The Alabama Crimson Tide received some excellent news on Wednesday, as 2025 five-star defensive again Dijon Lee and five-star offensive lineman Michael Carroll signed with this system, regardless of getting important curiosity from different colleges main as much as early Nationwide Signing Day.
Lee, a 6’4”, 190-pound cornerback, is the No. 3 cornerback within the 2025 class and the highest recruit within the state of California, attending Mission Viejo Excessive College.
The five-star had been dedicated to Alabama for the reason that finish of June, however had been going through a ton of curiosity from the USC Trojans, who have been making an attempt to flip the hometown recruit and preserve him in California.
Given his distinctive size and body, it was no shock that a number of the prime groups within the nation went after the gifted cornerback, as Lee took official visits to Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Washington and Texas A&M earlier than committing to the Crimson Tide on June twenty eighth.
Lee was most just lately in Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl, rising the probability that he would stick with the Crimson Tide after posting on X that he was locked in to Alabama.
The five-star cornerback is a flexible participant, given his distinctive dimension and athleticism, as he has the physicality and vary to play security, however is a gifted cowl cornerback as effectively with nice instincts {that a} defensive coordinator can place in plenty of totally different positions on the sphere.
Lee headlines one other robust Alabama recruiting class that additionally contains two different defensive backs: four-star cornerback Chuck McDonald and four-star security Ivan Taylor.
One other massive a part of the recruiting class is five-star offensive lineman Michael Carroll, who additionally signed with the Crimson Tide on Wednesday, regardless of fielding curiosity from various packages heading as much as Nationwide Signing Day as effectively.
The five-star from IMG Academy has been an enormous riser on the recruiting path and dedicated to Alabama again in June following an official go to to this system.
Carroll additionally had official visits lined up with Georgia, Penn State and Michigan, however discovered the Crimson Tide to be the perfect match, committing to move coach Kalen DeBoer’s program.
That didn’t cease exterior curiosity from coming in, although, as Miami received Carroll for a go to after extending a suggestion, whereas Colorado was the largest competitors over the ultimate month, getting the five-star for an official go to in November.
Finally although, the five-star offensive lineman is locked and loaded and headlines a five-linemen class for the Crimson Tide that additionally contains five-star Ty Haywood, five-star Jackson Lloyd, four-star Micah DeBose and three-star Mal Waldrep.
That class might be in jeopardy although, as Haywood has been getting some main curiosity from the Michigan Wolverines and is on flip watch, though this recruitment is anticipated to hold on previous Nationwide Signing Day into the brand new yr. With this one carrying on, Alabama might slip whereas different groups climb on, because the Crimson Tide place their focus elsewhere within the 2025 recruiting class.
Moreover, the Crimson Tide are firmly within the combine for five-star defensive deal with Justus Terry, who’s the highest uncommitted recruit within the 2025 class. Terry has shut down his recruitment forward of Nationwide Signing Day and can announce his choice on December sixth, with Georgia, Auburn, Alabama and Texas being the highest choices at the moment.
To this point although, early Nationwide Signing Day goes because the Crimson Tide had hoped, as they’ve signed 19 of their recruits already, together with five-star quarterback Keelon Russell. Carroll and Lee. They have been the highest recruits to observe on flip watch, however they’re sticking with Alabama, which might be massive in getting the Crimson Tide one other top-five recruiting class within the nation.
