On3 rankings update includes four Top 100 Alabama commitments
On3 Sports released its updated 2024 Player Rankings on Monday. Alabama is well represented in the update with all four of its commitments ranked inside the top 62 overall. There was some movement with each Tide commitment with the most notable happening with its quarterback.
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Two Alabama commitments rank in top 20-overall
Julian Sayin, quarterback from Carlsbad High School in California, made a big leap in the latest update as he rose 30 spots from No. 46 to No. 16. Sayin is also ranked as the No. 2 quarterback in the country, only behind five-star Dylan Raiola.
Sayin was named MVP of the Battle Miami 7-on-7 tournament in January. National recruiting experts, including Sam Spiegelman, evaluated the Tide commitment during the event.
“The 6-foot-3, 190-pounder arrived in Miami with a thicker frame, and it showed as Sayin fired out the football and made good decision after good decision, a notable theme to the Carlsbad (Calif.) QB’s game,” Spiegelman said in his top performers feature. “Sayin didn’t shy away from squeezing the ball into tight windows in the middle of the field or taking chances outside the numbers.
“He threw his receivers open and put some oomph on throws when necessary and dropped it in on other attempts. The ball flies out of Sayin’s hands, as the Alabama commit kicked the offseason off in compelling fashion.”
Jaylen Mbakwe ranks one spot ahead of Sayin as the No. 15 overall player in the On300. Mbakwe dropped nine spots from his previous No. 6 overall ranking. Mbakwe was also previously ranked as the No. 1 athlete. Terry Bussey from Timpton High School in Texas moved ahead of Mbakwe as the top athlete in the country.
Mbakwe is ranked as an athlete, but he is recruited to play cornerback for the Crimson Tide. The Clay-Chalkville High School star remains the No. 1 player in Alabama. Mbakwe will return to Tuscaloosa for Junior Day this weekend.
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Perry Thompson, four-star wide receiver from Foley High School and Sterling Dixon, four-star linebacker from Mobile Christian School, fell victim to a few in-state players moving up in the latest rankings update. Each player moved one spot with Thompson moving to No. 56 from No. 57. Dixon went from No. 61 to No. 62.
Dixon’s position also changed from EDGE to linebacker. He told BamaInsider last week that Alabama expects to play him at inside linebacker. He has been an EDGE rusher throughout his high school career.
Thompson was previously ranked as the No. 2 player in Alabama, with Dixon ranked No. 4 per On3 Sports. Three in-state players moved ahead of the two Alabama commitments. Cam Coleman, four-star wide receiver from Central High School in Phenix City, went from not ranked to No. 20 overall.
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Demarcus Riddick, four-star linebacker from Chilton County High School in Clanton, jumped 22 spots from No. 59 to No. 37. Riddick is currently committed to Georgia, but he is in contact with Alabama, among others. Jordan Ross, four-star EDGE from Vestavia Hills High School saw a bump from No. 71 to No. 40 overall. Ross will visit Alabama this weekend. More on his interest in the Tide.
In-state recruits inside the On300
- Jaylen Mbakwe, four-star ATH from Clay-Chalkville HS (No. 15 overall)
- Demarcus Riddick, four-star LB from Chilton County HS in Clanton (No. 37 overall)
- Jordan Ross, four-star EDGE from Vestavia Hills HS (No. 40 overall)
- Perry Thompson, four-star WR from Foley HS (No. 56 overall)
- Sterling Dixon, four-star EDGE from Mobile Christian School (No. 62 overall)
- Jeremiah Beamon, four-star DL from Parker HS in Birmingham (No. 75 overall)
- Joseph Phillips, four-star LB from Booker T. Washington HS in Tuskegee (No. 174 overall)
- JaCorey Whitted, four-star TE from McAdory HS in McCalla (No. 184 overall)
- Travaris Banks, four-star S from Northridge HS in Tuscaloosa (No. 192 overall)
- Kevin Riley, four-star RB from Tuscaloosa County HS in Northport (No.213 overall)
- Bradley Shaw, four-star LB from Hoover HS (No. 236 overall)
- Mario Craver, four-star WR from Clay-Chalkville HS (No. 251 overall)
- Josh Flowers, four-star QB from Baker HS in Mobile (No. 282 overall)
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New No. 1 overall visiting Alabama this weekend
There is a new No.1 according to On3 Sports! Dylan Stewart, five-star EDGE from Friendship Collegiate Academy in Washington D.C., supplants Dylan Railoa as the top overall player in the country. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound defender received an offer from Alabama last year.
“My interest is high in Alabama,” Stewart recently told On3 Sports. “I like the winning culture there. The way they get guys to the NFL stands out too. How they produce guys at my position is something else I like.”
Stewart is currently favored to South Carolina according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine. Alabama will have an opportunity to shift momentum after his weekend trip. He is recruited by Travaris Robinson (area recruiter) and Coleman Hutzler (outside linebackers coach).
A few other notable top 100-overall players with heavy interest in the Crimson Tide includes:
- William Nwaneri, five-star DL from Lees Summit HS in Missouri (No. 2 overall)
- Ellis Robinson, five-star CB from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida (No. 4 overall, UGA commit)
- Colin Simmons, five-star EDGE from Duncanville HS in Texas (No. 5 overall)
- KJ Bolden, five-star S from Buford HS in Georgia (No. 10 overall)
- Eddrick Houston, four-star EDGE from Buford HS in Georgia (No. 18 overall)
- Josiah Thompson, four-star OL from Dillon HS in South Carolina (No. 19 overall)
- Casey Poe, four-star OL from Lindale HS in Texas (No. 32 overall)
- Jerrick Gibson, four-star RB from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida (No. 34 overall)
- Air Noland, four-star QB from Langston Hughes HS in Fairburn, Georgia (No. 45 overall)
- Weston Davis, four-star OL from United HS in Beaumont, Texas (No. 54 overall)
- Corian Gibson, four-star S from Lancaster HS in Texas (No. 63 overall)
- Ryan Wingo, four-star WR from St. Louis University School in Missouri (No. 74 overall)
- Kamron Beavers, four-star DL from Bay Springs HS in Mississippi (No. 84 overall)
Other notable targets: RB James Peoples (No. 112), TE Trey’Dez Green (No. 116), DL Charleston Collins (No. 121), WR Aeryn Hampton (No. 130), WR Keylen Adams (No. 134), CB Zabien Brown (No. 143), OL Daniel Calhoun (No. 165), ATH Daniel Hill (No. 183), DL Kamarion Franklin (No. 191), OL Styles Prescod (No. 215), ATH Demello Jones (No. 219).
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