Every good captain needs a first mate, and Luke Fickell has that at the University of Cincinnati.
Fickell may be the one steering the ship for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team, but it's his defensive coordinator, Marcus Freeman, who is down in the vessel's underbelly, keeping the engines and turbines churning.
In a COVID-19 world where recruits are unable to be on campus for in-person visits, the sixth-ranked Bearcats (both Associated Press and Coaches polls) on Friday landed the commitment of 2022 four-star outside linebacker Melvin Jordan.
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Jordan, from Calvary Christian High School in Clearwater, Florida, is the highest-rated defensive recruit to commit to UC.