{"id":344894,"date":"2023-11-08T18:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=344894"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:00:28","slug":"four-star-defensive-end-lugard-edokpayi-unveils-his-top-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=344894","title":{"rendered":"Four-star defensive end Lugard Edokpayi unveils his top five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lugard Edokpayi has announced his top five as the four-star defensive lineman from Maryland is looking to wind down his recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-6, 215-pound prospect from Bishop McNamara (District Heights, Maryland), he is an outstanding athlete. Edokpayi is a two-way player who plays the rare dual roles of wide receiver and defensive end. He also plays basketball as a forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/257031\/lugard-edokpayi\">According to ESPN<\/a>, he is a four-star recruit as a defensive end. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/lugard-edokpayi-180007\/\">On3 ranks him<\/a> as No. 28 player in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>This week, he announced a top five of Florida State, Maryland, Minnesota, Rutgers and <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: 2024 4-Star EDGE Rusher Lugard Edokpayi (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Lugard3do?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_Lugard3do<\/a>) is down to 5 Schools!<\/p>\n<p>The 6-6.5, 225 lb EDGE from Bowie, Maryland is ranked as a Top-30 Prospect at his position (#9 MD) per On3<\/p>\n<p>Where should he go? <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f447.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZUDmeHopWY\">pic.twitter.com\/ZUDmeHopWY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JGPCFB (@jgpvisuals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jgpvisuals\/status\/1722019125080273230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOn Saturday, he took a visit to Rutgers for their game against No. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/buckeyeswire.usatoday.com\/\">Ohio State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a prospect, Edokpayi is wildly athletic. A former basketball player, he has very strong footwork. His length and explosiveness make him intriguing as a prospect and he has big upside potential at the Power Five level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lugard Edokpayi has an official top five.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344896,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344894\/revisions\/344896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}