College football recruiting: Penn State, Texas A&M, more have major targets up for grabs as June rolls on

The first big weekend of the summertime college football recruiting calendar is down, but there’s still three left to go. We saw a ton of big news materialize following last week’s visits — Georgia landed five-star linebacker Zayden Walker, while Alabama flipped four-star quarterback Keelon Russell from SMU. 

What does this weekend have the store? As they say in recruiting: Follow the visits — commitments usually follow. 247Sports experts from coast to coast break down the biggest visits they’re tracking during the June 7-9 recruiting weekend. Do not expect the Class of 2025 recruiting rankings to look the same a few days from now. 

Top-10 recruit Elijah Griffin returns to Coral Gables 

“Five-star Elijah Griffin, the nation’s top-ranked defensive lineman and No. 8 overall prospect, will take his first official visit to Miami this weekend. Griffin took his first visit to Coral Gables in March. Led by the efforts of defensive line coach and NFL Hall of Fame inductee Jason Taylor, the Hurricanes have been a mainstay contender for Griffin since. Mainstay isn’t synonymous with front-running, however. 

Georgia is the clear-cut leader even if Griffin hasn’t said such outright. The ‘Dawgs are not expected to host Griffin on an official visit until the fall — closer to his late-fall or winter decision timeframe. But look for the Peach Stater to take an unofficial visit to Athens (and possibly Clemson) this month or next. USC will host Griffin on an official visit later this month. It won’t be simple to dethrone the ‘Dawgs,…

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Author : Anna Adams

Publish date : 2024-06-07 12:51:01

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