After a disappointing first season with the Crimson Tide, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has been on a recruiting tear, bringing in the No. 3 nationally ranked class of 2025 and recently breaking into the top 10 with his class of 2026.
One month was all it took for DeBoer to build yet another jaw-dropping class of blue-chip prospects. In June alone, Alabama picked up nine commitments, propelling the Crimson Tide to the No. 6 recruiting class in the country.
With nine top-tier prospects joining the program, both Alabama fans and haters alike will want to know who to look out for once 2206 rolls around. Well, here is a ranking of those nine commits:
Zay Hall was an in-state pickup from straight out of Tuscaloosa. So far, he is one of two blue-chip linebackers committed to Alabama from the class of 2026.
Rihyael Kelley received offers from all across the country, including his home-state team, the Cincinnati Bearcats. However, the three-star safety committed to the Crimson Tide and is one of six three-star prospects in the class so far.
In a big move by the Crimson Tide, DeBoer earned three-star wideout Owen Cabell's commitment over his home-state teams and fellow SEC members, the Tennessee Volunteers and Vanderbilt Commodores.
Adding to an increasingly strong backfield, three-star running back Javari Barnett committed to the Crimson Tide over the Florida Gators, Miami Hurricanes, and USC Trojans. In June, Barnett was one of two RBs to commit to Alabama from the class.
The final three-star, and the highest ranked three-star from June, to commit to Alabama was defensive lineman JJ Finch, who was ranked as the third-best athlete out of the state of Indiana.
The lowest-rated four-star in DeBoer's class of 2026 commits is interior offensive lineman Samuelu Utu, who is rated as 90.99 according to On3. The California native picked Alabama over USC, Texas, and many other powerhouse programs.
With DeBoer's recent success with quarterbacks (yes, Michael Penix Jr.) and Alabama's pipeline of QBs to the NFL, it wasn't all that surprising when four-star quarterback prospect Jett Thomalla committed to the Crimson Tide.
Breaking into the top three of Alabama's June commitment class is four-star tight end prospect Mack Sutter, one of the top players at his position in the entire country. Despite receiving an offer from the defending National Champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Illinois native committed to DeBoer and the Crimson Tide.
The news of Ezavier Crowell committing to Alabama over the Auburn Tigers just about broke the internet as the world realized, once again, that the Crimson Tide was going to be elite. The five-star running back was the piece of the puzzle that DeBoer had been looking for to cement his future offensive unit as one of the best in the nation.
Xavier Griffin is the No. 27 overall athlete in the entire class, the No. 3 athlete out of Georgia, and the No. 2 linebacker. He committed to the Crimson Tide, setting aside the Ohio State Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, Georgia Bulldogs, and more. While Crowell may have been what DeBoer was looking for on offense, Griffin was what the Alabama head coach needed on defense.