Official visits are set, commitments dates are locked in, and the busiest stretch of college football's annual recruiting calendar is upon us. If the trends of last year's cycle -- when 43% of ESPN's top 300 prospects sealed their final commitments between June 1 and Aug. 31 -- are any indication, the bulk of the 2026 recruiting class will sort itself over the next three months.
However, while the latest cycle is just about to take off in earnest, the top end of the 2026 quarterback class is largely settled already, at least for the time being. Following Jared Curtis' May 5 pledge to Georgia, all four of the nation's five-star QBs and 14 of the 18 passers ranked inside the 2026 ESPN 300 are committed, leaving four blue-chip prospects still on the board:
Ryder Lyons, No.