Top-50 LB Noah Mikhail set for return visit to USC
One of the top overall targets in the 2025 cycle, linebacker Noah Mikhail, for the USC Trojans will be making a return visit to Los Angeles.
The news was confirmed on Sunday morning by On3 Director of Recruiting Chad Simmons. Mikaila was competing in a 7v7 tournament with California Power in Florida this weekend.
Mikhail is the No. 47 overall prospect and No. 6 linebacker in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He’s also the No. 4 player in California.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound, linebacker from La Verna (Cal.) Bonita is an absolute monster on the defensive side of the ball. In his three year career, Mikhail has racked up 353 total tackles, 166 of which came as a junior. He also has 31 tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hurries, and five sacks.
He also adds five interceptions and eight pass deflections along with three of each forced fumbles and recoveries.
As a junior, he even contributed a good bit on offense. When running the ball, he had 363 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns on 54 carries. Through the air, he had 455 receiving yards and and five touchdowns. He has over 1,100 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns through the air in his three years in high school. He is an all around athlete.
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On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine
The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine has the USC Trojans as the favorite to land a commitment from Mikhail at 36.9%. The upcoming visit will be his eighth to USC. The next most in his recruitment to one school is two visits to Texas, who is currently second in the On3 RPM at 9.5%.
RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college.
It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.
Mikhail has an On3 NIL Valuation of $78K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). 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.
