2028 Recruiting Thread

[oskie]

2028 EDGE rusher Tysir Young commits:

Alabama Crimson Tide land elite 4-star EDGE Tysir Young

The Alabama Crimson Tide landed a commitment from 4-star EDGE Tysir Young, one of the top outside linebackers in the class.

rolltidewire.usatoday.com

Alabama Secures Commitment From Class of 2028 4-Star Linebacker

The Alabama football program adds a seventh commitment to its Class of 2028 in linebacker Tysir Young from Middletown, Delaware. Young is a 4-star prospect, lis

www.si.com

 

[sanjosecrimson]

2028 EDGE rusher Tysir Young commits:

Alabama Crimson Tide land elite 4-star EDGE Tysir Young

The Alabama Crimson Tide landed a commitment from 4-star EDGE Tysir Young, one of the top outside linebackers in the class.

rolltidewire.usatoday.com

Alabama Secures Commitment From Class of 2028 4-Star Linebacker

The Alabama football program adds a seventh commitment to its Class of 2028 in linebacker Tysir Young from Middletown, Delaware. Young is a 4-star prospect, lis

www.si.com

he's only going to get better as he starts to fill out his body before leaving HS.
not only is he the #1 player in Delaware, but one of the top Edge players in the country.
his offer list is all you need to know. I expect his rankings to shoot up as well before he's done.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

DeBoer and Morgan continuing to knock it out of the park in the 2028 class. I usually don't hold my breath for recruits this early on, but the bigger the class gets, the more legit these early commitments seem.

 

[TiderJack]

Great addition to this very good class so far. As SJC stated, we beat out Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Indiana for his commitment. Hopefully we keep him until Dec of 2027.

Hopefully those who thought this staff was bad at recruiting now understands what they are doing in the 2027 class.

 

[JDCrimson]

Great addition to this very good class so far. As SJC stated, we beat out Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Indiana for his commitment. Hopefully we keep him until Dec of 2027.

Hopefully those who thought this staff was bad at recruiting now understands what they are doing in the 2027 class.

We have some pretty big pledge cards we are counting on...

 

[TiderJack]

Great addition to this very good class so far. As SJC stated, we beat out Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Indiana for his commitment. Hopefully we keep him until Dec of 2027.

Hopefully those who thought this staff was bad at recruiting now understands what they are doing in the 2027 class.

I see some still don't. SMH.

 

[dtgreg]

Great addition to this very good class so far. As SJC stated, we beat out Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Indiana for his commitment. Hopefully we keep him until Dec of 2027.

Hopefully those who thought this staff was bad at recruiting now understands what they are doing in the 2027 class.

I'm wondering if some of the 2027 recruiting problems were recruits seeing our O-line coaches as "Dead Man Walking" and those coaches weren't recruiting hard or were more responsible for 2027 guys and when they left, 2027 was stymied?

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I'm wondering if some of the 2027 recruiting problems were recruits seeing our O-line coaches as "Dead Man Walking" and those coaches weren't recruiting hard or were more responsible for 2027 guys and when they left, 2027 was stymied?

Probably not because of that, but the coaching change was a part of it. Kap actually built some relationships with a lot of the linemen in this class, and we may have actually landed one or two if he didn't get fired. I know we were leading for one, but then the new coach comes in and doesn't really have time to build relationships with them before they start getting ready to commit. That's the downside of firing a position coach who happens to be a great recruiter. I think Klemm will turn out to be just as good of a recruiter as Kap, but he just came on kinda late for this for this class.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Probably not because of that, but the coaching change was a part of it. Kap actually built some relationships with a lot of the linemen in this class, and we may have actually landed one or two if he didn't get fired. I know we were leading for one, but then the new coach comes in and doesn't really have time to build relationships with them before they start getting ready to commit. That's the downside of firing a position coach who happens to be a great recruiter. I think Klemm will turn out to be just as good of a recruiter as Kap, but he just came on kinda late for this for this class.

Kap’s recruiting ability is the only thing keeping him gainfully employed.

 

[TiderJack]

I found this 2028 target list and thought I would share.

***Five-star WR Jaylen Addai (Pearland, TX): No. 2 WR, No. 8 overall, No. 1 prospect in Texas

***Five-star EDGE Cassell Cruickshank (Fayetteville, NC): No. 5 EDGE, No. 15 overall, No. 1 prospect in North Carolina

***Five-star LB Nehemiah McCary (Maplesville, AL): No. 1 LB, No. 24 overall, No. 1 prospect in Alabama

***Five-star DL Tyzon Swann (Indian Head, MD): No. 3 DL, No. 26 overall, No. 2 prospect in Maryland


***Five-star CB Jermaine Cobbins (Springfield, TN): No. 5 CB, No. 27 overall, No. 1 prospect in Tennessee

***Four-star DL Jamarcus Johnson (Lyons, GA): No. 5 DL, No. 34 overall, No. 3 prospect in Georgia

***Four-star TE Braxton Rein (Chattanooga, TN): No. 2 TE, No. 44 overall, No. 2 prospect in Tennessee

***Four-star OT Austin Attalah (San Bernardino, CA): No. 7 OT, No. 50 overall, No. 3 prospect in California

***Four-star ATH Kamieon Compton-Nero (Owassa, OK): No. 1 ATH, No. 53 overall, No. 1 prospect in Oklahoma

***Four-star CB Tyler Boyd (Carrollton, GA): No. 7 CB, No. 55 overall, No. 6 prospect in Georgia

***Four-star EDGE Keoni Snipes (Saraland, AL): No. 14 EDGE, No. 71 overall, No. 2 prospect in Alabama

***Four-star WR Jayce Halasz (Graham, WA): No. 11 WR, No. 74 overall, No. 2 prospect in Washington

***Four-star S CJ Craig-James (Birmingham, AL): No. 7 S, No. 87 overall, No. 4 prospect in Alabama

***Four-star OT Samuel Bailey (Huntsville, AL): No. 11 OT, No. 89 overall, No. 5 prospect in Alabama

***Four-star TE Kaleb Ballard (Wetumpka, AL): No. 5 TE, No. 90 overall, No. 6 prospect in Alabama

***Four-star OT Joey Fleming (Huntsville, AL): No. 13 OT, No. 100 overall, No. 7 prospect in Alabama

***Four-star EDGE Myles Tate (Atlanta, GA): No. 16 EDGE, No. 103 overall, No. 11 prospect in Georgia

***Four-star DL Christian Webb-Scott (Anderson, SC): No. 12 DL, No. 106 overall, No. 1 prospect in South Carolina

***Four-star LB Shamar Evans (Ruston, LA): No. 9 LB, No. 188 overall, No. 5 prospect in Louisiana

***Four-star WR Dedrick Kimbrough (Alabaster, AL): No. 31 WR, No. 228 overall, No. 10 prospect in Alabama

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

TJ - Are we actively recruiting ALL of those guys or just wishful thinking?

 

[CrimsonTitles]

TJ - Are we actively recruiting ALL of those guys or just wishful thinking?

I can't speak for the rest, but according to Jimmy Stein, we are the leader for each of the top 10 prospects in Alabama (most of which are on TJ's list). That's not to say we will land them all. In fact, we probably won't, but this is a strong in-state class, and we are doing well with them. Jimmy believes we may land around 7 of the top 10 in state prospects.