Malachi Nelson was as soon as thought-about an elite quarterback within the 2023 recruiting class. Nevertheless, not like fellow recruits like Arch Manning, Nico Iamaleava, Caleb Downs and Kadyn Proctor, he is but to make a big impression on the collegiate degree.
ESPN ranked the previous 5-star quarterback from Los Alamitos, Calif., greater than all of the aforementioned gamers on the time. Whereas Nelson hasn’t met expectations, he’s getting an opportunity to show himself in 2025.
Now at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), it was introduced on Thursday that Nelson could be the Miners’ beginning QB this season. He beat out Austin Peay switch quarterback Skyler Locklear for the job.