OT7 Championship: Rumors from day two of OT7 Finals action

TAMPA, FL. – The OT7 Finals kicked off Day 2 of pool play on Saturday with dozens of blue-chip recruits within the 2025 and 2026 courses and past descending on Tampa because the competitors heated up.

Nationwide Competitor Hiring Analysts Sam Spiegelman and John Garcia have been prepared for motion. Here is the newest roundup of rumors from the OT7 Championship.

Elite 2025 Mission Viejo (Calif.) CB Dijon Lee is making ready for official visits to Texas, Georgia, Texas A&M and Alabama over the subsequent two weeks as a call continues to method. The brand new workers at Alabama was beforehand behind Lee in Washington and hasn’t missed a beat since touchdown in Tuscaloosa. Alabama units the tempo with the No. 30 participant within the Rivals250

5-star 2026 WR Chris Henry Jr. received the Buckeyes an early name, however with a yr and alter to go in ink, there’ll nonetheless be extra visits. Each LSU and Oregon expect visits this summer season. Henry’s father grew up in New Orleans and there’s nonetheless a number of household in Louisiana. Oregon accelerated Henry’s recruitment after Henry moved to California. USC and UCLA additionally activated Henry this offseason.

Elite 2026 TE Kendre’ Harrison is ready to return to North Carolina for a go to on June twenty third after which make his first go to to Eugene to take a look at Oregon on the weekend of July twenty sixth. The Tar Heels have been a staple in Harrison’s recruitment and labored feverishly to maintain the two-sport athlete from leaving the state. Oregon and Florida State are two different groups which have attracted Harrison’s consideration this offseason.

Rivals250 QB Ty Hawkins has been on the workers at TCU for greater than a yr and is usually in Fort Price in the course of the offseason. Hawkins stays locked in with the Horned Frogs regardless of efforts by SMU and Oregon to sway him elsewhere. The Mustangs have turned up the warmth on Hawkins lately. The geese proceed to insist on visiting. Hawkins instructed Rivals that he has no plans to attend any faculties right now.

Official visits will decide the vacation spot of the Rivals100 expertise. Florida hosted Montgomery to start out the month, and issues went very effectively in Gainesville, with the workers pushing for Miami (Fla.) Central to start out what is predicted to be an enormous large receiver this cycle. LSU is seeking to get on the board at that place as effectively, they usually’ll host Montgomery subsequent weekend in what could possibly be an all-SEC battle. Penn State is a darkish horse and can get the final official.

Duke made a powerful impression on three-star RB Nate Sheppard after taking an official go to final weekend. Subsequent up for the versatile again from The Boot is an official go to to California (June 14-16). After receiving a proposal from Northwestern this weekend, Sheppard swapped plans to see Pete for a visit to Northwestern the weekend of June 21-23. Northwestern emerged because the group to observe on this one.

4-star 2026 WR Aaron Gregory is making ready for a busy week, beginning with a go to to Auburn on Monday, Georgia for a exercise on Wednesday after which Ole Miss on Friday. Auburn was a mainstay in Gregory’s recruitment, and the Tigers got here out sturdy this spring, together with Tennessee and Clemson.

The fast-growing home from Pensacola, Florida is producing curiosity by the day. Washington was on the provide record early within the match, and a visit to Seattle could possibly be within the works later this month. Missouri is the latest program operating on Neptune, which can quickly face fellow SEC program Florida. Stanford took the primary official go to and impressed the Hawaii native, and USF can be anticipated to take an official go to earlier than all is claimed and executed on this fast set of recruits.

Texas, Alabama, LSU and Notre Dame are among the many groups working to land elite four-star S Blaine Bradford on campus in 2026. Bradford, who educated in Tuscaloosa final summer season, expects to return quickly. LSU, Texas and Notre Dame are constantly concerned in recruiting elite safeties. At this stage, his connections in Baton Rouge and Austin are sturdy.

The Alabama native will likely be maintaining a tally of Iron Bowl packages as Auburn lately hosted him in camp and Alabama is ready to do the identical later this month, however different SEC officers with affords have additionally caught his eye. Ole Miss views him as an offensive weapon within the slot and probably within the backfield, one thing he is inclined to with Lane Kiffin. Tennessee has Mims on the board as a defensive again, whereas the Vols stay within the combine, amongst others.