Alabama keeps WR in state as Morgan commits

Alabama picked up a apical in-state people Wednesday arsenic four-star wide receiver Cederian Morgan announced his committedness to the Crimson Tide.

Morgan, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound walk catcher from Alexander City, Alabama, is ranked No. 47 successful the 2026 ESPN 300. He is ESPN's No. 6 wide receiver imaginable and third-ranked enlistee from the authorities of Alabama. Alabama bushed Auburn, Colorado, Florida and Georgia to Morgan's commitment.

He told ESPN that his narration with Alabama wide receivers manager JaMarcus Shephard and the second-year assistant's past of processing apical wide receivers alongside Crimson Tide manager Kalen DeBoer and violative coordinator Ryan Grubb steered his committedness to the program.

"I've seen what they did astatine Washington with Coach Grubb, the OC," Morgan said. "It was a large happening to ticker erstwhile they were astatine Washington the mode they got it up and down the field; they had aggregate 1,000-yard receivers connected their team. So I'm conscionable excited to spot what benignant of discourtesy they person this year. But it's that staff. What they've done successful the past is simply a large portion of it for me."

A three-sport jock astatine Benjamin Russell High School, Morgan has 106 receptions for 1,784 yards and 18 touchdowns implicit his past 2 varsity seasons. He took authoritative visits with each of his finalists this outpouring earlier landing arsenic the fourth-ranked perpetrate successful Alabama's 2nd recruiting rhythm nether DeBoer, who signed the nation's fourth-ranked people successful 2025.

Morgan, who averaged 14.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per crippled successful hoops arsenic a junior, told ESPN that helium initially planned to prosecute assemblage hoops earlier shifting his absorption to shot successful precocious school.

With hoops endowment and a way and tract inheritance arsenic a two-time authorities qualifier successful the precocious jump, helium projects arsenic a physical, big-bodied downfield people susceptible of carving aboriginal playing clip astatine the adjacent level. Morgan flashed his imaginable successful an explosive inferior season, erstwhile helium finished with 70 catches for 1,162 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Morgan stands arsenic the program's eighth Top 300 perpetrate successful 2026, and his pledge continues Alabama's blistery tally connected the recruiting trail. The Crimson Tide closed June with a flurry of recruiting wins, highlighted by the additions of an ESPN 300 trio successful extracurricular linebacker Xavier Griffin (No. 30 overall), moving backmost Ezavier Crowell (No. 31) and choky extremity Mack Sutter (No. 138) from June 26 to 29.

Morgan lands arsenic a centerpiece perpetrate alongside Crowell, ESPN's No. 3 moving back, successful a increasing Crimson Tide violative class.

He joins caller wide receiver pledges Owen Cabell and Brian Williams Jr. arsenic the program's top-ranked walk catchers successful the cycle. Alabama secured a 2026 backmost past period with a flip of four-star Iowa State backmost pledge Jett Thomalla, and the programme remains successful the premix for three-star passer Tayden-Evan Kaawa. Alabama's flip of Illinois moving backmost pledge Javari Barnett connected June 23 marked different caller summation to the program's accomplishment presumption class.

Morgan's committedness kicks disconnected a week of important expected developments atop the 2026 wide receiver class.

Pass catchers Ethan Feaster (July 4), Calvin Russell (July 5) and Salesi Moa (July 5) -- 3 of ESPN's apical 5 wide receivers successful 2026 -- are expected to denote their pledges this week. ESPN 300 walk catchers Travis Johnson and Kaydon Finley -- the lad of erstwhile Green Bay Packers choky extremity Jermichael Finley -- are besides among those expected to marque decisions successful the coming days.