There is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding the future of revenue-sharing and NIL payments in college football. Still, with the system that is currently in place following the House v. NCAA Settlement this offseason, August 1 is the first day that programs can extend financial offers to college football recruits.
While those contracts can’t be signed until the early signing period in December 2026, five-star Alabama commit Jorden Edmonds wanted to make it known that he’s locked in with the Crimson Tide, taking to social media to “make it official” with Alabama.
Five-star No. 1 CB committed to Alabama in March & hasn’t wavered one bit.
— Brett Greenberg (@BrettGreenberg_) August 1, 2025
“My recruitment has been built off of relationships. The relationships I built won't change based off what someone else will say”
More with Edmonds from this summer ➡️ https://t.co/tVXQeGRfp6 https://t.co/cZYufj9hbX
Jorden Edmonds reaffirms Alabama commitment in 2026 class
Alabama needed some good news on the recruiting trail after losing in-state five-star edge rusher Tank Jones to Oregon on Thursday. His commitment made it two consecutive seasons of the Ducks plucking the No. 1 player in the state out of Alabama after landing a commitment from Na’eem Offord in 2025.
Edmonds, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound defensive back from Marietta, Georgia, is the No. 2 cornerback in the 2026 recruiting class according to 247Sports Composite Rankings and the 25th-ranked player overall. He committed to Alabama on June 6, when he made his official visit to Tuscaloosa. Edmonds's only other official visit this spring was to Georgia, and after joining the Tide, he hasn’t wavered.
That commitment will be vitally important through this stage of the recruiting process, especially with the introduction of revenue-sharing payments. Because those contracts cannot be signed until the early signing period in December, there are programs and coaching staffs that will reportedly be hesitant to talk numbers for fear that players will use those offers as leverage to get a better deal from another program. Alabama, evidently, is not one of those.
Edmonds was a significant addition to the 2026 Alabama class, which now ranks No. 4 in the country even after being spurned by Jones. Edmonds’s commitment came before DeBoer’s late-June recruiting hot streak, making him a foundational piece of the class. There are some amongst Alabama’s 21 commits who could be on flip watch between now and December, but Edmonds is certainly not one of them.
On the flipside, the flip market could be particularly robust through the fall, which could allow DeBoer to fill the spot at edge that Alabama had earmarked for Jones.