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2026 No. 1 QB Jared Curtis visited by Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer

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5-star QB Jared Curtis. (On3)

The Alabama coaching staff continues to make its rounds on the recruiting trail, and on Monday head coach Kalen DeBoer and offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan made their way to Nashville to see one of the top prospects in the nation.

Nashville Christian five-star quarterback Jared Curtis has the Crimson Tide in his top six and he’s beginning to set what could be his final visits before coming to a decision later this year. DeBoer and Sheridan are working hard to get out in front for the gunslinger.

The former Georgia commit dropped his top six last week and also locked in a trio of official visits this summer. Up next, though, is a trip back down to Tuscaloosa for Alabama’s junior day on Feb. 1.

“Coach Sheridan and Coach DeBoer, I feel like they showed what they can do their first year,” Curtis recently told On3. “They keep getting top-five recruiting classes and they have the guys around.”

Bama is battling Auburn, Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon and South Carolina for the 2024 Gatorade Tennessee National Player of the Year. On Saturday, he set June OVs to Oregon, Georgia and South Carolina.

“I will wait until official visits to make my decision,” Curtis told On3’s Chad Simmons in December. “I will get out more. When official visits open up, I will get down on some visits, see the school and see what I like about it.

“The factors when I make a decision will be the coaching staff, my relationship with the coaching staff and the class they bring in this year. Those and the class I would bring in with me would be the biggest things.”

As a junior, Curtis led Nashville Christian to a 13-1 record and a state title in the fall. Across 14 games, he threw for 2,830 yards and 40 touchdowns while also rushing for 637 yards and an additional 18 scores.

He is the No. 4 overall prospect and top-ranked QB in the 2026 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He’s also the top recruit in Tennessee.

Alabama just signed Duncanville (Texas) Five-Star Plus+ QB Keelon Russell, the No. 2 overall prospect and No. 2 QB in the 2025 cycle. DeBoer and Co. are now looking to land another elite signal-caller later this year in Curtis.