4-star ATH Jaylen Mbakwe joins push to flip Keon Keeley to Notre Dame

Alabama really wants Tampa (Fla.) Berkeley Prep five-star EDGE and Notre Dame commit Keon Keeley.

It’s not just the coaching staff, either. Fellow recruits are doing all they can to try and flip Keeley from the Fighting Irish.

It was first Lehigh Acres (Fla.) Lehigh Senior five-star running back Richard Young, who tweeted Monday, “Mark my words I am gonna flip (Keeley) from Notre Dame,”

Now it is Pinson (Ala.) Clay-Chalkville four-star athlete Jaylen Mbakwe. Mbakwe, a 2024 recruit, expressed his desire to flip Keeley.

“Bama Fans let’s get (Keeley) to flip his commitment,” he tweeted.

Bama Fans let’s get @keon_keeley to flip his commitment🐘🐘🐘 #RollTide

— Jaylen Mbakwe (@JayMbakwe) August 3, 2022

Keeley and Mbakwe are both ranked as top-five recruits by On3. Keeley is the No. 1 EDGE recruit in the nation and ranks third in the 2023 On300 ranking. Mbakwe is the No. 1 athlete and No. 5 overall recruit in the 2024 On300 ranking.

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine now gives the Crimson Tide a 30.3% chance of flipping Keeley from the Fighting Irish.

Keeley currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $232k. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.