Recruiting Rumor Mill: Big changes after key visits

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Another weekend of visits and events is in the books with a ton more news coming out as Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney breaks down what he’s hearing in this Recruiting Rumor Mill.

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After backing off his Alabama pledge in November, the thinking has been that Texas A&M is far-and-away his new leader and the Aggies are among the three programs mentioned by the Carrollton, Ga., four-star cornerback.

But Penn State and Georgia Tech round out the front-runners and Barney recently had a call with Colorado coach Deion Sanders that meant a lot as well.

After moving around over the last few seasons, Brickle is now at Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy and a recent visit to Florida State made a major impression as he loved how intense and active everything was around the program.

Position coach Terrance Knighton was surprised that Brickle hadn’t been offered yet but now the Seminoles are in the game with Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Oregon and Penn State as the favorites.

A battle between Washington and Oregon could be brewing heavily for the four-star edge rusher from Burien (Wash.) Kennedy. Colman-Brusa loves a whole lot of coaches at Washington and the Huskies are right down the road, plus he loves that it’s a “collective group of great people” but there is also a significant pull to Oregon as well.

Ohio State, USC, UCLA, Stanford and Michigan are the others involved.

After Georgia offered the high three-star safety from Marietta (Ga.) Kelly…


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