Cincinnati Loses Commitment From Three-Star Local Linebacker Paul Nelson

The Bearcats class ranks outside the top-55 nationally.

Jul 9, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Scott Satterfield speaks to the media during the Big 12 Media Days at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports / Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports

CINCINNATI — The run of brutal recruiting news continued for Cincinnati as they lost the only remaining Cincinnati player in the 2025 class. Three-star linebacker Paul Nelson out of Withrow (Ohio) is flipping his commitment to Indiana.

UC, Michigan, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Toledo, Pittsburgh, and Kentucky were in his final group when he committed to Cincinnati last month.

The 6-2, 205-pound linebacker is ranked 1,140th nationally on 247Sports and 112th among linebackers. 247Sports has the class ranked in the top 40 after this weekend.

This follows a stretch where Cincinnati has lost out on three hometown players to middling Big 10 schools: Grant Beerman (Purdue), Erik Gayle (Illinois), and now Nelson. They have no linebackers in the class and zero Ohio commits ranked above 86 overall on 247Sports.

All in all, this program is not meeting recruiting expectations so far as the second power conference school in Ohio (66th overall nationally on 247Sports as of this writing). Only Colorado is ranked worse among Big 12 teams and they have just five players committed.

Wassup guys really blessed for the opportunity officially committed to the University of Indiana❤️🤍 @IndianaFootball @Coach_BHaines @CCignettiIU @247Sports @AllenTrieu pic.twitter.com/nO9hQwQcvK

— Paul Nelson (@Nelson_Paul8) July 9, 2024

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