Tuesdays with Gorney: Wild days ahead for top 2026 quarterbacks

Last recruiting cycle was the year of quarterback decommitments.
Bryce Underwood flipped from LSU to Michigan. Julian Lewis went from USC to Colorado. Keelon Russell was once committed to SMU before heading to Alabama.

Deuce Knight flipped from Notre Dame to Auburn. Tramell Jones went from Florida State to Florida. When Lewis flipped to Colorado, Husan Longstreet flipped from Texas A&M to USC. Brady Hart reclassified from 2026 to 2025 and flipped from Michigan to Texas A&M. Ty Hawkins went from TCU to SMU.

Jaron Sagapolutele went from Cal to Oregon back to Cal.

There was not as much high drama in the 2024 recruiting class but five-star Dylan Raiola was once committed to Georgia before flipping to Nebraska as he was a double legacy in Lincoln and started as a freshman.

Five-star Julian Sayin signed with Alabama and was there for a couple weeks before former coach Nick Saban unexpectedly retired and Sayin decided to transfer to Ohio State, where he’s expected to be the starter this season.

This is the point: There is going to be a ton of quarterback movement in the 2026 class and there are already very interesting storylines shaping up.

Five-star Faizon Brandon has been committed to Tennessee since August and he’s saying all the right things about the Volunteers but Alabama and LSU are not giving up.

The Crimson Tide are reaching out to a bunch of elite 2026 quarterbacks including Brandon, Texas commit Dia Bell and others in search of someone. After getting burned by Underwood late, LSU coach Brian Kelly implored donors to pony up more NIL money and that seemed to take hold as the Tigers are in a better position there to make a run at a top 2026 QB.

Ryder Lyons’ situation continues to be very interesting. He said over the weekend at OT7 that USC, Oregon and BYU…

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Publish date : 2025-03-19 15:41:00

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