A look at the wild recruitments so far in the 2025 cycle

More wild recruiting and rejections will happen just before the Early Signing Period, but there have already been some big ones. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes a look at some of the craziest new hires so far.

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It looked like Boggs was done with his recruitment after committing early, Ohio State because not many receivers withdraw their commitments to the Buckeyes. But when the four-star receiver from Cocoa, Florida, made many visits in the offseason, the two sides parted ways.

On July 4, when Missouri won over UCF It was a big win for the Tigers. But a month later, Boggs moved to the Knights, staying closer to home and seemingly calling it a day for good.

Alabama To Auburn to Alabama to Auburn. We believe it was the first two-way back and forth, and Coleman has now been committed to just two programs four times.

The four-star defensive tackle from Saraland, Alabama, returned to the Crimson Tide in March and stayed there until late July, when – yes – Coleman returned to the Tigers.

Are we sure this is over now? Probably. But Coleman has surprised us before.

For a long time, it was believed that the four-star receiver from Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw County would end up State of Mississippi. It made a lot of sense. He is close to his family, new coach Jeff Lebby will field a pass-happy offense, and it seemed like Cunningham was destined to play 30 minutes away in Starkville.

But then everything went completely out of control when Cunningham started visiting the SEC. Auburn became his new leader and shortly after, he visited Alabama and joined the Crimson Tide.

Before his decision, Ohio State seemed to be the program that the five-star running back from Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei had to beat. He grew up idolizing Ezekiel Elliotthe loved the Buckeyes’ offense and position coach and teammate Chris Henry Jr. was also committed.

But after a late visit there, the two sides decided to go their separate ways and Oregon (who was once considered an outside chance at best to get Davison) got his commitment ahead of Alabama.

Moore spoke at length about all the possibilities at LSU with him, five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood and five-star running back Harlem Berry all committed. That’s the holy trinity of elite playmakers in the class of 2025, but it wouldn’t last.

The five-star receiver from Duncanville, Texas, withdrew his commitment to LSU in May and it was almost certain that he would – perhaps quickly – Texas. That was ultimately not the case.

Moore and his family visited Oregon briefly, fell in love with the offensive vision and have now joined the Ducks.

Many viewers were so sure that Texas would be the choice for Pettijohn that when he Rival Five-Star and said Ohio State and USC were the favorites and said that he might have used a sleight of hand to throw people off track.

But he didn’t lie.

The Buckeyes acquired the hard-hitting linebacker from McKinney, Texas, and in July he committed to the Buckeyes. Pettijohn said this week that Texas was actually out of the running, as it faced Ohio State, USC and Texas A&M.

It was no surprise that Terry committed himself early on to Georgia. He’s a dominant, five-star defensive tackle from Manchester, Georgia, so it seemed a virtual sure thing. But then Terry attended USC, fell in love with the spotlight and made a surprise transfer to the Trojans in March.

But after returning home a few months later and settling back in, Terry withdrew his commitment to USC and started again.

Georgia, Alabama and State of Florida are now the finalists and a decision may not be made until the Early Signing Period, but the Bulldogs are still the team to beat.

The five-star receiver started out with a commitment to Texas A&M, but then withdrew that commitment. Then Watkins committed to Colorado And Deion Sanders because they both know each other and come from the same area in Florida.

However, Watkins decommitted from the Buffaloes because he did not want to limit his options at this early stage of recruitment, and now all of his options are open to him again.

In his final season in Venice, Florida, Watkins convinced officials South Carolina, Ole Miss And Indiana this summer. He wore Ole Miss gloves at the Rival Five-StarBut Watkins remains open to others and his recruitment remains unpredictable.