Everyone acting like our 2026 class is safe because we have a couple of high 4-stars locked in is missing the real story. The dead period is when the vultures circle and I am hearing some serious noise about one of our top commits taking a visit to another Big Ten school that nobody is talking about yet. The staff is working the silent commit angle hard right now trying to lock down the ones who are actually solid but there is one name that keeps coming up in conversations with sources close to the program that has me nervous.
You see the 247 composite and think we are sitting pretty but the reality is that Oregon and their bagmen are sniffing around our most talented defensive back commit. I have a source who told me that a certain school up north sent a private plane to pick up one of our guys for an unofficial visit during the dead period which technically is not allowed but everybody knows how that game works. The staff is scrambling to get this kid on campus for an OV before summer really kicks off but the damage might already be done.
What kills me is that we had this kid locked down for six months and now all of a sudden he is taking calls from other coaches and posting cryptic stuff on social media. That is textbook decommitment behavior and I have seen this movie before. The 247 crystal ball has not flipped yet but I am hearing from multiple sources that the momentum is shifting. If we lose this kid it opens up a massive hole in our secondary that we do not have a ready replacement for in this year.
The timing could not be worse etiher because we are trying to build momentum heading into the summer dead period and a decommitment right now would send the wrong message to the other guys in the class. Keep an eye on the On3 predictions in the next week because I think we are going to see some movement.