2026 UConn Football Commit - Makijah Latiker (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

[huskymedic]

Makijah Latiker is a 6-6 250lb DL from Trinity Catholic High School in Fayetteville North Carolina (Previously committed to Toledo). Other offers from Charlotte, Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central University.

Highlights

Here is Makijah’s recent write up by Toledo on their recent signing day recap

“Makijah Latiker is listed as a three-star recruit and is ranked as the No. 41 player in North Carolina's class of 2026 by Rivals. He made the all-conference second team in his freshman and sophomore seasons at Trinity Christian and the all-conference first team his junior and senior years.”

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UConnDan97]

Welcome to the Dog Pound, Makijah!!!

 

[coachcap]

Welcome Makijah!
Welcome to the Pound!

 

[Jimdish255]

Welcome to Toledo East Makija!

 

[B1GEast]

Rolling rolling rolling, keep them doggies rolling

 

[DoctorWho85]

Welcome to the pound dawg.

 

[Nameless]

Any time we sign a D Line guy that had an offer from Georgia it will bring a smile to my face.

Ecstatic he's here, welcome Makijah!

 

[Palatine]

Best of everything to the young man!

 

[Scrutineer]

Welcome to the Yard Makijah. Your position is really important and you can help take us to the next level!

 

[Bandito2025]

Welcome to UConn Makijah

 

[DW1361]

Another nice addition.

 

[uchusky32]

Welcome to the Pound, Makijah!

 

[gioff2323]

Any time we sign a D Line guy that had an offer from Georgia it will bring a smile to my face.

Ecstatic he's here, welcome Makijah!

We really need to build sustainable depth on DL.

And guessing he never had a UGa offer. - quite the outlier on that list

 

[Bongo Fury]

Schools put out hundreds of offers but only take about up to 40 commitments

 

[gsmooth]

Welcome to UConn Nation, Makijah! You are one of us dawg 🙂

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

We really need to build sustainable depth on DL.

And guessing he never had a UGa offer. - quite the outlier on that list

Why you gotta take away our ball?

 

[Bongo Fury]

If they have an offer you can look at it as they were noticed by that team. They likely have others that they prioritize for that position but can look at it as positive.

 

[AllHusky]

Why you gotta take away our ball?

I'm going with GA had secret midnight eval with an alum who coached him and saw something nobody else did. Gonna be a Monster!!!

 

[Huskyforlife]

Yeah no shot he had a commit-able Georgia offer and chose Toledo and UConn, but that doesn’t take away from his talent for our level. We’ll take all the 3 star linemen we can get our hands on.

 

[huskymedic]

If they have an offer you can look at it as they were noticed by that team. They likely have others that they prioritize for that position but can look at it as positive.

 

[UConnDan97]

Thank you once again, Huskymedic! The value that you bring to this board is immeasurable...

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Thank you once again, Huskymedic! The value that you bring to this board is immeasurable...

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[huskymedic]

 

[businesslawyer]

Yeah no shot he had a commit-able Georgia offer and chose Toledo and UConn, but that doesn’t take away from his talent for our level. We’ll take all the 3 star linemen we can get our hands on.

Not picking on you but this drives me crazy. By definition, there is no such thing as an “un commitable” offer. Offer is a legal term. For there to be an offer, it requires that the offerree be able to accept it (and in this case be given a scholarship to play for Georgia). If you can’t accept it, it’s not an “offer” of any sort, it’s interest.

And again, not picking on Huskyforlife because the whole recruiting website industry uses the terms the way he is using them. But it’s just not correct and it irks me.