No. 1 Football Recruit Zion Elee Makes Major Announcement About Recruitment

Ranked as the top player in the 2026 class, Zion Elee, a DE out of Maryland’s St. Frances HS, shared that his recruitment is shutdown.

My recruitment is closed.

— Zion Elee (@D1zion26) February 21, 2025

With signing day so far away, and Elee expressing interest in other programs (OSU, Penn State, Auburn, A&M), well see if anything develops:

BREAKING: Five-Star Maryland EDGE commit Zion Elee has shut down his Recruitment & cancelled his OV’s, he tells me for @on3recruits

The No. 1 Recruit in the ‘26 Class was set to take visits to Ohio St, Auburn, Penn St, Texas A&M, & South Carolina

“I’m home, no need to explore.”… pic.twitter.com/k3h2cze7vA

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) February 21, 2025