Memphis lands 2025’s No

• Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 22, 2024, 03:42 PM ET

The leading staying uncommitted quarterback in the 2025 class came off the board Saturday when four-star possibility Antwann Hill, ESPN’s No. 3-ranked pocket passer in the 2025 cycle, revealed his promise to the University of Memphis.Hill, a one-time Colorado dedicate from Warner Robins, Georgia, selected the Tigers over Florida during an Instagram live announcement including a look from previous Migos rapper Quavo.Ranked as the No. 40 total recruit in the 2025 ESPN 300, Hill is the highest-rated devote in program history, and his pledge now leaves only one uncommitted quarterback– four-star hire Malik Washington (ESPN’s No. 19 pocket passer)– among the leading 300 potential customers in the upcoming class.Hill enters his senior season at Georgia’s Houston County High School this fall as one of the state’s most knowledgeable quarterbacks with 36 starts to his profession tally. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound passer racked up 2,732 backyards and 31 touchdowns to 5 interceptions during his junior season last fall. He is the cousin of previous Georgia offensive lineman Trey Hill, a sixth-round NFL draft selection of the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Armed with a huge frame and unsafe deep ball, Hill’s recruitment drew early interest from top programs consisting of Georgia

, Tennessee, Alabama,

LSU and Miami. Hill visited Colorado during his junior season last fall and dedicated to Deion Sanders ‘program in late Oct. 2023 before pulling his pledge from the Buffaloes and resuming his recruitment one month later on.”I really simply wish to take the process slower and make sure I’m making the best decision for me and my family at the end of the day,” Hill told ESPN at the time.”I’m going to get back out there on the marketplace and make the right choice. “Hill followed his decommitment with stops at Florida, Georgia Tech and Florida State in the early months of 2024, but his recruitment narrowed to Florida and Memphis late this spring after his official sees to the 2 schools. Hill remained in close touch with Gators assistants following a May 31 journey to Gainesville and did the same with Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield and offensive organizer Tim Cramsey after his June 7 visit before handing the Tigers his commitment Saturday.In Hill, Memphis has its highest-ranked commit ever and the only ESPN 300 possibility in the programs’ 2025 class, which likewise consists of three-star recruits in wide receiver Xavier Johnson (Richland Hills, Texas )and cornerback Xavier Thompson(Pensacola, Florida)

. The Tigers’high-powered offense is a fit for Hill’s capability, and while the big-armed passer is thought about a developmental prospect, Hill ought to discover a path towards early contention for playing time at Memphis.After completing sixth nationally in overall offense in 2023, the Tigers go into the 2024 season preferred among the leading Group of 5 contenders for the broadened 12-team playoff as quarterback Seth Henigan enters his final college season.Hill may require time to settle in at the college level, but given the Tigers’absence of starting-level

depth, he could find himself completing for beginning snaps in Memphis as early as his freshman season in 2025.