Jumbo Package: Alabama Football continues to improve in their 2025 Recruiting class efforts

Alabama picked up two new recruiting commits for 2025 over the weekend, and now the Tide is hosting two more big targets this week in WR Kaliq Lockett and TE Kaleb Edwards:

The Tide will host two recruits on campus starting Monday for midweek visits with five-star receiver Kaliq Lockett and four-star tight end Kaleb Edwards.

The Tide wasn’t a serious player in the recruitment of Kaliq Lockett until they landed a commitment from Keelon Russell. Lockett is also a Texas Native ranked as On3’s 2nd-ranked receiver and the 12th-ranked player in the class. Alabama was able to land this visit as Lockett and Keelon Russell have talked about teaming up in college.

Making a strong impression on Kaliq Lockett may also give the Crimson Tide a good chance at fellow five-stars Dakorien Moore and former Alabama commit Jaime Ffrench as the trio has had talks about playing together. The Crimson Tide will need to overcome in-state Texas, LSU, and Florida State, but, this staff has been making strong impressions all summer.

Also on campus this week will be four-star tight end Kaleb Edwards, ranked by On3 as the fifth-ranked tight end in the class and the 122nd-best player. The Crimson Tide got Kaleb Edwards on campus in April where they extended an offer. Kalen DeBoer and his staff have a preexisting relationship with Edwards as they offered him last year while at Washington.

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Other than this piece from BamaHammer, I’ve not heard any buzz about either of these two prospects – however, an official visit is always a chance for things to really change, so definitely keep an eye out for either of these names in the coming weeks.

In more recruiting news, current Tide commit Luke Metz has been gaining steam in the recruiting world, and got the full royalty treatment from UGA over the weekend… Only to come back still committed to the Tide:

There also is a little buzz around 5-star OT Ty Haywood:

Who knows whether this one comes to fruition or not… But players cancelling visits to other schools is never a bad sign, that’s for sure.

And on top of it all, California OT Jackson Lloyd is set to announce his commitment later today… With most predicting that he is most likely going to Alabama:

Carmel (Calif.) offensive lineman Jackson Lloyd has set his announcement date and time.

Lloyd will announce his commitment on Tuesday, June 18 at 12 p.m. PST.

Earlier this month, Lloyd named a top six of alphabetically, Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, Stanford, USC and Tennessee.

I mean, hey I thought that Kalen DeBoer wouldn’t be able to recruit at Alabama…. So I can’t imagine the Tide continuing to have success on the recruiting trail.

In basketball news, the Tide’s new team has settled in on their jersey numbers… For now.

Plus, Nate Oats got his first alumni NBA championship, with the Boston Celtics winning the title with JD Davison on the team (albeit on the bench).