SEC Live: This week in recruiting
Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman compiles all the news, notes and analysis of the recruiting trail this week in the SEC.
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LSU IS SET FOR HUGE RECRUITING WEEKEND
Death Valley will play host to countless elite recruits around the country as LSU and Alabama square off with College Football Playoff ramifications on the line for both programs.
Brian Kelly and this LSU staff will host a pair of five-star official visitors in QB Bryce Underwood and DL Jahkeem Stewart, the top uncommitted defensive player on the board in the Rivals250.
The Tigers will also welcome in more 2025 and 2026 commitments, multiple flip targets, blue-chip underclassmen, and a bevy of elite 2027 quarterbacks in for the game. Here’s more on the big recruiting weekend on deck in the Bayou:
FIVE-STAR OHIO STATE COMMIT NA’EEM OFFORD LOCKS IN SEC VISIT
Five-star CB Na’eem Offord has made visits across the country in recent weeks with the Early Signing Period quickly approaching.
Oregon and Auburn have been leading the charge to move the No. 2-ranked cornerback in the RIvals250 out of Alabama off his longtime commitment to Ohio State. Since the start of the season, Offord has made a handful of visits in-state back to the Plains as well as stops back in Columbus and out to Eugene for the game between Ohio State and Oregon.
Another school is set to get the five-star cornerback on campus this weekend. More here.
FOUR-STAR ALABAMA RB COMMIT MAKING OFFICIAL VISIT TO COLUMBUS
Four-star RB Anthony Rogers has quietly been making visits this fall.
The lone holdover in Alabama’s 2025 recruiting class from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer has been on campus in Tuscaloosa and is coming off an official visit to Georgia. Like the Dawgs, Ohio State has also chipped away at the four-star back from Alabama and Turbo will return to Columbus this weekend for a second time this weekend for an official visit.
More on Rogers’ upcoming visit here.
OLE MISS GETTING ELITE IN-STATE WR COMMITTED TO ALABAMA BACK TO CAMPUS
Caleb Cunningham has been a frequent visitor in the Grove this fall.
The elite WR from Mississippi has been actively visiting schools across the SEC before and since his summertime commitment to Alabama. Cunningham has returned to Tuscaloosa and also made a string of visits to Ole Miss, LSU and Mississippi State since, and is heading back to Ole Miss this weekend.
More on Cunningham’s visit here:
GEORGIA LANDS COMMITMENT FROM ELITE IN-STATE WR CJ WILEY
CJ Wiley has locked in his final college decision.
Wiley, the No. 15-ranked wide receiver in the Rivals250 out of Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton High School in Georgia, committed in-state to the Dawgs on Wednesday — just less than a month out from the start of the Early Signing Period.
More on the Dawgs’ big pick-up on the recruiting trail and more in-state dominoes that are in line to fall next.
SOUTH CAROLINA IS ROLLING ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL
South Carolina is rolling on the recruiting trail right now and bolstered its 2025 recruiting class with another in-state edge-defender this week.
The Gamecocks knocked off Texas A&M in an electric atmosphere in Williams-Brice Stadium over the weekend. That yielded a commitment from Smith and has South Carolina trending in the right direction with more blue-chip recruits in the 2025 and 2026 classes.
FOUR-STAR MICHIGAN WR COMMIT LOCKS IN SEC VISIT THIS WEEKEND
Four-star WR Jacob Washington was last in Ann Arbor over the weekend for the third time since his June commitment. That included unofficial visits back in July, September and last weekend’s contest vs. Oregon.
Now, one of Louisiana’s best is set for a return to Missouri.
More on the Tigers’ continued push for the four-star WR committed to Michigan here:
TENNESSEE HAS MOMENTUM ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL IN 2025, 2026 CYCLES
Tennessee put on a show inside of Neyland Stadium on Saturday and it’s still making waves with elite recruits.
After a massive victory over Kentucky to propel them in the SEC standings, the Vols are garnering momentum with a key flip target in the 2025 cycle and multiple elite 2026 recruits who were on hand for the action.
More on Tennessee’s surge with several 2025 and 2026 targets here:
TEXAS, TEXAS A&M WORKING TO FLIP FIVE-STAR TACKLE AWAY FROM OKLAHOMA
Texas and Texas A&M remain steadfast trying to move five-star OT Michael Fasusi off his longtime verbal pledge to the Sooners.
Both Brent Venables and Steve Sarkisian were on hand for Fasusi’s high school game at Lewisville (Texas) High last Friday. Both the Longhorns and Aggies are intent on keeping the elite OL inside the state of Texas.
GAMECOCKS TRENDING FOR SEVERAL BIG FLIPS AS THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD NEARS
South Carolina is rolling on the season in Year 4 of the Shane Beamer era in Columbia.
As the Gamecocks continue to make strides on the field, the program is also seeing fireworks on the recruiting trail. After hosting a massive crowd of blue-chip recruits last weekend inside Williams-Brice Stadium for the Texas A&M game, South Carolina has already added another commitment from in-state edge defender Josh Smith and trending up for more.
The Gamecocks have been on a tear with in-state recruiting and are aiming to make more moves across the Southeast before the end of this 2025 recruiting calendar. Here are five recruits that South Carolina is in a position to flip as the Early Signing Period approaches.
