Ten biggest QB decommitments of the last decade

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Four of the top six pro-style quarterbacks and both of the five-star dual-threat quarterbacks decommitted in the 2025 class. Here is a look at the 10 most impactful QB decommitments of the last decade.

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1. CARSON BECK’S DECOMMITMENT FROM ALABAMA

The four-star from Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin committed to Alabama early but with all the Crimson Tide’s success meant a bunch of assistant coaches left for other jobs and that left Beck in a bind: He didn’t know many people there.

So Beck backed off his Alabama pledge but kept the Tide in his recruitment as he got to know some new coaches and then Florida emerged as the front-runner. That was until Georgia offered – his dream school – and he decided to essentially pick the Bulldogs over the Gators.

Both sides actually won out here. If Beck stuck with Alabama it would have been unlikely that Bryce Young would have ended up with the Crimson Tide in the same class.

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2. JUSTIN FIELDS’ DECOMMITMENT FROM PENN STATE

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At one time, Fields was committed to Penn State and one wonders what the Nittany Lions’ offense would have looked like and whether coach James Franklin could have won a national championship if Fields was his quarterback instead of Sean Clifford during those years.

The five-star quarterback from Kennesaw (Ga.) Harrison backed off his Penn State pledge and signed with Georgia. But it didn’t work…


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Publish date : 2025-02-10 14:03:00

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