Alabama football: 4-star Michigan commit Emil Ekiyor flips to Crimson Tide
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Changing his mind
Alabama made an elite recruit flip his commitment on Sunday. Four-star offensive lineman Emil Ekiyor switched his pledge from Michigan to Alabama. He originally committed to the Wolverines on Oct. 2, 2016. His decision came just two days after Alabama missed out on 4-star defensive tackle Bobby Brown. Ekiyor is the No. 2 player at the center position and the No. 105 player overall, according to the 247Sports composite. Ekiyor’s commitment gives Alabama its 12th player of the 2018 class. Alabama currently rates No. 16 in the team recruiting rankings. Ekiyor is an Army All-American. Our own Chris Kirschner weighed in on what the news means for Alabama.
ROLL TIDE ROLL‼️
#Committed pic.twitter.com/a583FE0wPV
— Emil Ekiyor Jr. (@bigE__18) October 29, 2017
In other headlines…
- Alabama remained a unanimous No. 1 in the Amway Coaches Poll but lost some first-place votes to Georgia in the AP Top 25.
- FiveThirtyEight gave Alabama a 33 percent chance to finish undefeated.
- Fox Sports analyst Danny Kanell left Alabama out of his top 4 this week and caught some heat for it.
- Iowa State fans want Alabama after the Cyclones’ win against No. 4 TCU last weekend.
- Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin had some interesting thoughts on his relationship with Alabama coach Nick Saban.
- Iowa seems to think that Alabama tampered with one of its commitments.
Heating up
It’s officially LSU week. Alabama will go to work preparing for one of its toughest matchups this season. It’s been awhile since the Crimson Tide were tested. Because of this, LSU is being seen as a challenge for Alabama. The Tigers started out slowly but have won three straight games. Two of those wins came against teams that were ranked at the time. Alabama should face as good of a test this weekend as it has all season. Luckily for Alabama, the Crimson Tide have fared well coming out of a bye week since Saban became coach.
Built by Bama
The Buffalo Bills traded defensive tackle Marcell Dareus to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2018 sixth-round draft pick on Friday.
Around the Capstone
- Alabama cross country runner Vincent Kiprop won the SEC title.
- Alabama basketball defeated Baylor in a closed scrimmage.
- Alabama soccer lost to Missouri 3-1 in the first round of the SEC Tournament.
- Alabama men’s golf won the Steelwood Collegiate.
- Alabama women’s golf finished second at the Landfall Tradition.
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