SEC Highlight: 5 growing recruiting storylines

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Boobie Feaster Rivals nationwide recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman examines 5 growing recruiting storylines within the SEC as June visits loom.

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GEORGIA BEGINNING TO SURGE Do not blink, however hastily Georgia holds a spot inside the highest 10 of the Rivals Crew Rankings for 2026. The Dawgs have quietly caught fireplace during the last month, touchdown commitments from a string of blue-chippers, together with five-star quarterback Jared Curtis.

Georgia is not executed both. The Bulldogs are in pole place for Rivals' No. 1 prospect OT Jackson Cantwell forward of at the moment's announcement. The Dawgs even have an edge with precedence 2026 targets Jae Lamar, Mark Bowman, Kaiden Prothro and Khamari Brooks.

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LSU, TEXAS A&M BATTLING FOR FIVE-STAR RECEIVER Boobie Feaster is right down to 4 contenders as official visits close to they usually loom notably giant for the five-star broad receiver as he sifts by means of his choices and approaches his July 4 dedication date.

Of the finalists, LSU and Texas A&M are hovering on the prime.

Feaster has household ties to Louisiana and was moved in an enormous approach by his spring visits again to Baton Rouge. The Aggies have evened this race considerably over the previous month, getting him on campus a number of instances and transferring the needle of their favor in an enormous approach.

I shifted my Rivals FutureCast from LSU to Texas A&M earlier this month.

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LONGHORNS STACKING BIG RECRUITING WINS IN LOUISIANA It is tough for rival SEC packages to come back into Louisiana and procure expertise. Nick Saban's Alabama program did it finest, beating LSU for a number of notable recruits similar to Dylan Moses, Cam Robinson, Landon Collins and Chris Allen.

No staff has executed it higher the previous few years, nonetheless, than Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns, who scooped up four-star cornerback Hayward Howard Jr. out of New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr final week.

Since Sark arrived in Austin, he is been in a position to efficiently land blue-chippers 12 months in and 12 months out of Louisiana, starting with five-star QB Arch Manning and persevering with with Derek Williams, James Simon and Wardell Mack, amongst others. Add Howard to that regularly rising checklist.

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LSU, OKLAHOMA BATTLING OVER FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK 4-star quarterback Bowe Bentley is right down to LSU and Oklahoma following Curtis' dedication final week. LSU and Oklahoma have been within the driver's seat with the touted blue-chip passer, who will make official visits to Norman and Baton Rouge on June 13 and 20 earlier than locking in his school dedication.

The Sooners laid robust groundwork with Bentley, however the Tigers have closed the hole considerably this spring.

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LSU, TEXAS A&M JOCKEYING FOR ELITE LINEMAN Elite 2026 lineman Lamar Brown is about to come back off the board on July 10. The No. 25 total participant within the Rivals250 is right down to LSU, Miami, Florida State and Texas A&M, however this race has lengthy been between the Aggies and Tigers.

If a call have been made at the moment, it is arduous to not like the place LSU stands. Nonetheless, the Aggies have been trending on the prime with Brown on varied events over the previous 11 months, together with three journeys again to Faculty Station this spring.