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Where Does Alabama’s 2025 Football Recruiting Class Stand Ahead Of National Signing Day In Tuscaloosa?

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Kalen DeBoer quickly got to work building his first recruiting class at Alabama.

In his first season with the Crimson Tide, Alabama ended up with the fourth-best recruiting class in the country according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.

By signing players like quarterback Keelon Russell, offensive lineman Michael Carroll, and cornerback Dijon Lee, Alabama achieved the third-highest average recruit rating nationally for the 2025 class.

As Alabama focuses on building the 2026 class, how does the 2025 class compare to the rest of the SEC and to past Alabama classes?

SEC 2025 Recruiting Rankings: Where did Alabama football rank?

In DeBoer’s first season, Alabama put together one of the top recruiting classes in the SEC.

The Crimson Tide finished with the third-ranked class in the conference, behind Texas and Georgia. Alabama had the second-highest average player rating in the SEC, only behind Texas, and was one of three schools in the conference with multiple five-star recruits, along with Texas and Georgia.

Here’s how the SEC 2025 recruiting rankings look according to the 247Sports composite:

  1. Texas
  2. Georgia
  3. Alabama
  4. Auburn
  5. Texas A&M
  6. LSU
  7. Florida
  8. Tennessee
  9. Ole Miss
  10. Oklahoma
  11. South Carolina
  12. Missouri
  13. Mississippi State
  14. Arkansas
  15. Kentucky
  16. Vanderbilt

How did Alabama recruit compared to other first-year head coaches?

In his first season with Alabama, DeBoer still managed to put together one of the top recruiting classes in the nation.

Alabama was one of three teams with new head coaches that finished with top-10 recruiting classes, joining Mike Elko at Texas A&M (No. 7) and Sherrone Moore at Michigan (No. 8).

Here’s how DeBoer compared to other first-year college football coaches in 2024:

  • Alabama (Kalen DeBoer): No. 4, 93.00 average player rating
  • Texas A&M (Mike Elko): No. 7, 91.52 average player rating
  • Michigan (Sherrone Moore): No. 8, 91.86 average player rating
  • Washington (Jedd Fisch): No. 23, 87.96 average player rating
  • Mississippi State (Jeff Lebby): No. 26, 87.57 average player rating
  • Duke (Manny Diaz): No. 33, 86.72 average player rating
  • Syracuse (Fran Brown): No. 39, 86.12 average player rating
  • Indiana (Curt Cignetti): No. 44, 86.60 average player rating
  • UCLA (DeShaun Foster): No. 45, 87.04 average player rating
  • Houston (Willie Fritz): No. 52, 86.70 average player rating
  • Boston College (Bill O’Brien): No. 53, 85.90 average player rating
  • Arizona (Brent Brennan): No. 55, 86.21 average player rating
  • Michigan State (Johnathan Smith): No. 58, 86.78 average player rating
  • Northwestern (David Braun): No. 60, 85.89 average player rating
  • Oregon State (Trent Bray): No. 64, 85.62 average player rating
Alabama players celebrate after a touchdown

Alabama Football Recruiting History

Since 2010, Alabama has had 10 recruiting classes ranked No. 1 nationally. Alabama’s last No. 1 ranked class was in 2023.

The lowest-ranked class for Alabama since 2010 was in 2018 when they secured the fifth-overall class, ranked second-best in the SEC.

Here are the rankings of Alabama’s recruiting classes since 2010:

  • 2010: No. 4 overall, No. 2 SEC — 89.95 average player rating
  • 2011: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 92.19 average player rating
  • 2012: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 93.40 average player rating
  • 2013: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 93.25 average player rating
  • 2014: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 93.65 average player rating
  • 2015: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 93.73 average player rating
  • 2016: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 92.54 average player rating
  • 2017: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 93.76 average player rating
  • 2018: No. 5 overall, No. 2 SEC — 91.94 average player rating
  • 2019: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 94.42 average player rating
  • 2020: No. 2 overall, No. 2 SEC — 93.66 average player rating
  • 2021: No. 1 overall, No. 1 SEC — 95.07 average player rating
  • 2022: No. 2 overall, No. 2 SEC — 95.27 average player rating
  • 2023: No. 1 overall, No. 2 SEC — 94.79 average player rating
  • 2024: No. 2 overall, No. 2 SEC — 93.12 average player rating
  • 2025: No. 4 overall, No. 3 SEC — 93.00 average player rating

Alabama Football 2025 Recruiting Class

  • P Alex Asparuhov (Fresno, California)
  • WR Lotzeir Brooks (Millville, New Jersey)
  • OL Michael Carroll (Bradenton, Florida)
  • RB AK Dear (Quitman, Mississippi)
  • OT Micah DeBose (Theodore, Alabama)
  • TE Kaleb Edwards (El Dorado Hills, California)
  • DL Kevonte Henry (Lawndale, California)
  • LB Justin Hill (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • LB Duke Johnson (Eastman, Georgia)
  • CB Dijon Lee (Mission Viejo, California)
  • OT Jackson Lloyd (Carmel, California)
  • DL Steve Bolo Mboumoua (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec)
  • CB Chuck McDonald (Santa Ana, California)
  • WR Derek Meadows (Las Vegas)
  • LB Luke Metz (Hoschton, Georgia)
  • TE Marshall Pritchett (Rabun, Georgia)
  • QB Keelon Russell (Duncanville, Texas)
  • LB Abduall Sanders Jr. (Santa Ana, California)
  • DL London Simmons (Flowood, Mississippi)
  • SAF Ivan Taylor (Winter Garden, Florida)
  • OT Mal Waldrep (Phenix City, Alabama)
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