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Alabama in the early running for highly coveted 2027 five-star OT

Kalen DeBoer is two-for-two, and those who doubted his ability to recruit at an elite level in the SEC have been proven dead wrong. An early summer surge thrust Alabama’s 2026 class into the top 5 in the country after his inaugural recruiting class with the Tide finished at No. 3.

So, while the 2026 recruiting cycle is far from over, there are already high hopes for the group that DeBoer and his staff in Tuscaloosa will be able to assemble for 2027. The Tide already have two commits in the class, have set their sights on the No.