks’hot summertime on the recruiting

path, which has the program ranked No. 5 in ESPN’s latest group rankings for the 2025 cycle. The 6-foot, 180-pound two-way star is expected to play safety at the next level and heads for Eugene trailing just No. 1 wide receiver Dakorien Moore (No. 3 in 2025 ESPN )and four-star pass catcher Dallas Wilson (No. 33 )amongst the leading prospects in Oregon’s inbound class.Hailing from the suburban areas of Cleveland, McNutt’s recruitment got steam following his sophomore season at Shaker Heights as offers rolled in from throughout the

Big 10 and SEC. Texas A&M, Oregon, Florida and USC emerged as favorites for his promise this spring, and McNutt took official check outs to all 4 schools, along with an unofficial journey to nearby Ohio State, before landing on the Ducks ahead of his senior season.A multisport athlete at Shaker Heights, McNutt enters his senior project as Ohio’s top two-way player. As a junior last fall, McNutt had 61 overall takes on with 12 pass breakups and 2 forced

fumbles to go with 611 receiving backyards and 12 touchdowns as a pass receiver. McNutt also completes as a sprinter with the school’s track and field program.McNutt will go into the fall as the top protector dedicated to the Ducks’ incoming class, signing up with a group that consists of a fellow top-100 prospects in Brew– the nation’s fifth-ranked athlete who is expected to play cornerback in college– and outdoors linebacker Nasir Wyatt, the 88th-ranked player in the ESPN 300. In the wake of tight end DaSaahn Brame’s flip to Tennessee, McNutt brings Oregon’s tally of ESPN 300 devotes to 13 in the 2025 cycle. With a dedication from another of the country’s top professional athletes, Lanning and Ducks’are keeping their momentum in their pursuit of landing a second-straight top-five signing class later on this year.