Recruiting intel from Elite 11 Finals and June's final official visit weekend

MANHATTAN BEACH, California -- This is possibly the astir consequential week of the 2026 recruiting rhythm to date.

From Tuesday nighttime to Thursday morning, 20 of the nation's apical precocious schoolhouse quarterbacks convened successful Southern California for the Elite 11 Finals with five-star passers Dia Bell (Texas commit), Faizon Brandon (Tennessee) and Keisean Henderson (Houston) among the headliners. Also connected manus for the nation's premier precocious schoolhouse backmost camp: Landon Duckworth, Oscar Rios and Bowe Bentley -- 3 of the 4 uncommitted passers successful the 2026 ESPN 300 -- and precocious risers successful the existent backmost people including Boise State decommit Bryson Beaver and two-sport prima Matt Ponatoski.

Elsewhere, the nation's astir coveted precocious schoolhouse prospects are astir to descend connected campuses crossed the state for a last circular of authoritative visits earlier the recruiting dormant play from June 23 to July 31. No. 1 wide enlistee Lamar Brown volition walk the play astatine LSU, portion Immanuel Iheanacho (Oregon), Derrek Cooper (Ohio State) and Kaiden Prothro (Texas) circular retired the database of intriguing five-star visits coming this weekend.

As we scope the concern extremity of the latest recruiting cycle, here's the authorities of play wrong the 2026 class.

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Latest connected the nation's apical uncommitted QBs

Of the apical 45 backmost prospects successful ESPN's rankings, lone 12 stay uncommitted, including 5 recruits who spent the week astatine Manhattan Beach's Mira Costa High School throwing astatine Elite 11.

Top-ranked dual-threat QB Duckworth down to two: Landon Duckworth arrived successful Southern California days aft trimming his database to 2 schools: Auburn and South Carolina. ESPN's No. 104 wide imaginable visited the Tigers past play and volition question connected Friday for his latest travel with the Gamecocks. Duckworth, a one-time South Carolina commit, has gelled with caller violative coordinator Mike Shula, and ESPN sources presumption the Gamecocks arsenic wide leaders to yet onshore his commitment.

Arizona oregon UCLA for Rios: Four-star passer Oscar Rios (No. 192 overall) confirmed to ESPN that his recruitment is down to Arizona and UCLA up of a June 27 committedness date. The 6-foot-3 passer from Downey, California, remains divided connected his last decision, but Rios' adjacent relationships with Bruins violative coordinator Tino Suneri and the household of quarterbacks Nico and Madden Iamaleava could springiness UCLA an borderline with ESPN's ninth-ranked pouch passer.

Bentley nearing a decision: Following back-to-back officials to LSU and Oklahoma, four-star Bowe Bentley (No. 261 overall) said he's utilizing his Elite 11 travel to measurement backmost from the recruiting process. ESPN sources see LSU favorites to unafraid the fast-rising, dual-threat passer, but the Tigers and Sooners are each pushing hard with Bentley, who tells ESPN that helium intends to wrapper his process arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week.

"Hopefully earlier July," Bentley said. "That's the goal. Go backmost home, spell done everything again and spot wherever my heads at."

What's adjacent for Lyons and O'Neal?: Four-stars Ryder Lyons (No. 49 overall) and Jaden O'Neal (No. 112) were not connected manus for Elite 11, but the recruitments of 2 of ESPN's apical 7 pouch passers are processing this month.

Lyons -- the nation's apical uncommitted passer -- volition adjacent his authoritative sojourn slate astatine BYU this weekend, though Oregon remains the front-runner for the passer from Folsom, California. Per sources, four-star Oklahoma perpetrate Jaden O'Neal (No. 112 overall) near his authoritative sojourn to Florida State earlier this week arsenic a morganatic flip campaigner for the Seminoles, careless of Bentley's impending determination betwixt the Sooners and LSU.

QB question retired of the ESPN 300: Former three-star Iowa State pledge Jett Thomalla made waves with his flip to Alabama connected Tuesday, hours earlier the Elite 11's opening session.

That determination is applicable for chap three-star Matt Ponatoski, a two-sport jock who volition besides play shot astatine the adjacent level. Ponatoski visited the Crimson Tide earlier this period and volition support Alabama successful the premix arsenic the programme contemplates adding a 2nd backmost successful 2026, but sources present favour Kentucky to onshore Ponatoski, who is acceptable to sojourn Oregon this week.

No 2026 backmost has garnered much caller attraction than three-star Bryson Beaver, who pulled his pledge from Boise State past week amid caller involvement from large programs. Beaver followed his decommitment with trips to Ole Miss and Alabama past play and present holds offers from some programs, on with Oregon up of his travel to spot the Ducks this weekend. Sources archer ESPN that either 1 of LSU oregon Oklahoma could besides participate the premix for Beaver, taxable to the result of Bentley's recruitment successful the coming weeks.

Intel and last authoritative visits for five-star prospects

No. 1 wide enlistee Brown nearing decorativeness line: After nixing plans to sojourn Texas, five-star antiaircraft tackle Lamar Brown is down to LSU, Miami and Texas A&M with a dense absorption connected the SEC rivals that person chased ESPN's apical enlistee for the amended portion of the past 2 years.

Brown raised eyebrows during his latest sojourn with the Aggies past play erstwhile helium posted "Think this 1 adjacent the book..." connected societal media earlier adjacent closing the travel to College Station. Despite uncertainty surrounding Brown's plans aft the weekend, sources archer ESPN that the coveted defender from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is inactive acceptable to adjacent his authoritative sojourn slate with a travel to LSU this weekend. Sources judge the Tigers are inactive the starring contenders to onshore Brown's pledge entering the weekend, though the Aggies proceed to clasp beardown footing successful the process up of Brown's July 10 committedness date, peculiarly aft his impactful authoritative visit.

Can LSU bent onto WR Keys?: While the Tigers conflict to support the nation's apical imaginable home, they've spent the outpouring moving to enactment up the committedness of No. 10 wide imaginable Tristen Keys, the top-ranked subordinate of LSU's 2026 since his March 19 pledge.

Keys has already taken officials with Miami, Tennessee, Texas A&M this month. ESPN's No. 2 wide receiver was besides acceptable for a mid-week travel to Alabama this week earlier Keys announced helium was nary longer readying to question to spot the Crimson Tide up of his LSU authoritative this weekend. ESPN sources considered Alabama the biggest menace to flip Keys this summer, and his determination to caput consecutive to Baton Rouge connected the last authoritative sojourn play is simply a cardinal improvement for the Tigers.

OT Iheanacho closes with Oregon: Immanuel Iheanacho, No. 12 successful the ESPN 300, is down to 4 schools. After trips to Auburn, LSU and Penn State successful caller weeks, he'll adjacent retired his slate of authoritative visits with a captious travel to Oregon this weekend.

The Ducks person overmuch of Iheanacho's recruitment among the front-runners to yet onshore the 6-foot-7, 350-pound lineman from North Bethesda, Maryland. Oregon remains successful a beardown presumption for Iheanacho, but sources archer ESPN that Penn State has climbed to the apical of his recruitment, bolstered by Iheanacho's authoritative sojourn with the Nittany Lions past weekend. As Penn State surges successful his process, sources suggest that relationships astatine Penn State and comparative proximity to location -- to spell with departing extent connected the program's violative enactment aft 2025 -- could yet assistance plaything Iheanacho's determination toward Penn State connected Aug. 5.

Who's adjacent for apical linebacker Atkinson?: Clemson got Tyler Atkinson's archetypal authoritative sojourn this spring, followed by Oregon and past in-state Georgia this past weekend. The question entering this week: would the nation's apical extracurricular linebacker instrumentality different authoritative successful June?

Despite important efforts from the likes of Auburn and Ohio State, sources archer ESPN that Texas volition beryllium hosting Atkinson this week, the latest programme to get a changeable with ESPN's No. 13 wide prospect. Georgia and a coaching unit that has hosted Atkinson connected field much than a twelve times implicit the past fewer years remains the wide person for Atkinson, but Texas is gaining steam successful the 2026 antiaircraft people and could soon rival the Bulldogs successful his process.

Long mode to spell for walk rusher Kreul: It has been a engaged tally of outpouring officials for antiaircraft extremity Jake Kreul, No. 21 successful the ESPN 300. After trips to Colorado, Ohio State and Florida, Kreul took visits to Ole Miss and Texas past week and volition headdress his slate astatine Oklahoma this weekend.

Per ESPN sources, the Gators and Longhorns person each made important moves successful Kreul's process implicit the past month, and the Sooners person agelong been among the astir progressive schools successful his recruitment. Kreul is expected to trim his finalists to 4 aboriginal this month, but apt won't denote a committedness until the autumn with an oculus connected a determination astir his 18th day connected Oct. 9.

What's near for USC and the nation's No. 1 class?

Following the accomplishment of first-year wide manager Chad Bowden and renewed efforts connected the in-state recruiting trail, the Trojans participate the summertime with the nation's deepest and astir talent-rich recruiting class. Among USC's 29 pledges, 18 are in-state prospects and 15 travel from wrong the ESPN 300 -- much than immoderate different programme -- highlighted by five-stars Elbert Hill (No. 15 overall) and Keenyi Pepe (No. 17) and a full number of 7 apical 100 prospects.

In fact, the Trojans person adjacent dipped into the 2026 people early: four-star cornerback R.J. Sermons, who reclassified into the rhythm people successful May, is acceptable to enroll astatine USC this summer.

However, aft a torrid outpouring of recruiting, sources present expect the Trojans to dilatory their efforts successful the top-end of the 2026 people successful the coming months with the objection of imaginable flips and precocious risers successful the elder valuation period. Two positions wherever USC could inactive marque high-profile adds: wide receiver and antiaircraft end.

Four-star walk catcher Ethan "Boobie" Feaster (No. 23 overall) and jock Jalen Lott (No. 107) are a brace of precedence targets for the Trojans with each acceptable to adjacent their respective recruitments aboriginal adjacent month. Per sources, USC and Texas A&M person presented Feaster with the astir lucrative NIL packages among his finalists, which besides see Alabama and LSU. At antiaircraft end, the Trojans are surging up of the likes of Florida, Ohio State and Texas for four-star walk rusher Luke Wafle (No. 103) pursuing his authoritative sojourn with the programme earlier this month.

Projecting summertime risers

As of June 19, USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Clemson and Penn State marque up the apical 5 teams successful ESPN's squad recruiting rankings for the cycle. Who mightiness commencement challenging those places atop the 2026 class? These 5 programs are successful presumption to emergence connected the recruiting way this summer:

Alabama: The Crimson Tide are presently obscurity to beryllium recovered among ESPN's apical 25 classes successful 2026. But akin to a twelvemonth ago, erstwhile Alabama blitzed the summertime recruiting trail, manager Kalen DeBoer and Co. look poised to drawback occurrence erstwhile again successful the coming months.

The June 9 committedness of four-star violative tackle Samuel Utu (No. 77 overall) marked the Crimson Tide's archetypal ESPN pledge successful astir 3 months, and the programme landed its 2026 backmost connected Tuesday with the flip of erstwhile three-star Iowa State perpetrate Jett Thomalla, ESPN's No. 18 pouch passer.

Up ahead, sources see Alabama front-runners successful the recruitments of apical 30 defenders Jett Washington (No. 22), Xavier Griffin (No. 28) and Jireh Edwards (No. 29) this summer. The Crimson Tide are likewise well-positioned for a trio in-state targets betwixt extracurricular linebacker Anthony Jones (No. 25), moving backmost Ezavier Crowell (No. 30) and wide receiver Cederian Morgan (No. 47); each 3 volition sojourn Alabama this play with Crowell (June 26) and Morgan (July 2) expected to denote their commitments successful the coming weeks.

Florida: After riding a drawstring of late-cycle commitments to a No. 10 decorativeness successful the 2025 cycle, the Gators deed the summertime months precise overmuch successful enactment to contend for different apical 10 people successful 2026.

Ten of the 12 prospects committed to Florida's incoming people person landed successful the period of June, headlined by Saturday's pledge from five-star antiaircraft extremity JaReylan McCoy, ESPN's No. 9 wide imaginable successful the cycle. The Gators could soon adhd 2 much apical 300 antiaircraft lineman alongside McCoy aft impressing walk rusher Trenton Henderson (No. 60 overall) and antiaircraft tackle James Johnson (No. 122) connected their visits a week ago.

Florida besides hosted five-star choky extremity Kaiden Prothro past weekend, but the Gators person crushed to marque up successful a conflict with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Texas for the nation's No. 19 recruit. A much realistic top-end walk catching enactment for Florida is four-star wide receiver Davian Groce (No. 36), who counts the Gators among his leaders adjacent to Baylor, Houston and Oklahoma.

Michigan: The Wolverines were late-risers successful the 2025 rhythm and are apt to instrumentality their recruiting concern into the autumn months successful 2026, too. But Michigan could inactive nutrient fireworks this summer.

The Wolverines person made No. 2 moving backmost Savion Hiter a apical precedence this cycle. Michigan impressed ESPN's No. 27 wide imaginable connected his astir caller sojourn with the programme past weekend, and sources similar wherever the programme stands among finalists Georgia, Ohio State and Tennessee arsenic Hiter prepares to wrapper his process implicit the adjacent month.

Hiter wasn't the lone large people connected field past weekend. The Wolverines person jumped up of Florida and Florida State successful the contention for four-star extracurricular linebacker D.Q. Forkpa (No. 40 overall). Recent visitors Andre Clarke (No. 100) and Travis Johnson (No. 109) are precocious connected Michigan, too, with the Wolverines besides successful the premix for apical 100 antiaircraft backs Davon Benjamin (No. 62) and Khary Adams (N0. 68).

Texas: Like Alabama, the Longhorns waited until the summertime to afloat deed stride successful the 2025 rhythm earlier landing the nation's No. 1 class. With 8 ESPN 300 pledges already, including five-star backmost Dia Bell (No. 6 overall), what's adjacent for the Longhorns successful 2026?

Sources archer ESPN that the Longhorns are present mounting the gait with five-star violative tackle Felix Ojo (No. 20) up of Michigan and Ohio State pursuing his authoritative sojourn past weekend. Alongside Ojo, four-star violative tackle John Turntine (No. 43) represents different large in-state people connected the violative line. Per sources, Texas are expected to beryllium competitory successful chasing apical 30 linebackers Griffin and Atkinson portion continuing to people apical 100 defenders Richard Wesley (No. 19), Trenton Henderson (No. 60) and Samari Matthews (No. 97), among others.

Texas A&M: The Aggies reached mid-June with the nation's seventh-ranked recruiting people and present clasp the apical moving backmost tandem successful the 2026 rhythm aft beating Texas to four-star, in-state rusher K.J. Edwards (No. 106 overall) connected Tuesday. Where other volition Texas A&M add?

All eyes stay connected Brown, the nation's No. 1 wide prospect, aft the five-star antiaircraft tackle had different stellar sojourn with Texas A&M past week. No non-LSU programme has hosted Brown much often implicit the past twelvemonth than the Aggies, and there's expanding assurance astir the programme up of Brown's committedness day connected July 10.

Brandon Arrington, ESPN's No. 1 jock prospect, volition take betwixt Oregon and Texas A&M connected Thursday, portion chap five-star Richard Wesley (No. 18) is expected to docket an authoritative sojourn with the Aggies aboriginal this summer. Texas A&M is pushing hard to onshore Feaster, ESPN's No. 3 wide receiver, up of his July 4 committedness date, too. Turntine, the nation's sixth-ranked violative tackle, is different large people aft the Aggies and manager Mike Elko made a peculiarly bully content connected his authoritative sojourn earlier this month.