With yesterday being Early Signing Day, let’s take a look at which teams came out on top.
Oregon
The Ducks are the clear winners of the day, positioning themselves to finish with a Top-10 class. Following a last-second flip to UCLA before ESD from their top recruit Dante Moore, Oregon quickly replaced their quarterback slot in the class with four-star Austin Novosad, stealing him from Baylor. Though Novosad flipped the night before ESD, it hinted at what was to come.
Five-star EDGE prospect Matayo Uiagalelei started things off, serving as a big recruiting win as the California native has had longstanding ties with USC and Ohio State. Four-star CB and fellow Cali-native Daylen Austin followed suit, flipping from LSU. Though picking up these two would have already been viewed as a solid day, the Ducks successfully poached two big recruits from Notre Dame in five-star S Peyton Bowen and four-star RB Jayden Limar.
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What makes the day so much more impressive is how a majority of these commitments were flipped from major programs and flips are seen as more difficult than an outright commitment.
*I would like to point out that Bowen has yet to sign his NLI meaning that Oklahoma and Notre Dame are still pushing for a change in commitment.
The Ducks also secured a commitment from one of the top ten players in the transfer portal, AJ Cornelius from Rhode Island.
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Alabama
Yes, the Crimson Tide seem to earn their spot as a “winner” each year, but they absolutely killed it yesterday. Similar to Oregon with Novosad, Alabama got a sneak peek as to what was to come the day before as five-star OT Kadyn Proctor flipped from Iowa.
This momentum continued through the commitments of in-state prospects five-star DL James Smith and EDGE Qua Russaw. The two are teammates at Carver High School and have been seen as a pair throughout their recruitment, as they are extremely close and did not hide from the perception of being seen as a pair, essentially taking every visit together to various schools.
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Auburn
Auburn joins rival Alabama on this list due to Hugh Freeze leading the charge to an incredible day for the Tigers. Auburn started off flipping four-star DL and top-100 prospect Keldric Faulk from Florida State, which is even more so impressive because FSU (12/17) hosted the defensive lineman just days after his visit to Auburn (12/12), which wasn’t enough to convince him to maintain his commitment. War Eagle managed to grab another major pickup, flipping four-star CB Kayin Lee from Ohio State.
These flips are accompanied by two solid JUCO signees DL Quintrail Jamison-Travis and OT Izavion Miller, who both committed two days ago.
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