Recruiting Roundup: Tyler McKinley Signing UC NLI, Wes Miller Offers Four-Star 2025 Guard King Grace

CINCINNATI — It's time for another recruiting check-in as the football season starts to wind down and basketball ramps up. We start on the hardwood where Cincinnati native Tyler McKinley is signing his NLI with Cincinnati on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET.

The four-star 2024 forward is one of the 70 best players in the nation hailing from Winton Woods (Ohio).

Click here for more on the seventh-best UC commit in the 247Sports era.

I will be signing my NLI to play at The University of Cincinnati tomorrow at 6pm at Winton Woods High School ⚫️🔴🐾 @GoBearcatsMBB @LindarInsights @JFRAZE @TuffyJunior @MikePil13 pic.twitter.com/k9WiNNKj4m
— TXM35 (@txm35) November 7, 2023

The four-star news doesn't stop there as Cincinnati offered 2025 guard King Grace out of Waxahachie (Texas).

According to 247Sports, Grace is the 52nd-best player nationally and the 10th-best shooting guard.

The 6-foot-5, 165-pound scorer holds 12 other offers from schools like Cal, Houston, and Kansas State. Grace lit up the Under Armour Circuit to the tune of 18.9 PPG and 44.6% this past summer.

After a great conversation with Head coach @CoachWesMiller I’m blessed to say I have received a offer from the University of Cincinnati pic.twitter.com/N2RJFlvYn3
— King Grace (@King_Grace1) November 3, 2023

#UAA 1st Team All-Circuit 🥇

King Grace // Texas Impact 4:13 // 2025

18.9 PPG, 44.6 3PT%, 3.3 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.3 SPG

Full awards ⤵️https://t.co/b1VKKkfT0B @King_Grace1 @Texasimpact413 @UANextBHoops #OffensiveMVP 🎥 @SCNext pic.twitter.com/GRICxE5APH
— The Circuit (@TheCircuit) August 2, 2023

We switch to the gridiron, where Cincinnati offered three-star 2025 cornerback Aydan West out of Quince Orchard (Maryland).

According to On3, West is the 48th-best cornerback in the country and the 15th-best player in Maryland.

The 6-foot, 176-pound playmaker holds seven other offers from schools like Boston College, Toledo, and Virginia Tech.

Next is an offer for three-star 2025 Pleasant Grove (Alabama) wide receiver Clarence Taylor.

According to 247Sports, Taylor is the 101st-ranked wide receiver nationally and the 32nd-ranked player in Alabama.

He holds six other offers from schools like Georgia Tech and Austin Peay.

#AG2G After a great conversation with @Coachbg_qb I am blessed to receive an offer @GoBearcatsFB! @GeauxBeaux8 @coachBoo81 @EHANDLEY06 pic.twitter.com/sw93ct4dzL
— Clarence Taylor (@tclarence06) November 7, 2023

We close with an offer for three-star Fullerton College JuCo transfer wide receiver Leland Smith.

According to 247Sports, Smith is the 20th-best JuCo transfer nationally and the fifth-best wide receiver.

The 6-foot-5, 205-pound wide out holds seven other offers from schools like Ohio and Purdue. Smith has 24 catches for 634 yards and nine touchdowns in eight games during the ongoing California Community College Athletic Association season.

John 13:7

After a great conversation with @Coachbg_qb and @CoachStingley , I am blessed to have received a Big 12 offer from @GoBearcatsFB pic.twitter.com/a6jXoAvAJz
— Leland Smith (@itslelandsmith) November 6, 2023