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Three college football recruiting 'winners' that dominated the month of June on the trail Texas A&M dominates 2027 recruiting with six composite five-stars, while Notre Dame and LSU made major June moves to climb the team rankings.
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These will all be some pretty familiar names if you follow recruiting even casually, so don't expect to be surprised by the teams you find on here.Texas A&M Aggies The Texas A&M Aggies take the field before the 2025 College Football Playoff First Round Game against the Miami Hurricanes at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Dec.
20, 2025.
It seems the rich are getting richer..
and richer, and richer, and richer.If I sound like a broken record at this point, it's because the Texas A&M Aggies are pulling off a prime Nick Saban-level recruiting class, and we haven't even hit July yet.
If you want to be disgusted, go take a look at the Aggies' commit list when you get a chance, which boasts a staggering SIX composite five-stars.A&M reeled in two top-50 prospects in the month of June alone, with another sitting just outside of the composite top-50.
Hell, I even had to postpone writing this because the Aggies picked up a commitment from one of those aforementioned top-50 prospects just two days ago.
There's no stopping the run that A&M is on, as it looks like everyone else is just settling for number two this year.Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman adjusts his radio on the sideline during the game against Boise State at Notre Dame Stadium on Oct.
4, 2025.
THREE COLLEGE FOOTBALL STORYLINES TO FOCUS ON INSTEAD OF LSU COACH LANE KIFFIN THIS OFFSEASON For most of my adult life, I was told by anyone that I trusted in the inner circles of college football recruiting that Notre Dame was a deceptively hard place to land talent.Whether it was academic standards, booster buy-in, location, or some combination of the three, it seemed like Notre Dame was destined to be a tier-two recruiting machine in perpetuity during the modern era.
Head Coach Marcus Freeman must not be aware of this, because he has built the Fighting Irish into an absolute war machine on the trail.After signing a top-five class last cycle, Freeman and the Irish are looking to one-up their efforts, currently holding the silver medal spot in 2027.
Notre Dame has arguably been more impressive in June than the Aggies, reeling in two five-star players along the line of scrimmage, and adding another top-100 wide receiver this month for good measure.They boast arguably the best offensive line class in the country, with two five-star offensive tackles and have done a really good job of squeezing every drop of talent to come from the Midwest and the Northeast.
LSU Tigers Lane Kiffin speaks at a press conference as he is introduced as the new head football coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
, on Dec.
1, 2025.People pointed and laughed when the Tigers and Lane Kiffin had a recruiting class that ranked in the 40s around May 1, but I knew better, especially when they added former head coach and recruiting wizard Ed Orgeron to their staff.five-star edge prospect Jaiden Bryant flip to the Miami Hurricanes at the beginning of June in what ended up being the second-most eyebrow-raising recruiting story of the month.
But it's how you respond in this business that separates the wheat from the chaff, and LSU responded in a big way, landing two top-100 edge rushers, Chris Whitehead and K.J.Green, to help fill the gap left by Bryant.
Throw in not one but TWO four-star running backs in Trey Martin and David Segara, and teams across the country are starting to sweat.
Speaking of which, don't look now, but the Tigers have put themselves in prime position to flip two elite five-star prospects, wide receiver Easton Royal and defensive tackle Jaden Brewster, from Texas and Texas Tech, respectively.Sometimes it's about the work you put in behind the scenes, and although neither player flipped during June, I wouldn't be surprised if the legwork done throughout the month landed both of these players for LSU down the road.