Player of the Day: Enrico Maghelli
6’5”, 305 | Offensive tackle | IMG Academy
Other schools in the mix: MTSU, Sacramento State, Wofford
247 Composite: 3⭐, #226 OT nationally
“This is a very unusual talent that reclassified from 2025 after coming from Mexico. He is raw but is extremely promising as an offensive lineman with tremendous feet and strength. As he learns the position and technique, watch out.”
One of four offensive linemen in Jerry Mack’s second recruiting class, true freshman tackle Enrico Maghelli comes to Kennesaw from IMG Academy, by way of Mexico. His journey will make for a fascinating Parliament Profile™ - Presented by the Coles College MBA Programs - whenever KSU gets around to it. Cancun’s his listed hometown, and Meghilli played high school football in Puebla prior to making his way to IMG in early 2024.
Organición Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano (ONEFA) is the name of the American football governing body in Mexico, and I’m kind of lost in the sauce learning about the structure and culture behind it. Youth players participate in feeder systems for the universities - imagine if instead of playing for, say, North Cobb High School, a kid would be on the Kennesaw State U18 team. Maghelli played for a team called Borregos ITESM Puebla up until he came to the states. To potentially butcher it with an Americanization: The Puebla Rams, an objectively sick name.
The process of getting to Puebla and the IMG discovery are two chapters worth exploring, because there’s not a ton of info from his ONEFA days, other than a separate Hudl page of highlights from his time with the Borregos. Once he arrived in Bradenton, Maghelli suited up for one of IMG’s two Varsity teams, which are both a little closer to regular high school football than the National squad that frequents the ESPN family of networks. For those not familiar with the IMG experience, Maghelli will take a slight step back in terms of facilities coming to Kennesaw State.
From what I can tell, his late reclassification to 2026 (announced mid-April of ‘25) meant that he wasn’t able to suit up last fall in Bradenton. Even if he didn’t get any game action his last year at IMG, there’s not a better place in the country to spend the year practicing. Maghelli’s original class sent 18 recruits to FBS programs, including Owls DT Jackson Cooper. 247 Sports ranked 14 of them among the top 150 prospects in Florida. 11 different OL on the 2025 roster either ranked as 3 stars or higher, plus three different edges with SEC projections among the 8 DL destined for P4 programs. It’s basically a trade school for college prospects.
Four-star USC signee and IMG teammate Breck Kolojay posted this about Maghelli early last season, when the interest was still mostly coming from the FCS level. A few weeks later, the FBS opportunities came, with offers from MTSU and Kennesaw in quick succession. Kolokjay = confirmed ball-knower.
Meghelli committed to KSU in early November and made it official on the early signing day in December, joining Mack’s second recruiting class. Mack’s quick review once the ink dried: “Enrico has the size and length that every college in the country is looking for. We’re very fortunate, as we scoured the earth, to find this talent.”
All around, Kennesaw’s offensive tackle room might be the most interesting group roster, on a number of levels. Starting RT Nikola Milovac picked up the game after seeing a Facebook post as a 16-year old soccer player in Serbia, a story well-documented by KSU last summer. Eseosa Aigbokhae converted from soccer and basketball during high school and quickly became a high-upside recruit. JD Lee made the switch from a conference foe (FIU) ahead of the 2025 season and could become a rare four-year G6 starter. And then you have a variety of homegrown underclassmen trying to figure it out. If you’re looking a developmental storyline you feel is missing from college football, you should follow along with this group of offensive tackles.
Maghelli in action during spring ball. Photo via KSU Owls dot com.
What’s the outlook for Maghelli now that he’s on campus? Coming off his reclassification, he arrived in Kennesaw in time to participate in spring practice. He joins a tackle group that brings back both starters while OL coach Jay Clements attempts to build a developmental pipeline. Outside of Milovac and Lee, just about every likely tackle on the roster is either in his first or second year in college. Duska, the versatile Elon transfer, is the only other OL with extensive college reps at tackle. We’re due for a homegrown tackle prospect to emerge at some point: Only 1.9% of Kennesaw’s offensive tackle snaps at the FBS level came from players who started their career with the Owls.
If you tier out Kennesaw’s current OT situation, the end result probably looks something close to this:
Returning starters: LT JaDarious Lee (RS Senior), RT Nikola Milovac (RS junior)
Depth: Luka Duska (RS senior, both G and T), Jamiel Williams (RS freshman), Zamario Woodgett (RS freshman)
Prospects: Maghelli, Aigbokhae (RS freshman), Haston Crawford (RS freshman), Daniel Cepicky (maybe a tackle, definitely a freshman)
Lee and Duska are set to wrap up their careers this fall, and Milovac already tested the portal waters this winter and will likely jump back in with another year of starting experience. Just based on the nature of the position and the crowd ahead of Meghelli, it’s doubtful he gets the same ready-from-day-one treatment as his IMG comrade Cooper. Meghilli’s upside is hard to ignore, though, and the current top-heavy state of the room creates a competitive environment for the non-upperclassmen vying to be next man up when the time comes.
