By james art 
The Alabama class of 2025 from a five -star KEELON RUSSELL engagement rises to second place in the latest list of ON3 of the first 300 perspectives, lagging only from Michigan Quarterback Bryce Underwood, which is currently ranked first in the class.
The five -star defender had a huge senior season, throwing 4117 yards and 55 passing touchdowns until 69.4% of the pass completed. In addition, the senior panther defender rushed to over 1500 yards. Russell runs Duncanville, Texas, to another deep playoff. His Senior Efforts won the National Player of the Year Award 2024-2025 last month.
Before the five-star defender signed with Crimson Tide, Russell is committed to Smu Mustangs, where he has a lower score of a four-star perspective, while his remarkable performance at the Elite 11 camp in five-star calls. Shortly before his impressive performance on Elite 11, Russell switched his commitment to SMU and decided to join the Crimson Tide 2025 class, which finished third in the nation and second in SEC behind Georgia, according to the On3 team, which is recruiting charts.
Russell is the highest-ranking commitment of the Crimson Tide defender of 2018, when Bryce Young, # 2 as a whole dialing at that time, is committed to Alabama. Young continued to lead Crimson Tide to the SEC Championship and the 2021 National Championship, the same year won the Heisman trophy.
Russell, the National Player of the Year 2024-2025, will arrive in Alabama, who wants to compete for start work from the first day, telling Bamaonline: “They want me to come and be the starting defender, ASAP.” In a separate interview with Phillip Dukes on On3, Russell discussed the DEBOER’s ability to develop discounts as a major factor for why the five-star defender chose the tide, saying: “My biggest thing was the development and you see what they did with what Michelle did Passix. “
Only time will show whether Russell starts his first Crimson Tide game, as Deboer is confronted with a difficult solution this fall with Tide, staring at a three -way battle for discounts between Ty Simpson (red shirt, sophomore), Redshirt Freshman) And Russell this extraction.
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