Kalen DeBoer on verge of losing key commitment to Alex Golesh and Auburn

Kalen DeBoer and his staff have some serious work to do on the recruiting trail for the 2027 class. Currently, Alabama only has four players committed after the addition of unranked TE Oakley Keegan from Liverpool, New York on Saturday.

That did little to lessen the sting of losing 4-star EDGE commit Jabarrius Garror recently. Now, DeBoer and the Crimson Tide could lose another player from their small class.

3-star CB Nash Johnson III committed to Alabama back in October, but his commitment never felt all that solid. Now, it appears he may be on the verge of decommitting. Worse yet, it appears it might be so that he can flip his commitment to hated rival Auburn and new head coach Alex Golesh:

Nash Johnson could be getting ready to flip from Alabama to Auburn

This wouldn't come as a major surprise, and Alabama certainly has bigger fish to fry in the 2027 class, but losing a commitment to your rival school is never fun.

The writing has seemingly been on the wall for Johnson to end up elsewhere. He has yet to schedule an official visit for the summer to Tuscaloosa, but has scheduled four others: Auburn, Miami, Tennessee, and Ole Miss.

The CB position is not exactly a position of need for the Crimson Tide right now. They've signed consecutive elite recruiting classes in the defensive backfield, adding high-end talent like Dijon Lee, Jorden Edmonds, Chuck McDonald, and Zyan Gibson to an already talented group of players.

Alabama is in the mix for higher-ranked players at the position in this next cycle, most notably 5-star CB John Meredith III, the No. 2 overall player in the country, and 5-star CB Hayden Stepp. Either one of those would make Tide fans forget all about Johnson, but DeBoer and his staff still have a lot of recruiting to do before either comes to fruition.

In the meantime, it sure appears Alabama's class is going to take another step backward before it can move forward.