It's not a small accomplishment to land within the top 300 players in a recruiting class, much less within the top 20 prospects in the country. However, future Oregon cornerback Na'eem Offord being ranked No. 17 in the class of 2025 is too low.
Yes, it is incredible that the five-star prospect is ranked as highly as No. 17, especially because On3 ranked Offord at No. 25 just a few months earlier. Yet, just one day before the final On300 rankings were released, ESPN ranked Offord as the No. 5 overall athlete in the nation.
Offord is expected to make an immediate impact for the Ducks, a team that was ranked No. 1 for over half of the 2024-25 season, was crowned the National Champion by multiple Major Selectors, and has an elite defensive secondary with even more blue-chip talent joining in 2025.
For an 18-year-old to make such an immediate impact on such a high-caliber team is noteworthy and certainly deserves better than the No. 17 ranking.
🚨NEW🚨 Oregon CB signee Na'eem Offord ranks No. 17 and five-stars in the final 2025 On300🦆https://t.co/R2yiHMsohj pic.twitter.com/qXSCwxe9y3
— On3 Recruits (@On3Recruits) January 30, 2025
Offord is one of three five-star prospects in Oregon's 2025 class. Fellow defensive back Trey McNutt is also a five-star recruit and was ranked No. 31 by On3. Wide receiver Dakorien Moore is the third incoming five-star for the Ducks and is projected to be ranked within the top five players.
Moore, McNutt, and Offord are three of the 32 five-star prospects in the class of 2025, according to the On300 list. Offord has praised his future teammates as well as his future head coach, Dan Lanning.
“I feel like I felt the most love at Oregon,” Offord said. “That’s where the love has been at with the whole staff just recruiting me from the beginning... Not just the football, but the coaching too.”
Offord has also talked about how he loves Eugene. The star football player has shared his love for nature, fishing, and more. He has shared his plans to study communications, a key feature of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communications (SOJC). He wants more than just football out of his collegiate experience, and the Ducks are pretty dang good at that too.