Bama rolls on with commit from 5-star S Edwards

Five-star information Jireh Edwards, No. 23 successful the 2026 ESPN 300, became the top-ranked subordinate of Alabama's latest recruiting people erstwhile helium announced his committedness to the Crimson Tide connected Saturday.

Edwards is ESPN's second-ranked information successful the 2026 cycle. A 6-foot-2, 210-pound defender from Baltimore, Edwards chose Alabama implicit finalists Auburn and Georgia. His pledge leaves lone 5 of the 23 five-star recruits featured successful the 2026 ESPN 300 inactive uncommitted, headlined by No. 1 wide imaginable Lamar Brown and top-ranked moving backmost Derrek Cooper (No. 7 overall).

Edwards' pledge marks the latest and most-profile summation of the Crimson Tide's caller summertime recruiting surge, which has present yielded the programme six apical 300 commits since June 26.

Those commitments person catapulted Alabama to No. 9 successful ESPN's latest people rankings for the 2026 cycle, a emergence anchored by an progressively talented antiaircraft class. Edwards joins extracurricular linebacker Xavier Edwards (No. 30 overall) cornerbacks Jorden Edmonds (No. 38) and Zyan Gibson (No. 65) and antiaircraft ends Nolan Wilson (No. 53) and Jamarion Matthews (No. 92) arsenic the sixth apical 100 defender pledged to manager Kalen DeBoer's 2nd recruiting people with the program.

Edwards opened his outpouring authoritative sojourn slate with trips to Auburn, Alabama and Georgia past month. He subsequently canceled scheduled visits to Oregon and Texas A&M and narrowed his recruitment to the Tigers, Crimson Tide and Bulldogs.

A playmaking defender astatine Baltimore's St. Frances Academy, Edwards stars alongside No. 2 wide imaginable Zion Elee (Maryland pledge) connected 1 of the nation's precocious schoolhouse defenses. He accounted for 92 full tackles with six walk breakups and 3 forced fumbles arsenic a inferior successful 2024.

Upon Edward's pledge, four-star information Bralan Womack (No. 32) remains arsenic the past uncommitted among ESPN's apical 10 information prospects successful 2026. Womack is expected to denote his committedness betwixt Auburn, Florida, Ohio State and Texas A&M successful August.