Running backs coach Devon Spalding was tasked by the Wisconsin Badgers to do a meeting with four-star prospect Favour Akih and it looks like he did a sweet job.
Akih is coveted running back from Delaware (Ohio) Rutherford and is already receiving offers from top schools.
UW-Madison has joined the fray and made their bid official through Spalding who got good reviews from Akih.
“It was a school visit, so (Spalding and I) talked for a while. And then he showed me a whole mixtape, a hype video about Madison, which was awesome. He was like, ‘we’d like to offer you a scholarship.’ I felt excited that entire day,” Akih said in an interview with BadgerBlitz.com.
Akih will enter college by 2026 but he is already making waves in high school with multiple teams already interested.
Wisconsin Badgers’ competition for Favour Akih
The competition to get Akih’s signature will be tough for the Badgers.
Also in the mix are the Iowa Hawkeyes, USC Trojans, Missouri Tigers, and the Kentucky Wildcats who all made their offers last week.
Michigan Wolverines could also make a case for themselves. NBC Sports reported that Akih and the Wolverines already had a meeting and they might have the edge over other schools.
If Michigan ends up as a front-runner is still to be determined but Akih met with position coach Tony Alford on Thursday and absolutely loved the interaction as Alford talked fundamentals, being a coach and more about life.
That could be a major draw to move the Wolverines even higher as Penn State, USC, Miami and Iowa State are the current leaders for the Delaware (Ohio) Hayes high three-star running back. He was back at Ohio State over the weekend.
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