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Rice ATH Commit Aiden Smalls Flips His Commitment to NC State

FLIP ALERT!

Rice 2026 3-star wide receiver/athlete Aiden Smalls (6’1″/175) flipped his commitment to NC State this evening.

After a lot of thought and prayer, I’ve decided to decommit from Rice University and flip my commitment to NC State.

Being recruited by a program that saw my talent early—back in 9th grade—and never stopped believing in me means everything. That kind of loyalty goes a long way… pic.twitter.com/HXYV4XtDJC

Smalls originally verbally committed to the Owls back on April 25.

He then took an official visit to Rice on June 13 and followed that up with a visit to NC State on June 20.