4-star RB Braylen Russell announces top 5 five schools

Benton (Ark.) four-star running back Braylen Russell has narrowed his list of top schools down to five. The list includes Arkansas, Baylor, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

Russell is the No. 265 overall prospect and No. 24 running back in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 3 player in Arkansas.

The 6-foot-1, 225-pounder holds several Power Five offers and the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Arkansas as the heavy favorite to land a commitment from Russell at 61.3%.

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— Braylen Russell (@BraylenRussell) April 14, 2023

Arkansas is where Russell was originally committed as he made that decision in Nov. 2021. He announced that he had decommitted from the Razorbacks last October.

“My recruiting process has been a ride,” Russell told Hayes Fawcett in February when he narrowed his list down to 10. “I have received a whole lot of love from everyone.”

No other school has hosted Russell like Arkansas. He’s visited Fayetteville five times but the last visit was in October.

Russell has visited Tennessee twice including his latest spring visit on April 1. He also visited Ole Miss twice in 2022.

Braylen Russell currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $55K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). 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.