{"id":702779,"date":"2026-06-14T02:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702779\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:30:08","slug":"donovan-mcnabb-jr-commits-to-unlv-for-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702779\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan McNabb Jr. commits to UNLV for football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donovan McNabb won\u2019t be the only person in his family to play football at the college level.<\/p>\n

Donovan McNabb Jr., a wide receiver and the son of the six-time Pro Bowl quarterback, committed to UNLV on Friday night<\/a>, choosing the Rebels over other Power Four schools like Syracuse, his father\u2019s alma mater, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

McNabb Jr., is a three-star recruit in the class of 2027, and 247Sports ranks him as the 107th-best receiver nationally and No. 18 prospect in his home state of Arizona.<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Donovan McNabb Jr., the son of former NFL
quarterback legend Donovan McNabb, has committed to UNLV. Instagram\/Donovanmcnabbjr<\/p>\n

He had 280 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 23 catches for his high school Brophy College Prep in 2025 while playing on a talent-rich roster that included Devin Fitzgerald, the son of NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald. <\/p>\n

The receiver is set to join a Dan Mullen-led program<\/a> that\u2019s coming off a 10-2 season and Mountain West Championship game appearance in 2025.<\/p>\n

Through just a year with Mullen, the Rebels have taken major strides on the recruiting trail and hold the top-ranked 2027 class in the Mountain West. <\/p>\n

According to 247Sports<\/a>, UNLV\u2019s 2027 group is also the third-best among non-Power Four schools.<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Donovan McNabb Jr. with his dad, ex-NFL quarterback
Donovan McNabb. Instagram\/Donovanmcnabbjr<\/p>\n

McNabb Jr.\u2019s UNLV commitment brings a major connection to his father\u2019s past, as Mullen worked as a graduate assistant under former Syracuse head coach Paul Pasqualoni in 1998, the final year of his college career. <\/p>\n

That season, McNabb was a Heisman Trophy finalist and guided Syracuse to an 8-4 record before being drafted No. 2 overall by the Eagles in the 1999 NFL Draft. <\/p>\n

McNabb became a franchise cornerstone for the Eagles, leading the team to four consecutive NFC title games and a Super Bowl appearance in 2005.<\/p>\n

Donovan McNabb throws a pass during the Eagles\u2019 win over the Seahawks
on Nov. 2, 2008 at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington. Getty Images<\/p>\n

He then joined Washington and the Vikings to close his career before retiring as an Eagle in 2013.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s now his son\u2019s turn, and he will join the Rebels following his senior season at Brophy College Prep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donovan McNabb won\u2019t be the only person in his family to play football at the college level. Donovan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1607,303815,399,398,396,397,1239,99,161478],"class_list":["post-702779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football","tag-donovan-mcnabb","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sports","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}