Weekend warriors: Tide add 2nd 4-star in 2 days

• Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 14, 2024, 01:46 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Alabama landed

its 2nd top-20 dedication of the weekend when four-star offensive take on Ty Haywood, No. 18 in the 2025 ESPN 300, offered his promise to the Crimson Tide on Sunday afternoon.Haywood’s commitment showed up less than 24 hr after four-star pass receiver Caleb Cunningham(No. 19 in ESPN 300)announced his dedication Saturday. The set of promises represent the current increases in Kalen DeBoer’s building of one of the leading recruiting classes in the country in the 2025 cycle.With Haywood’s promise, the Crimson Tide now have 17 ESPN 300 pledges in 2025, consisting of nine of the leading 100. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound blocker is the program’s 14th dedication considering that June 1, and Haywood stands as the highest-rated possibility in the country’s second-ranked class in ESPN’s newest group rankings for this cycle.Editor’s Picks Haywood emerged as a standout offensive line prospect at Ryan High School in Denton, Texas, where he likewise contends in shot put and discus. The fifth-ranked

offensive take on in 2025, Haywood gave his pledge to Alabama following spring sees to the Crimson Tide, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Florida State.Haywood now headlines an offending class headed to Tuscaloosa that consists of Cunningham, the third-ranked wide receiver in the country, and dual-threat quarterback Keelon Russell(No. 32 in the ESPN 300 ). As DeBoer builds his offending line at Alabama, Haywood will be the face of an initial recruiting class together with offending deals with Micah Debose(No. 10 OT), Jackson Lloyd (No. 26)and Mal Walrep (No. 41 ).