{"id":174869,"date":"2025-07-02T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/174869\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:55:12","slug":"first-week-of-july-to-feature-commitments-from-multiple-5-stars-other-elite-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/174869\/","title":{"rendered":"First week of July to feature commitments from multiple 5-stars, other elite prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

There will be no lack of fireworks on the recruiting trail throughout the beginning of July. Following jam-packed official visit schedules, many of the nation\u2019s top uncommitted prospects in the 2026 cycle are ready to make their college decisions.<\/p>\n

More than 25 blue-chip prospects have locked in commitment dates across the first six days of July. Some major dominoes are set to fall as programs continue to beef up their pledge lists heading into the back half of the summer.<\/p>\n

Monday started things off strong. Tennessee<\/a> landed a pair of four-stars in top-100 linebacker TJ White<\/a> and defensive lineman Dereon Albert<\/a>; Ole Miss<\/a> beat Auburn for four-star tight end JC Anderson<\/a>; Utah<\/a> picked up a surprise pledge from elite offensive tackle Kelvin Obot<\/a>; SMU<\/a> won out for four-star LB Kenneth Goodwin III<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among those set to come off the board in the coming days include a quartet of five-stars: Wide receiver Cederian Morgan<\/a>, offensive tackle Felix Ojo<\/a>, safety Jireh Edwards<\/a> and WR Calvin Russell<\/a>. Six other top-100 prospects \u2014 per the On3 Industry Ranking \u2014 are scheduled to announce decisions, too.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at which blue-chippers are set to commit across the first week of one of the busiest months of the 2026 recruiting cycle:<\/p>\n

July 2<\/p>\n

5-star WR Cederian Morgan<\/a>
School: Benjamin Russell<\/a> (Ala.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 15 NATL. (No. 2 WR)
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Colorado, Florida, Georgia<\/p>\n

4-star EDGE Trenton Henderson<\/a>
School: Pensacola Catholic<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 59 NATL. (No. 11 EDGE)
Finalists: Florida, LSU, Texas<\/p>\n

4-star DL Kendall Guervil<\/a>
School: Fort Myers<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 134 NATL. (No. 12 DL)
Finalists: Florida, Florida State, Texas<\/p>\n

4-star DL Noah Clark<\/a>
School: C.E. Jordan<\/a> (N.C.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 275 NATL. (No. 28 DL)
Finalists: NC State, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

4-star S Donovan Webb<\/a>
School: Panther Creek<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 336 NATL. (No. 33 S)
Finalists: Kansas State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas Tech<\/p>\n

4-star LB JJ Bush<\/a>
School: Theodore<\/a> (Ala.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 370 NATL. (No. 28 LB)
Finalists: Arkansas, Cincinnati, Missouri, LSU<\/p>\n

July 3<\/p>\n

4-star S Devin Jackson<\/a>
School: The First Academy<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 218 NATL. (No. 21 S)
Finalists: Florida, LSU, Miami, Nebraska, Oregon<\/p>\n

4-star CB CJ Hester<\/a>
School: Cocoa<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 269 NATL. (No. 24 CB)
Finalists: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Miami, Syracuse<\/p>\n

4-star LB Kosi Okpala<\/a>
School: Mayde Creek<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 283 NATL. (No. 19 LB)
Finalists: Baylor, Miami, Penn State, Texas<\/p>\n

4-star QB Luke Fahey<\/a>
School: Mission Viejo<\/a> (Calif.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 382 NATL. (No. 25 QB)
Contenders: Indiana, Ohio State, Stanford<\/p>\n

4-star OT Thomas Wilder<\/a>
School: Green Run<\/a> (Va.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 383 NATL. (No. 31 OT)
Finalists: Maryland, Penn State, Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

July 4<\/p>\n

5-star OT Felix Ojo<\/a>
School: Lake Ridge<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 6 NATL. (No. 3 OT)
Finalists: Florida, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas<\/p>\n

4-star IOL John Turntine<\/a>
School: North Crowley<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 43 NATL. (No. 2 IOL)
Finalists: Michigan, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M<\/p>\n

4-star WR Boobie Feaster<\/a>
School: DeSoto<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 45 NATL. (No. 5 WR)
Finalists: Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M, USC<\/p>\n

4-star DL Nolan Wilson<\/a>
School: Picayune Memorial<\/a> (Miss.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 68 NATL. (No. 4 DL)
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Ole Miss<\/p>\n

4-star WR Xavier McDonald<\/a>
School: Morton<\/a> (Miss.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 114 NATL. (No. 16 WR)
Finalists: LSU, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Sacramento State<\/p>\n

4-star WR Kaydon Finley<\/a>
School: Aledo<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 124 NATL. (No. 18 WR)
Contenders: Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA<\/p>\n

4-star TE Brayden Fogle<\/a>
School: Lexington<\/a> (Ohio)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 159 NATL. (No. 10 TE)
Finalists: Georgia, LSU, Penn State<\/p>\n

4-star WR Travis Johnson<\/a>
School: Oscar Smith<\/a> (Va.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 161 NATL. (No. 23 WR)
Finalists: Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

July 5<\/p>\n

5-star S Jireh Edwards<\/a>
School: St. Frances Academy<\/a> (Md.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 19 NATL. (No. 2 S)
Finalists: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia<\/p>\n

5-star WR Calvin Russell<\/a>
School: Northwestern<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 32 NATL. (No. 4 WR)
Finalists: Florida, FSU, LSU, Miami, Michigan, UNC, Oregon, Syracuse<\/p>\n

4-star EDGE Bryce Perry-Wright<\/a>
School: Buford<\/a> (Ga.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 33 NATL. (No. 5 EDGE)
Finalists: Clemson, Miami, Texas, Texas A&M<\/p>\n

4-star CB Dorian Barney<\/a>
School: Carrollton<\/a> (Ga.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 199 NATL. (No. 20 CB)
Finalists: Georgia Tech, Michigan, Penn State, Texas A&M<\/p>\n

July 6<\/p>\n

4-star CB Chauncey Kennon<\/a>
School: Booker<\/a> (Fla.)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 46 NATL. (No. 5 CB)
Finalists: Florida, FSU, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Oregon<\/p>\n

4-star WR Brayden Robinson<\/a>
School: Red Oak<\/a> (Texas)
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 354 NATL. (No. 54 WR)
Finalists: Arizona, Miami, Notre Dame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be no lack of fireworks on the recruiting trail throughout the beginning of July. Following jam-packed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[24952,23229,38512,38513,38514,25526,38515,38516,38517,18822,32056,7,38518,38519,34918,30585,34720,34921,37289,38520,38521,38522,34928,38523],"class_list":{"0":"post-174869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-boobie-feaster-26-desoto","9":"tag-brayden-fogle-26-lexington","10":"tag-brayden-robinson-26-red-oak","11":"tag-bryce-perry-wright-26-buford","12":"tag-cederian-morgan-26-benjamin-russell","13":"tag-chauncey-kennon-26-booker","14":"tag-cj-hester-26-cocoa","15":"tag-devin-jackson-26-the-first-academy","16":"tag-donovan-webb-26-panther-creek","17":"tag-dorian-barney-26-peachtree-ridge","18":"tag-felix-ojo-26-lake-ridge","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-jireh-edwards-26-st-frances-academy","21":"tag-jj-bush-26-theodore","22":"tag-john-turntine-26-north-crowley","23":"tag-kaydon-finley-26-aledo","24":"tag-kendall-guervil-26-fort-myers","25":"tag-kosi-okpala-26-mayde-creek","26":"tag-luke-fahey-26-mission-viejo","27":"tag-noah-clark-26-c-e-jordan","28":"tag-thomas-wilder-26-green-run","29":"tag-travis-johnson-26-oscar-smith","30":"tag-trenton-henderson-26-pensacola-catholic","31":"tag-xavier-mcdonald-26-morton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}