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Notre Dame Targeting Top Penn State Asst, Ja’Juan Seider, as RBs Coach

According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Notre Dame is targeting Ja’Juan Seider as its next running backs coach.

Coach Seider is currently the Assistant Head Coach, Co-OC, and RBs Coach for Penn State and has been in Happy Valley since 2018.

Coach Seider is set to replace DeLand McCullough, who left for a job in the pros.

Coach Seider’s experience includes recruiting and developing the explosive and dynamic duo of Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen. Both of Singleton and Allen went over 1,000 rushing yards on the season.

4-Star CB Jorden Edmonds Names Final 5, Commitment Date

4-Star CB from the state of Georgia, Jorden Edmonds, has named his top 5 and has set a commitment date, according to On3’s Chad Simmons.

Edmonds is deciding between Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, and will make his decision on February 19th.

Right now the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine gives Alabama (48.9%) and Georgia (32.3%) the lion’s share of the odds to land him.

He ranks as high as 53rd nationally and 5th at the CB position (247), but On3 rates him as an 88, so he is not quite a consensus 4-star even though he is a composite 4-star. The On3 industry composite ranks him 140th nationally and 12th at the CB position in the class of 2026.

Consensus 5-Star OT Immanuel Iheanacho Planning Official Visits

Consensus 5-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho is one of the top rated players in the country, and he is already setting his official visits for this summer to try and help narrow down his decision.

Iheanacho has shared that the 5 schools he’s certain he wants to visit are Georgia, Penn State, Oregon, Alabama, and Maryland, with LSU, Miami, and Texas A&M all vying for his sixth official visit.

Maryland is an interesting inclusion, but Iheanacho is local to the area, and has shared that the Terps are one of his top 4 programs, along with Georgia, Penn State, and Oregon (who is still in the lead for his talents).

Iheanacho ranks anywhere from 5th nationally (On3, 247, Rivals) to 7th nationally (ESPN), but his consistent high rankings across the board land him 2nd nationally on the On3 industry composite rankings.

2027 4-Star WR Tay Ellis Shares Texas A&M is in Lead for His Commitment

2027 4-star WR Tay Ellis recently shared with On3 he plans to visit Texas A&M on March 22nd and that the Aggies are currently in the lead of his recruitment.

Ellis also wants to visit Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, TCU, and USC, but he’s particularly excited about the culture and family atmosphere of the Texas A&M program.

Ellis is currently rated by On3 and Rivals, with On3 ranking him 83rd nationally and 8th at the WR position with Rivals ranking him 65th nationally and 4th at the WR position.

4-Star RB Evan Hampton Has 4 Official Visits Set

4-star RB Evan Hampton has four official visits already scheduled as his recruitment process picks up.

Hampton is planning to visit Indiana May 2nd, Duke May 31st, NC State June 7th, and Vanderbilt June 14th.

The interesting thing, is Hampton plans to commit somewhere in April, but he wants to get these scheduled just in case he doesn’t commit somewhere by then.

He also wants to book another official visit, possibly to Louisville or Virginia Tech.

On3 ranks Hampton as the 213th player nationally and 24th ranked player at the RB position.

Alabama True Freshman QB Keelon Russell on Biggest Lessons He’s Learned About NIL Already

Alabama true freshman QB Keelon Russell was one of the top players in the 2025 class, and he has an incredibly lucrative $1.7M On3 NIL Valuation.

Speaking with On3, Russell shared was that “the best advice was to understand what’s coming towards you. Understand that your profile is your profile. Understand that your name is your name. Building that is the most successful thing that you can do, especially with how the NIL space is getting bigger. The performances of the platforms are getting way more advanced. NIL is something that takes away from the aspects of football. Somebody told me, focus on the key things. NIL is a great thing, but focus on your key things and NIL’s gonna come. All the stuff’s gonna come. Focus on football, and the NIL space is gonna come. Your profile is your profile. You do good, your profile is gonna be on the rise.”

Lincoln Riley’s Message To LA Community Recovering from Fires

USC Head Coach Lincoln Riley opened his press conference to take a moment to address a Los Angeles community reeling from wildfires that have ravaged the community.

“A lot of things here to cover. It’s going to be a much longer opening statement than you guys are used to from me. First, definitely want to recognize our community. Obviously, all the damage from the fires in previous weeks has been something that’s been heavy on the heart of our entire program.

We were very fortunate that we had a very limited number of people within our program that were affected when you talk about former players, current players, and staff. So, very, very fortunate that way, but it’s also something that’s become very important to our team from an outreach standpoint to make sure we’re supporting our community, the first responders. I’ve been very proud of our team’s response, how involved and engaged our staff has been, our guys have been with that effort and those are certainly going to continue.

And again, our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people affected and our entire community. It’s something we feel. We know USC is a huge part of Los Angeles, the amount of support that we get, how close this city is – it’s very near and dear to us. So, just want everybody to know we’re here and going to continue to support those efforts – the first responders, the families affected as much as we possibly can.”

Other Commitments/Decommitments

3-Star (85) EDGE Derrick Singletary commits to Bowling Green

Unrated OT Solomon Mathis commits to Cincinnati