A report claims the Alabama football program is beating out top schools like LSU, USC, and Oregon for not one, but two elite high school recruits.
The 2024 college football regular and bowl season, as well as the playoffs, are all in the rearview. Likewise for the transfer portal. Since all of the impact players available have picked new schools before the spring semester begins. But that does, of course, leave recruiting the best players in high school as a route for programs to improve rosters for next season and beyond.
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On Friday, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney dropped a huge info dump on the latest recruiting news for a plethora of five and four-star recruits that will be arriving on college campuses across the nation in 2026. One interesting part of the report was news about a pair of stud recruits the Crimson Tide seem to be making major strides with.
“Texas A&M, USC, and Oregon are definitely high on [Brandon] Arrington’s list but the five-star speedster had a better-than-expected visit to Alabama and now the Crimson Tide is a ‘very high option’ for the Spring Valley (Calif.) Mt. Miguel two-way standout,” Gorney wrote.
“Arrington quickly bonded with the coaching staff and all the players talked highly about development there, which is big when Arrington makes his commitment.”
College football fans saw how dominant Colorado star Travis Hunter was on his journey to winning the Heisman as a two-way star in 2024. Could the Alabama football program have the next hunter? Crimson Tide fans will sure hope so. But if they don’t land Arrington, they reportedly have also made big progress with four-star EDGE rusher Kamhariyan Johnson.
“Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, and especially Oklahoma have made big impressions recently but Alabama could have the edge here after the four-star edge from Muscle Shoals, Ala., was in Tuscaloosa” Gorney wrote. “The message from the coaching staff was how much they liked Johnson as a defensive end and how well he moves at his size.
