Alabama Lands CB Jorden Edmonds, Crimson Tide’s first 5 -star commitment in the 2026 class
The Alabama Football obtained its first five -star commitment in the 2026 class, when the defensive back Jorden Edmonds announced its commitment on Wednesday for Crimson Tide. Edmonds, n. 27 At national level according to 247sports composite, it is the cornerback n. 1 in the country and becomes the second defensive commit of Alabama, joining Zyan Gibson with four stars.
Edmonds-A 6-foot perspective and 2, 175 pounds-provisions from Marietta, Georgia, and is a great victory for the recruitment for Alabama, which has landed among the offers from almost all high-level programs in university football. With its commitment, Alabama has four commitments in the 2026 class, which was in 39th at national level before its commitment.
The defensive coach Maurice Linguist opened the way to the recruitment of Edmonds. With another perspective of blue chip for a defensive group, Alabama continued to reconstruct after Nick Saban’s retirement, which saw a mass exodus of players while Saban personally trained that group of positions. From the last cycle of recruitment to this, Alabama has signed/obtained the verbal commitment of five defensive backrests, all classified in the first 100 players at national level.
What does Edmonds’ commitment for the future of Alabama mean?
Edmonds is a two -way star for Sprayberry High, doubled like the main cornerback of the team (35 contrasts, three -step deviations) and the main wide receiver (35 catches, 670 yard, four touchdown) last season. The part of Edmonds’ ball skills is significant given the new identity of Alabama’s defense.
The new scheme implemented by the coordinator Kane Wommack underlines the coverage of the areas through the eyes on the quarterback and play on the ball. Alabama arrived fifth at national level in Takeaway last season (28). The height of Edmonds, which has been verified as 6 feet-2 1/2 inches of recruitment, and its ball skills shown by playing both sides are the type of combination that schools branch and should adapt perfectly to the defense of Alabama.
In addition, Edmonds’ type of body is becoming increasingly popular in focusing the Alabama recruitment. The current team presents Jackson-a 6-foot angle tomorrow-1, 195 Libbre-as appetizer leader. In the 2025 recruitment class, Alabama signed Five Star Diejon Lee, a 6-footing perspective and 4 and Chuck McDonald in four stars, another 6-foot perspective-1, near 200 pounds. The addition of Edmonds indicates the attention of the Alabama on longer and stronger cornerbacks that can take advantage of their size to have an impact in several ways.
At the moment, Alabama brings only five cornersback who enter the 2025 season and will lose Jackson because of the degree this winter. As a result, the cornerback will continue to be a position of attention for Alabama during the 2026 cycle. But adding Edmonds, the CB classified n. 1, to combine Gibson, CB n. 4, one year after the addition of Lee and McDonald-I nn. 2 and 7 classified CBS respectively in the 2025-and five-star Zabien Brown class before them is feeding Zabien Brown before them.
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