3-star S Tayvon Nelson commits to Maryland

Staten Island (N.Y.) Canarsie three-star safety Tayvon Nelson committed to Maryland on Saturday. The 6-foot-2, 187 pound prospect chose the Terrapins over Penn State and West Virginia.

Nelson is ranked as the No. 1,138 overall prospect and No. 105 safety in the 2023 On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also rated as the No. 7 player in New York.

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Nelson, who is the eighth-highest ranked recruit in Maryland’s class, took an official visit to Maryland on June 24. He also visited College Park unofficially on March 3.

His high school teammate, three-star defensive lineman Dillon Fontus, also committed to the Terrapins on Saturday.

Nelson has an On3 NIL Valuation of $14.1K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

How Nelson impacts the Terrapins’ 2023 recruiting class

Maryland’s 2023 recruiting class is currently ranked No. 61 in the 2023 On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings. The group is led by Bowie (Md.) St. Frances Academy three-star wide receiver Ryan Manning.

Nelson is currently the only safety in Maryland’s 2023 class. However, the Terrapins have another member of the secondary in Madison (Fla.) Madison County three-star cornerback Jonathan Akins. Other defensive prospects committed to Maryland include Fontus, Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic three-star EDGE DJ Samuels and Laurel (Md.) St. Vincent Pallotti three-star linebacker Daniel Wingate.

The class includes 18 prospects overall. No Maryland pledges are rated higher than three stars. Multiple recruits committed this month including Nelson, Fontus, Samuels, Wingate, Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna Prep three-star interior offensive lineman Deandre Duffus, Southfield (Mich.) three-star running back Nolan Ray and Laurel (Md.) St. Vincent Pallotti three-star wide receiver Alexander Moore.

Additionally, multiple recruits pledged to Maryland last month. They includes Manning, Akins, Orlando (Fla.) Jones three-star wide receiver Derrick Rogers, Orlando (Fla.) three-star tight end Dylan Wade, Catawissa (Penn.) Southern Columbia three-star athlete Braeden Wisloski, Fairfield (Conn.) St. Peters Prep three-star quarterback Robert Long and East Orange (N.J.) East Orange Campus three-star wide receiver Josh Richards.

Others are Upper Marlboro (Md.) Dr. Henry Wise three-star athlete Mykel Morman, Towson (Md.) Loyola Blakefield three-star tight end AJ Szymanski, Owings Mills (Md.) McDonogh School interior offensive lineman Tamarus Walker and Severn (Md.) St. John’s wide receiver Sean Williams.