Defensive five-star tip Korey Foreman announced his commitment to the USC, leading a group of six ESPN 300 candidates announcing commitments for various football programs on Saturday.
Foreman is the No. 3 recruit in the overall ranking, a 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect from Corona, California. He is the highest-ranked candidate in the state of California and immediately raises the USC recruiting class, which was ranked 13th before his appointment.
The five-star recruit was committed to Clemson at one point in his process, but gave up and considered the Tigers along with USC, LSU, Georgia and Arizona State.
USC has put together a joint effort to “retake the West” in this recruitment cycle after signing only one ESPN 300 recruit in 2020. Those efforts paid off, now with nine ESPN 300 recruits in 2021, including five from California.
The team lost the commitment of the top-ranked player in the state in 2020, when quarterback Bryce Young went to Alabama, and lost the defense Kayvon Thibodeaux, the best recruit in the state in 2019. The landing foreman is a team’s notable statement who made a considerable effort on the recruitment trail.
Foreman is the highest ranked commit in the class, followed by quarterbacks Miller Moss and Jaxson Dart, ranked 36 and 73, respectively, and wide receiver Kyron Ware-Hudson, which the USC launched from Oregon.
Foreman is a potential client who could provide immediate defense assistance, especially in the pass rush, but getting one of the country’s most wanted candidates is an immediate recruitment victory for the Trojans.
The team was also able to add ESPN 300’s Ceyair Wright cornerback on Saturday, which chose Trojans over Michigan, Notre Dame and a handful of other programs.
Wright is the 9th-ranked player in California, a 6-foot, 75-pound defender at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He is the first ESPN 300 corner in this class for Trojans and will help add depth to the position after junior Olaijah Griffin announced that he is leaving for the NFL draft.
Maryland coach Mike Locksley continues to recruit very well, already in the top 20 overall. Locksley added five-star linebacker Terrence Lewis on Saturday, gaining some immediate defense aid.
Lewis had been committed to Tennessee, uncompromised, so he was considering Auburn until the Tigers fired coach Gus Malzahn. Lewis then launched one of the top two finishers from Maryland and Tennessee, only to add Miami to the list at the end of the process.
Now with Lewis in the mix, Maryland has six ESPN 300 appointments in the class, three of which are linebackers.
Clemson also increased his recruiting class on Saturday with ESPN 300 striker Tristan Leigh, who chose the Tigers over Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida, LSU and Ohio State. He is a 6-foot, 5- and 280-pound striker from Fairfax, Virginia, and recruit number 22 in the overall ranking.
Leigh is the fourth offensive striker on the ESPN 300 to commit to Clemson in this 2021 cycle, joining Marcus Tate, Dietrick Pennington and Ryan Linthicum. Clemson has 19 total appointments in the class, and 17 are classified on the ESPN 300.
Nebraska added its third ESPN 300 engagement to linebacker Wynden Ho’ohuli, who chose the Huskers over Kansas State, Utah and Washington.
Ho’ohuli is the recruit at position 157 overall at Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii. He is the No. 1 candidate in the state of Hawaii, and is now the highest ranked commit in the class for Scott Frost and his team.
Texas A&M and coach Jimbo Fisher continued to add more and more talent to their program as well, and reinforced the 2021 class on Saturday with ESPN 300 defensive side Elijah Jeudy.
The Aggies already ranked 9th before this engagement and now add Jeudy, who is the 176th ranked recruit at Northeast High School in Philadelphia.
Jeudy is the fifth defensive side of the ESPN 300 to commit to the Aggies, joining Shemar Turner, Tunmise Adeleye, Marcus Burris and Jahzion Harris. Fisher and his team now have 11 ESPN 300 appointments in the class.