Alabama Football Recruiting Update

Alabama football recruiting update as of December 18, 2016.

There is a lot of drama surrounding the nation’s No. 1 player, and that isn’t exactly great news for Alabama.

Five-star prospect Najee Harris, the No. 1 running back in the country, had a great visit to Ann Arbor, and now rumors are swirling about whether or not Harris will flip from Alabama to Michigan.

But if Harris stays pledged to the Crimson Tide, he has a massive, talented group of offensive linemen headed to Tuscaloosa with him.

Five-star offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood shut down his recruitment after an official visit to Florida and turned in his financial aid paperwork to Alabama. Along with Leatherwood, the Tide have 4-star offensive tackles Jedrick Wills and Kendall Randolph committed in the class.

When taking 3-star offensive guard Hunter Brannon into consideration, the average size of those offensive line commits is 6-foot-5, 305.75 lbs.

Alabama has built up a sizable lead as the country’s No. 1-ranked class and leads No. 2 Georgia by 652 recruiting points. Even if Harris flipped, which remains to be seen, Alabama would still lead by 352 points over Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs.

Note: Scout rankings and ratings used in this article.

Complete Class

No. 1 Overall Class
Total Commits: 25
5-Star Commits: 5
4-Star Commits: 16
3-Star Commits: 3
2-Star Commits: 1

Najee Harris: 5-Star, No. 1 RB, No. 1 Overall
Dylan Moses: 5-Star, No. 1 OLB, No. 6 Overall
VanDarius Cowan: 5-Star, No. 3 OLB, No. 27 Overall
Alex Leatherwood: 5-Star, No. 3 OT, No. 18 Overall
Isaiah Buggs: 5-Star JUCO DE
Kendall Randolph: 4-Star, No. 17 OT, No. 153 Overall
Jedrick Wills: 4-Star, No. 10 OT, No. 63 Overall
Chris Allen: 4-Star, No. 5 OLB, No. 81 Overall
Tua Tagovailoa: 4-Star, No. 3 QB, No. 34 Overall
Chadarius Townsend: 4-Star, No. 8 ATH, No. 131 Overall
Daniel Wright: 4-Star, No. 15 S, No. 158 Overall
Markail Benton: 4-Star, No. 6 ILB, No. 113 Overall
Major Tennison: 4-Star, No. 11 TE, Unranked Overall
Tyrell Shavers: 4-Star, No. 16 WR, No. 109 Overall
Jerry Jeudy: 4-Star, No. 11 WR, No. 100 Overall
Akial Byers: 4-Star, No. 10 DT, No. 158 Overall
Mac Jones: 4-Star, No. 21 QB, Unranked Overall
Brian Robinson: 4-Star, No. 16 RB, No. 181 Overall
Elliot Baker: 4-Star JUCO OT
Kedrick James: 4-Star, No. 15 TE, Unranked Overall
Kyriq McDonald: 3-Star, No. 40 CB, Unranked Overall
Jhavonte Dean: 3-Star JUCO CB
Hunter Brannon: 3-Star, No. 73 OG, Unranked Overall
Brandon Ruiz: 3-Star Unranked K
Thomas Fletcher: 2-Star Unranked LS

Tide Targets

Devonta Smith: 5-Star, No. 2 WR, No. 24 Overall
Marvin Wilson: 5-Star, No. 1 DT, No. 11 Overall
Cam Akers: 5-Star, No. 2 RB, No. 4 Overall
Aubrey Solomon: 5-Star, No. 2 DT, No. 20 Overall
LaBryan Ray: 4-Star, No. 9 DE, No. 86 Overall

Roll Twitter, Roll

Congrats Tua!! https://t.co/xjJ8MNF1lv

— Mac Jones (@macjones2017) December 16, 2016

Four-star quarterback and Alabama commit Mac Jones showed love to fellow Crimson Tide commit Tua Tagovailoa.

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