Mike Elko and Texas A&M landed one other defensive standout within the 2025 class Sunday with a dedication from four-star exterior linebacker Noah Mikhail, a two-way participant from La Verne, California.
Mikhail, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound defender who performs at California’s Bonita Excessive Faculty, is the 58th-ranked participant within the 2025 ESPN 300. He picked the Aggies over Oregon and USC following visits to all three colleges earlier in June.
Per ESPN rankings, Mikhail is the No. 4 prospect within the state of California and the sixth-ranked linebacker within the 2025 class.
With Mikhail’s pledge, Texas A&M is as much as 9 ESPN 300 commits in 2025 as Elko constructs an inaugural recruiting class brimming with defensive expertise. Mikhail joins the Aggies because the second-ranked defender in this system’s incoming class, trailing solely four-star cornerback Adonyss Currie, the Forty sixth-ranked prospect and No. 6 cornerback within the 2025 class.
Elsewhere, Texas A&M holds pledges from top-300 cornerbacks Deyjhon Pettaway (No. 10 CB in 2025), Cobey Sellers (No. 15) and Jamar Beal-Goines (No. 23), No. 9 defensive deal with Landon Rink and inside linebacker Kelvion Riggins, the third-ranked prospect at his place in 2025.
Mikhail is a three-year starter at Bonita Excessive Faculty and enters his senior season as one of many prime two-way gamers in his residence state. The bodily linebacker totaled 166 tackles and two interceptions throughout his junior season, whereas including 818 all-purpose yards and 13 touchdowns as a hybrid operating again/broad receiver within the Bearcats’ offense final fall.
Mikhail enters because the third-ranked prospect within the Aggies’ 2025 class behind Currie and four-star quarterback Husan Longstreet, the No. 4 pocket passer on this cycle. As Elko’s sizzling recruiting run continues, Texas A&M is sixth in ESPN’s newest staff rankings for the 2025 class.