It was trying like a fairly subdued weekend of commitments throughout the nation till USC received rolling on Sunday. The Trojans had a giant weekend of visits, particularly from the Southeast, and by the top of Sunday they added 5 large commitments.
Here’s a take a look at the ten greatest pledges of the weekend.
BRETT CLATTERBAUGH – VIRGINIA TECH
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It was at all times a dream for the four-star linebacker from Culpeper (Va.) Japanese View to remain house and play in entrance of family and friends and that occurred when he picked Virginia Tech. The Hokies are getting a really gifted playmaker and chief on the defensive aspect of the ball and a big-time prospect as properly because the four-star had Notre Dame, Georgia, Clemson, Penn State and others concerned.
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GUS CORDOVA – USC
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The Austin (Texas) Lake Travis excessive three-star defensive finish has been concerned in a well-documented off-the-field incident in latest months which may have been a prank and never a deliberate act however both method,
I’ve been advised no groups had stopped recruiting him. Cordova is an outstanding expertise coming off the sting – massive, robust, fierce and actually aggressive – and the Trojans want these kinds of gamers on protection. A variety of in-state applications have been concerned however USC received out Sunday.
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JARED CURTIS – GEORGIA
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The primary big-time quarterback within the 2026 class to return off the board might find yourself being the perfect one as properly. There are two five-stars forward of the Nashville (Tenn.) Nashville Christian College standout who has all of the instruments to be particular at Georgia and past and he selected the Bulldogs over many different prime applications like Ohio State, LSU, Texas and others.
Curtis doesn’t play big-time competitors however he’s proven just a few occasions on the 7-on-7 circuit up to now that he ought to be talked about among the many greatest in 2026.
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ISAIAH GIBSON – USC
Georgia. Georgia. Georgia. That had been the rumor when it got here to the four-star defensive finish from Warner Robins, Ga., as Clemson, Alabama and lots of others throughout the Southeast tried to remain concerned in his recruitment but it surely appeared inevitable that the Bulldogs would land him.
Till this weekend when Gibson received to satisfy new USC defensive position coach Eric Henderson, Aaron Donald was on the USC occasion and Gibson left Los Angeles dedicated to the Trojans.
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DOMINICK KELLY – USC
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A latest supply from Notre Dame was “a dream come true.” Georgia, Oklahoma and others additionally received concerned lately with the 2026 four-star security from Tampa (Fla.) Robinson. However after spending the weekend in Los Angeles and particularly across the new USC defensive teaching workers, Kelly dedicated to the Trojans.
Kelly is an extended, rangy security who can patrol the secondary and make performs and USC wants that type of assistance on protection.
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LUKE METZ – ALABAMA
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After Metz left a latest go to to Alabama and received to satisfy with the brand new teaching workers, the four-star linebacker from Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek was saying privately that it was going to be tremendous robust to beat the Crimson Tide.
Metz liked every little thing about his journey to Tuscaloosa and the imaginative and prescient transferring ahead plus the historical past behind the Alabama program. He joins a loaded linebacker group with the Crimson Tide as four-stars Darrell Johnson and Abduall Sanders and three-star Myles Johnson are additionally within the class.
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MARSHALL PRITCHETT – NORTH CAROLINA
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On Friday evening, hours earlier than Pritchett was to make his dedication, Michigan, Wisconsin and South Carolina had been nonetheless attempting to persuade him to make his pledge at these locations.
However North Carolina was concerned because the earliest levels in his recruitment, he loves coach Mack Brown and place coach Freddie Kitchens and whereas others tried – and Michigan was most concerned – the Tar Heels received out.
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HYLTON STUBBS – USC
There was a major quantity of chatter round Florida when it got here to Stubbs and that made sense. The four-star security from Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin, who has competed from coast-to-coast this offseason and has confirmed to be among the finest defensive backs within the class, had talked extremely of the Gators for a very long time.
Latest visits to USC, Texas A&M and Auburn all went properly and Alabama not a lot however the journey to Los Angeles will need to have been method higher than initially let on as Stubbs joined the parade of commits on Sunday to the Trojans.
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JUSTUS TERRY – USC
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One of many greatest shocks up to now within the 2025 recruiting class got here early Sunday morning when the five-star defensive finish flipped his dedication from Georgia to USC after an incredible weekend go to. Terry is from small-town Manchester, Ga., he had been dedicated to the Bulldogs for greater than a yr and whereas Alabama and Florida State made a severe push, USC blew Terry away (new DL coach Eric Henderson helped and having Aaron Donald on campus didn’t damage).
The chatter Sunday was if Terry can be Mykel Williams 2.0 – an early USC pledge didn’t stick as Georgia flipped him again – but it surely’s big that the Trojans received Terry within the fold this weekend.
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BYRON WASHINGTON – SYRACUSE
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Syracuse landed one of many greatest commitments of the weekend – actually. The DeSoto, Texas three-star offensive lineman will not be a completed product however there’s quite a bit to work with there since Washington is 6-foot-8 and 380 kilos and strikes surprisingly properly for his measurement.
There have been some in-state applications making a run at Washington however kudos to teach Fran Brown and his workers for going into the Dallas space to persuade the three-star OL to go away for school.
