Imani Christian 2025 4-Star LB Dayshaun Burnett Sets Decision Date

One of the top prospects in the Class of 2025 plans on announcing his college plans this week.

Imani Christian Academy 2025 four-star linebacker Dayshaun Burnett announced today that will be making his college decision Wednesday. Burnett tweeted that he’ll be making the decision public at 2:45 P.M. from his school.

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Burnett plans on deciding between Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Rutgers and Kentucky. While Burnett did attend the Pitt Junior Day this past weekend, he appears to be a heavy lean toward Penn State at this point in his recruitment.

“I feel like the relationship is pretty good with (Pitt) as well,” Burnett told Rivals. “A lot of enthusiasm when it comes to the staff, players, you can really tell that their guys are really close with the coaches. You can tell that the locker room environment is really good. Everyone’s close, it’s just like a brotherhood to them.

“I feel like I can relate to those guys pretty well, especially coach Cory Sanders and coach Ryan Manalac, those are the two guys that’ve really been in my ear the most talking to me about what Pitt’s all about.”

Burnett has been a frequent visitor since Sanders first extended an offer back on Aug. 7, 2022, and he’s attended the Backyard Brawl in 2022, a bowl practice in 2022 and made it out for Junior Day in January.

“Pitt has been in touch with me a lot and I’m down there a lot because it’s right down the street,” Burnett told PSN over the summer. “Me personally, I feel that I have a really good relationship with them, and I feel that the Pitt staff has a great relationship with their players.

“You can really tell that the coaching staff is all about their players and making sure everyone is ok and doing good. I have a good relationship with Coach Manalac, who’s a great guy, along with Coach Cory (Sanders).”

It’s no surprise that the Pitt coaching staff is so high on Burnett, who is already built like a collegiate athlete, and he backed it up on the field for Imani Christian. On the way to earning Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab 22 honors as a junior, he threw for a few hundred yards, ran for a few hundred more and provided physical play as a roving linebacker on defense.

247Sports rates Burnett as the 325th-ranked recruit in the class (29th-ranked linebacker and eighth-ranked recruit from Pennsylvania) while On3 rates him as the 320th-ranked recruit in the class (35th-ranked linebacker and 10th-ranked recruit from Pennsylvania).

Rivals holds him as the 14th-ranked outside linebacker and seventh-ranked recruit from Pennsylvania — awarded a 5.8 Rivals Rating.